P90X2 Cast Profile: Collette, X2 Ab Ripper and P.A.P. Lower

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Full Name: Collette DeBenedetto Stohler

Background/Current: When P90X2 was created, Collette was a Beachbody employee, active in product development, as well as on the Team Beachbody message boards and newsletter. Her personal blog mentions her background in track and field, weightlifting (of course!) and running. A couple of interesting facts I learned from this article linked from her blog: 1) Her mom’s name is Collette too (last name Liantonio), and 2) Mom is a “Direct Response TV” marketing executive, so the younger Collette grew into the business.

She was an All-American long jumper and triple jumper who competed for the University of Pennsylvania. After that she competed for Team New Jersey in Olympic Weightlifting, where she was nationally ranked in the 53kg weight class.

She recently started competing in CrossFit for CrossFit South Bay in Hermosa Beach.

She is an avid traveler, and a spokesperson for The Yacht Week (watch for her at about 1 min 45 sec).

In a Facebook chat, she told me, “My main goals are to educate and inspire the youth generation, especially young women on fitness, self-confidence, and body image. My blog is the start of that, but I have many more ideas up my sleeve.”

For those who are wondering, her Facebook relationship status was Engaged and now she’s married. Maybe she was inspired by Tony Horton’s joke in X2 Ab Ripper: “Engagement, not momentum. I don’t mean to get out and get engaged…”

My Comments:

Collette was one of the inspirations for my growing list of cast profiles. So many people were searching the blog daily for information about her, that I decided to research other P90X2 cast members, since this seemed to be a more interesting topic than my workout journal. Along the way, I have learned so much about the people we see in P90X2. I’ve had the opportunity to chat with most of them, and I follow their updates on social networking sites. It’s great to be able to finally interact with Collette, and share this information with you.

Official/Personal Websites:

Collette’s blog, The Intuitive Athlete
Facebook (Personal page, friend request required)
Facebook (Fan page, The Intuitive Athlete)

Beachbody LIVE! with Stephanie Saunders and Collette (Nov 2012)
Team Beachbody newsletter articles