Simple Truths One of my favorite websites for motivational and inspirational videos, is Simple Truths. I turned to it just yesterday to find a video that I love entitled, “What It Takes to Be Number One” with the words and voice of legendary football coach Vince Lombardi. I wanted to post […]
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I was rising above my limits for months, but now it has become rising above my challenges and just surviving Ever since I did the Polar Global study this past summer, I started keeping a detailed training log again. That’s how I know that on October 29th, I had a […]
Wasted time. At my age, every minute counts and I want every one of them to be productive and to bear fruit. Washing dishes is wasted time unless I do something at the same time and that means watching running videos on YouTube. In their selection for me this afternoon […]
A number of years ago, I read “Finding Ultra” by Rich Roll. I had just finished reading “Eat and Run” by Scott Jurek and wanted another book about an ultra athlete who competes and thrives on a plant based diet. The books and the authors were both instrumental in me […]
Melissa Ludwig, age 34, lost 109 lbs with a variety of Beachbody fitness programs, Shakeology, and the Beachbody Performance supplements. She entered her results into The Beachbody Challenge ® and won $1,000! Tell us about your life before you started the program. How did you feel about yourself and your […]
Big week ahead, if we make it that way. Driving hard with Focus T25, the number 1 infomercial on TV, a special on P90X and P90X2, and thousands of coaches courageously building challenge groups. You said you had big dreams when we were in Vegas. No matter how much progress […]
THE 20s has kicked off and we’ll be spotlighting one trainer a week here on the Blog. They’ll also be taking over the Beachbody Facebook and Instagram channels, so make sure to tune into both! Meet Sabrina – the 5’5 3/4†27-year-old trainer from Lincolntown, Georgia. For THE 20s, this […]
After her third pregnancy, Jaimie felt the heaviest she’s ever been. She wanted to be a healthier version of herself for her sons and her husband. She decided to try INSANITY and saw immediate success! After just two rounds, she lost 62 pounds! Read about her success in her own […]
It was 9 years ago when I became a Team Beachbody Coach and I didn’t, nor did anyone else, know what we were doing. I just saw an opportunity to help a lot of people get healthier and fitter by working out at home. My part was to guide, motivate […]
I read this devotional last night after hearing a message from Steve Berger on courage at Calvary Albuquerque. Is the river of life flowing in you or has it been reduced to a trickle? What is your fervent desire for your life? For it to flow freely in you or […]
According to this article, “Don’t fall off the “fitness cliff”: How to stick to your New Year’s exercise goals” from a study by Gold’s Gym, yesterday was “the turning point when people who committed themselves to gym-going in January slack off and stop showing up regularly. They call it the […]
I’ve had a number of “lives” – living, teaching and traveling in Latin America, owning a woodworking business, being a personal trainer and now being a full time Team Beachbody Coach starting when I was 55 What are you going to do? Why not join me and change people’s […]
Bethany used the Brazil Butt Lift Challenge Pack. Click here to find out more about the Brazil Butt Lift Challenge Pack April sale – you get Brazil Butt Lift for just $10.00! Growing up, I was that skinny kid who could eat whatever I wanted. It was great! But fast […]
Tell us about your life before you started the program. How did you feel about yourself and your body?* I felt terrible about myself. Being in the Navy and being the biggest guy in your unit isn’t a good feeling. I was sick of being called “the big guy”. I […]
Tell us about your life before you started the program. How did you feel about yourself and your body? I started T25 sixteen months after having my son. Prior to having my son, I used to run a lot. I even ran two half marathons. I also enjoyed doing classes […]
Not many people would admit that unless they meant the same Insanity that Kristen did. What an amazing physical and emotional transformation and she is $500 richer, too! Here is her story in her own words… “From the 6th grade on, I have NEVER weighed less than 200 […]
Today is a day of solemn remembrance of the events of September 11th, 2001. Eleven days earlier, we had moved into our new home and I remember sitting having breakfast and watching the TV with my family on KOAT here is Albuquerque. Being from NJ, I was […]
From The Beachbody Challenge Success Stories The “old me†weighed 284 pounds, was always tired, really depressed, and thought it was my destiny to be fat, teased, and discriminated against for the rest of my life. For a long time I just accepted who I was and didn’t think I […]
Posted in Beachbody Success Stories – July 31, 2013 Jessica was one of our winners from this summer’s Smokin’ Hot in 90 Days Turbo Fire challenge. Jessica committed to get fit along with hundreds of other Turbo Fire fanatics and shed an amazing 21 lbs and 29 inches […]
From The Beachbody Challenge Success Stories How Susan Used Slim In Six to Get Started and Lost 63.4 Pounds “I’ve always struggled with my weight. Not that I didn’t try I’ve managed to lose some, but never without gaining it (plus some) back again. In the military, I was never […]
Are you suffering in your life right now? Do you want your life back so bad that it hurts? Janet did and she did something about it – even working out in secret when she started. Below is her story from the Team Beachbody Success Story contest. […]
Before doing P90X I was completely miserable. I was 25 years old, stood 5′ 7â€, had high cholesterol, and weighed in at 225 pounds. With those stats, I wasn’t fat, I was obese. I knew I needed to workout but kept putting it off until tomorrow. And when “tomorrow†finally […]
I have been heavy throughout my whole life and have lived in solitude, escaping to my games, which got very lonely at times. I have been on food stamps for at least 2 years because I have been unemployed and was forced to live out of my car while I […]
Kristjan won the Team Beachbody $500 Daily Prize for May 6th! My whole life I’ve BEEN big, and LIVED big spent my teens and 20’s in the 300+ club. Though overweight, I was still a happy-go-lucky kind of guy. I loved life and overindulged in things that brought me immediate […]
Ashley participated in The Beachbody Challenge and won the $500 Daily Prize for April 29th! Before I started ChaLEAN Extreme, I was in a bad place, mentally and physically. I had NO energy, no confidence and an extremely negative self-image. I was disgusted by looking at pictures of myself. And […]
We had an extraordinary month of growth as a team in March and April is turning out to be equally as good. We added 28 new team members to our staff in 30 days and we are so blessed to be able to have a team that is growing […]
Over the past week, I’ve experienced some life changing moments. Early New Year’s Day, on a cold morning as the sun was coming up over the Sandia Mountains, I took one step, heard a crack in my knee and couldn’t take another step. By 8:00 am, I was in the […]
Meet Lana D.! She participated in The Beachbody Challenge and won the $500 Daily Prize for December 19th! As a nurse, I’m really good at taking care of other people. But I’m not so good a taking care of myself. I think it started back in nursing school when all […]
From Team Beachbody Success Stories Rebecca just reached a massive milestone in her weight loss journey. With the help of TurboFire, Les Mills Pump and Shakeology she has lost 150 lbs in a little over a year! Join us in celebrating her massive accomplishment! My weight loss success continues on […]
Honestly, I am not looking forward to a year with “13” in it, but what if it could be our luckiest year ever? I have a to-do-list and the things on the list have to come first in my daily activities, but there are exceptions. I am a fan of […]