When you start any fitness program, it’s important for you to take your body measurements. Whether you do P90X, Insanity, Slim in 6, running, or any fitness activity, measuring various parts of your body will help encourage you to keep going once you start seeing results! Taking an accurate set of body measurements every 30 days will help you track your progress.
Here’s what you need to get your body measurement:
- Tape measure
- Body fat calibers
- Friend who can help!
It is important to be consistent with your measurements so you know your measurement is accurate. Measure your body in exactly the same places every 30 days, starting with day one. Start with your arms and work your way down.
Many of your favorite Team Beachbody fitness programs come with a measure tape. ChaLEAN Extreme includes calibers too!
Start measuring with the peak of the bicep (left and right). Strike a pose and make a muscle. The peak of your bicep is easy to find!
Take a proper chest measurement right across the nipple area. Make sure your arms are down at your sides.
Next you will measure your waist. Be sure to measure directly across your belly button. Don’t worry about your love handles, those are sure to disappear during your workout program!
Include the widest part of your buttocks when taking your hip measurement and make sure you legs are together.
Your thigh measurement should be taken halfway between your inseam and your knee. Make sure you do the left side and right side.
Don’t forget to measure your calves! Make sure your weight is evenly distributed and measure at the peak of your calves.
Once you complete your measurements, it’s time to find out your body fat percentage! You will need your body fat calibers. Then, to the side of your bellybutton and about 1 inch down pinch as much fat as you can with your fingers and then Squeeze it with the calibers until the arrows align. Look at the chart that came with your calibers for your body fat percentage.
Take these measurements every 30 days and write it down! You can keep track online at Team Beachbody or track it on your own!
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Shakeology The Workouts – The 30 is part of a 2-DVD at-home fitness program. The complete Shakeology Program consists of the Shakeology Shake and the Workouts: The 30 and The 50 DVDs. Tania Ante leads you through the Shakeology Workouts. You may be familiar with Tania Ante from other at-home fitness programs that she appears in: Hip Hop Abs, Insanity, and Rockin’ Body DVDs. In those fitness programs, Tania was a key participant and exercise modifier, now Tania takes center stage as YOUR fitness trainer.
The 30 Shakeology Workout is a 30 minute workout that is aimed at beginners. If you are already doing more advanced fitness programs, The Shakeology Workouts are not for you! The backdrop for the workouts is stark white and the exercisers are dressed in black and white outfits for a dramatic look!
Before starting, you’ll need some equipment. A mat or towel for floor exercises, hand weights or resistance bands, water, and a towel (to wipe away the sweat!) Tania starts out The 30 Shakeology Workout with a 5 minute warmup that consists of marching in place, followed by jumping jacks, some jogging in place, and stretching. Lisette, an exerciser on the DVD is a modifier so if you want to keep it low impact, or you are just getting into the groove of exercising, you can follow the Lisette.
Once the warmup is done, Tania takes you through a very balanced combination of cardiovascular exercises for burning up the calories and strength training to tone your muscles and boost your metabolism.
You may be familiar with some of the traditional exercises that Tania introduces to you. She is very easy to follow and explains all the moves clearly. Even if you don’t get it the first time, you can always pause the DVD and start again when you are ready.
You will do moves like lateral raises for your shoulders, bicep curls, and lunges. The tricep dips are a fun challenge that will get you the toned, shapely arms you always wanted. She also combines moves like bicep curls and lunges so you get the most bang out of each exercise. Tania keeps you going through a full body workout. The final few minutes are spent down on the mat, performing a series of exercises that give you fabulous abs!
All in all, Shakeology The Workouts is a nice, all over workout. It’s not crazy or intense, but just right if you are starting out. And at $29.95 for the Shakeology Workout 2 DVD package, it’s a real bargain. You get a seasoned, experienced trainer that will help you get fit!
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Insanity is Shaun T’s latest, cardio-based 60-day fitness program. Insanity promises to get you in the best shape of your life! That is, if you do the exercises for 60-days and follow the Insanity Elite Nutrition plan. The Insanity Elite Nutrition plan is part of the Insanity at-home fitness package – Insanity 10-DVD base kit or Insanity Deluxe 13-DVD kit.
