Hi everyone.  My name is Chad and thanks to Beachbody and Tony Horton, I transformed my body in just 90 days by doing the Power 90 and P90X workout programs.  I am in better shape today than ever before. 

 I am an independent Beachbody coach and am here to help you however I can.  I’ve had much success with P90X and have helped many others meet their own weight loss goals and achieve their own fantastic results.  This blog is about fitness and enjoying a healthy lifestyle, and its benefits.

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What is TurboFire?

TurboFire is a total-body cardio-conditioning workout program developed by Chalene Johnson in conjunction with Beachbody. Choreographed to upbeat music which motivates you to dial up your intensity levels, doing kickboxing drills and aerobic exercises mixed with dance moves in a class setting. The program comes with 12 classes on 10 DVDs and you will be exercising about 30 minutes a day.

Why is it effective?

It’s all about High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). HIIT burns up to 9x more fat and calories than traditional cardio. These HIIT moves are known as “Fire Drills.” Unlike traditional cardio, HIIT means working out at your max in up to 1-minute intervals. As a result, your body burns up to 9x more fat and calories. Even after you’re done with class, your body continues to burn calories for up to a 24-hour period. This means 4 minutes of HIIT can be more effective than 30 to 45 minutes on a treadmill or stair climber.

What makes TurboFire unique?

The music behind TurboFire makes this program unlike any other. Chalene has custom-designed the best beats so each move is perfectly choreographed. Music is a major motivator. It’s what gets you to pump your arms harder and kick your legs higher so you get the best workout from every class, and you look forward to your classes every time.

What type of equipment do I need?

The TurboFire base kit comes with the Lower Body Band. Several classes require dumbbells or resistance bands.

If you really want to try Shakeology, read about their return policy.   The only risk is on Beachbody’s side (lol)

What is Shakeology?

Shakeology is a protein nutritional drink and drinking it is an effective way to help you lose weight, increase your energy and just makes you feel incredibly healthy.  It also helps reduce cravings and promotes healthy digestion and regularity.  The stuff tastes really good.  There are two flavor, chocolate and greenberry and to my surprise I think I actually like the greenberry flavor better, but no worries they offer either full bags or a variety sample packets so you can try both and see for yourself.

I’ll be honest, when shakeology was first introduced to the market I did not get it because I did not need to lose any weight. I used a couple workout video program developed by Beachbody and through consistent exercise and making healthy food choices I lost 25 pounds tin 90 days and went from a flabby gut to a six pack.  I also could not justify the expense of another supplement, knowing that I did not have any weight to lose.  Well as a few months went by I started hearing all crazy stories about this shake.  People were full of energy and no longer feeling less sluggish. People we losing weight, simply by replacing one meal a day.  People make it through the winter sick free for the first time in years.  Others reduced their cholesterol.  You name a typical health related problem, somehow Shakeology fixed it.  I finally broke down and tried it out and was instantly hooked.  It tasted better than I thought and was surprisingly very filling for something just packing only 140 calories.  After about a week or so, I felt more energized than I did already workout out five to six days a week.  My kids would get viruses and I would tend to their needs like I was wearing a suite of armour. 

The real kicker is I had absolutely nothing to lose by trying Shakeo logy.   Shakeology comes with a 30 day bottom of the bag guarantee, which meant within 30 days, I could return it for the full price, regardless of if I had one serving or finished the entire bag.  In this case the only expense is the shipping, but to game that, I  could have signed up for auto ship which gives free shipping, and they return it after 30 days so I’d never actually pay for shipping.  Signing up for auto ship also give you two free gifts, workout video and shaker cup, which you get to keep if you return this.  So basically I think you’re making money off beach body.

 For that reason alone I tell everyone I know who is looking for some edge to loosing weight and feeling great and having the energy levels they did as a kid to try this stuff.  Worst comes to worse you finish the entire bag and return it before you even have to pay your next credit card statement.

