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Over the past couple of days I have received some e-mails asking how much space is needed to do the P90X workout. This is a good question.

When people think about working out at home they usually think about big home gyms that lay around taking up a bunch of space and sit around as an eye sore for years. The good thing about P90X is you really don’t need that much space.

Here is a photo of the small area I do P90X in.

As you can see from the photo there is not a whole lot of space that I workout in. Its actually the second floor landing area at the top of the stairs outside my bedroom. The photo was taken from the doorway of another room in the house. I would say this area is about 7″ x 10.”

You can also see I have everything you need to do P90X with.

Its not the greatest place to workout but it works for me. A lot of the workouts done with P90X don’t involve a lot of moving around anyways. Plyometrics is the only workout I do not do in that area but its not to say that I couldn’t. Its just that the ceilings here are about 8 feet tall and I would be touching them every time I jumped.

I keep all of my workout equipment like the pull up bar, resistance bands, dumbbells, push up stands, and P90X DVDs in my room. They take up very little space. The Bowflex Selecttech Dumbbells are on a stand which makes them easy to roll around but I usually just walk over to the weight rack in between exercises to get a new weight without having to stop the DVD. I use my laptop to play the DVDs so I am not stuck to one area of the house on a TV.

So don’t feel like you need a lot of space to do P90X with. As you can see from my “home gym” you can get by with a small amount of area. If you live in an apartment, have small rooms in your house, or a college kid living in a dorm I am sure you can find the space available to do the P90X workout.

Hopefully this photo will put you at ease if you were going to buy P90X but were concerned about it taking up a lot of floor space. Its not that much at all. Even better is that it takes me about 1 minute to set everything up and take it down.

I receive a couple emails or comments a week from people trying to find out about the P90X affiliate program. People look all day for some place to sign up but just can’t find it. And the reason is because there is no P90X affiliate program.

Beachbody wanted to do something different from a traditional affiliate program where you put banners on your health or fitness related website and earn money when people click on those and buy something.

What they came up with is the Beachbody Coach opportunity.

What Is It?

Straight up, it’s a Multi Level Marketing (MLM) or sometimes called Network Marketing program. So what are you thinking right now? Everything you’ve ever heard about MLM’s is bad, right? They are pyramid schemes and people get ripped off, right? It’s a scam, right?

The problem is most people who get involved in those fail because they were expecting to make a quick buck and never put in the effort. It’s the truth. If you don’t treat it like a business then it will never become a business.

Its Sort Of A Affiliate Program

Beachbody, the company that makes P90X, set up the Beachbody Coach business opportunity because thousands of people who used their products achieved awesome results. Friends, family, and co-workers would notice their results and ask them what they are doing.

The person would refer them to Beachbody. People started calling in to Beachbody asking if they had a P90X affiliate program as so many people were sending business to them.

Beachbody took it one step further and created the coach opportunity to make a “P90X business” and not just an affiliate program.

Beachbody decided to reward those people who treat it like a business and let them keep their customers. It’s no secret that P90X works. Why would you ever want to join an affiliate program for a one and done commission payment when you can build a business and get paid multiple times from the same person?

Here comes the news you probably did not want to hear. It costs money to join!!

There’s a $39 sign up fee to start and a $15 fee every 5 weeks which covers order fulfilment, customer service, shipping, warehousing, and any other admin thing you don’t want to do. No inventory either.

It also covers the $70 MILLION in advertising Beachbody is spending a year branding their products. You get to “piggy back” off of it as everybody has heard of their products.

Its Better Than A P90X Affiliate Program

To be honest, Beachbody actually has an affiliate program with CJ.com. You can promote Beachbody products like P90X and earn 10% on each sale. A very traditional way.

What’s different with the Beachbody Coach route is you earn 25% on each sale plus you get to keep the customer name. This is huge as many people come back to buy nutritional products like Shakeology giving you future commissions from the same customer.

You can see how much more profitable it is to go this route over the traditional affiliate program. The sign up and monthly fee are peanuts in the long run.

Network Marketing Only If You Want To

You are not required to sponsor new people or get into the network marketing side of promoting P90X. Go right ahead and promote the products only if you want. Maybe some of your customers will want to sign up on their own in the future.

If you see the value in starting a “P90X Business” over being a P90X affiliate then I want you to know that I am here to help.

If you currently run a health/fitness website, are looking for a work from home business, or looking for a way to promote some great health products and make some money then being a Beachbody Coach is the way to go.

If you have questions please contact me. I’ll reply asap. I hope this article helps you in deciding to be a Beachbody Coach over looking for a basic P90X affiliate program.