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How To Win the Body-for-Life Challenge

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How did these people transform their bodies in just 12 weeks? Can I do that? Can you? Take the Body-for-Life Challenge and see if there's a champion inside of you. Not all of us can win a prize from BFL, but anyone that begins the challenge and tries to build a body for life is a winner.

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Yhe Body-for-Life Challenge is a 12-week healthy living contest based on the proven principles of balanced meals, strength training and cardio exercise. Participants record their progress with before and after photos. Over 2 million people have changed their bodies and changed their lives on the Body-for-Life program.

Below are several proven hints to help you make the best of your challenge, as I make the best of mine.

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If this doesn't convince you that a 12 week program works. . . 

The first video was submitted by David Barwin. His website is www.TransformationNextGen.com I've included it here to demonstrate what can be accomplished in 12 weeks. Check out his pecks when he flexes.

My 12 Week Transformation

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Hint Number 1 - Buy the book 

Bill Phillips has helped hundreds of thousands of people, from all walks of life, build leaner, stronger bodies and enjoy healthier, happier lives. His Program for renewing physical and mental strength is shared in the #1 New York Times bestselling book Body-for-LIFE. With more than four million copies sold and over four years on the bestseller list, Body-for-LIFE has become the most popular and successful book of its kind.

Phillips has received many honors for his work including the Make-A-Wish Foundation's highest award. He was also honored by Paul Newman and the late John F. Kennedy, Jr., as one of America's most generous business leaders. The United States Junior Chamber of Commerce honored Phillips in January 2000 as one of Ten Outstanding Young Americans. Bill was also chosen to help carry the Olympic torch on its relay across America for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. And now, Bill Phillips is helping to inspire and guide even more people to improve their health and lift their quality of life to new heights.

Here's a list of books. Bill Phillips' book Body for Life is essential to your challenge. Planning healthy meals and snacks, cardio work, and weightlifting leads to weight loss, health, and fitness. Backed up by thousands of success stories, Body for Life can be practiced by anyone. Body for Life is a must for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their own health and improve both the quantity and quality of life-for life.

Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength

Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 12/02/2008) Buy Now

Hint Number 2 - Take Creatine 

High quality Creatine Monohydrate increases lean body mass, strength, and speed of muscle recovery after exercise. Take it from me, creatine really works! Take this stuff just before a workout and there seems to be no end to the weights you can stack on the bar. Creatine is a specialized protein, and has been proven to be one of the safest supplements found on the market. Always follow the mfgrs instructions. Most likely, the FDA doesn't approve claims about suppliments. (Had to get that disclaimer in there) Click on the link below to get the absolutely best price on creatine.

Phosphagen 1000 gr

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Hint Number 3 - Take Myoplex 

Myoplex is the supplement required to win prizes in the BFL Challenge. Win or lose, it's worth every nickel. Consider that any serious weight loss - bodybuilding program requires additional protein, where are you going to get it?

Personally, I use the ready-to-drink Myoplex. I have it sitting on my desk at work and sip it all day long. This keeps my blood sugar at a constant level - essential to weight loss.

Stop whining about the price! It's the same as a specialty coffee at Starbucks, and less than a single beer in most taverns. Do your body a favor. Stop drinking coffee and beer and start your Myoplex. It's yummy stuff!

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Myoplex Original Shake Variety (Neapolitan) 42 pckt

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Myoplex Original Shake Strawberry Cream 42 pckt

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Hint Number 4 - Take L-Glutamine 

L-Glutamine is the most abundant free amino acid in muscle tissue. The body can manufacture glutamine, but under periods of stress (like intense workouts) glutamine becomes "conditionally essential." That means that in certain situations, like when one participates in intense exercise, the body may not be able to manufacture enough glutamine to meet the body's demand. Supplemental L-glutamine has been shown to aid in recovery from workouts, may help to boost immune function, increase the body's natural growth hormone secretion, promote "cell-volumization," and may have an anti-inflammatory effect. The other benefits of L-glutamine are too many to list here. Google it and you'll be convinced.

L-Glutamine 400 gr

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Hint Number 5 - Follow the Body-For-Life Diet 

I've always tried to eat healthy, but after I started tracking my food intake and eating habits, I realized that I was starving myself between meals. After reading Body for Life I understood that those periods of starvation causes the body to store fat. My healthy eating habits were actually causing me to gain weight.

Bill Phillips has firm beliefs that go against the grain of today's popular weight-loss methods. "Diets, all of them, are potentially dangerous, most always dumb and ultimately a dead-end street!" he insists. "Eventually, anyone and everyone who's at all concerned with their health must learn how to feed their body, not how to starve it." Instead, he encourages a safe and sound solution, which includes eating balanced, nutrient-rich meals, frequently throughout the day. "This is what works in the long run."

Rich with common sense and science, Eating for Life has rhyme and reason. It is specific. There are very clear dos and don'ts that help people enjoy food and improve their overall fitness.

Bill's approach, which he calls the "Eating for Lifestyle," has already helped thousands of people break free from the dieting dilemma and discover that, contrary to pop-culture belief, food is friend, not foe. Used intelligently, it nourishes the body and mind, satisfies the appetite, calms cravings, renews health and lifts energy.

There's no promise of a quick fix. No metabolic tricks or so-called miracles. Just straightforward, clear, concise, practical and appropriate principles for eating right... for life.

Eating For Life

Amazon Price: $23.10 (as of 12/02/2008) Buy Now

Hint Number 6 - Track Your Progress 

Nothing will bring an exercise program to a screaming halt faster than not knowing your progress. Here's what a recent reader had to say . . .

This book was a great help in getting into the shape I wanted to be in. It has three key elements: planning, diet, and exercise. For each day of the 12 week journal, there is a new before and after picture, along with that pictured person's motivational story. I loved that part. I picked the picture of one person to be my role model, and it literally gave me a picture of where I wanted to be at the end of the program.

I have since bought more success journals as gifts to friends who keep talking about getting fit but never do it. Even if a person doesn't use the journal specifically as it was intended, it sure gives a framework for setting goals and getting there.


Don't make the mistake of getting lost in your 12-week challenge. Get this book now.

Body for Life Success Journal

Amazon Price: $18.43 (as of 12/02/2008) Buy Now

Hint Number 7 - Take a Running Start 

Here you see champion Brian Baker. Imagine yourself - transforming your body like this. If you are new to the body for life concept, I suggest you begin with a running start. What I mean is this: Most of us are very out-of-shape when we begin an exercise program. In fact most of us are so out of shape that it takes about 30 days to get our bodies conditioned to weight loss and muscle growth.

So, set a date to begin your 12-week challenge - 30 days into the future. Start your workouts now. Follow the exercise program & diet outlined in Bill Phillips' book, Body for Life.

Another reason for a running start: Most out-of-shape people need time to adjust the program and weights to fit their own bodies. This 30-day period will allow you time to get everything in order - diet and exercise.

And, most people will suffer an injury within the first 30 days of a new exercise program. Usually not a serious injury, more of an inconvenience. But a setback, just the same. Get it out of the way and start your 12-week challenge on a dead run.

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