When you do an intense exercise program like Insanity, you must eat healthy! The Insanity Elite Nutrition guide teaches you about balanced nutrition and how to feed your body what it needs to survive Insanity!
We all like to be social or emotional eaters, or just eat whatever is convenient. But that won’t work too good when you do Insanity with Shaun T. If you are serious about transforming your body, understand that the primary purpose of food is fuel. Your body needs fuel to function, especially if you are doing an intense, cardio-interval based fitness program like Insanity.
The Insanity Elite Nutrition guide is designed to power your body through the most intense workouts of your life! It’s true. Even if you work out a lot, Insanity will be a challenge for you too. With the Elite Nutrition guide, you will learn how to eat healthy while you power through Insanity fitness, but you will also understand how to eat long after you complete Insanity.
The Insanity nutrition guide teaches you:
- How to determine your daily caloric needs.
- When to eat.
- How many daily meals to eat.
You get a yummy array of meals aimed at keeping your metabolism burning steadily. The Insanity meals range from Teriyaki Grilled Tuna and Chicken Stir-fry, to breakfast protein pancakes and berry protein smoothies! The Elite Nutrition guide is 70 pages packed with learning, recipes, Michi’s Ladder chart, and food substitution lists to further customize your nutrition plan
Using this eating and nutritional plan, the Insanity test group’s metabolism was kicked into high gear and they lost weight so fast they had to add calories each week just to maintain!
If you commit to Insanity and the Elite Nutrition plan, you can be in the best shape of your life in 60-days. No one said it would be easy, it takes hard work and commitment but YOU can do it! Take the challenge. See you in 60-days!
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Sounds tempting doesn’t it? Sure, you see a headline and want to buy Shaun T’s newest INSANITY workout for $84 with free shipping! The fact is that the Insanity DVDs that you’ve been tempted to purchase on various Web sites that have recently popped up, for $84, $99, and so forth, originate from China (or right here in the US) and are complete frauds! Yes, friends, these are completely illegal.
When you purchase these illegal copies of Insanity or any Beachbody fitness program, you are participating in and supporting these illegal activities.
Beachbody works hard to produce high quality fitness programs that work. You’ve heard of their most popular programs like Insanity, P90X, Slim in 6 and Hip Hop Abs. The success of these workouts and the legitimate sale of these products from the Beachbody, infomericals, and Team Beachbody Coaches, allow for repeat customers.
Because of this success, the Beachbody fitness DVDs have caught the attention of modern day pirates or thieves. According to Jonathan Gelfand, General Counsel for Beachbody, what piracy is for intellectual property companies, is when somebody takes these DVDs and mass produces them, puts a flimsy cover on them, and goes out and sells them. These illegal Beachbody DVDs like P90X are sold on eBay, individual Web sites, and various other online sites where you download for free.
If you are tempted to purchase a Beachbody product from an illegal source, think again. Beachbody is serious about combating the illegal copying of their products and is now stepping up their anti-pirating efforts. Most recently, Beachbody filed suit against sellers on eBay. Beachbody is seeking the maximum penality for copyright infringement, trademark infringement and other claims, including $150,000 per infringing act.
If you are engaged in the wholesale infringement of Product Partners (Beachbody) intellectual property rights, and the company does not take action against you, do not despair, your time will eventually come.
Beachbody remains on the front lines, preventing daily the unauthorized distribution of Beachbody products.
Also, if you do purchase illegal, pirated copies of Beachbody fitness DVDs to get a better deal, in the end it’s not really a better deal! Why you ask? I get so many people asking me questions about Tony Horton’s P90X because they are missing DVDs, don’t have the official P90X Fitness Guide, are missing the Nutrition Guide and such! People are now buying illegal copies of Insanity and I assure you, they are missing calendars, guides, and the quality is off. It’s ILLEGAL.
If you purchase the pirated versions just to save a buck, it costs you in the long run because you likely don’t have the complete package and can waste hours of time on the Internet searching for it. AND, you are supporting completely illegal activities!
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Jim was overweight and mad at himself prior to starting P90X. He was instructing people on how to be high performance athletes but he himself was a big lardo with love handles! Jim had to do something to get rid of his fat!
