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The Beachbody Performance Recover ingredients that set us apart make us more than just another protein powder. We’re not just padding stats: Beachbody Performance Recover’s blend of whey, pea, and casein proteins is very intentional. Find out how in this article by Denis Faye, M.S. from The BODi Blog. Save […]

Beachbody Performance Recover – Save 15%

Hydrate Electrolyte Supplement

Hydrate electrolyte supplement goes with me on every summer long run because I know that it mixes with Beachbody Performance Energize. I have tried other electrolyte drinks but I know that I can safely mix Beachbody Performance products and that is why I stick with Hydrate to get both electrolytes […]

Hydrate Electrolyte Supplement – Save 15%

Living With Purpose

Tina Ashley and Rich Dafter created the Living With Purpose group to provide guidance, support, accountability, and motivation. What is living with purpose?                         Living with purpose involves aligning your actions and decisions with your core beliefs and values, […]

Living With Purpose

Shakeology Holiday Recipes

These Shakeology Holiday Recipes are a healthier take on your favorite holiday recipes and will help you celebrate the season deliciously, so you can ring in the new year with all your wellness goals intact. Scroll down to read this BODi Blog post by Jill Provost. We’re shaking spirits bright […]

Shakeology Holiday Recipes

Winter Wellness Routine

It’s time to think about your winter wellness routine. The days are shorter, and when it’s freezing outside you may want to just stay indoors. Scroll down to read this post in the BODi Blog from Page Grossman. don’t let winter weather (or holiday stress) get in the way of your […]

Winter Wellness Routine

BODi LAVA - Own It for Just $59.95

You can own BODi LAVA for just $59.95 with no BODi subscription necessary. It is a nonstop fusion of power yoga, primal movement, and bodyweight strength training that requires no equipment. BODi LAVA is available to download here for $59.95 and when you use Code RICHDBOD15, you get a 15% […]

BODi LAVA – Save 15%

Vegan Protein Powder

Vegan protein powder builds muscle and pea protein has also been found to be quite effective versus a placebo and on par with whey. To learn more about building muscle with vegan protein powders scroll down to read the BODi Blog post from Michael Martin. Play a game of word […]

Does Vegan Protein Powder Build Muscle?

Ten Minute Time Machine

Ten Minute Time Machine is the program that will help you turn back the clock and feel stronger, healthier, and more youthful than ever – in just four short weeks. What Is Ten Minute Time Machine? Ten Minute Time Machine is a capsule of 20 workouts — just 10 minutes […]

Ten Minute Time Machine Is Here!

Reasons to Drink Shakeology

If you are looking for reasons to drink Shakeology, look no further. Here are 8 reasons to drink it and find out what it can do for you. I have been drinking Shakeology since March 20th, 2009 and you can read my story here. Scroll down to read, “8 Reasons […]

8 Reasons to Drink Shakeology

Finding Time to Work Out

Finding time to work out during the holidays can be tough, but it’s not impossible. Here are eight tips to help you get your workouts done. Scroll down to read this post from Kate Bayless in the BODi Blog. Even if you normally stick to a pretty consistent workout schedule, […]

Finding Time to Work Out During the Holidays

Stress Belly

“Stress belly usually refers to that weight gain around your midsection that occurs when there has been a change in your daily stress level, emotions, and life changes,” says Emily Tills, M.S., R.D.N., C.D.N. If you’ve been stressed lately and you’ve noticed your pants aren’t fitting quite the same, you […]

What Causes Stress Belly?

Practice Self-Care This Fall Season

Practice self-care strategies to make sure we have healthy habits through the holiday crush and the post-holiday period of catching up. This BODi Blog post from Elizabeth Millard will give you five ways to develop those habits. Welcome to fall — cold and flu season is at large, the days […]

Practice Self-Care This Fall Season

Adjust From Daylight Savings Time

To adjust from Daylight Savings Time you need to prepare your body, prepare your mind, get some sunlight,  and stick to your workout routine. To learn more about how to adjust scroll down to read this BODi Blog post from Michael Martin. For many people, the end of Daylight Saving […]

How to Adjust From Daylight Savings Time

Performance Academy froom Amoila Cesar

Performance Academy trains you like an athlete and boosts your performance in everyday life with this all-new athletic training mini-program in the BODi Library. You’ll gain strength, stamina, flexibility, and more with a mini-program designed to help you shine in real-life situations — whether it’s playing pickup basketball, helping a […]

Performance Academy from Amoila Cesar

How to Stop Eating Halloween Candy

Learn 7 tips to avoid eating Halloween candy and stop the holiday weight by using some tried-and-true tips to keep your candy binge in check. Scroll down to read the rest of this post from Meagan Morris in the BODi Blog. Let’s be honest: We all say Halloween candy is […]

How to Avoid Eating Halloween Candy

Pumpkin Exercises

These pumpkin exercises to do post-Halloween put to good use the uncarved pumpkins that you have after October 31st! Looking for pumpkin exercises to do for a post-Halloween workout? Well, it doesn’t take a mad scientist (or a person dressed as one) to realize that a pumpkin can be used […]

Pumpkin Exercises to Do Post-Halloween

What's the Shakeology Difference

The Shakeology difference from all of the other shakes on the market comes from being rigorously tested for quality, purity, and potency. The nutrient-dense ingredients from the best suppliers have clinically proven benefits. I personally have been drinking Shakeology since March 20th, 2009 and you can read about my Shakeology […]

What is the Shakeology Difference?

