We’ve always known that fitness pays. Now it can pay you $25,000! The Million Dollar Body Game from Beachbody is back. Starting Jan. 1, 2011, the improved MDB Game is on. Now, you can enter in Facebook through a workout category. This means that if you have results from P90X, you will enter in the P90X category. If you have Brazil Butt Lift results, you will enter with other Brazil Butt Lift people. Beachbody does it again!
If you have a belly, then you have the perverbial “spare tire” or belly fat. But if you are working out to Hip Hop Abs, Turbo Jam or P90X, then you are well on your way to losing that belly. That’s great because that fat around your middle can cause lots of problems if it is not reduced. In the case of your stomach, what you don’t see CAN hurt you. According to the Mayo Clinic, “There are significant internal health problems caused by belly fat.” The fat surrounds the organs and can lead to heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and sleep apnea, just to name a few.
If you are concerned, there is an easy way to measure your belly. Use a soft tape measure (included with all Beachbody workouts). In order to reduce your health risks, follow this guideline: Men – your waist should be 40 inches or less; Women – 35 inches or less.
Reducing that waist line takes a little work. Guidelines to start with are 30 minutes of high intensity aerobic workout like Hip Hop Abs, Turbo Jam or P90X. But, exercise alone is not enough. A healthy diet consisting of whole grains, lean protein, fruits and vegetables, while limiting your alcohol intake, will help you lose those unwanted inches. Six-pack abs do not have to be your ultimate goal. A healthy lifestyle with better eatting habits and working out can lead to a flatter stomach. For low fat eatting guides, check out the plans included with many Beachbody workouts or check the Team Beachbody website. Or, join the Club and then click on the Eat Smart tab to customize your very own meal plan.
An interview with Chalene Johnson by Steve Edwards
TurboFire®, the latest offering from Beachbody®, is “next generation” in more ways than one. It’s the hardest workout series to come from Chalene Johnson, but it’s set up in a way where anyone can do it. It’s like cardio class at the gym, but it also has core and strength workouts. It’s High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), but also traditional cardio. It’s a structured program, but it changes dramatically over time. “If P90X® is about Muscle Confusion™,” says Johnson, “TurboFire is about cardio confusion.” Today, we’ll talk with Chalene about TurboFire to help you decide if it’s the right program for you.
“I’m 41, and because of that I (like everyone else) can wake up with aches and pains, so it was critical for me that this program be something that everyone could do,” she begins, dispelling the rumor that TurboFire was going to be the next INSANITY®. However, it’s not the lack of high-end difficulty she’s referring to, because the program is ultimately very intense. What makes TurboFire more versatile is that it comes with an optional preparatory schedule for those who lack the fitness base to jump right in. And each workout also offers a low-intensity option. “In every single video, we have modified moves with little to no joint impact that still create intensity,” adds Chalene.
The creation of TurboFire was a long process. “It began in my [Turbo Kick®] classes. Health clubs don’t care about beginners. The overwhelming majority of any health club’s classes are for advanced users. The mentality is sink or swim. Turbo Jam® [Chalene's original Beachbody program] was a step down to what I teach—a starting point for what I was doing in the clubs. It was a ramp; essentially a place to get on the Turbo Kick highway.“
“I had begun to study HIIT, or High Intensity Interval Training, which are short workouts that feature ultra-high-intensity intervals. I was using this in my classes when we created the Fat Blaster workout as part of Turbo Jam’s continuity program. It was the hardest video we had done and I didn’t think people were going to like it. In fact, it almost didn’t make it into the rotation. But then it turned out to be everyone’s favorite.” This meant, essentially, that TurboFire was on.