Great news for anyone looking to buy P90X or Insanity. Beachbody rolled out with a program that is offering customers either 2 additional bonus Tony Horton workouts, or 1 additional bonus Shawn T. workout if you purchase either P90X or Insanity through a Beachbody coaches link to the Team Beachbody web site.

Also, shipping is usually cheaper when buying through this site as well. You will be required to set up a Team Beachbody member account, but it’s FREE and takes about 30 seconds to do.

That’s it, simple to do! Just click on the banners below.

Even though the banners say 12 P90X workouts and 10 Insanity workouts, when you click on the link you’ll see a reference to the bonus workouts.

A couple winters ago, I was at my heaviest weight ever and I was disgusted with the way I looked and felt. One Saturday morning I was watching television and I caught the beginning of an infomercial that spoke to getting ripped in 90 days. By the time it ended I was totally mesmerized.

Immediately after the commercial ended, I jumped online and started looking into this workout program called P90X. Many times I came across what I thought were going to be reviews, only to find out they were articles or blog posts simply restating what I just learned in the infomercial. I wanted to see some real P90X results and stories in addition to the few testimonials in the commercial.

After a little more searching I found tons of P90X before and after pictures and convinced myself to commit to this program and give it a try. Working out in the comfort of my home and not spending hundreds of dollars on a gym membership appealed to me, plus the results of the people on the commercial and others I saw online were better than most of the people I used to see in the gym.

After completing multiple rounds of P90X I can honestly say that it works and the reason it works has more to do than just muscle confusion. The P90X workout is a complete comprehensive workout system and is more than just a spreadsheet with 10 exercises to do each day. As I stated earlier the real secret is not what you would expect, but let’s start with the obvious anyway.

A major selling point for the program is the workout videos. Throughout the entire program you workout along to them. The videos demonstrate variations that address all types of fitness levels. If you are not at the extreme level, follow the modified version until you are ready to move up to extreme level. A great feature about the videos, are the people cast in them that you are working out with. They are not professional athletes or models. They are all real people who went through the program and are sweating the whole time just like you are.

The program also comes with a fully comprehensive and detailed nutritional guide. Like the videos, the nutrition guide was developed to address different types of people. If you like to cook, the guide tells you what types of foods you should be eating and how much of them you should be eating. If you just want to be told what to do, there is a section that lays out complete meals that will last you months.

What goes overlooked and is the most critical part for success with P90X are the coaches and online support system. Statistically speaking more than half of the United States is overweight. Completing 90 days, sweating buckets for an hour a day, and completely changing your nutritional habits is going to be hard to do and the last thing someone needs is lack of support from friends, family members, and co-workers. Coaches are Beachbody product experts and are available to you at no cost when you sign up for a free Team Beachbody account. Coaches provide direction, support, accountability, motivation, peer advice, and tools to help you reach your goals faster. It is a well-known fact that people who have strong support systems are the most successful-and a Team Beachbody Coach is your link to the most supportive community on the Web.

In conclusion the program works, but it is not because of a special push up or never seen before bicep curl or shoulder press. It works because it is a complete workout package with a unique support system which you follow step by step. Follow the videos, eat as outlined in the nutritional guide, and most importantly connect with a coach and the thousand of other people who are in the same boat you are. That is the real truth behind why P90X really works.

If you are going to purchase a Beachbody workout program, I do recommend you buy it directly from Beachbody, but I would shop through the Team Beachbody website instead.  Here are a couple reasons why.

For starters, you will get cheaper shipping on your order.   If you order directly from Beachbody’s main website or call the 1-800 phone number advertised on their commercials, you will pay $19.99 shipping for the higher priced programs like P90X or Insanity. If you sign up for your free membership first, and then place your order through the Team Beachbody website, you pay less than half for shipping. The free membership to Team Beachbody is available to anyone. You do not need to be a customer or make a purchase.

In addition to cheaper shipping, your free Team Beachbody membership includes access to the WOWY SuperGym and daily prize giveaway, your own personal success coach, access to the Beachbody message and support boards, and the Beachbody weekly email newsletter.

