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60 days completed - ChaLEAN Extreme / Turbo Fire

Well I'm back again with my latest updates!!! I am now done with day 60, Push Circuit of my ChaLEAN Extreme / Turbo Fire Hybrid. I have got to say, that I absolutely LOVE the Push Phase. I made sure that each week as I finished I had my weights written in my guide book and tried to go heavier the following week. I love PUSHing myself harder each and every week. It took me awhile to fully decide, but Push Circuit 1 is definitely my favorite workout of all of the Push workouts. I love doing biceps and as I said in the previous blog (30 day results) I am still LOVING the pushups. I feel so much stronger after this phase than I did after burn circuit for sure. Okay - so on to the photos and results!!!!







Okay and the following are the measurements:

Start / 30 days / 60 days

Weight - 115 / 112.5 / 111
Waist - 33" / 32" / 32"
Hips 34.5" / 34" / 33"
Rt Arm - 10.5" / 10.25" / 10.5"
Lft Arm - 10.25" / 10.25" / 10.5"
Rt. Thigh - 19.5" / 19.5" / 19"
Lft Thigh - 19.5" / 19.5" / 19"
Rt Calf 12" / 12" / 12"
Lft Calf - 12" / 12" / 12"
Body Fat % - 25.5% / 23.8% / 22.1%

I am totally happy with the results. Totally excited to see even that .25" added to my arms that means I AM getting biceps!!! I am the HAPPIEST to see the body fat % going down consistently each month. At this point - my main goal is 110 lbs and I am now only 1 pound away from that goal and I couldn't be happier. Toning, Lean, and muscle are my priorities!!!

So I cannot explain how excited I am to move on to Lean Phase. Everyone that has done a full round (or more) of ChaLEAN has said that they have seen the best results within this phase. I still cannot believe how quickly the time has gone by over the last 60 days. I am going to make sure that I add a HIIT at least 2 nights a week before my weights (here is the link to my YouTube video on when and how to incorporate HIIT & Strength Training http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz7LRUJo3xU ). As well as doing a HIIT on Saturday when I do abs. I am going to change from Ab Burner to Extreme Abs and also get Core 20 in. I'm really going to push this Lean Circuit and I want to see the best results of all after this 30 day Circuit! Please join me in making forward progress in our fitness goals for the month of November and on from there!!! www.brittnaeg.com

My Team is My Family!

If you have been following my blog, you know that I'm a mom from a super small town. Thankfully for me, I have a ton of friends and family here in my town and this allows my kids to grow up with a ton of family around them. However, I found that as a young mom, I was typically not finding things in common as my friends anymore. Everyone else was finishing school, out enjoying their early 20s, traveling etc. I really needed to find my niche and find my placement with a group and family!

A year ago when I decided to get fit and move forward I realized that I had found my niche. My niche was my fitness. A few months later, when I joined Beachbody as a coach I was opened up to an entire new family! All of a sudden I was chatting with these rockstar coaches and learning so much from them. My entire outlook changed on what I wanted in life and how I was going to get it. I had never sat down and written out goals and really went as far as coming up with ways to meet all of those goals. I can honestly tell you that the reason that I have changed so much is because of my new Beachbody family, rockstars, and mentors.

My niche, my friends, and my rockstar family is my team with Beachbody.

Nike Shox!!!

I LOVE my new shoes - if you have me on Facebook or Twitter.. or obviously read my previous blog - you know that I was going crazy waiting for my Nike Shox to come in! I have had one full Turbo workout with them and I have the following to share with you :)

Now, one key thing that I wish I had been a little prepared for in the beginning is that they WILL be tight when you first put them on. Like, so tight that I honestly thought I was going to have to send them back and then wait again for the return/exchange. BUT, after about 15 minutes into the workout, they loosened up and let me tell you - my feet felt fabulous. Once they get stretched out a bit they are the BEST shoes. Now the last shoes that I had were definitely old. I would get through about 10 minutes of a workout (especially Turbo Fire) and my arches were killing me, ankles so sore, just couldn't handle it. These, I felt like I could keep going forever!

So all in all my review is ***** (that's 5 stars LOL)!!! If you are definitel looking for something that will help your Turbo Fire or Jam workouts, or even just a really great cardio/running shoe - the Nike Shox are the definite way to go!

Need motivation? Buy new!!!

If you’re like me, you know how exciting it is to be waiting for a delivery to arrive. In my case it was usually a new purse or a pair of stiletto heels or boots. Never in a million years would I have thought that I’d be excited waiting for my workout tanks to come in and I’ve NEVER had butterflies over waiting for a pair of workout shoes! But, alas, here I am waiting ever so patiently (only since a late night Friday order – had to go with 2 day shipping) for my pair of Nike Shox.

