Daniel Merk

I am a Visual Communication Designer developing products for the consumer market and an Independent Beach Body Coach using my strength and endurance to build a healthier lifestyle. Using my creativity and my motivation, I enjoy helping others motivate themselves to become aware of a healthier lifestyle.

I had always been a chubby kid. My family was not much of a healthy role model for me to be in shape and understand fitness and nutrition. Clothes never fit me well because of my waistline, and I had to settle for long leg trousers to match the waist. After graduating college the weight kept creeping up on me. My health was at its lowest point. I was diagnosed with Hypertension at age 30 and was put on medication. At that point the wait would eventually put me over the edge to where I was being told by my doctor that I am a contender of Type 2 Diabetes. That day I said, “Enough is enough!” My amazing wife and I took the plunge into the Beach Body community and ordered P90X. Since then, I will never go back to that lifestyle.

P90X and Beach Body taught me how to eat clean, stay in shape and correct poor habits and choices in my life. Not only is P90X an amazing workout program, its lifted my spiritual being to a new level. I’ve become a better husband, a better friend, and a more motivated person in life. Having my wife at my side doing the Yoga, the cardio, the lifting has been an amazing experience.

Since January 2009, we have completed a first round of P90X and have just started our second. The pounds and inches are shedding away (see stats) in just 90 days. To think that I was almost 245lbs with a 42” pant size and today I am falling out of a pair of 36” pants. I look back and can’t believe that two years ago I paid a personal trainer almost $1700 to work out with me for only 30 min a week PLUS a $40 a month gym membership and had zero results. P90X cost me $120 and I am in the best shape of my life!

Every day I push play, eat clean and get 8 hours of sleep. My fitness regimen includes band, free weights, a pull-up bar, a yoga block and yoga mat. Going shopping now consists of buying new clothes; something I used to dread because it meant something was going up in size. Now—things are going DOWN in size!

P90X is one hour a day. You can do anything for one hour can’t you? Make it your commitment for the day and I promise you that your results will amaze you. If you are even thinking of doing a program like this—don’t hesitate. It’s a massive lifestyle commitment that you NEED to do for yourself. You are the most important person aren’t you?

—Daniel Merk

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Monique Merk

Mrs. Monique Merk here. Just turned 39 recently and enjoying this amazing journey of transforming my body, along with my husband. Our lives are shared with our two boxer fur kids and two cats.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, where we only receive 5 months of warm weather, it is constantly a challenge to get in shape in our climate. P90X has given me the tools to achieve my goals, NO EXCUSES. My health and fitness are a progress in the making.

Do you want to transform your body? Do you want to get fit? Everyone deserves to be healthy, no excuses.

I had always been a fat kid. Kids in school always make fun of the fat kid. Throughout my teenage and adult life I yo-yoed from a size 8 to a size 14. For me, getting in shape and staying there was a pipe dream. That would always be for the “other people” until my fantasic husband purchased P90X in January of 2009.

We have completed a first round and have started our second. The pounds and inches are shedding away (see stats)in just 90 days. I had paid for years of gym memberships along with a costly personal trainer for six months never being able to achieve the REAL results that I have with this program.

Every day I push play, eat clean and get 8 hours of sleep. My fitness regimen includes band, free weights, a pull-up bar, a yoga block and yoga mat. And hitting the store to pick up a new article of clothing because what I have in my closet is just TOO BIG! Can you dig it?

My largest obstacle has been myself. I don’t think about how I am feeling when I go to work out, I just do it. I realized that I can’t possibly take care of those around me if I didn’t make myself a priority. This is for everyone, this means you.

—Monique Merk

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