On January 6, 2011, P90X creator, Tony Horton, made a stop in Atlanta on his Bring It! Book tour. It took several weeks of enduring the extreme workout program, P90X, to finally make me a fan of the Horton philosophy. His muscle confusion theory makes sense and works well. His dietary restrictions, however, cause me much consternation. I get his points about food and on some level agree, but bacon, gluten and caffeine are hard habits to kick.
The Bring It! book tour includes an opportunity to work out with Tony and other fitness fanatics. If not my love for exercise, my deep appreciation for out of the ordinary events led me to reserve a space at the event. Unfortunately, that very night was the first day of the term at the college where I teach. Nonetheless, I concocted a plan to go to the Horton event. I even went out and bought the book so I could have it signed. However, my well laid plan fell short. Class ran late and I was going to be over thirty minutes late to the workout.
Not to be undone, I found another stop on the tour that fit my schedule. Horton rolled his mobile gym and bookstore into Arlington, VA, over the MLK weekend. So, I registered again, booked airline tickets, a hotel and read half the book. I feel confident this one will come together as I am writing this post on the plane and we are a few minutes outside of Washington National Airport.
More to follow on this pseudo physical fitness pilgrimage.
Tom
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