This is just a little augmentation to my review of Shakeology. The review I gave focused more-so on its benefits. It increases your immune system, maximizes your metabolism and utilization of good calories, cleanses your body, helps you lose weight, and fights off disease. But I need to give a word about how it tastes...
Most people look at the ingredients and think, that is going to taste disgusting. I have a direct quote from a friend of mine who got Shakeology recently: "This stuff tastes better than Coldstone Creamery!" For those who do not know, Coldstone is an ice cream chain...a really tasty ice cream chain. Talk about decadent! So he straight up said, Shakeology tastes like an ice cream milk shake. Shakeology tastes good. Shakeology tastes great. Shakeology tastes phenomenal.
If you are pressed for time, always on the move at school or at a busy job, Shakeology is the way to go! Just go buy a blender, get some frozen fruit, get some chocolate Shakeology and mix it all together with ice. You will be so happy. I have more energy, it helps me rest better, and it helps me in my workouts like P90x and Insanity. I literally look forward to it every morning and it is the tastiest meal of my day. Email me about it, or ask me for some good recipes! Keep on digging friends.
CoachZoso
Before and After
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Work Out For You!
Too often, folks get the idea in their head that they need to be the epitome of fitness for someone else. They think, "Oh if I just practice good nutrition habits and get into fitness, my girlfriend, my family, my friends will all like me better." This is kind of a subtle aggression towards yourself, you are thinking that you are not good enough for them and need to change. Don't approach fitness this way! That is how I started, and it only made me neurotic and unhappy.
Fitness, nutrition, lifestyle changes should be for you and for no one else. If you don't go into a transformation process with a love and acceptance of who you are, whats the point? You are just going to come out just as unhappy. You will be seeking out compliments all the time instead of being content with your hard fitness work and change in eating habits. You can have 2% body fat and have the most shredded body, but if you don't love yourself for the right reasons, you are not going to enjoy life.
The compliments are great bonuses, great icing on the cake, but in reality what feels best is a genuine acceptance of yourself and a sort of pride for the hard work you have devoted to getting into shape.
When we think about working out, or getting into fitness we often look at other people. Guys who are ripped, girls who are slender and we think "If I could only look like them, I'd be so happy." This is an ignorant stance. Be you. Trying to look like someone else, or be someone else is setting yourself up for failure cause you will never be them. Sure it is fine to be inspired by someone (heck I am inspired by Tony Horton, creator of P90x every day), but just be you, just do you.
We also think, when we see these super in-shape folks who are fitness gods or what-not doing 80 pushups and lifting 50 lb dumbells that "I could never do that." It is a process! Change it to "I presently struggle with," and then with time you will find that you can do it. You can do pullups, you can run a mile or two or three without stopping. This goes back to an earlier post where I mentioned how American's want quick results and hate themselves. There are no quick fixes! Don't get stuck in a comfort zone and give up before even trying! Use the coaches, the trainers for motivation but ultimately do the work for you.
Find me on twitter (@CoachZoso) and please like/fan my facebook pages on the top right :). Get in touch with me ASAP if you have questions or want some coaching, or just wanna talk.
CoachZoso
Fitness, nutrition, lifestyle changes should be for you and for no one else. If you don't go into a transformation process with a love and acceptance of who you are, whats the point? You are just going to come out just as unhappy. You will be seeking out compliments all the time instead of being content with your hard fitness work and change in eating habits. You can have 2% body fat and have the most shredded body, but if you don't love yourself for the right reasons, you are not going to enjoy life.
The compliments are great bonuses, great icing on the cake, but in reality what feels best is a genuine acceptance of yourself and a sort of pride for the hard work you have devoted to getting into shape.
When we think about working out, or getting into fitness we often look at other people. Guys who are ripped, girls who are slender and we think "If I could only look like them, I'd be so happy." This is an ignorant stance. Be you. Trying to look like someone else, or be someone else is setting yourself up for failure cause you will never be them. Sure it is fine to be inspired by someone (heck I am inspired by Tony Horton, creator of P90x every day), but just be you, just do you.
