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Kick-Start Recovery with Cooldown Exercises

You can kick-start your recovery with these 8 cooldown exercises that hasten your recovery and lessen your muscle soreness. It is easy to finish your workout and get right back into what you need to do to get on with your day. But taking the time to do these cooldown […]

Kick-Start Recovery With Cooldown Exercises

How to Practice Yoga as a Family

When you practice yoga as a family, everyone reaps the benefits of yoga at their own level – from kids, to teens, to adults. But the family is also going to have many additional benefits as they work out either together or individually. Scroll down to learn more about how […]

How to Practice Yoga as a Family

Most Challenging BODi Exercises

The most challenging exercises on BODi are the ones that keep us coming back to programs over and over, year after year. The BODi trainers create programs for every fitness and ability level, making exercises that are challenging for beginners to advanced. Scroll down to find out what those most […]

The Most Challenging Exercises on BODi

Boost Your Willpower with Kelly McGonigal

What is it that you really want? And how can you support yourself on your journey to get it? Pondering these questions and doing the work to prepare for unexpected challenges along with building a mindset that will help you reach your goals, is a great way to show yourself […]

Boost Your Willpower with Kelly McGonigal

Stress Relieving Yoga Poses

These stress-relieving yoga poses are from gentle yoga which offers a nurturing and compassionate approach to the body. Scroll down to learn more about them in this article from certified health coach, yoga instructor and fitness nutrition specialist Stepfanie Romine. If you think yoga is all about handstands and contorting […]

Stress Relieving Yoga Poses

Inspirational Training Quotes

Turn to these 28 inspirational training quotes on the days when you are scheduled to work out or know that you need to. They may just make the difference between a missed day and a great workout! From the BODi Blog by Page Grossman and Jordan Burchette Tuesday night “you” set the alarm […]

Inspirational Training Quotes

Importance of Taking a Rest Day

The importance of taking a rest day can’t be overstated. It allows the body to recover and restore, and is an integral part of our training. We live in a world that stresses work and productivity, but if you scroll down, you will learn why taking a rest day “is […]

Importance of Taking a Rest Day

How to Mix and Match BODi Workouts

The way to mix and match BODi workouts starts with identifying your goals and then creating a hybrid plan based on those goals. Once you have your goals, then use the advice below and get started on achieving them! Ditch the Routine, Not the Results: Your Ultimate Guide to Mixing […]

How to Mix and Match BODi Workouts

Benefits of Using Belle Vitale

The benefits of using Belle Vitale include relief from hot flashes, night sweats, stubborn weight, PMS, low libido, and mood swings. The hormone health support is part of the All-In Kit that includes a complete workout program that works in conjunction with it. The program includes a 3-month Pilates, strength […]

Benefits of Using Belle Vitale

Create Your Own Program with BODi

You can create your own programs with the search feature in the BODi workout library and making custom programs just for your schedule. In the image below, I put “cardio” into the search and came up with 1,262. You can narrow that down by changing the duration, fitness level, and […]

Create Your Own Programs With BODi

Shakeology Samples on Amazon

You can get Shakeology samples on Amazon, in many cases in one to two days. Why wait to find out why Shakeology is so nutritious? The Shakeology samplers with whey protein and vegan pea protein are the same price as on the BODi site! Want to Try Shakeology? Here’s How to […]

Shakeology Samples on Amazon

Benefits of Taking BODi Collagen

The benefits of taking BODi Bioactive Collagen Peptides  include helping to replenish the body’s most abundant protein as its production declines with age. I didn’t realize that it would be for more until I understood what collagen is and how I was producing less of something that I need so […]

Benefits of Taking BODi Collagen

The Science Behind Creatine

The science behind creatine is extensive, and because of that, we know that it isn’t just for bodybuilders, but for everyone who works out and wants better performance and recovery should use it. I have been using creatine for about 9 months, and I am on track to have one […]

The Science Behind Creatine

The most popular Beachbody program of all time is Insanity, according to Google AI Overview, but it may not be the best for you. The answer for you is the program that best fits your fitness personality and needs. The program that inspires you and motivates you each day, and […]

Most Popular Beachbody Program of All Time

Energize Pre-Workout

BODi nutrition products and supplements are designed to fuel and support your body’s needs in an ecosystem that works together in tandem with your training program. I personally drink Vegan Shakeology every day, as well as drinking BODi Performance Energize before every workout and Plant-Based Recover afterward. Scroll down to […]

BODi Nutrition Products and Supplements

The powerful ingredients in Shakeology work together to improve your gut health, decrease your cravings, and so much more. I started drinking Shakeology on March 20th, 2009, and have never stopped. Along with improved gut health and decreased cravings, I was supplying my body with high-quality protein, immune boosters, detoxifiers, […]

Powerful Ingredients in Shakeology

Calories Burned During Different Exercises

Knowing the calorie burn during different exercises is an effective way to stay on top of your calories burned and calories consumed for weight management. Scroll down to learn how many calories you are burning during various exercises. From BODi health and fitness writer Lauren Bedosky, who specializes in running, […]

Calorie Burn During Different Exercises

Hidden Dangers of Visceral Fat

The hidden dangers of visceral fat are not as well known as they should be. Excessive amounts increase your risk of diabetes and other serious ailments, such as liver dysfunction. Visceral fat is one of the biggest contributing factors to health implications deriving from excess body fat. To learn more […]

Hidden Dangers of Visceral Fat

I started to get the most out of BODi workouts when Beachbody started Badges on March 1st, 2022, and I finished programs. Before that, starting in March 2007, when I got P90X, I did the workouts that I liked and then started the next new program that Beachbody came out […]

Get the Most Out of Your BODi Workouts

Reduce Body Fat Percentage

In order to reduce your body fat percentage, you need to be consistent with the key pillars of success – diet, strength training, cardio workouts, and lifestyle. Each one is essential and no single one will give you the body fat percentage loss that you want. Scroll down to read […]

Reduce Body Fat Percentage

Benefits of a Virtual Personal Trainer

The benefits of having a virtual personal trainer are many, and much less expensive than an in-person one. I was an ACE Certified Personal Trainer for many years. I started in the 90s when I was still living in NJ and also still recovering from a serious car accident. I […]

Benefits of a Virtual Personal Trainer

BODi Ambassador Rich Dafter is a title that I have wanted for years. I was a Beachbody Coach, but now I am an ambassador for BODi – every program, every product, and every opportunity that BODi gives us to have better quality of life. When you visit BODi.com you will […]

BODi Ambassador Rich Dafter

A Shakeology Drinker for 16 Years

I’ve been a Shakeology drinker for 16 years. I wasn’t paid to drink it and didn’t get it free. I drink it for the quality ingredients. You can see my Shakeology Day One post from March 20th, 2009 here, and it has been an uninterrupted journey since then. To learn […]

Shakeology Drinker for 17 Years

Arnold Press for Bolder Shoulders

The Arnold Press for bolder shoulders isn’t just for cosmetic reasons but also for increasing your bone density, metabolic rate, and mood. Yes, strength training and having big shoulders is empowering. William Kang is the Associate Editor at BODi and you can scroll down and see his in-depth look at […]

Arnold Press for Bolder Shoulders

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