He heard about P90X but was skeptical. But Jim knew that he had the Beachbody P90X 30-day money back guarantee to fall back on. Jim would send P90X back if it did not work. Jim also made sure that P90X included a good nutrition plan in addition to the workouts.
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After 30 days of doing P90X, Jim started seeing results. His 30 day P90X results kept him motivated to keep going! He took photos at the 30, 60, and 90-day P90X milestones and was astounded by his results.
His fat love handles were gone and replaced by toned, sculpted abs. He got what he needed from doing the P90X at home fitness program. He now trusts everything about P90X. As a habit, he still tries to grab for the fat around his middle but there is none left to grab anymore!
Jim trusts everything about P90X. He feels good at work now teaching high performance athletes because he is also in great shape.
If you are sitting on the fence with P90X, take Jim’s advice…get your own P90X. It’s easy to get the results you want by following the P90X at home fitness program with Tony Horton.
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Slim in 6 is a body-slimming at-home fitness program that takes you through three phases of intensity. This exercise method tones your body and trims away the fat, while increasing your strength, endurance, and energy. When you do Slim in 6, a 6 week fitness program, for 6 days per week you can reshape your body!
Ramp It Up is the second fitness workout DVD in Debbie Sieber’s Slim in 6 fitness and weight loss program. You move on to the Ramp It Up exercises once you have mastered the exercises in Phase 1, Start It Up.
Slim in 6 Ramp It Up really kicks the exercise up a notch, with nearly 48 minutes of fitness that begin with a 4.5 minute warm up. During the warmup, Debbie Siebers takes you through moves like reaching up and over, reaching across the body, half squats with arm movements, and step touch with hands on the hips. Debbie Siebers does a great job of showing you how to do the exercises and is very easy to follow. She also lets you know exactly how many repetitions remain for every exercise.
After the warmup, you will be toning up your body with moves like step-back lunges, medium stance squats, and standing bent leg exercises. Debbie is encouraging and lets you know which muscle group you are working. With Slim in 6 Ramp It Up, focusing on proper form for all exercises is more important then the quantity of exercises you perform. If you cannot perform a particular exercise, don’t worry! Debbie Siebers always suggests alternative moves that you can do until you master it!
Nearly halfway through Slim in 6 Ramp It Up, Debbie switches to exercises that use resistance bands. You stand on the band and pull the handles in a criss-cross manner across your lower body to launch into a series of back exercises. Debbie Siebers then moves you through shoulder exercises. She gives great instruction on how to increase and decrease the resistance on the resistance bands.
The final few minutes of the Ramp It Up consists of stretching yoga exercises, an excellent way to end any workout! You muscles really need a nice stretch after a challenging workout.
Slim in 6 is perfect for beginners that have never exercised, or for someone who has not exercised in a very long time. Slim in 6 is not for intermediate or advanced fitness people – it would not be challenging enough for the advanced fitness person.
Take your time to understand the purpose of each exercise and use body awareness. If you stick with Slim in 6 and a proper nutrition program, you should see significant physical changes in your body!
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By now you’ve heard the buzz about Insanity, the newest 60-day at-home fitness program from Shaun T. and Beachbody. Insanity is such an intense cardiovascular interval program, that we only recommend it if you are already at an intermediate fitness level!
When you do the Insanity 10 DVD program, you do not use weights or resistance bands! These cardio and plyometric drills, strength, power, and resistance use your own body for resistance.
The Insanity MAX Interval Sports Training DVD is part of the Insanity Deluxe 13 DVD or Insanity Deluxe Recovery 13 DVD 60-day Fitness program. Insanity Max Interval Sports Training is a 54-minute workout, the longest of all the DVDs (and the most intense)!
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The Insanity Max Interval Sports Training DVD is for you if you like to do extremely difficult exercises! The Max Interval Sports are more intense than the other exercises as seen on the Insanity base 10 DVD program. With this DVD, Shaun T. trains you with many of the same exercises he uses to train professional athletes – after all, Shaun is a former track star, so watch out on this one!