We also think, when we see these super in-shape folks who are fitness gods or what-not doing 80 pushups and lifting 50 lb dumbells that "I could never do that." It is a process! Change it to "I presently struggle with," and then with time you will find that you can do it. You can do pullups, you can run a mile or two or three without stopping. This goes back to an earlier post where I mentioned how American's want quick results and hate themselves. There are no quick fixes! Don't get stuck in a comfort zone and give up before even trying! Use the coaches, the trainers for motivation but ultimately do the work for you.
Find me on twitter (@CoachZoso) and please like/fan my facebook pages on the top right :). Get in touch with me ASAP if you have questions or want some coaching, or just wanna talk.
CoachZoso
Monday, April 11, 2011
Step off the Scale! Weighing Yourself Hurts your Fitness Goals!
So I was talking to a resident who lives in my dorm. She had tried P90x for a month and then quit. She told me that the scale wasn't showing any drop in weight. She kept weighing herself and she was the same. Finally at the end of thirty days, she gave up because the scale just wasn't showing the number that she wanted it to. Here is an important tip: the scale is misleading and not the best way to gauge your fitness and overall health!
There are a lot of things that factor into what the scale will read throughout the day. I once sweat a lb. and a half of sweat off my body, then I drank a bunch of a water and the lb. and a half returned. My point is that the amount of water we drink, how much we sweat, how big of a meal we have...all of this effects your weight. We generally weigh more at night than in the morning. Our weight fluctuates so much throughout the day, and too many people think that little number on the scale is what matters. They think that they are that number, they identify with it and forget the hard work they are putting into their nutrition and fitness. Stepping on the scale constantly is an easy way to set up yourself for self aggression and judgment. Sure if you lost a few lbs in a couple weeks, great! But if you didn't, you are going to hate yourself. Just roll with the highs of eating and living better. Don't succumb to the highs and lows of the scale, not worth it friends.
You are not that number folks. When you undertake a workout program or nutrition change you need to think about the work you actually do. Be in the moment of your workout, be in the moment of eating that healthy meal. Don't think about the end result. When I first got into fitness I thought I would look like Shaun T (Insanity guy below) after 2 months of Insanity. Reality check! These transformations take time and they are only hindered by constantly stepping on the scale. We think about the end result too much! We feel defeated when that number doesn't go down. Focus on your workouts, on the energy you feel, the yummy endorphins swimming in your brain, the delicious healthy food you eat. That is you. Not some number. I don't even weigh myself anymore during a program. I wait the entire length of the program and check my weight because I want to be "in the workout". I want to live with the fitness and the nutrition. That is the best way to approach this stuff. It took me awhile to realize that, but it is truth!
Other measures of health: resting heart rate, cholesterol levels, how your clothes feel, body fat % (get some calipers), energy during workouts, amount of pushups/pullups/jumping jacks/miles etc you can run or do, clothing measurements
Please, step off the scale. You will feel better.
CoachZoso
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Insanity: The Asylum is here!
This is kind of a random post, but I want to express my excitement for this product. The sequel to Insanity: The Asylum is out through Team Beachbody coaches. This product is for anyone who wants to get into elite athletic shape, whether it be to condition for a sport, a marathon, or just to take your fitness to the next level after completing P90x and/or Insanity, The Asylum is it.
You get 8 DvDs, a jump rope, an agility ladder, a fitness guide, nutrition guide, and a calendar. It looks so intense and so challenging but incredibly rewarding. If there was ever a program where you had to dig deeper, it is this one; your levels of fitness will skyrocket. The results will be amazing. Now I have not done it yet, obviously cause it was just released, but I am fighting every urge to ditch my current program and hop into The Asylum.
If you want to sprint faster, run longer, jump higher and simply perform better in your sport and/or all areas of fitness, this is the way to go. If you get the deluxe pack you also get a sweet pull up bar, a pull up bar helper stirrup (to put yer foot in), and strength bands to challenge yourself even more!
Ask me about it via email, I really challenge you to consider this if you are ready for it because it is extremely difficult from what I have read and understand. I will have a review of it up in a few months when I start (gulp). Shaun T, you are nuts.
Random post, but there ya go! DIG DEEPER PEOPLE!
Tim (@CoachZoso)
You get 8 DvDs, a jump rope, an agility ladder, a fitness guide, nutrition guide, and a calendar. It looks so intense and so challenging but incredibly rewarding. If there was ever a program where you had to dig deeper, it is this one; your levels of fitness will skyrocket. The results will be amazing. Now I have not done it yet, obviously cause it was just released, but I am fighting every urge to ditch my current program and hop into The Asylum.
