Today is Shakeology Day One for me, March 20th, 2009 and I can’t wait to try my first daily dose of dense nutrition! UPS just arrived with the anxiously awaited package with the bag (yes, it comes in a “green packaged” bag) of Shakeology. Grace, my 4-year-old always has “chocolate […]
More than 70 different ingredients were chosen for Shakeology from around the world for their potency and bioavailability (the ability to deliver the nutrients your body needs). Here are the key nutrient groups that these ingredients deliver:* Protein and Essential Amino Acids to help build long, lean muscles and reduce […]
As one of the first Independent Team Beachbody coaches and now a full time coach with over 20 fellow coaches that I work with, I often get emails with the subject line, “I’m interested in becoming a coach”. Every answer is in response to a number of questions that […]
An open letter to my Team of Beachbody Coaches: The Founding Fathers of our nation had integrity. The founding coaches of Team Beachbody had integrity. They bought Beachbody products and they used them. They worked out in WOWY because of the peer support that they got, the peer support that […]
Coaches, it must have been about 3 years ago or so that Carl Daikeler and Beachbody came up with the idea of putting most, if not all, of their customers in the care of a handful of members who had faithfully used Beacbody products and been active on the message […]
Obesity is not a hidden enemy. Sadly, however, most people don’t realize that it is our enemy. It is everyone’s enemy because it threatens our global society. I am thrilled to know that our team of Beachbody coaches is mobilizing against this enemy and that our teammates […]
We are a team and I am the athlete/head coach. I am going to continue promoting Team Howtobefit until we are the best team that we can be and then maintain that standard of excellence that we have achieved. Together we have the opportunity to create a "dynasty" as they […]
I hope that everyone had a great weekend and that you are ready for the challenges and rewards of the week ahead. For me, there were, as always, wonderful aspects of the weekend, but this particular one leaves me haunted by what we saw at the circus on Saturday. […]
Carl Daikeler is the CEO of Beachbody and it is his vision that created Team Beachbody. He had a blog on February 7th that I wanted to share with you. ” It’s tough to watch the news these days and feel like there’s anything you can do but grab a […]
An Open Letter to My Team of Coaches: The subject line of this blog, which comes from a CNN headline, is representative of the type of email that you get from a friend who wants to prove to you how our politicians are wasting money. “Scandalous. How could […]
Many of you know Chalene Johnson from Turbo Jam and now her new workout DVD, ChaLEAN Extreme. She has a blog that I enjoy because she is the consumate fitness professional and a great motivator. In a recent blog, she explains that, “This common increase in the scale is […]
I got an email this morning with that question in the subject line. Many more of you probably have the same question, so here is my email response: Mike, for each person the journey is different. For me, it is just being passionate about helping other people become fit, healthy […]
Hi Team, Some people don’t want to become Team Beachbody coaches because they think that it is too much work. I personally believe that what we do is an extraordinary opportunity and that the work that we put in is for a greater good that will impact literally everyone […]
Just in case you missed this little news item posted at 9:00 on a Friday night: “The number of obese American adults outweighs the number of those who are merely overweight, according to the latest statistics from the federal government. Numbers posted by the National Center for Health Statistics show […]
Every once in awhile I like to share with you one of the newsletters that I send to my team of coaches because it contains a universal truth. Today’s is just such an example: I was running last night before doing ChaLEAN Extreme and I was thinking about what drives […]
We at Beachbody ® are at war against the most formidable opponent the United States has ever faced: obesity. It’s killing more people a month than our two other more high-profile combatants terror and drugs have killed this decade. Obesity is the Darth Vader of all the dangers we’ll face […]
In my 30’s and 40’s my passion was running and I accomplished a lot even with some challenging circumstances. That passion carried easily on into my 50’s and then Grace came along and I instantly had two passions – being the best father that I could be and fitting […]
In his weekly radio address, President Elect Barack Obama mentioned “renewing a sense of common purpose”. Earlier this week, I read this story which was from a story told to the annual Pennsylvania Community Bankers Association by Charles “T” Jones and it came to me from Beliefnet.com. “I’ve never […]
Hi Team, Friday when I drop off the girls, I am pretty tired and feeling a little sad because I won’t see them again until Monday. Although I intended to run, I walked instead and for some reason started thinking about Christmas Day 1981. That day was my last day […]
Meredith Gelfand is a Team Beachbody Coach and she recently shared her story with a group of other coaches in Philadelphia. She was also kind enough to retell her story in an email to Beachbody CEO Carl Daikeler, and it is pasted below. “On May 30, 2006, I weighed […]
A year ago at this time, I was reeling from the fact that the supplier for my e-commerce business was going away from an independent Internet dealer model to an in-house Internet and retail model for selling their products and I was losing my full time job. The additional […]
Written by Carl Daikeler – http://carldaikeler.blogspot.com/ One day in 1981 I was a senior walking down the halls of North Penn high school, wondering where I would go to college. A poster in the hallway caught my eye. It featured a guy with “Dutch Boy” length hair balancing a trombone, […]
Most of you have figured out by now that I work out virtually every day thanks to the fact the I have successfully recovered from a chronic illness that took away my confidence in my health. The new found confidence that I have in my health came as a […]
CHICAGO -Many women recoil at the thought of baring their arms in sleeveless dresses or blouses, but not Michelle Obama half of the fabulously fit new first couple. Both President-elect Barack Obama and the future first lady have exercise routines that would put most people to shame. Michelle Obama used […]