So far the most interesting article that I've found on my topic is one called "Why Periodization Doesn't Work." It was written by a guy named Charles Staley, B. Sc., MSS. The article is a web based article on a site called T-Nation.com. It's really interesting because it takes an awful lot of information about periodization training and kicks it all in the teeth by thoroughly explaining why it doesn't work. He gives a lot of examples and show a few charts on specific information and testing. Mr. Staley breaks the idea of periodization training into five problems which he labels in the article. Through each of these problems he makes a comparison to normal people and to professional athletes and explains why it works and doesn't work for each group. After stating those he goes on to say what would actually work for normal people and how to go about doing it. He goes on to break down his ideas of how to work out through phases that he's put together to achieve a better overall health status.

At first my topic was about if P90X worked and how well did it work. After doing research on it I've found that P90X is just periodization training so I've decided to change my topic to being about whether or not periodization training works. While I was researching P90X I found that most of the articles about it were simply about the type of training that it was more so that P90X itself so I actually had to broaden my scope for this assignment.

The biggest problem that I'm having is not finding enough specific research on just P90X and actually finding more information on the type of program that it is. That's causing me to have to change my topic a little and like I said broaden my topic a little. Other than that I've found some great articles on why and how it works well and I've also found a some good articles dispelling those findings. Good mix of for and against the topic.