Can't Sleep After an Evening Workout?

Here are some tips for when you can’t sleep after an evening workout. Follow these tips to cool down, power down and get to sleep. From a BODi Blog post by Lauren Bedosky. You planned to exercise earlier in the day, but life got in the way. Now you finally […]

Can’t Sleep After an Evening Workout?

Benefits of Strength Training

The benefits of strength training include improved strength, flexibility, better bone health, controlled body fat and looking and feeling your absolute best. Scroll down to read the rest of this BODi Blog post from Chelsea Frank.   While all forms of exercise can add value to your health, strength training […]

7 Top Benefits of Strength Training

Polar Vantage M3

The all-new Polar Vantage M3 is designed in Finland for multi-sport athletes. Slim. Compact. Lightweight. Yet powerful, stylish and strong. It is packed with the trusted training, recovery, and sleep-tracking features that Polar users love and the latest biosensing technologies. POLAR VANTAGE M3: THE CONCEPT Sport looks good on you. […]

The New Polar Vantage M3

Beachbody Products Work Together

It’s important to know that all of the BODi products work together in an ecosystem and have a place in your fitness and health journey. Let’s find out how. You may think you know what BODi/Beachbody is all about — “It’s that company that sells exercise programs and supplements, like P90X and 21 Day Fix, and Shakeology, […]

How BODi Products Work Together

Benefits of Deep Sleep

The benefits of deep sleep are felt throughout our day and in ways that we don’t even realize like helping our muscles and minds recover. Scroll down to read this BODi Blog post from Cemile Kavountzis. Sleeping is like eating: It’s essential to our survival, and starving yourself of sleep […]

The Benefits of Deep Sleep

How Long Does It Take to Lose Muscle Mass?

How long does it take to lose muscle mass? You only have about a three-week break before you start to lose strength and muscle mass. But scroll down and see what  advice Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP from his BODi Blog post. So, you can’t work out — on account of illness, […]

How Long It Takes to Lose Muscle Mass

How to Increase Your Vascularity

There are things that you can do to increase your vascularity besides having good genetics and they include “vascularity hacks” which you will find below. Scroll down to read this BODi Blog post from Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP. Even if you’re just starting out, fitness leaves clues: physical vigor, greater ease of movement, […]

How to Increase Your Vascularity

Peppermint Mocha Shakeology

Peppermint Mocha Shakeology is available now but there are only 25,000 boxes available. Get this seasonal favorite before it is gone! Say hello to your powerful new wellness routine for fall.   Peppermint Mocha Shakeology is back, for a limited time only — so grab it while you can.  You’ll love […]

Peppermint Mocha Shakeology

Pre & Post Natal Barre Blend is available now to bundle and save, stream in the BODi Library or purchase with no BODi Subscription necessary. Join Elise Joan as she shares the workouts that she did during her pregnancy. With Pre & Post Natal Barre Blend You’ll Feel Supported Prepare […]

Pre & Post Natal Barre Blend Available Now

Most Popular Shakeology Recipes

15 of the most popular Shakeology recipes to discover your best path to getting the nutrient-dense superfoods in Shakeology. Written by Lili Ladaga and shared from the BODi Blog The year is 2009. Barack Obama had just been sworn into office. James Cameron dazzled the world with the visual spectacle Avatar. And […]

Most Popular Shakeology Recipes

BODi GrowthDay Membership

Brendon Burchard is BODi’s Chief Growth and Performance Advisor and you can now join GrowthDay through BODi and get special content. To learn more about BODi on GrowthDay click here and get started today! You know you are destined for more. You can feel it in your bones. More energy, […]

BODi GrowthDay Membership

Beachbody Performance Recover Clinical Trial Results

The Beachbody Performance Recover clinical trial results convinced me that Recover needs to be a daily addition to my workout routine and not just after my long runs. Beachbody Performance Recover is more than just your average tub of protein powder. Right after you work out, your muscles go into serious […]

Performance Recover Clinical Trial Results

Kettlebell Academy with Amoila Cesar

Kettlebell Academy with Amoila Cesar is now available in the BODi Library. You can access it from the Program page with your BODi Subscription. If you don’t have a BODi Subscription, click here and select the plan that is best for you in the dropdown. Whether you’re a fitness enthusiast […]

Kettlebell Academy with Amoila Cesar

Bike Burnathon on BODi

Bike Burnathon is for anyone who’s ready to crank up their results while building power and stamina alongside our inspiring and motivating trainers. Get ready for a scorcher with Bike Burnathon, a 15-ride gauntlet that will test your ability to follow through while you build stamina, improve your endurance, and […]

Bike Burnathon on BODi

Why is Sleep So Important?

