WANT TO LEAN OUT? Here is the secret....ADD MUSCLE! by Mike French

A great post by a fabulous fellow Team Beachbody Coach to his group - this answers A LOT of questions for most:

1.) Muscle is the MOST anabolic substance in the human body (Anabolic processes tend toward "building up" organs and tissues. These processes produce growth and differentiation of cells and increase in body size)

2.) Muscle chews up body fat. If you add 1 pound of muscle, and your body burns an additional 50 calories per day just to sustain that muscle. (Add 10 pounds of muscle and your body burns an extra 500 calories to maintain it!)

Most people in an effort to burn body fat greatly increase their number and length of cardiovascular workout sessions.THIS IS A MISTAKE!!!!! This hamstrings your efforts to burn body fat believe it or not. While you do burn allot of calories during extended cardio sessions you are also chewing up hard earned muscle. That is why you don't see any competitive
bodybuilders who also run marathons!

You burn alot of calories during extended or extra cardio but that stops when you stop the cardio.

Here is the secret:Your metabolism continues to burn body fat and calories for HOURS after hard resistance training. The muscle repairing itself has alot to do with this.

In effect, building muscle through INTENSE weight training is the key to the lean, muscular body we all strive for.(A prime example of extended cardio not being the key is people that only do aerobics and no weight training. They NEVER change the shape of their body. They stay the same year after year....what is the sense of that?)

What does this mean for P90Xers or ChaLEAN users?

DO THE PROGRAM AS DESIGNED AND WORK HARD ON GETTING STRONGER DURING YOUR RESISTANCE TRAINING NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT

**EMPHASIZE PROTEIN - Eating more protein intensifies the thermogenic effect of the digestive process by 1/3rd and protein is the nutrient that builds metabolism enhancing muscle.

We need carbohydrates to fuel our workouts and repair muscle but don't get carried away. Too much WILL be stored as fat.

Remember guys and gals:MORE STRENGTH = MORE MUSCLE = LESS BODYFAT

Thanks Mike!! You always put it into perspective.

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Beachbody Testimonial by Founding Coach, Blake Warrington

I wanted to share this great testimonial by one of our founding Coaches, and I'm honored to have him as our team leader. As a fellow skeptic, I related well with how he approached the business. Enjoy:

"My name is Blake Warrington and I am a Beachbody Coach who has experienced tremendous results with P90X. I was introduced to the Team Beachbody business by corporate and instantly fell in love with the concept. However, I realized that if I was going to do the business I had to become a product of the product. By nature I am a very skeptical person, and even more so when it comes to the in-home fitness programs. I have never done one of these types of programs before and was always an avid "gym rat." While not in tip top shape, I always considered myself as someone in decent shape for my age, and consistently did my "3 sets of 8 to 10 reps" for each body part, along with some treadmill or running about 4-5 days a week. Knowing I had to be a product of the product, I started my P90X workouts and soon realized I was not in the best shape I could be. P90X is the most amazing and intense program I have ever experienced in my life. It has completely transformed my body like I would have never imagined. At 49 years of age, I went from 18.5% body fat and a 36 in waist, to 9.8% body fat and a 32 inch waist. I don't think I can remember ever being 9.8% body fat. I probably blew through it at some time in high school or college. My abs are starting to really show and I get more compliments from people asking me what I do to stay in such great shape. I no longer have to pay my gym membership fee, and I can just about do my entire P90X workout in the time it used to take me just to drive to and from the gym. If you are looking to get in the best shape of your life, and you would like to do it from the comfort of your own home, using nothing more than a pull-up bar and a set of dumbbells or resistance bands, then you owe it to yourself to try P90X. It comes with a full 90 day, no risk, money back guarantee. Try getting that from a gym or personal trainer!"

If you are interested in embarking on your very own fitness lifestyle and also want to get financially fit, let's talk!

Taryn Perry

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