P90- This Could Be YOUR Beginning!

Many of you who hear the name "Beachbody" automatically think, "Ohhhh, P90X right? That's what Beachbody is?" And RIGHTLY so! Tony Horton's P90X series is one of the BEST in the entire world; and no, I do not think I am exaggerating. It truly is that incredible. P90X3 did absolute wonders for me, and I plan to go back to it many times in the future, probably with the help of the 21 Day Fix containers for my portion control!

So, yes, Tony Horton was one of the first trainers to ever jump on the Beachbody board with Beachbody's CEO Carl Dakeiler, way back in the day! Tony is an amazing person (I got to meet him at Coach Summit in 2014), and when he makes a program, he truly puts his heart and soul into every single move and video, even if he is cracking jokes to the guys about how whimpy they are! He knows what people NEED, and he knows what people want. P90X, P90X2, and P90X3 have all been breakthrough programs in themselves, but have you ever looked at them and thought to yourself, "That is WAY too intense for me!!!"?

Well, Tony heard those voices, and he actually LISTENED! He has created his newest program P90 just for those of you who have always wanted to try his programs, but wanted a way to ease into them without injury, failure, and to just know what to expect! It will still be 90 days of a top of the line program, with a multitude of exercises to get you in incredible shape, but will be without that "X" for that crazy extreme the other P90X videos have!

You may love P90 if...

-You are totally new to fitness and don't know where to begin
-You used to work out ALL of the time, but over time have gotten sidetracked and want a spot to begin again
-You have been injured in the past and want something that will push you, but keep you safe from further injury
-If you have always been a Tony Horton lover, but not able to handle his other series quite yet!
-If you have just finished P90X, P90X2, or P90X3, and want to maintain your results and check out some new moves!

P90 will still be incredibly effective without as much of the intensity, because similar to the other P90X programs, it will focus on sectional progression. Basically what that means, is that it will be cut down into different phases. Each phase will give you a period of time in which the moves are a little hard, then you begin to master them, then you have time to do them well and confidently. As soon as your body is used to them, it moves on to the next phase that is a little tougher, so your body never gets used to one spot and is always progressing, equaling intensified results!

You will get 10 workouts on 4 DVD's, all ranging from 25-45 minutes long! You will be able to do all of these workouts right in the comfort of your own home! The only space you will need is enough to step from side to side, so move the coffee table out of the middle of the living room floor with me and get to WORK! ;)

You will also receive...

*Super simple nutrition plan: no counting calories or cutting out food groups, just simple nutrition to maximize your results and burn fat throughout the day!

*4 Step Power Plan: Tony's "golden rules" for you to abide by on the first day that will maximize your results for the entirety of the program!

*Resistance Band: no need to go buy an entire gym for your house! This is ALL you need!

*6 Day Shred: a plan for the times that you need a QUICK FIX, faster than fast!

*Your 90 Day Workout Calendar: abide by this specific calendar for the program- it was made perfectly to give you the BEST results you can get!

Get the P90 Challenge Pack with Shakeology for an INCREDIBLE deal! No more $50/month gym memberships that you're barely going to use. Invest money in a program that works, that you will have forever, with the best trainer out there right there in your home helping you every step of the way. Also, a nutrient dense shake that will change you from the inside out in ways you could never imagine!

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P90X3 Week 1: The Good, The Bad, The UGLY!

If you have been following me, you probably already know that 21 Day Fix and P90X3 are my absolute favorite Beachbody fitness programs of all time! I love that they are a mixture of every element of physical health and wellness all rolled into one: weight lifting, cardio, pilates, yoga, cardio WITH weights, plyometrics... you name it, they have it.

21 Day Fix was a really big game changer for me when it came to the meal plan and color coded tupperware containers. Clean eating has always been my biggest foe, and while I have gotten much better with clean eating food choices and finding what I love, I knew that I was still suffering with portion control, so 21 Day Fix SAVED me in that department.

However, after about 6+ straight weeks of 21 Day Fix workouts, I was looking for a bit more. I started incorporating some of my old PiYo and Turbo Fire workouts in, but I am a stickler for organization, and love going by a strict schedule. P90X3 is the workout that to this day has gotten me in the best shape of my life, so I decided to turn back to it! The one complaint I have about 21 Day Fix is that it only has 7 different workouts (well, 8, including the awesome bonus Plyo DVD). I love every workout soooo much, but I love the variety of the 17 different workouts P90X3 has! You will never get bored, and your body will never quite get used to what you're doing. THAT is what makes the results of P90X3 so incredible!

