Ryan was a fitness trainer for a while, and still does P90X in the mornings.

[Honeycombe8]

He must be in great shape.

Might this add to his appeal to a group that is causing the Republicans some trouble: women?

[Greybnk48]

1. He used to drive the Oscar Meyer WienerMobile too.

How fucking appropriate.

[DJ13]

2. Yeah, I could see him driving weiners in his off hours

[PeaceNikki]

8. which helped him gain experience being a huge penis

[Greybnk48]

37. LOL! You give him too much credit!

My guess is it's small.

[name not needed]

43. A giant prick driving a giant prick.

[WI_DEM]

3. It came down to Ryan and Christie and I can almost hear what the Mittens people were saying:

guy #1: Well Governor, we have to go with Ryan or Christie

Mittens: I really like Christie. He can be my attack dog

guy #2: Yeah, and Ryan has that budget and cuts to Medicare. We don't want to talk about that--NOW.

Mittens: Right, guess it's Christie.

guy# 1: Wait! we have a problem with women.

Mittens: Yeah, how do we fix that? pick Condi or Hutchinson?

guy #2: No! we got to appeal to them with our choice of VP. We got to show him shirtless and buff.

All Three: IT'S RYAN!!

[progressivebydesign]

11. Lol. One redistribution of the President at the beach in Hawaii, shirtless, would render Ryan moot.

Problem with Ryan is that someone can be good looking, but still ugly inside. His policies and beliefs override any work out he does. Plus his face looks like Eddie Munster.. total turn off.

Also, if a guy is seen as TOO much of a gym stud, it has the opposite effect. My friends and I usually consider guys that are too into working out, to be narcissistic and into themselves.

[lunatica]

21. I agree

Vanity and self idolatry is a real turnoff. Paul Ryan is a peacock who relies on "charm".

Watching Romney make his way down from the ship he looked like a limping prissy fool who has no clue of how he looks. But Ryan was obviously conscious of every move he made and made sure his entrance was tv ready.

[movonne]

31. I don't think he is good looking..if fact I think he looks like a weasel...

[CTyankee]

33. Plus, Ryan has pasty colored skin. Obama is a bronze, very attractive.

Naked pasty white chest=

[louis-t]

36. Maybe someone will discover a cellphone photo he took of himself

.......

[madinmaryland]

45. Chris Christie in the buff???

[Curtland1015]

4. I do p90x every morning too, so I can tell you from first hand experience...

...it doesn't help that much.

[redroof]

25. The only way that P90x "doesn't help that much"

is if you're bellying up to the twinkie machine a little too often...

[Xyzse]

39. Agreed

I do it too.
Well, I've been doing Asylum lately, and you get as much as you put in it.

Still, being in shape does not change douche baggery. A douche is a douche, no matter what shape.

[redroof]

54. Absolutely! There is no known cure for douchebagery...

Asylum though, huh? I've just finished month 1 of Insanity and it's about ready to kill me. I'm not sure if I'll have enough in the tank for a round of Asylum when I'm done!

[Xyzse]

59. Asylum is only one month.

Was crazy though.

[progressivebydesign]

5. My ex husband does, too. Women still don't want him.

Gawd.. is anyone that daft as to think that women will vote for Ryan/Romney, who have promised to destroy Planned Parenthood, Head Start, health care for low income women, Pell Grants, nutrition programs, because he works out?? If that was the case, McCain would have won with Palin, because she looked good in a dress.

Nope. this was a Norquist/Koch/Rove/Tea Bagger/Billionaire/Defense Contractor return on investment.

[Honeycombe8]

46. Palin DID get the male conservative vote. In record numbers, as I recall. TV commentators were

drooling all over themselves.

Appearance in politics matters.

[Evergreen Emerald]

6. The republicans tried that once with a "tomatoe"

Quayle. The media routinely stated that the Bush Sr. ticket would appeal to women because Quayle was attractive.

Women were insulted then...and now.

[Honeycombe8]

18. As I recall, that was "potatoe." Unless you meant "tomatoe" as a ...

you know, term for a hot tomater.

I was very young. It never occurred to me that they thought Quayle would be sexy to women. He was attractive, but nerdy and dumb and very married and boring.

Ryan is not nerdy or dumb or boring. He is very married. And very physical. Kinda sexy w/those flat abs. We'll see him on the stump a lot without a jacket, I'm sure.

