#TransformationThursday Confession: late last summer into early fall, I sort of lost my mojo. I became complacent in my nutrition and I was just sort of going through the motions with my workouts. I just wasn’t “in it.” I needed something to really capture my attention and push me hard. That’s when I decided to start 8 weeks of Insanity Asylum.
Since I started and completed Asylum late last fall and am now in the middle ofInsanity Max30 + PiYo, I can honestly tell you I have never in my life felt THIS healthy and THIS strong. The combination of these three programs has drastically increased my upper body and core strength. Which completely amazes me because for the last 6 weeks I have not lifted ANY weights. None. Zero. Zilch. It’s ALL body weight training + super-effective cardio + super simple nutrition.The proof, I tell ya, is in the photos. The top is from early fall. The bottom pic is last night. I am proud of my progress. But more than that, I am so psyched to have found workout programs that allow me to sleep in an hour later, be home for my kids, and still kick my a** day in and day out. Oh, and a nutrition plan that still lets me have my pizza and wine smile emoticon. Cheers to that! #21DayFix#cleaneating
Ugh. I don’t want to feel that way after Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year’s. Do you? If you’re ready to get ahead of the game—aka ahead of one too many Snickers bars, mashed potatoes, Christmas cookies, and Champagne toasts—then our Fit Through the Holidays challenge is for YOU!
It’s simple: All you need to do is choose your Beachbody workout—Insanity MAX30, 21 Day Fix, Cize, PiYo, TurboFire, Body Beast, and dozens more! And here’s what you get in return:
✔Family- and kid-friendly meal plan and access to 100s of #cleaneatingrecipes!
✔Chances to win AWESOME prizes including workout DVDs, apparel, and much more!
✔Access to our 6-day clean eating reset, which will ignite your metabolism and kick start your weight loss!
✔Unlimited support and accountability through our challenge group!
✔ Me as your coach the whole way through!
The first 5 people to post below “I’M IN” will get a spot! (And to make it even MORE interesting, whoever gets the most people to join our challenge group wins a prize worth $109!!) Have a friend, family member, or coworker join you! It’s more fun doing it with someone!
Are you training for a 5K, 10K, half marathon, or marathon this fall? Or do you simply just love to run? If your answer is YES, join me for a running/PiYo challenge!! #PiYo (aka Pilates and yoga on steroids!!) has been proven to help runners not only build necessary muscle but to lengthen your hamstrings, which leads to a longer stride, which leads to a faster time! It’s been one of my favorite cross training workouts and I started it in my 3rd trimester with baby #2 last summer!
Here’s what you’ll get with this challenge:
-An 8-week running/PiYo training calendar
-A 30-day meal plan designed to help you tone up and slim down
-Access to 100s of #cleaneating recipes only available to my customers
-Super-food shakes that will help you build muscle, stave off cravings, promote weight loss, and MUCH more!
-Me as your coach along the way!
Whether you’re trying out your first 5K or training for a half marathon, PiYo is one of the best programs to help you avoid injury and maximize your runs! If you’re in, comment, below “I’M IN!” or message me for details!!
Hit a plateau? It happens! The question is: how are you going to bust through it?
It happened.
After several weeks of doing my kick-ass 21 Day Fix Extreme workouts coupled with my Les Mills RPM (Spin/cycle) classes, I stopped seeing results. My body, it seems, had become complacent and began loving the fact that burpees with tuck jumps and plyo lunges and drop-set push ups became easier and easier every time I did them.
I saw it as progress at first: “I’m getting stronger!” And this was and still is DEFINITELY true. After doing this program I am SO much stronger and leaner than ever before in my life! But it was also time to start tricking my body and switching things up to see even MORE results.
So I started incorporating one of my other favorite Beachbody workouts into my routine: PiYo. I started adding doubles into my workouts. So one day I would do Lower Fix Extreme then pair that with PiYo Buns. (Holy burnout, by the way, with those two back-to-back!) Or I would do PiYo Strength Intervals with Upper Fix Extreme to get a full-body, cardio/strength training whammy.
And you know what happened? I took my measurements and lo and behold my waist was down ANOTHER inch. (For those keeping track, I’m officially down FOUR INCHES on my waist at just 6 months postpartum.) You see, doing the same workouts, the same run at the same pace, the same lifting routine on the same days of the week, aren’t really helping your body. In fact, you’re impairing your body’s ability to get stronger and leaner when you do the same thing over and over and OVER again.
Hubs and I are about to order Body Beast to do together and to help us switch things up. The best part about Body Beast is that you also get the free mobile app, which means I can follow along with the routine at the gym and get the same killer results I would get if I’d purchased a bunch of weights at home.
I’m also going to order P90X3, which, like 21 Day Fix and 21 Day Fix Extreme, combines strength training with cardio so you can get an INTENSE workout done in 30 minutes! THIRTY MINUTES! Guys, 30 minutes is NOTHING! Luckily, P90X3 is on sale this month so I can get the whole program for $30 AND get 30 days of Shakeology for $160! Um, this is the lowest price P90X3 has ever been offered, which is exactly why I’m jumping on the opportunity to buy it!
So if you, too, are stuck in a rut, you’re not seeing results, or you simply want to try something new knowing you WILL get results, message me! I can assure you that if you do these programs and you follow a clean eating plan like 21 Day Fix and 21 Day Fix Extreme you WILL see results.
But the question is: are you ready to make the change? #nomoreexcuses
The proof, I tell ya, is in the photos. The top is from early fall. The bottom pic is last night. I am proud of my progress. But more than that, I am so psyched to have found workout programs that allow me to sleep in an hour later, be home for my kids, and still kick my a** day in and day out. Oh, and a nutrition plan that still lets me have my pizza and wine smile emoticon. Cheers to that! #21DayFix #cleaneating
Fit & Fierce Mama 