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I have to be honest, when I first saw the information about the P90X Recovery Drink I figured it was just something they’re trying to sell me.  I don’t really need it, but they’re trying to get me to buy it by saying it’s a big help blah, blah, blah.

In spite of my skepticism and doubt, we decided to give it a try anyway.  It’s true, it doesn’t taste that bad.  I was expecting worse, but while it was certainly palatable, the first few times I had it, I didn’t really think it was anything to rave about.  Actually, the first few days we drank it, I had trouble finishing up my cup.

By the following week, I could drink the whole think after a workout no problem.

Did you know that one of the most common mistakes people make when exercising is NOT consuming nutrients right after they workout?

I talked with a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach once and he said if he could recommend only ONE change to an athlete, it would be to eat something, put some nutrients into the body directly after their workout.  In all my life of playing sports and being involved in sports I had never heard that.

Anyway - that’s another reason why it’s nice to have the Recovery Drink on hand - it’s the perfect way to get those nutrients in right after our workout.

After about 10 days of using the drink, I began looking forward to having it after our workout sessions.  We mix it up and throw it in the freezer before we start and by the time we finish, it’s a delicious, icy treat that truely hits the spot! I’ve gotten to the point where we get through with a workout and I just chug that Recovery Drink down like nothing - it tastes soooo good!  Not only that, we ran out of it and didn’t have it for about a week and both of us noticed a definite difference in muscle aches and the time it took our body to recover from workouts.  No joke - not just saying it.  I got my first cramp in all my P90X weeks during that week we were out of Recovery Drink.  We really do have a lot less muscle aches and pains and that go away faster when we do utilize the Recovery Drink so I’m definitely glad to have it on hand again!

If you’re doing P90X, get the Recovery Drink…just like Tony, “I highly recommend it.”

Wow!  I had heard that coaches were starting to use P90X for “elite” level players and I had heard that college players were using it and I even knew of some high school softball players who were using it.  However, I just saw more evidence of it via Facebook.  I saw an update posted by a DI College Softball player that she was going to be “P90Xing” for the next 90 days.  Then I saw a teammate of hers comment on her status update that she was also going to be starting the program “after her birthday.”

So right there in one status update and comments on that update there was evidence of 2 DI softball players who were going to be using that program during the off season.

I’ve never personally tried the program.  Is it for everybody?  Most certainly not, however, BeachBody (where you can get P90X online) also other programs tailored to people who are not at the “elite athlete” level.

Whether you’re up for an extreme workout, or whether you’re just getting back into being physically active, Team BeachBody has an awesome fat blasting workout program for you.