Oh and one more reason.  Beachbody is now offering FREE bonus workout videos is you shop through their Team Beachbody website.  These bonus workouts are in addition to what you see advertised on TV (yes, even on top of the already advertised bonus workouts) and they are not available through the informercial phone numbers or Beachbody’s main website.

Lastly, I advise you TO NOT purchase through Craigslist or Ebay. I know we do not know each other, but trust me on this one. If you order a workout program from one of these sites, be prepared to receive an illegal, unauthorized bootleg of the workout program. Why is that you ask? Only Beachbody, and Independent Beachbody Coaches are authorized to sell these products and must do so at the full retail value. Most of the time what you will find online are low quality pirated DVDs that do not have chapters for easy navigation. These videos come with no warranty or return guarantee, so what you get is what you get regardless of its condition. Most likely, your package will not come with the printed program and nutrition guides. If you are lucky you will get the link to a PDF file to print out yourself. At close to 400 pages, the money you save buy purchasing at these sites will be offset by all the printer ink you will need to purchase.

Is the Beachbody coaching program a scam? What does a Beachbody coach do? Who needs one? Who should become one? What are some tips to making money and becoming a successful one? These are all questions I asked myself shortly after I started P90X and hearing about it. When it comes to asking about a Beachbody coach there are two types of people who should be asking these questions.

The first type of person is someone who has a Beachbody fitness program and is looking for someone to help support them with their program and achieve their weight loss and fitness goals. This was Beachbody’s primary purpose when they launched their coaching network. I relied on my coach to help me when I first went through P90X, and he helped me lose 25 pounds in 90 days and get down to 8% body fat. I have since helped many others with guidance support and motivation to help them meet their weight loss and fitness goals.

The second type of person who may be asking this question is someone who is thinking of becoming a coach because they either want to help others meet their fitness goals, like my coach did for me, or because of the potential to make a supplemental or full time income like many others are doing. My guess is most people who are reading this article are new to internet marketing or the network marketing industry, and are surfing the web to find out the legitimacy of this opportunity, and are concerned that coaching is over hyped, or worse, a pyramid scheme.

Let me first address the pyramid scheme concern. I can tell you it is not a pyramid scam. Beachbody sells many of the top selling, most successful and effective fitness and nutritional products in the marketplace today. Beachbody’s coaching opportunity is network marketing or MLM, and in all honesty a coach is an independent distributor, but I do not know of any other MLM company spending over $100 million each year on advertising. Whether you are someone who is considering becoming a coach or not, you most likely have noticed the cable networks constantly running Beachbody infomercials for P90X, Insanity, Slim-in-6, or Brazil Butt Lift. Plus, Beachbody takes customers who order from their advertising and places those customers in the business streams of coaches who achieve Emerald level status and higher so they can earn off these customers’ future orders. Like other network marketing companies or MLMs there is a pyramid structure, but then again so does every company. Most companies have a CEO, EVP, SVP, VP, AVP…you get the picture. If you want to take full advantage of the earning potential it is important to build a team underneath so you can earn volume bonuses, but if you are not comfortable doing that you can be quite successful by simply recommending Beachbody’s fitness programs and nutritional supplements to people looking to get in shape.

This is not a get rich quick scheme and do not fall for anyone promoting it like it is. You get out of it what you put in to it, and whether you want to grow your business part-time of full-time is up to you. Personally I have been using and teaching strategies and techniques which can be applied in both the offline and online worlds, and have plugged them into a system which can be used whether you want to focus on retailing or bringing in new coaches underneath you. It is called attraction marketing and it is all about getting people to you, not hard selling or pushing products or opportunities to your friends and family. It uses some of the most powerful and effective techniques and is the system being used by all the big players in the network marketing industry today. The good news is it is proven to bring in 10-20 customers a month, and the better news is very few people are practicing it.

The key thing to take away is this is a very legitimate opportunity and growing your business using the principles and simple concepts of attraction marketing is easy to do. The secret to growing your business is to provide value and information to those seeking it.

