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I’m a 30 year old pitcher playing in amateur leagues year round. I just started p90x a few weeks ago. I’m not even doing it everyday, just a couple times per week and I can already feel a major difference. I threw a complete game shut out which I havent been able to do since high school. I usually tire after the 5th or 6th inning. My fastball had more “pop” to it as well.

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Pick up a copy of Mark Rippetoe’s “Starting Strength” and check out basic barbell training. Losing weight is all about diet and very little about exercise. For good cardio to improve endurance (VO2max) and fat loss, search the Internet for “Tabata protocol” articles.

For flexibility, I’d look up Eric Cressey’s products like Magnificent Mobility and/or Assess and Correct.

I am 31 years old and have some fat to lose. I am guilty of being gullable I did buy the P90X package. I like it, its tough, I feel like I get a workout, but I don’t feel the same as I do when I lift weights and run outside. So what would suggest for someone who wants to get a little stronger, more flexable, but also needs to lose some weight?

Thanks for the comment. Indeed, you can use many implements to accommodate the low-bar position that’s less stressful on the rotator cuff and shoulder in general.

Starting Strength uses the low-bar position for more posterior chain and hamstring involvement, and I use it in my own training, but athletic carryover is a bit higher with the high-bar position and it comes more naturally to clients, I’ve found.

You’re right about the low-bar back squat, though there are ways to accommodate it that don’t strain the rotator cuff. A Top Squat attachment is one, a yoke bar is another, or you can always grab a pair of lifting straps and loop them over facing forward, all of which will allow you to hold the bar in a neutral hand position out in front of your body. I don’t see a lot of people being taught the low-bar back squat these days, though.