[WinkyDink]

63. Excuse me: Ryan is extremely nerdy. And boring. And wrinkled of face.

[Honeycombe8]

65. Not to me. Nerds aren't buff fitness trainers. He's a handsome guy, objectively speaking.

That's not open for debate. It's an objective thing. Great, thick, healthy hair.

Boring....he's a wacko, but if there's one thing he's not, it's boring. You notice how everyone in the country is talking about him? That's because he's not boring.

[riverwalker]

7. ummm what is P90X?

help an old lady out here.

[progressivebydesign]

13. It's a work out DVD program that is sold via infomercials. n/t

[Honeycombe8]

15. It is THE workout routine these days.

There are infomercials on it, night & day. It's really hard. It's a super duper hard workout routine that is not that long, but strenuous. Based on the premise that you move quickly and do strenuous exercises, going from one part of the body to another, qhickly.

Lunges
then pushups
then stand up again and do fast jumping jacks
then down on the ground for more pushups
then up again and do weight lifting above your head
then down on the ground again and do ab crunches
then up again to do more fast jumping jacks
then down on the ground again and do situps
then up again to do.....

you get the idea. You have to be in good shape to do it.

[Marr]

17. They're pretty long workouts. Most are an hour or so.

[Honeycombe8]

20. They actually vary in length from 10 minutes to 1/2 hr to an hr or longer. nt

[sendero]

62. Good AEROBIC shape..

.... P90X is not a lean-mass gainer type of program. It is more along the lines of removing fat mass.

It will not put muscle on you like lifting weights will.

Just to be clear about which "in shape" we're talking about here

[riverwalker]

22. like Jane Fonda Workout...on steroids, I get it. n/t

[Marrah_G]

9. I think the majority of women are capable of seeing past that sort of thing

[Lex]

10. I think women are smarter than that. nt

[PeaceNikki]

12. Thankfully most women have brains and don't think with their libidos.

Also

[cali]

14. yes, women are so stupid that we'll vote for the buff candidate.

[progressivebydesign]

16. Take THAT, Romney Campaign! Two can play this game...

but we'll always win, because our guy has a heart.

[Phentex]

23. You can't get any finer than that...

He's smart, funny, genuine, athletic...he SINGS for God's sake!

[JI7]

44. even without undressing he is hotter

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q3k27dA5IUg/TAuhcc8Bs1I/AAAAAAAACIw/y2S_l63c14M/s1600/obama+cool.jpg

[Honeycombe8]

48. Okay, I gotta say....hubba hubba...

I'm shallow...up to a point. It's a natural thing to appreciate a good looker! That doesn't mean I'd vote based on that. But I appreciate the view.

[DainBramaged]

49. THAT is a DUDE, probably the most fit President since Teddy Roosevelt

[eShirl]

19. No.

[Bluenorthwest]

24. If he does this P90X enough, will it make his face better?

Because if he's not planning shirtless stump speeches, his mug is what he's got and that's not a lot he's got. Does this workout system promise to wipe the putz off his face?

[ProSense]

26. Ryan

looks like a little dick and Romney is a giant ass with a big wooden block head.

If weighed on a political scale, they're both ugly soulless bastards.

I guess some people have different standards for attractive.

Thurston Howell / Eddie Munster 2012

[kxm40]

55. Your sign is ready

[PDJane]

27. Nothing will distract women from the fact that he's a dick.

Trust me. Nor do I consider him particularly good looking. There used to be a trainer at the gym I went to for a while with a mug like that. People kept ditching him, and I clearly remember why. He was a demanding, demeaning, misogynist dick.

[Honeycombe8]

50. That may be. Hey, don't shoot the messenger. But word is...he's a well liked guy...

that's why he wins repeatedly in a moderate district.

I think he's cute. And Romney's handsome. That has nothing to do with their ideology, which is sick. But just on appearances, they're both good looking, I think most would agree. It's an objective thing. But Obama is good looking, too. And as another poster mentioned, he sings, too! No reason to vote for him. But it's just, you know...cool.

[TrumanKilldPatton]

28. I dont think so...

P90x is a scam. It's a rigorous program and nearly ANY rigorous program will be effective

[redroof]

61. Of course...

But, then again, college is a scam too.

They make you read books and learn and nearly ANY program that makes you read books and learn will make you smarter...

[Brigid]

29. I don't care what he does in the mornings.

I'm still not voting Republican. I wouldn't even vote for George Clooney if he ran as a Republican.