“The concept was to take the toughest Turbo Kick class ever and turn it into a program. I was trying to answer my own question of ‘what would work the best for me?’ I’d been incorporating the HIIT philosophy in my classes. But HIIT had come out of sports, where athletes will do anything they’re told. I needed to find something more interesting than sprints on a football field. I needed TurboFire to be tougher, more intense, but also more exciting and exhilarating than what I’d done in the past. Like anyone else, I get bored. I plateau. I have the same problems everyone else has. So TurboFire had to address this.“
“I didn’t want to make P90X for girls. I didn’t want INSANITY. I wanted a HIIT program. I wanted short-duration intervals that killed you. You had to be maxed at the end of each interval. That was the starting point, to be consistent with the research for HIIT. But HIIT can only be done for short durations, about 3 weeks at a time, before you start to overtrain and plateau. So the challenge was creating a program that expanded on these HIIT phases with other aspects like cardio training that would keep the results coming. So I started making workouts to address this, and the result is this cool periodizational program that takes you through various forms of cardio training. If P90X is Muscle Confusion, TurboFire is cardio confusion.“
“Next, it had to have great music for that class atmosphere so that you’re having fun. But I also wanted the choreography to be easier to follow than Turbo Jam, even though the training was going to be more challenging. So we set it to sound effects so you don’t need to follow a beat so that INSANE-ers, X-ers, and other non-Turbo Jam people could do it. We wanted it to appeal to guys, too. And it has, especially the HIIT workouts. You don’t need to feel as though you can dance. The music is there for motivation.“
“I think the music is 100 times better than Turbo Jam’s! Music is so important to me because with good music you don’t have to find the motivation; it’s there. It makes classes so fun that you don’t notice how hard you’re working out. It’s so much easier sprinting to the right song than a random soundtrack.“
“We had more of a budget and more time with the producers so we could get the music perfect. I had more of an influence over the process and was there every day. I wrote the lyrics. I controlled where the energy needed to build for the workout. This is why it took so long to get it done. Training this hard to okay music was totally not okay. I needed it to be off-the-charts, un-friggin’-believable, amazing music!“
Of course, it’s not all cardio. Anyone who is familiar with Chalene knows that she’s a firm believer that you need to strength train regularly. “We wanted everything that you’ll need in one box: strength training, core training, stretching. But, to be honest, what is unique is its cardio. The stretching is geared towards the cardio you are doing in TurboFire, but the strength training can be swapped with anything. In fact, I think in a perfect world you might choose ChaLEAN Extreme® for strength training [a ChaLEAN Extreme/TurboFire hybrid schedule comes with the program].“
“But the goal of having everything in one box is important because this stuff is for life. I want to create things that you’ll be doing for life. Because, like I said, this program was about what I would do. And I’m not stopping or slowing down. My finish line is in the coffin.“
Chalene explains the difference between TurboFire and her other programs below.
There are a lot of Turbo Jam lovers out there. They have been asking for a sequel. It is here and boy does it deliver. TurboFire is shipping NOW.
The concept of Chalene Johnson’s TurboFire is to create a program for people that are already cardio junkies who love intensity. TurboFire is much more intense than Turbo Jam. It is faster, has more plyometrics, more interval training, and generally kicking people’s butts! The science behind it is HIT training. HIT training is short intervals of maximum effort followed by brief recovery periods. In TurboFire, these intervals are known as “Fire Drills”. As a result, Turbo Fire turbo charges your metabolism, burning up to 9x’s more calories and fat than traditional cardio workouts leading to exceptional weight loss. But it is not all high intensity training. TurboFire includes sculpting, toning, core and stretch classes for a balanced workout schedule. And, it is all set to the hottest music for the best workout environment.
Here is something fun I just received in my Beachbody newsletter. See how well you you do.
Test Your Getting-Back-in-Shape IQ!
By Valerie Watson
For somebody who works at a company that focuses on fitness, I am alarmingly unfit. So I know how tough it can be when you’re feeling like an out-of-shape pink monkey stuck in the middle of a . . . flock? Herd? Pack? What’s a bunch of brown monkeys called, anyway? No matter; I work in an office where everybody else uses their lunch hour to Bring It!® by doing a P90X® workout while I surf the Web or work on writing the next great American screenplay—both noble pursuits, but they’re not making my tummy any flatter.
So I decided to look into which Beachbody® workout program would be best for someone who’s just dipping her toe back into the pool of fitness after an exteeeeeeeended dry spell. And how do y’all get to participate? Why, by deciding which of the following statements are true and which are false.
Trueor False?
