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Body for Life Day #8 Training: Lower Body

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Day eight begins the second week of the Body-for-Life Challenge. That is one week down and only eleven more to go! Now that you’ve completed your first week of weight training, you may get a bit over enthusiastic and prematurely try to increase the amount of weight you’re lifting. At this point, it is important that we address the issue of form. Too many people place entirely too much importance on how much weight they are lifting rather than how they are lifting the weight. I remember when I first started weight training, my cousin’s first question to me was … Continue reading →

Body for Life Day #6 Training: Aerobic

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Today’s training is another 20-minute aerobic workout. Remember that when doing these workouts you really need to use the intensity scale. Doing 20 minutes of lackadaisical exercise without putting your mind, or body, to it will not pay off. Isn’t it worth 20 minutes, three times a week for the fit and healthy body you’ve always wanted? Too many people who are trying to lose weight depend solely upon aerobic exercise. We see them at the gym every day. They work like crazy and sweat like an air conditioner in Florida in the middle of July. But they never manage … Continue reading →

Body for Life Workout Day #3

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I used to think that a good leg workout necessitated heavy duty equipment like a squat sled and a calf press machine. Then I discovered that a great leg workout can be had at home, or anywhere for that matter, without any specialized equipment at all. Day #3 on Body-for-Life calls for weight training for the lower body (abdominals and legs) and can be easily done at home. I’ve included the Progress Report with this blog for your convenience. Following are the exercises I suggest you try on day #3 and how you can use common household items to add … Continue reading →

Body-for-Life Workout: Day #2

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Aerobics, Walking/Running in Place I’ll bet you never thought that a 20 minute aerobic workout could be effective in helping you to lose weight. News Flash! You can lose weight, and lots of it, by only doing three twenty-minute aerobic workouts a week and three 46-minute weight training workouts a week. It has already been proven by millions of successful Body-for-Lifers! Why not become one of them? If you’ve started the Body-for-Life program along with me then this will be your aerobic workout for tomorrow (Tuesday). All you need is 20 minutes and either a stopwatch or a digital clock. … Continue reading →

Create Your Own Body-for-Life Success Journal

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You could buy the Body-for-Life Success Journal. It is an excellent book and is completely loaded with everything you need to keep track of your personal progress throughout the Body-for-Life Challenge. I used one the last time I did the challenge and really loved it. Nobody can write motivational material like Bill Phillips and I found his daily dose of it in the Success Journal was very helpful. Now if you don’t want to spend the $25.95 to buy this at your nearest retail bookstore, Bill Phillips has made it particularly easy for you to create your very own success … Continue reading →