[CTyankee]

34. Clooney is beautiful BECAUSE he is a liberal!

Liberal men are just handsomer, that's all...

[Brigid]

38. Yep.

And he loves animals too.

[Honeycombe8]

51. Clooney's not my type. A little too puffy in the face and thick body type. I mean, he's attractive.

But he doesn't get my heart to beating.

His politics are outstanding, and he is an exceptional person. And I get why others think he's cute. Tom Cruise never appealed to me in that way, either.

Matt Dillon in his heyday. Robert Straitharn when he was younger. Jake Gyllenhaal (however you spell his name). One of the main actors in the movie Savage...the one with the long eyelashes...he was too beautiful for words. The young actor in the old Romeo and Juliet.

[CTyankee]

56. Matt Damon is wonderful, too.

I'm too old to count in this discussion, but Matt is so cute and so nice and real that I can't help adoring him, too. Not quite as much as George, but certainly a close second...

[HappyMe]

30. So what? Unless p90x

helps one become less of an asshat, women aren't going to care.

[Blue_Roses]

32. Good gawd no.

Smug little bastards who think their shit doesn't stink reek arrogance and it's a BIG turnoff. Haven't you ever heard that someone who isn't so pretty becomes beautiful once you get to know them? Well, the same applies only change that to despise when it's someone cute who is a jerk. ( btw,Ryan isn't cute)

Women especially see through it and despise it.

[Avalux]

35. Absolutely. Superficiality works well with Republicans, looks matter.

It's all they've got, since real dialogue and ideas are non-existent. Women with brains won't be swayed though.

[JI7]

40. Says a lot about what they think of Women including the Sarah Palin pick in 2008

thinking Hillary voters will vote for McCain with her on the ticket.

well, they tried the same with Keyes during Obama's senate run.

[Xyzse]

41. Michelle Obama does it too.

She is also in pretty good shape.

[Dkc05]

42. He probably goes to the DC Bathhouses for his work out?

Now that would be funny if that was found out about him. He is not a squeeky clean guy.

[DainBramaged]

47. I have P90X under the bed, it's good as a tie down....

people serious about physical fitness don't fall for P90 X (unless of course you believe the ads or get a discount coupon or knew someone who was getting rid of it and just wanted to try it).

[Honeycombe8]

52. Really? It's a hoax you think? I've seen the infomercials, and it's based on

the premise that you get in shape faster if you work each area of the body intensely, one after the other. He's got a name for it.

It sounded logical when I heard it described. Didn't work for you?

I've heard it's expensive. But I'm not in good enuf shape to do it, anyway.

[DainBramaged]

53. It would take two years of using it every day for forur hours to get n shape

like the guy in te infomercial, and they will break before then. My friend was throwing them away (with the DVDs) so I grabbed them.


Been under the bed for a year. Weight training, running, and basic sit ups/push ups work better faster. Much faster.



The two guys who own the company, they are not Hans and Frans.


Pros

The workouts work. You can make pretty dramatic changes if you do these workouts—as prescribed.

The exercises are straight forward and doable for most people who have experience working out.

Most people report that Tony Horton (the instructor) is very motivating. For something this hard, it is great to have good motivator.

You don’t need a lot of extra equipment or a spotter.

Again, if the program is done as prescribed and your goal is to lean and defined – then this should do the job. It was hard to find a fitness trainer to say a bad word.


Cons


You still have to “eat right” to come close to the results you see on TV

This is big time commitment. It is an hour a day of exercise and the yoga program is a whopping 90 minutes.

Some of the moves may be too much for those who aren’t in good shape [however, they do show you modified moves]

You need a pull-up bar for a lot of the sessions, you make the call.

Some people report that Tony Horton can be a little annoying (but the majority like him)

They up sell you their nutritional supplements on the DVDs which is a little much. You don’t need them.



Read more: http://www.healthhound.org/p90x/#ixzz23HOV0Zdz

[Incitatus]

57. Patrick Bateman was into fitness too. nt

[GoCubsGo]

58. Plenty of time to lead P90X classes, but...

...no time to help pass a job bill?

[Ikonoklast]

60. Yeah, stupid foolish women voters always go for the asshat.

We all know women vote on looks, and no other reason.

What a steaming crock of crap.

[WinkyDink]

64. Would YOU vote for him based on that? Are you projecting? Maybe he's a narcissist.