I have been in desperate need of a new pair of workout shoes. I own one single pair that I swear I have had since I was 16 years old. I never worked out in my life (Unless I was in high school at cheerleading practice and forced to) and never had a reason for them. However, now that fitness & my workouts have become such a huge part of my life, I’m like a kid waiting to go to Disney World. I don’t know how I will be able to wait until 6:00 tonight to get my new shoes on and head to my Turbo Kick class! I wonder if Nike Shox go well with work attire? I also wonder if anyone would think it’s odd that I just bust out a little Turbo Fire action in the middle of my day to begin putting these puppies to use?!

If you ever feel like you are losing a little bit of motivation – buy yourself a new pair of shoes or a new workout outfit! You know the saying – the clothes make the man – it’s the truth about workout attire. When you have something new to work out in it will only boost your motivation and drive that much more to put them to use!!

Of course wait for a follow up blog tomorrow on my review of my new (Silver & PINK) Nike Shox!!

Burn Circuit Phase down - 30 day results

Well everyone - I am so excited to be done with my first 30 days of my 90 day ChaLEAN Extreme / Turbo Fire Hybrid. I have been following the CLX schedule and trading out burn intervals for Fire cardio & HIIT as well as going to Turbo Kick with Mindy Wender one night a week. I have been utilizing my bodybugg more often and watching my calories while making sure to get a TON of water and eating 5-6 small meals a day (one always being Shakeology!!!). I feel great and can already feel a change in my muscles. My first week of Burn Circuit I was unable to do all 12 pushups on my feet, I began starting out dropping to my knees around 5, then after 2 weeks it was up to about 8 and finally at the end I have no problem with the full 12 reps which is amazing and believe it or not I actually ENJOY pushups! (Yes Chalene Johnson, you were right, get strong at doing them and you will love them!!!) Although, still have to admit that the tricep pushups are still getting the best of me, but I will conquer them by the end of 90 days I can promise you that!

So here are the results :)

Before (8/23/10)- NOW (9/24/10):
Weight 115 - 112
Waist 33" - 32"
Hips 34.5" - 34"
Rt. Arm 10.5" - 10.25"
Lft. Arm 10.25" - 10.25"
Rt Thigh 19.5" - 19.5"
Lft Thigh 19.5" - 19.5"
Rt Calf 12" - 12"
LFt Calf 12" - 12"
Body Fat % 25.5 - 23.8%

Woohoo :) So that's a total loss of 3 lbs, 1.75" That's pretty good for the Burn Circuit! I am feeling amazing and can totally feel and SEE the difference in my muscles. I know now that I will get lean and toned and not bulk up. Here are the pictures as of now!









WOW! Check out those arms - lean and getting definition!! The first thing my husband commented on was my back & shoulders - must be all those lateral raises!!! I am so unbelievably ready to move forward and get to the Push Phase. I am going to stick to doing the same schedule as I was doing which right but start to incorporate more HIIT workouts prior to doing my strength training so now is sort of like this:
Mon - HIIT 20 then Push 1
Tues - Turbo Kick
Wed - HIIT 15 then Push 2
Thursday - Turbo Fire Class (random choice on which one exactly)
Friday - Push 3
Saturday - HIIT workout & Core 20 (which i LOVE now!)

So make sure to check back here and my YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/brittnaeg?feature=mhum for more updates and awesome tips and help - you can always find me on Facebook - Brittnae Giesau or Twitter @brittnaeg

I can't be a Coach - I'm not Fit

A common misconception about becoming a Beachbody Coach – “I can’t possibly become a coach because I’m not fit yet and I’m just starting out.” So untrue! To tell you the truth – there is a HUGE advantage to just starting out your fitness journey and becoming a coach. Often times people that want and need to lose weight and become fit are ashamed of the way that they look and feel and won’t feel comfortable taking advice from someone that is in perfect shape. People want to see a gradual progress, they want to have someone to stay accountable with, they don’t want to have a person that they are trying to become because that can be upsetting if they aren’t EXACTLY the way they’re “mentor” looks. If you put yourself out there at the very beginning as a coach and say ya know what, I want to do this WITH you, I want to build a team that wants to be WITH me and wants to set and achieve goals together, you are going to build so fast! Then you are able to bring people with you and all be on the same page, logging in your workouts together, looking towards each other for more help and support, and you are achieving your goals TOGETHER. People want to have someone to go to that they can lean on and say – hey guess what I had a bad day today and I just thought maybe you could relate. And unless you are in the best shape of your life and you are that uber fit coach – you will be able to relate with that person and you will be able to connect with them on a level that others may not. They will be looking to you because they look LIKE YOU!! You will be setting an example for others that everyone starts at the same place, no one was born in perfect shape, and you can do it together!

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