Shaun T. starts the Interval Sports training with a 6 minutes warm up, starting with invisible jump rope and moving through switch heel with heel taps to the floor while keeping the core tight. The side-to-side jump rope moves work your whole body, even warming up your biceps with the invisible jump rope motions.
Next are some interesting moves that I never saw before! But, I can tell you they warm up all the parts of your body. These insane moves range from pulling your knees up high to warm up the hip flexors and core, and backward knee pulls with a hand to floor. Shaun T. gives you an Insanity warm up that will make you feel like you are doing the actual workout. But that is just the beginning!
When the warm-up circuit is complete, Shaun T. takes you through the whole Insanity warm-up again – just faster!
Next, you head into the Max Interval Sports training exercises with boxing moves like intense jabs across. This is not your Mother’s jabs! Remember this is Shaun t. You then do a series of jabs and uppercuts where you use an insane level of power to push through each jab and uppercut. Then Shaun pushes you through combining jabs with Shaun T. style power jumps!
The MAX Interval Sports Training workout continues with Football Drills, Guard drills, Suicide drills, Basketball moves and Pike Jumps. When you think you had enough, you get to a series of Insane Ab routines that will burn your core and make you sweat!
My favorite is the V-Pushup, where you get your body into a Downward dog type position on your toes and do pushup, head first. What an intense shoulder workout! You continue doing a series of extremely intense intervals that will push you further than any other DVD included in the Insanity series of workout! Insanity Max Interval Sports training DVD is the longest and most intense.
Just when you have a few minutes left and think you are winding down, Shaun gets you doing crazy long jumps combined with jogging. The workout finishes up nicely with 4 minutes of cool down stretching.
MAX Interval Sports Training is the most challenging workout in the Insanity fitness program. Saying that you will be pushed to the maximum is an understatement. Make sure you have lots of water on hand. Shaun T. is an excellent trainer, motivating you to complete each exercise and use good form every time!
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If you are looking to get a great deal on P90X and accessories like the P90X Chin-Up bar, a month supply of P90X Results and Recovery Formula, and three resistance bands, this Peak Results Package is for you!
Usually, when you do P90X, the extreme 90-day home fitness program from Tony Horton, you end up purchasing various accessories. If you purchase these separately, you will end up paying more than if you purchase the P90X and P90X accessories together in a package.
What’s included in the P90X Peak Results Package?
P90X Training System
P90X is an extreme training program that you do at home. P90X includes 12 muscle-pumping workouts, designed to transform your body from regular to ripped in just 90 days. You also get a comprehensive 3-phase nutrition plan, detailed fitness guide, and a calendar to track your progress.
Chin-Up Bar
Used in many of the P90X exercise routines, the P90X Chin-Up Bar is used to develope and strengthen your shoulders, back, and arms. The P90X Pull-up bar is high-grade featuring 10 pro-grade handles with multiple grip positions.
One month’s supply of P90X Results and Recovery Formula
After a difficult workout like P90X, it’s important to refuel, re-energize, and reduce Your muscle soreness! This post-workout shake is four parts carbs to one part protein to ensures speedy muscle repair after intense workouts!
Three heavy-duty resistance bands
You can use B-Line resistance bands for most P90X exercises where you usually use weights. The B-Line bands are proven to be as effective as weights and offer good resistance.
The P90X Peak Results Package is available at Team Beachbody. If you were to purchase the above items separately, you would pay $263.60 + tax + shipping.
Instead, you can purchase the above items as a package for $239.70 + tax + shipping. You save: $23.90 by purchasing the P90X Peak Results Package!
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The Thin Kitchen Recipe Book provides you with the building blocks you need to stop “dieting” and start living a happy, healthy lifestyle. You cannot purchase the Beachbody Thin Kitchen Recipe Book! The Thin Kitchen Cookbook is a FREE gift when you join Team Beachbody as a Club member. Even if you later cancel your Team Beachbody Club membership, the Thin Kitchen Book, valued at $20.00, is yours to keep just for trying.
The Thin Kitchen Recipe Book includes an array of mouth-watering, healthy, yet low-calories recipes designed to keep you motivated and on YOUR fitness journey.