If you want to sprint faster, run longer, jump higher and simply perform better in your sport and/or all areas of fitness, this is the way to go. If you get the deluxe pack you also get a sweet pull up bar, a pull up bar helper stirrup (to put yer foot in), and strength bands to challenge yourself even more!
Ask me about it via email, I really challenge you to consider this if you are ready for it because it is extremely difficult from what I have read and understand. I will have a review of it up in a few months when I start (gulp). Shaun T, you are nuts.
Random post, but there ya go! DIG DEEPER PEOPLE!
Tim (@CoachZoso)
Thursday, April 7, 2011
No Quick Fixes, Sorry!
Sometimes I wish there was a button that would be placed in front of me that I could press and I would become the best at one thing; the best in the world at something. Usually I pick something cool like guitar player, writer, or basketball player. Unfortunately, there is no magic button, no quick fix to get me there. If I want to be the best guitar player, best writer, or best basketball player I can be then I have to work! The same goes for fitness, nutrition, and living well.
Whenever I see a commercial that talks about getting fit or losing weight by simply taking a pill or using a gimmicky product that doesn't take mu
ch work, I scoff. However, I don't really blame the companies for trying to pitch these products because American's are conditioned to want things immediately; they are just working with their audience. We want results in this country. We want to lose weight fast, we want to be the peak of fitness fast, we don't want to do the work. I am here to tell you, just like all the makers of the programs at Team Beachbody, and all the other Team Beachbody coaches, there are no quick fixes. If you want to transform your body and become the peak of fitness and nutrition you need to work. You need to sweat, you need to hit the wall that tells you to go back and you need to f*cking climb over it.
It was so hard for me. It was so scary for me. I am not some perfect spitting image of fitness. I am passionate about it lately, more than ever, but quite frankly I hadn't been this way for most of my life. I am not a better person now than I was, I am just in better physical shape and I feel confident, you can get that too with improved fitness and nutrition.
A lot of very overweight people get bogged down by the fact that they have a lot of work ahead or that they won't do the P90x or Insanity exercises right. To those people I tell them to first look at my transformation, second, look at all the transformations of folks who were extremely overweight on Teambeachbody.com, there are people who were over 300 lbs who did Insanity. They kept showing up, kept pushing play, struggled
with the work at first, but they are now in amazing shape. They found the voice in their head that said, "we can do the work," while silencing the one that said, "it's too hard, it's too much work."
You can too, you are no different. No one is going to judge you for fumbling with a move in P90x or Insanity or Turbofire. Fitness and nutrition is hard work. Let go of your ego thats afraid of being put out of your comfort zone, let go of your comforts and you can conquer this with hard work and my help.
Life is much more fun with change, challenge, and the unexpected, embrace it! I am starting to learn this and I always feel more rewarded when I face a new challenge every day. Get ready to do the work, you are not alone!
Whenever I see a commercial that talks about getting fit or losing weight by simply taking a pill or using a gimmicky product that doesn't take mu
ch work, I scoff. However, I don't really blame the companies for trying to pitch these products because American's are conditioned to want things immediately; they are just working with their audience. We want results in this country. We want to lose weight fast, we want to be the peak of fitness fast, we don't want to do the work. I am here to tell you, just like all the makers of the programs at Team Beachbody, and all the other Team Beachbody coaches, there are no quick fixes. If you want to transform your body and become the peak of fitness and nutrition you need to work. You need to sweat, you need to hit the wall that tells you to go back and you need to f*cking climb over it.It was so hard for me. It was so scary for me. I am not some perfect spitting image of fitness. I am passionate about it lately, more than ever, but quite frankly I hadn't been this way for most of my life. I am not a better person now than I was, I am just in better physical shape and I feel confident, you can get that too with improved fitness and nutrition.
A lot of very overweight people get bogged down by the fact that they have a lot of work ahead or that they won't do the P90x or Insanity exercises right. To those people I tell them to first look at my transformation, second, look at all the transformations of folks who were extremely overweight on Teambeachbody.com, there are people who were over 300 lbs who did Insanity. They kept showing up, kept pushing play, struggled
with the work at first, but they are now in amazing shape. They found the voice in their head that said, "we can do the work," while silencing the one that said, "it's too hard, it's too much work."You can too, you are no different. No one is going to judge you for fumbling with a move in P90x or Insanity or Turbofire. Fitness and nutrition is hard work. Let go of your ego thats afraid of being put out of your comfort zone, let go of your comforts and you can conquer this with hard work and my help.
