Body Beast for Women: Week 1 Overview

I have successfully completed my first week of the Body Beast Lean Beast schedule. At first, I thought that I wouldn't care for this exercise DVD and this would be the longest 90 days of my life, but here we are at the end of week 1 and it flew by!

In addition, so far I do LOVE the program! I'm not sure what it is about weight lifting, but it seems to go by a lot quicker than cardio for some reason (and I'm sure some will disagree with me there). This week has been especially challenging because at the same time I am doing work for grad school, working overtime, and learning my tracks for Body Combat certification next week; however, in order to get around all of those hurdles I am waking up an hour earlier in the morning and just getting it done. Sagi says, "Whatever it takes" and while at first that waking up early thing sucked, I'm just fine with it now.

The workouts are not hard, but they are wonderfully diverse. I have done P90X and ChaLEAN Extreme and was never disappointed in the way that each of those workouts introduced new moves that I had never done before. While I have done all of the moves in Body Beast, as they are currently fairly basic, Sagi does stack them in a way where the challenge for the muscles is something completely new to me. I love the way that the "super sets" and "giant sets" really challenge me both physically and mentally. To me, that's what a good workout is all about.

Saying that the moves thus far are basic is not to discredit the program by any means! I have yet to meet a workout that did not give me that awesome muscle shake at the end of it, that did not leave me sore the next day, or that did not challenge my own strength. Every day I am challenged, and each day I can feel myself growing stronger.

I'm really excited to see where this program ends up taking me. So far, I actually look forward to it each morning and it starts the day off on a positive foot. Stay tuned for more weekly updates, progress photos, tips and tricks! Have questions for me? Feel free to email me at nik4213@gmail.com

Body Beast for Women

So today I am stepping completely out of my comfort zone and taking on a new program that combines heavy weights with some intense lifting sets - Body Beast. Body Beast is designed to build muscle through and bulk with Dynamic Set Training (ladies, keep in mind our testosterone levels are not he same as men, therefor the bulk for us will be more a strong, lean look and not Barbie's head on GI Joe's body). The program runs for 90 days and was developed by champion body builder, Sagi Kalev (and ladies...he's not too shabby to look at, either).

So many people are asking me why I have decided to do a body building program when I am typically a cardio junkie, and that's just the problem - I'm a cardio junkie! I am a big ball of energy housed in a little body, so I love letting loose and dancing, or kicking, or punching..and sometimes I'll even take a break to just swoon over Shaun T and his abs...but cardio is only going to get you so far. If you want FULL results, if you want to reach your goals, if you want to kick a plateau's ass...then you gotta throw in some weight training.

I am a lazy weight trainer. I am. I'll go for about 3 days, it will last a week, I'll quit and just go back to cardio so I NEEDED a change. No..not even a change, a challenge. One thing that always keeps me on my toes is a good challenge and I think Body Beast is going to be perfect.

I'm also setting out to prove the myth that women will bulk with this program as being false. My friend did this program and had amazing results as well. Check out her Beast transformation here he

The bottom line is: I want what is best for my body. Clean eating, proper cardio, and weight training are the three of the best things you can do for your body, in my opinion.

Do you have questions about trying Body Beast? Feel free to shoot me an email nik4213@gmail.com or you can check out my site for more information regarding the product www.beachbodycoach.com/Nik4213.

In Home Weight Lifting Plan

Have you ever decided that you were going to make a change in your life and head to the gym? Most of us have, and most of these “decisions” come around January 1^st. So you get to the gym and you're looking at the machines – it can be intimidating. Things that you pull, things that you push..it can be overwhelming. It is worse as you look at those in the free weight section that clearly know what they are doing as you stand their clueless.

 

For many of us we are too shy (or proud) to ever ask for help, so we go at it alone. We grab the weights we think we'll “stack up” to the status quo and begin to just do what everyone else is doing. Forget form. What’s form? There’s a form? Before we know it we have either over-worked (or under-worked) our muscles or even worse, sustained an injury.

 

For those of you guys who want to bulk up (or for you ladies who want to get so incredibly toned you look in the mirror at your own reflection and go “daaaaaaamn”) then let me introduce you to Body Beast.  An in home lifting program designed to help you out in 60 days.  Goodbye confusion, poor form, and the uncomfortable gym….hello simplicity, fun, and results. 

 

I’ve always wanted to get leaner and gain muscle mass, but I’ve never had any success doing my own program. Getting the nutrition part has been tough, especially since I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a teenager.

As I got older, I could tell that I was getting more and more out of shape. That was a problem with my diabetes—and a problem with the way I felt about myself and the way I looked because I just couldn’t seem to lose my body fat.

So when I heard about Body Beast, I figured that was the answer for me. I’ve always liked lifting weights. And because Body Beast offered me a complete program, it felt like it was something I could really stick to—just follow the plan, no thinking required, right? Shakeology even took care of my nutrition to make it super easy.

Turns out Beast was the answer. Sagi was awesome. And the program seemed to work my whole body—I got all my cardio from lifting, which is great because I’m not into just doing cardio alone.

Since completing Body Beast, I’ve lost 9% body fat in a little over 60 days. I’m leaner and stronger. I have more stamina. And I can easily make it through an entire workout without hitting, “pause,” which I couldn’t do when I started. I love that I’m bigger and in better shape.

But the best came when I showed my doctor my “Before” and “After” photos at my last check-up and he was totally impressed. My A1C (average glucose) over the last 6 months has been right on target and he said that if I continue to eat and exercise like I’ve been doing—I should never have any complications from my diabetes. That made me feel great!

Are you interested in purchasing Body Beast to try out yourself at home? Visit www.beachbodycoach.com/Nik4213 for all the details and to purchase.