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I have always been a sucker for infomercials but something about this one really hit the sweet spot with me. My jaw dropped each time I saw another photo result and heard a testimonial. When it was over, I sat at my computer, went to google, and typed in PX90 reviews. The commercial featured about six success stories, but on the internet there were pages full of them. I only looked at a few because the sheer volume of testimonials convinced me that this program definitely works. I have written this review as a way to answer some of the most frequent questions I receive.

What is PX90

PX90, is a revolutionary system that constantly introduces new moves to challenge your muscles and give you extraordinary results. The program was developed by celebrity fitness trainer Tony Horton, in conjunction with Beachbody.

What are the workout like and how much equipment do I need?

The daily workouts last 60 to 75 minutes and you work out to the videos six days a week. The odd days involve weights and resistance training and the even days involve plyometric, yoga, and kick boxing training. The videos are very professionally produced and shot in a gym setting. You will not see flawless fitness models smiling without breaking a sweat, but you will find real people who have completed the program working hard along side of you. There is a lot of focus on proper form and you will see multiple options for every exercise. I recommend using a pair of adjustable dumbbells and a pull up bar, although at a bare minimum you can get away with just a resistance band.

How important is the diet?

Understanding the nutrition guide is critical to getting the most out of the program. It gives you the choice to either make your own meals using food categories, or to use their meal plans which provides you with 90 days worth of recipes. The nutrition guide has three phases and recommends you start in a high protein, low carbohydrate phase, then move to a more balanced phase, and finally end on a low protein, high carbohydrate phase. Most people will be fine with just the first two phases, and the balanced phase is ideal for long term maintenance. Many people feel the nutrition guide is intimidating and confusing to follow, but I tell everyone to not worry about the details and to simply focus on making healthy choices and avoiding junk food. Even Tony Horton says that most people should just concern themselves with avoiding foods that are heavily process and loaded with sugars, and to eat lean proteins, whole grains, healthy fats, fruits, and vegetables, and to find the spices that make them taste good.

What if I have questions while I am going through the program?

Beachbody has a great online community filled with people who have gone through their programs and are there to help. I have never seen such a strong, encouraging community. The online forums are filled with expert advice, and people to keep you accountable to your results and who offer constant support, motivation, and guidance.

Did you know that 97% of people who join a Network Marketing or MLM company fail? Do you know why that is? The reason is a lack of marketing training and support.

One of the biggest differences between the top Network Marketers in the industry and you, is that the top earners do not chase their family around and beg them to join their business. They do not solicit or approach anyone. They just practice attraction marketing.

Where most people go wrong is how they define their target market. Whatever product or service you are marketing, your target should be people who are already purchasing or looking to purchase what you are promoting. So in the case of your Beachbody MLM business your target should not be your friends and family. Your target market should be either current Network Marketers, or people actively looking to get involved in Network Marketing.

As much as you think that the company you represent offers the best business opportunity, the fact is most people do not care how great your company is, or about the products they sell.

So what is it that your prospects are really looking for? People want to understand how to market their business so they can actually make some money. People want to find a real leader who can show them exactly how to overcome their challenges and get results.

Those are the 2 reasons people are going to join you. They either see you as a leader who can help move them get results and grow their business, or they want to work with you because you have a marketing system, skills, or knowledge that will help them make money.

When you know how to do both of those things people will be attracted to you like you are a marketing magnet.

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If you have seen the infomercial, you know the Insanity workout program from Beachbody claims it might just be the hardest workout ever put on DVD. I have tried workouts like Tae Bo and P90X, and I can attest, Insanity is as hard as it looks and the commercial says it is. I put together the following review to give my honest option to anyone thinking about giving this program a try.

The Insanity workout is a 60 day, extreme cardio conditioning program and it will push you to the max, and will get you in the best shape of your life. The program burns calories like nothing I have ever seen before, but I would not recommend it to everyone looking to loose weight. I do not feel it is ideal for anyone new to fitness or at a beginner exercise level. The workouts are all centered around cardio, plyometric, and body weight exercises. Some people may like that because they will not have to purchase any additional equipment, and some people may not like that because it is not the best option for putting on serious muscle mass.

