Dan Peterson

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Decide, Commit, Succeed! Last year, I noticed two very unflattering things about myself: I was out of shape and had no plan to retire by age 50! Back when I was 25, 30, even 40 I kept telling myself to fix those two things. First, I started running, then lifted some weights, but it never got me to the results I imagined. My career was OK, but I realized it was a long road to age 65 and there so many other things I wanted to do before then, other than work. Maybe like you, I started seeing the Tony Horton P90X commercials on TV (there kind of hard to miss!) and I thought "that seems to make sense and it doesn't look like a scam", so I ordered the DVDs. No magic bullet here; the workouts are a lot of hard work. But, there fun and I can see results already. So, I checked into the money-making side of Beachbody, and now I am an Independent Team Beachbody Coach. "Coach" doesn't mean you have to pass tests or be a personal trainer, although many trainers have become coaches. It simply means... - Dan Peterson

In an ironic twist, Oscar Pistorius' disability has now been shown to be an unfair advantage. The South African sprinter, who races with two prosthetic lower legs, has been the subject of a see-saw legal battle trying to determine if his carbon fiber, crescent-shaped manufactured legs give him an unfair advantage. Now, two sports scientists have published new research showing that the legs, known as "Cheetahs," make him 15-20 percent faster, equal to 10 seconds over a 400 meter race, then he otherwise would be with natural legs. In 2008, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned a competition ban placed on Pistorius from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), track and field's governing body. Seven scientists produced research that refuted the IAAF's contentions and Pistorius was cleared in time to try for a spot on the Beijing Olympic squad. He just missed making that team by .7 seconds, but is now training for the 2012 London games. He did go on the... - Dan Peterson