The Workouts

Week 1-3 involve doing the same 7 workouts Monday-Friday: Synergistics, Agility X, Yoga, The Challenge, CVX, The Warrior. Thankfully, they are all only 30 minutes each, so they are totally doable and there are NO excuses to not getting them done!

I LOVE these workouts, with the exception of CVX. Haha! CVX is cardio with weights, and I mean HARDCORE cardio with weights. This and plyo workouts are the hardest for me to do, so naturally, I try to avoid them like the plague. But, what is the hardest for us are the things that will get us in the best shape and what we need to work on the most, so I make sure to never actually skip it.
*My tip to getting through workouts you hate: Turn off the talking and music of the workout DVD, and blare your own favorite music mix! It will make the time go by WAY faster.

Synergistics is what the name explains: syngergy of everything in your body working together. You will balance on one leg and lift weights, go from plank to side balance and crunches, boat/plow moves, knee up pull ups, EVERYTHING! There isn't one body part that doesn't get worked in this video.

Agility X is a hardcore cardio video that works on, you guessed it, your agility! You will be jumping from one "x" to the next, jumping over targets, doing different running sequences, etc. If you're not dripping sweat and on the ground gasping for air at the end of it, you're doing it wrong.

The Warrior is one of my all-time favorites! It's one of the workouts that Tony teaches at military bases around the world. It gets your body ripped with your body. Push-ups, burpees, one-legged squats, plank sequences... it's just pure awesomeness. I love workouts I could do anywhere at anytime like this one.

The Challenge is alllll pushin' and pullin'! This one IS definitely a challenge for me, because I haven't quite mastered pull-ups. However, I was exponentially closer to mastering one the first time I did P90X3, so I fully intend to get there in these 90 days! I LOVE push-ups, so I enjoy that part. If you upper body isn't dying and you need help lifting a fork to your face the day after this workout, you're doing it wrong!

*If you would like to ease into the P90X series, but need to start out slower and less intense, look into the newest program P90! It may be JUST what you need!*

The Meal Plan

The P90X3 meal plan isn't detailed enough for me, so I'm going to stick to the 21 Day Fix container/meal plan. However, I'm more excited because I know I will be exerting much more energy doing P90X3, and therefore going with the calorie count with that meal plan book, I will be upping my calorie intake to the next container bracket for the Fix. That means- more food! I am not all about trying to starve myself to get to my goals. Doing extreme workouts like the ones in P90X3, means needing more food to replenish and build your muscles. If not, eating less can take you away from your goals and possibly even to weight gain, or your body at least holding on to all of the fat and calories you have then (meaning no loss of fat or weight at all). I will be consuming around 1,500-1,800 calories a day. 1,800 would be a better goal, so I will do that best I can!

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For 21 Day Fix, that will mean: 4 green (veggies), 3 purple (fruits), 4 reds (proteins), 3 yellow (complex carbs), 1 blue (healthy fats), 1 orange (nuts/oils), and 4 teaspoons (nut butters, chocolate, etc).
*My tip to easily keep up with the meal plan is that when you buy the program or just the containers, print out the worksheets that they have for you on the Team Beachbody website! They make it so easy to tally off the containers you use and see what you will have left for the day!

So, How am I Feeling?

The first time I completed, P90X3, I was actually very shocked by my results because I pretty much never once felt sore. If I did, it was very slight, so it made me feel like I was never accomplishing anything.

This time, however, I am so sore I can barely function!!! I know I'm probably a freak, but I love this feeling. I love being sore and sweaty after a workout, barely able to do the next day's... it makes me feel like I am kicking butt! My friend said it's because she believes that I am probably working harder now that I have done it before, and I'm really hoping that's the case! That, and I will get even better results this time!

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Why Women Should Lift Weights

When I first started my weight loss journey, I was similar to many women in the fact that I assumed lifting weights, especially heavy ones, would result in me getting bulky, broad, and a thick look that I didn't want. I wanted to get a lean, elongated, and a sexy sculpted body. What I didn't realize at the time, was that the exact thing that I thought would bring me away from the results I wanted, was the one thing that actually was going to get me there. 