Insanity is broken into two 30 day phases. Each phase has four weeks of intense workouts and one, slightly less intense recovery week. On average the workouts last about 35-40 minutes for the first phase and 55-60 minutes for the second phase.

Like all of Beachbody’s workout programs, the nutrition guide is a core component and key to anyone’s success with the program. The nutrition guide has you look at food as a way to fuel your body through these workouts and keep you energized throughout the day which is spot on. Since the workouts are interval based you will be burning calories 24/7 like an efficient machine. The nutrition guide recommends five to six small meals a day, each consisting of about 300 to 400 calories. The guide also presents daily meal plan and recipes to follow if you would like. Like all good nutrition plans it is more about making healthy choices rather than starving yourself and feeding yourself with junk.

Another key to the success many people have with Beachbody programs like Insanity is their online community and support system. I have never seen such a strong, encouraging community and the online forums are filled with expert advise, and people to keep you accountable to your results and who also offer constant support, motivation, and guidance.

This is the first Shaun T. program I have tried and after watching these video you will be amazed at what great shape he is in. Making it through the workouts are extremely tough. I will admit I was pretty intimidated when I first began working out to the videos and watching all these super-fit people taking breaks and barely able to keep up. The fact that Shaun actually coaches and instructs while doing the workouts is a testament to the fantastic shape he is in. The good news is as you progress through the program it does get easier and you will feel an elevated sense of accomplishment.

It seems every time I wake up early on a Saturday or Sunday morning, turn on my television and flip through the cable channels, I seem to come across the P90X workout program infomercial. After years of gaining weight and countless times watching this thing, I finally decided to give this program a try. Within 90 days I lost close to 25 pounds and reduced my body fat to 9%. I was so astonished at the results I got from P90X that I decided to write a P90X review.

P90X is a 90 day in home extreme fitness program and was developed by celebrity fitness trainer Tony Horton, in conjunction with Beachbody. The workout program includes 12 DVDs and is based on the principles of muscle confusion.

On average the P90X workouts last 60 to 75 minutes and the program calls for working out six days a week. The odd days involve resistance training and the even days involve cardio, core, and yoga training. Unlike most workout videos which appear overly staged with bright lights and flawless fitness models, P90X is very professionally produced and shot in a gym setting. The cast in the videos are P90X graduates and are sweating and failing right there with you. There is a lot of good instruction and the playfulness between Tony and the cast is intense at times, light at times, but never over the top in either direction. Most of the videos have three cast members and while performing the workouts they demonstrate the exercises from modified, all the way to extreme. As far as equipment goes, you can get away with as little as resistance bands, but in my opinion to get the most out of the program I think a pull up bar and adjustable dumbbells work best.

Like all of Beachbody’s workout programs, the nutrition guide is a core component and key to anyone’s success with the program. The nutrition guide has you look at food as a way to fuel your body through these workouts and keep you energized throughout the day which is spot on. The nutrition guide gives you the choice to make your own meals using food categories, or you can use their meal plan with provides you with 90 days worth of meals. The nutrition guide has three phases and recommends you start in a high protein, low carbohydrate phases and end on the low protein, high carbohydrate phase. I personally never moved passed the equal balance of carbohydrates and proteins and do not think the final phase is really needed. I am very familiar with the nutrition guide but at first it was confusing. I tell most people not to worry about the details and to simply focus on making healthy choices. Even Tony Horton says that most people should just concern themselves with avoiding foods that are heavily process and loaded with sugars, and to eat lean proteins, whole grains, healthy fats, fruits, and vegetables, and to find the spices that make them taste good.

Another key to the success many people have with Beachbody programs like P90X is their online community and support system. I have never seen such a strong, encouraging community and the online forums are filled with expert advise, and people to keep you accountable to your results and who also offer constant support, motivation, and guidance.