This recipe book is 79 pages of a total 39 recipes that range from “Morning Boosters” and “Shape Friendly Shakes”, to “Poultry Favorites” and “Sweet Temptations”. Included are favorite recipes from Danny Teeson, Tony Horton (P90X), Steve Edwards, Chalene Johnson (Turbo Jam), Kathy Smith (Project YOU), Debbie Siebers (Slim in 6), Shaun T. (Insanity), and Gillian Marloth (Yoga Booty Ballet).
Each recipe provides nutritional facts so you know exactly how the healthy dish fits into your nutrition plan:
- Serving size
- Calories
- Fat total
- Saturated fat
- Carbs
- Fiber
- Protein
The Thin Kitchen Recipe Book is a tastebud adventure with tastey treats like Tony Horton’s Sticky Bar, an energy filled and protein rich powerhouse snack! And Gillian Marloth’s Zen Salmon is a perfect balance of taste, simplicity, and health. There are summer smoothies to choose from and yummy Thai chicken pizza.
As I mentioned, you get the Thin Kitchen Recipe Book as a FREE gift when you Join or Upgrade to Team Beachbody Club membership.
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Do you avoid wearing short sleeve shirts due to your flabby arms? When was the last time you wore a sleeveless dress? It’s time to get the sculpted, toned arms and shoulders you always wanted and be proud to wear those sleeveless shirts!
Flabby arms are a major problem area for many people. You want to get rid of that unsightly arm flab, don’t you? Then listen up. First, you need to eat right. A healthy, nutrient rich diet is the foundation to weight loss and weight management. Make sure you are eating the right foods as part of your strategy to get rid of those flabby arms!
Next, you need to do weight bearing exercise! Did you know that when you have less muscle, your metabolism slows down significantly? As women age, they lose muscle at increasing rates, especially after the age of 40. If you decide to diet but don’t do any resistance training exercises, much of your weight loss may be muscle loss! This means SLOW metabolism. The more lean muscle mass you have, the higher your metabolism, and the more calories you will burn.
Here’s a couple of facts you should know.
- Sagging, flabby arms are NOT a result of aging and are reversible.
- Many of the “diet” and “health” food products you eat are loaded with artificial sweeteners, sugar alcohols, preservative, and toxic chemicals also contributes to sagging, flabby upper arms!
- Do not over train your muscles trying to gain fast results. This can lead to injury and muscle fatigue. It took a long time for your arm muscles to get flabby and it will take time to get your arm muscles toned!
What can you do about your flabby arms? Get on an exercise program that works, like Chalean Extreme. Even you are a beginner, you can do Chalean Extreme. Why is the Chalean Extreme fitness program one of the best exercises for you to get rid of flabby arms? Chalean Johnson designed this 90-day program around one fact: MUSCLE BURNS FAT! And, the best way to increase your muscle mass is to lift weights. Chalean Extreme will absolutely give you results – your body may go from a little (or a lot) flabby to lean and toned. Muscle is the FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH!
With Chalean Extreme, you will master new workout techniques and a variety of exercise moves. With the Chalean Extreme fitness program, you work between different body parts and different weight ranges to keep that constant challenge effect on your muscles. You can burn up to 60% of your body fat in just 3 months and see visible results every 30 days.
Chalean Extreme takes you through three phases and you body will change in every 30-day phase:
- Burn Phase – You start lifting weights to jump-start your metabolism and break down those “extra” reserves of fat.
- Push Phase – Chalene shows you how to lift heavy—beyond your comfort zone—so you build the muscle you need to burn fat.
- Lean Phase – Here is where you really bring it home with new routines and dynamic moves that literally melt the fat off your body.
Just think, if you start the Chalean Extreme 90-day fitness program now, your arms will be toned and sculpted in time for the winter holiday season! You will be able to wear any sleeveless dress you like for that holiday party and look great !
What do you get with the Chalean Extreme 90-day Muscle Burns Fat Workout program?
- 15 Workouts on 6 DVDs
- Muscle Burns Fat Guidebook
- Fat Burning Food Guide
- Chalene’s personal EXTREME MOTIVATION AUDIO CD
- “HEALTHY EATS” and KITCHEN MAKEOVER DVD
- Thigh Toner Band
- Body Fat Tester
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