True AND False: Slim in 6® is a super-easy way to get started. Slim in 6 is an excellent way to reimmerse yourself in regular physical exercise after you’ve been away from it for a while, but the compound adjective “super-easy” should be sending up some red flags for the thinking person. Make no mistake: even though Slim in 6 is listed in the Getting Started section of Beachbody.com, YOU ARE GOING TO FEEL IT. Always remember that returning to physical activity after a long layoff is going to require some work, and it’s best to consult with your doctor to make sure you’re up to the rigors of what’s going to be asked of you. Then once you get the all-clear, go ahead and take the plunge—you’ll be glad you did!
True: P90X should be reserved for those who’ve already built up some strength and stamina. While some daring souls have plunged straight into P90X—and had some amazing results doing it—folks who’ve been sedentary for a considerable amount of time (like yours truly) might want to start a little lower on the Beachbody workout food chain. Tony’s Power 90® is a good way to prepare for P90X. So are Slim in 6, Turbo Jam®, and Shaun T’s Rockin’ Body®.
False:Yoga Booty Ballet® Pure & Simple Yoga is so easy, it feels almost like cheating. Don’t let the soothing music or yoga’s reputation as the prime road to relaxation fool you—yoga works all your major muscle groups and helps strengthen your core. So while it’s a great way to get started, stretching your muscles and increasing your lung capacity, remember that it has three different levels of difficulty so you can keep challenging yourself as you learn and grow stronger.
False: Beachbody programs created by women, like Debbie Siebers and Chalene Johnson, are much easier than ones created by men, like Tony Horton and Shaun T. While most people rightfully think of programs like Tony’s P90X Plus and Shaun T’s INSANITY® as being among the toughest we offer, you’d be foolish to sell the female contingent short. Chalene’s Turbo Jam® Fat Burning Elite and Debbie’s Slim Series® Express will both kick your butt six ways from Sunday.
Have you ever thought it would be great to workout with a personal trainer? Do you feel that you couldn’t possibly lose weight and get in shape by doing a home workout routine versus going to the gym and lifting weights and hiring a personal trainer?
Well the good news is YOU can…
Many people shy away from workout videos and workout DVD’s because they feel that they may not see the same results with a home exercise routine as they would with a personal fitness Trainer at the gym.
Team Beach body has several fitness programs for just about any fitness level whether you are looking for a beginner workout, a boot camp workout, dance workout, kids workout, or extreme workout we have it all. Team Beachbody believes in working out with you hence the phrase Personal Training….
you are personally training yourself.
Team beach body has so many Free and Member tools that you can use to lose all the weight you want and tone and sculpt your body. One of the many Free tools is WOWY which means Work Out With You. WOWY is an online fitness community that gives you all the health and fitness support you want from all the other community members just like you. You can even do an online workout with your fitness buddies. It will even track your progress when you enter your weight and inches. All for FREE!
As a paid member of our Team Beach Body Club you have access to many health and fitness tools and tips including a revolutionary new meal plan tool designed to meet your needs and keep you on track with your weight loss goals. Even better than that, you will have access to Beachbody experts and even our celebrity trainers along with all of the benefits of being a WOWY member.
There are so many programs to choose from with Beach Body that it really just depends on what you are looking for. If you like a dance workout then you may want to try Shaun T’s Hip Hop Abs or even Chalene Johnson’s Turbo Jam. For the more extreme workout program you may want to try Tony Horton’s P90X or even Shaun T’s Insanity which boasts burning 1000 calories per workout! There is Slim in 6 which is geared more towards being a workout for women but I know there are many men who use it too.
In conclusion, there are millions of people using many different Beachbody exercise programs and getting the same if not better results than they would get working out with a personal trainer, not to mention all the money they save by not having to pay for a gym membership and trainer fees.
Beachbody goes above and beyond to help people build a fitness home based business. Even though they provide recognition and training to their distributors on a daily basis, the annual Coach Summit is the ultimate recognition and training event of the year for this incredible fitness home business.
Not only do you learn from top Beachbody management and other Coaches who have changed their lives through this fitness business opportunity, but…you get to workout LIVE with Beachbody’s top celebrity trainers.