Ladies: lifting HEAVY weights are the KEY to getting lean, sexy, sculpted bodies!!!

When I did my first round of P90X3, I shedded 8 inches of fat overall on my body, but gained a few pounds in lean muscle. I never lifted anything less than a 10 lb dumbbell, and that's what I used for the exercises that required a light weight. So many times when women begin to exercise, we gain a few pounds in the process and totally lose sight of the big picture: that weight is just a number! It is NOT the main source we should be looking at for our progress. Look in the mirror! Try on your old clothes! Take the measuring tape out! Weight gain can simply mean that we are putting on muscle- but that is GOOD, because although muscle weighs more than fat, muscle also SCORCHES fat! The more muscle you have, the more fat you are going to lose, because muscle burns significantly more calories than fat even at a resting state. Therefore, the more muscle you have, the more weight you are going to lose by doing virtually nothing. Will you gain a few more pounds? Maybe. But will you look a heck of a lot better? YES!

Here are some of the reasons why women will NEVER get bulky, or start to look "manly" from weightlifting:

1. Women naturally do not even possess the testosterone levels to gain muscle mass like men. Normal testosterone levels for men fall between 200-1200 ng/dl, while testosterone levels for women are typically between 15-70 ng/dl. Therefore, even if a man is at the lowest end of the testosterone level, and a woman is at the highest, the man would still have TWICE the amount of testosterone! Women do not contain the hormonal support to ever gain muscle like a man. If you ever see female bodybuilders that seem to possess similar muscle mass to men, it is because they are using outside testosterone injections or steroids- they are doing something to alter the natural state of their bodies and testosterone levels. 

2. Studies have SHOWN that men and women can train the exact same way- meaning, women MUST lift those HEAVY weights in order to achieve the sexy "toned" look that we want. Lifting heavy weights will give us the "V" shaped back (but not broad like a man's, because again, that is not possible for our bodies), the shapely legs and lifted booty, the tight, lean, sculpted arms, and of course that flat tummy we ALWAYS dream of! In reality, lifting light weights for a long period of time will just increase your muscle endurance, while lifting heavy weights will build your muscle strength- burning fat, increasing metabolism, and sculpting your muscles even more.

3. The word "toning" is actually a misconception. I still use the term, because I think of it in a different aspect than some, but here's the kicker: our muscles do not change. When some people say "tone your muscles," we are really just shedding the fat around them and making them protrude more. Now, we can build muscle and make them bigger, we can LOSE muscle, but we cannot "tone" it. The bigger we make our muscles, the leaner we will look. :)

4. Sometimes when women (or men) begin to train in weight lifting, they do get bigger and bulkier and blame it on lifting weights. This is simply because those people are gaining actual weight in fat by consuming too many calories. Along with weight lifting, we still need to be at a calorie deficit to lose weight. Do not think since you are lifting heavy weights, you also need to be consuming thousands of calories to make up for it and "feed your muscles." That's not the case. In fact, people can overeat on very healthy foods as well- healthy foods can still add up to a lot of calories! The main thing you want to make sure you are doing is feeding your body and muscles the proper nutrients it needs DIRECTLY after lifting weights, and that is protein! A simple protein shake (or for me, Shakeology) will do the trick. But other than that, I have lost the most weight and gained the most muscle from eating around a 1,500 calorie diet for my body and build. If I wanted to lose more weight, I would either have to create more of a calorie deficit in working out longer to burn more calories, or eating even less. 

Therefore, if you are getting bulky and thicker "from weightlifting," it's really that you are gaining weight in general.

Alright ladies, I hope this cleared the air on some of your weightlifting fears! So FEAR NOT those big weights! Get all up in the heavy weight zone at the gym and boot the guys out of the way! Doing a Beachbody program like me? Bring those heavy weights HOME! Don't spend money on the 3 lb'ers! Show those guys who's BOSS! ;)

With love,

My Beachbody Transformation Story

As many of you already know, my life has been COMPLETELY changed forever by Beachbody programs and Beachbody coaching.