Life is much more fun with change, challenge, and the unexpected, embrace it! I am starting to learn this and I always feel more rewarded when I face a new challenge every day. Get ready to do the work, you are not alone!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The Value of a Coach
After watching Jim Calhoun win the NCAA Tournament last night, I thought it pertinent to talk about coaches. Particularly Independent Team Beachbody Coaches.
So what do we do? What does an independent Team Beachbody Coach really do? Our primary function is to motivate, to inspire, and to care. Some Team Beachbody Coaches get into this solely for the financial aspect of it all. Granted, it is nice to earn a commission on a sale every now and then but the real reason why I (and many others) signed up to be a coach is because we care. We want to help those young adults who have lost track of their nutrition and fitness. Whether they overeat, eat poorly, or drink alcohol incessantly, many young professionals all seem to lose sight of their health. For those seeking a real change, a real lifestyle shift, or even just a nice body for the summer, we coaches are here to motivate, educate, and keep you accountable.
At the core of every Team Beachbody Coach is excitement. We fell in love with our transformations, our healthy habits, and our exercise programs ala Team Beachbody and we simply want to spread the good word. You see those commercials on television, those before and after photos and you think, "That can't be real" or "I'd never get that result". Let me be the proof. I was in the exact same position as you. I didn't believe the Insanity commercials, and now look at that photo on the top of the page. It worked for me, it can work for you. As a coach, I want to be a walking transformation story, that inspiration for you to dig deep and realize that you, just like me and thousands of others on Team Beachbody can do it, and all of the Team Beachbody Coaches (me especially!) are here to help you.
We know how hard it is to get these programs started and to see them through. We know how hard it is to resist the temptation of mint chip ice cream or a long island iced tea (for those under 21, disregard that). I am here to help keep you honest and accountable. I want to help you stay on track and when you get off (which you will, cause you are human) I want to help you get back on with renewed vigor. I fall off the track, I need to be put back on. One thing you may not realize is that all Team Beachbody Coaches have a coach of their own that showed them the way. It is a great system and it really works! A Coach is vital to the success of any fitness undertaking and I'd love to be that for you. Thanks for reading folks and please make sure to dig deeper :).
As always, find me on twitter (@CoachZoso), via email (at the top of the page), and Facebook (links on the top right) if you have any questions about the programs, nutrition, fitness, Shakeology or just want some help!
CoachZoso
So what do we do? What does an independent Team Beachbody Coach really do? Our primary function is to motivate, to inspire, and to care. Some Team Beachbody Coaches get into this solely for the financial aspect of it all. Granted, it is nice to earn a commission on a sale every now and then but the real reason why I (and many others) signed up to be a coach is because we care. We want to help those young adults who have lost track of their nutrition and fitness. Whether they overeat, eat poorly, or drink alcohol incessantly, many young professionals all seem to lose sight of their health. For those seeking a real change, a real lifestyle shift, or even just a nice body for the summer, we coaches are here to motivate, educate, and keep you accountable.
At the core of every Team Beachbody Coach is excitement. We fell in love with our transformations, our healthy habits, and our exercise programs ala Team Beachbody and we simply want to spread the good word. You see those commercials on television, those before and after photos and you think, "That can't be real" or "I'd never get that result". Let me be the proof. I was in the exact same position as you. I didn't believe the Insanity commercials, and now look at that photo on the top of the page. It worked for me, it can work for you. As a coach, I want to be a walking transformation story, that inspiration for you to dig deep and realize that you, just like me and thousands of others on Team Beachbody can do it, and all of the Team Beachbody Coaches (me especially!) are here to help you.
We know how hard it is to get these programs started and to see them through. We know how hard it is to resist the temptation of mint chip ice cream or a long island iced tea (for those under 21, disregard that). I am here to help keep you honest and accountable. I want to help you stay on track and when you get off (which you will, cause you are human) I want to help you get back on with renewed vigor. I fall off the track, I need to be put back on. One thing you may not realize is that all Team Beachbody Coaches have a coach of their own that showed them the way. It is a great system and it really works! A Coach is vital to the success of any fitness undertaking and I'd love to be that for you. Thanks for reading folks and please make sure to dig deeper :).