Why is sleep so important? Let’s take a look at these four reasons why sleep is so essential to our health and well-being. Scroll down to read this BODi Blog post from Elizabeth Millard. Even when you’re spending much more time at home, quality sleep might still fall into the “nice to […]

Why Is Sleep So Important?

Build Healthy Eating Habits

To build healthy eating habits, remember that healthy eating matters and it is a form of self-care for better quality of life. Scroll down to read this BODi Blog post from Trinh Le, R.D. At the start of your health and fitness journey, let go of the urge to find and […]

How to Build Healthy Eating Habits

Walking Lunges

Walking lunges for lower-body muscle, strength, and stability inspire dread among gym goers for one simple reason: They’re hard. Scroll down to read this post by Jenessa Connor, CPT from the BODi Blog to find out why fitness pros love them and how they get results. “I always enjoy the […]

Walking Lunges for Lower-Body Muscle, Strength, and Stability

What Stress Can Do to Your Body

Once you experience what stress can do to your body when it is chronic and prolonged, managing it no longer seems optional. Scroll down to read the scary truths in this post from Jenessa Connor, CPT in the BODi Blog. Once you experience what stress can do to your body, […]

What Stress Can Do to Your Body

Fit Female Physiques in Cinema

Among the most fit female physiques in cinema include Demi Moore, Lupita Nyong’o, Natalie Portman, and my favorite, Linda Hamilton. Demi Moore underwent Navy SEALs training for GI Jane. Lupita Nyong’o swam with dumbbells in preparation for Black Panther. Natalie Portman spent 10 months bulking up for Thor: Love and Thunder. But there’s […]

Fit Female Physiques in Cinema

2B Mindset Super Block

The 2B Mindset Super Block from Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist, Ilana Muhlstein, is now available in the BODi Library. She has evolved her 2B Mindset eating plan and turned it into a Super Block to help you lose weight and build healthy habits you’ll stick with! The 2B Mindset Super […]

2B Mindset Super Block – Now in the BODi Library

Nutrition Plans From BODi

Two of the best nutrition plan choices from BODi are the 2B Mindset and Portion Fix. BODi offers two incredibly effective nutrition plans to give people a choice in how they achieve their goals and both are equally effective. Low carb, sugar-free, high protein, no dairy — it seems like […]

Nutrition Plan Choices From BODi

The Best BODi Workout Program for You

The best BODi program for you is the one that you will look forward to doing and completing and maybe even completing again and again. Or you may want to do workouts from different programs or try them all with your BODi subscription. With the categorized list below, we are […]

The Best BODi Program for You

BODi Shakeology Total-Solution Pack

With the BODi Shakeology Total-Solution Pack you feel your best and save with an annual BODi membership, Shakeology, and healthy eating plans. It includes thousands of fitness, nutrition, and mindset videos, Shakeology – the delicious superfood shake that tastes like dessert, 2B Mindset and Portion Fix, yummy recipes that make […]

BODi Shakeology Total-Solution Pack

First Thing and Last Thing

FIRST THING and LAST THING are two innovative supplements composed of key, clinically tested ingredients that work in harmony to help promote overall well-being. Let’s face it — our everyday “normal” isn’t what it used to be. From less sleep and more screen time to nonstop news and shifting challenges, […]

First Thing and Last Thing

BODi Digital Purchases

With BODi Digital Purchases, you can buy your favorite BODi programs to build your own personal library and stream on BODi — WITH OR WITHOUT a BODi subscription! How Do BODi Digital Purchases Work? Do you love doing the same program over and over? Were you someone who bought our […]

BODi Digital Purchases

BODi Holidays Sale – Save Up to 75%

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The Total Solution Bundle Saves You Over 40% – Use Code RICHD2BODI

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Quick Guide

  • My BODi Store
  • Stream Workouts
  • Workout Programs
  • Nutrition Programs
  • Nutrition Supplements
  • Fitness & Nutrition Bundle
  • My Polar Heart Rate Monitor Store

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Index of Posts

  • Buy BODi Programs
  • Flexibility & Stretching
  • Healthy Living & Eating
  • Inspiration & Motivation
  • Meditation & Yoga
  • Nutrition Plans & Products
  • Quick & Simple Recipes
  • Running Training & Advice
  • Some Miscellaneous Stuff
  • Strength Training
  • Superfood Shakeology
  • Weight Loss Tips & Programs
  • Workout Programs

About Rich Dafter

Team Beachbody Coach Rich Dafter

Hi, I’m Rich Dafter – a full-time single dad, coach, and lifelong runner. I help people get healthier, fitter, and have better quality of life with at home workout and nutrition programs … more.

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