I wanted to make this YouTube video as a chance to show what Beachbody has done for me in a three minute nutshell. I would have NEVER imagined just 6 months ago that I could EVER be in the shape that I am now, and that just 3 months ago my life would have brought me to become a coach with this incredible company.

Beachbody coaching has allowed me to leave my Pre-K teaching job and work from home. I now have the ability to make a full-time income without sacrificing time with my family and friends. This is MOST important to me when thinking of my future, and when Stephen and I decide to *GROW* our family of two!

I never wanted to have to work all day and come home exhausted to my children while they were being raised in a daycare. I know that so many women and families must do that to get by, and I have so much respect for them. But when I realized that did NOT have to become my future, I took this business opportunity and worked on it every spare moment I could around my full-time job to get where I am today and CHANGE the course of my life and my future families' lives!

I want to always be present with my husband and my children. I want to always spread my knowledge and passion for what Beachbody programs has done for me with EVERYONE I know around me!

I know some people can get turned off by the word "coach." I did in the beginning, too! I was thinking, "I am no fitness expert, and DEFINITELY not a nutritional expert. How am I supposed to 'coach' others?!" But that is not up to us. As Beachbody coaches, we are people JUST like you who fell in love with a Beachbody program and the results we got from them, and we want to help others find programs to fit their needs so they can get the same successful results. ANYONE can become a Beachbody coach, and ANYONE can make a significant income from it!

In fact, many people sign on as coaches just to get the 25% discount on all of their future orders! Not to mention, military members and their spouses can coach for TOTALLY FREE!

So please enjoy my video, and feel free to comment or e-mail me (a_corry@aol.com) with any questions you may have. My goal is to help YOU find a Beachbody program that will fit your specific health and fitness goals, in as little time as possible from your home. I haven't stepped foot into a gym in over 6 months, and don't plan on having to ever again!

If you think having extra accountability and support from a small group of others going through the same journey sounds like something you'd love, sign up here!

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Thank you so much for your time and I look forward to hearing from you!

Sweet & Sour Meatballs Recipe

Hey everyone!

Welcome to my FIRST blog post of many, in which I will be sharing nutritional tips, favorite recipes, success stories, my incredible BOMBSQUAD Fitness Team, and the breathtakingly amazing experiences that Beachbody coaching has done for me and my family in just the last few months!

So, as many of you know, I am a soon to be Air Force wife (woot woot!). Having been southern born and raised, I have always wanted to make it a point to have healthy, hearty dinners be a staple in my household for my current family and future children.

My fiance, Stephen, just got back from a long deployment to Afghanistan, so I ESPECIALLY wanted to make sure he had a hot, delicious, homemade meal waiting for him right when he got home (since I'm sure the chow hall wasn't too accommodating to his taste buds!).

I wanted to share one of my FAVORITE recipes straight from the Team Beachbody Recipe Book that is healthy, full of protein, and 100% man approved! I have always been a huge meatball fan, but finding a healthy recipe for them was tough, so you can imagine my excitement when I came upon this turkey meatball recipe!

Whether it's for the next get-together, Superbowl Party, or passed around the dinner table, rest assured that these bad boys WILL be a hit to whoever you decide to share them with!

Sweet & Sour Turkey Meatballs

You will need:

Meatballs:

1 lb. lean ground turkey (or bag of frozen turkey meatballs)

1 cup cooked brown rice

1 8-oz. can crushed pineapple in juice, drained

1/2 cup green onions

1 tbsp. light soy sauce

1 tsp. ginger

Sauce:

3/4 cup reduced-sodium, low-fat chicken broth

1/3 cup chili sauce

3 tbsp. rice vinegar

2 tbsp. brown sugar

2 tsp. cornstarch

1/2 tsp. ground ginger

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine meatball ingredients in a med. bowl and mix well. Line a baking sheet with foil, shape meatballs, and place them on the baking sheet. Bake for 25 mins. or until thoroughly cooked.

Combine sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and stir until the cornstarch is dissolved. Place over med-high heat stirring occasionally until the mixture comes to a boil, then stir on low heat for another minute, or until the sauce thickens. Pour over meatballs, and gently toss to coat meatballs.

And you are DONE! I enjoy serving mine with a serving of brown rice and fresh green beans. :)

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Amanda Corry