As always, find me on twitter (@CoachZoso), via email (at the top of the page), and Facebook (links on the top right) if you have any questions about the programs, nutrition, fitness, Shakeology or just want some help!
CoachZoso
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Does Shakeology work? A Personal Shakeology Review.
I became a Team Beachbody coach for many reasons. I wanted to help people get in shape, I loved the workout programs, and in a word...Shakeology.
I cannot stress how wonderful this stuff is. This Shakeology review is an effort to show you how my personal experience with the drink really jump started my lifestyle change, gave me all my nutritional value in one meal, and ultimately helped me reach excellent physical condition, increased energy, and a general calmness and well-being. If you want to get in shape (and I really mean this) and/or simply get healthier, Shakeology is vital. This review answers the question, does Shakeology work? Resounding yes!
Because they say it best...here is an excerpt from the Shakeology site:
"This patent-pending daily nutritional shake helps your body gently eliminate toxins more efficiently while allowing for better absorption of the essential nutrients you need. A proprietary blend of digestive enzymes and prebiotics helps your body progressively eliminate the toxins that build up over time from eating today's highly processed foods.
At the same time, whole-food ingredients deliver the essential amino acids, vitamins, and minerals your body needs to curb cravings, allowing your body to shed stored fat while the more than 20 different antioxidants and phytonutrients help reduce free radical damage that can lead to heart disease, heart attacks, high blood pressure, and stroke."
So what is inside of it? 70 ingredients from all over the world. Some pretty regular like blueberries and some very rare like Chia, a seed native to Mexico that has loads of protein, fiber, and essential oils in it. Here are just a few (some you may know): Chlorella, Barley Grass, Kamut Grass, Pomegranate, Camu-Camu, Maca Powder, Ginko Powder, Reishi Powder, Flax, Chia, Quinoa, Amarinth, Green Tea Extract. The list goes on...What does it taste like? So you must think, "Ok that is all well and good, it helps me curb cravings, stay full, digest regularly, feel energized, improve my immune system, get me 23 essential vitamins and minerals, and lose weight...but how can all of those ingredients taste good?!" I don't know how they did it...but my god, Shakeology literally tastes like a chocolate milkshake. Just this morning I mixed a cup of OJ, a frozen Banana, and a scoop of Chocolate Shakeology...absolutely incredible! There are tons of recipes for it (including cookies) that come with your package of Shakeology and tons more on the Teambeachbody.com website! I look forward to drinking it every day because I know it is helping me get healthy and it tastes so good.
My Experience. When I first started drinking it, I immediately felt a lot of the awful junk leaving my body over the first week. Then I saw weight drop off me. Then I felt more energized. I also slept well while drinking Shakeology. (Not saying it is going to fix insomnia, but studies have shown that if your body doesn't get enough nutrition it can cause increased cortisol levels (stress) that keep you up at night). It propelled me through my first run of Insanity and it is currently helping me through P90x. It comes to my address once a month on schedule (free shipping too!) and I plan on drinking it for life. It is just beyond convenient. We don't have much time in today's busy world to eat really healthy. This is the game changer. If you want to get optimal nutrition but don't have time, have to go to work, to class, commute, whatever, this is the answer I would not be writing this if I didn't believe in it. Thousands of folks drink this stuff because they know the benefits. It also keeps you honest and makes you want to make changes in other areas of your diet! Don't waste the benefits by eating junk when you use Shakeology, eat healthy too to get optimal results!
Here are what doctors and health care professionals are saying about, do yourself a favor, watch the whole thing, they are incredibly knowledgeable!
So I really hope you read the whole Shakeology review and watched the video. I hope you are convinced. What is next? If you have questions you need to get in touch with me via a Facebook message (My links are on the top right), email me @ edgarallanpwned@gmail.com, or find me on twitter @CoachZoso. If you want to jump in and buy it right away, just go to http://shakeology.com/CoachZoso. (You can get free shipping if you do the monthly delivery program!). Hopefully this will jump start your lifestyle change (cause that is what it is) and eventually you will let me coach you on teambeachbody.com :) Good luck everyone with your endeavors!
Namaste,
Tim
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