My LIVE workout with Tony Horton, Shaun T, & Chalene Johnson!
Hi!
I went to the Team Beachbody Coach Summit in LA last week and it was AMAZING. I cannot even begin to describe it to you.
There were trainer led workouts (3 days) and a huge workout in the middle of LA LIVE (they had to close down the streets!)
Lets just say, Shaun T with his Insanity workouts made me cry.
Like full out cry, because I was pushing myself so hard. It was a good, “I want it” cry. Something I have never had happen to me working out to the DVDs before (or any workout for that matter).
He kills you in his DVDs, try having him in person, in front of you, IN YOUR FACE.
Plus, when you see how ripped he is, that alone makes you go hard as hell.
I was seriously crying though, I was pushing so hard…then…I remembered…oh SHIT…ALISHA!!! YOU ARE PREGNANT.
My self talk kicked in (a little too late!) “You do NOT have to be this insane!”
So yes, I used my pregnant card (5.5 months!) to get out of the insanity workout. (No worries, baby Aiden is fine and healthy, doc says.)
But man, oh man, if you like the sport drills type workouts and really want to shred down to your lowest body fat percentage then you really need to do Insanity: The Asylum. (This is only for serious athletes.)
So other than realizing I am pregnant and that the trainers are awesome and REAL and are just like they are in their dvd workouts, what else did I get out of the Team Beachbody Coach Summit?
TONS but today I want to share with you something that Tony Horton said to us in a personal team meeting that I was fortunate to be a part of.
It is something that I NEEDED TO HEAR and maybe you do too?
This is straight from the funny, quirky, but extremely intelligent and effective trainer, Tony Horton.
“Many people tell me, ‘Tony, I can feel the muscle coming back, but I’m not seeing results, nor pounds down, no inches lost & I am 2.5 weeks in.” Or, “I have a wedding coming up, what should I do to look good for it?”
Tony said, “Figure out your why.”
and then he said,
“Why do you want to work out?”
(this next part is MY FAVORITE)
“If your answer is a cruise, a wedding, a high school reunion, etc. then his answer to this is, “have a lot of weddings, or cruises or reunions scheduled!”
(ha! okay, his answer made me chuckle because it is SPOT ON.)
How about this for a why?
To improve your health, your digestion, your immune system. To help everything in your body work easier and more efficiently.
To take stress off of your body and your life.
To pass on your genes to your children and have them be healthy genes not genes of diabetes, obesity or other health conditions that are brought on by lifestyles of poor nutrition and exercise choices.
He also said, “working out 3 days a week is like throwing yourself down a set of stairs” you are sore the next day but it was not effective and did not do you any good.
When you are over weight, you are over whelmed. Plain and simple. So be consistent with your health choices and your health will improve.
Focus on improving yourself TODAY by what you put in your mouth today. By working out TODAY.
Know that the workout you do today and each day after is improving your health, your digestion, and your immune system. TODAY! And each day forward!
No drug can do this for you as well and effective as YOU choosing to do this for yourself.
Focus on being where you are today, and not on dwelling about where you want to be, but making better choices today and each day forward, taking one step and one bite at a time.
That is the secret weapon to a long healthy life, straight from the mouth of Tony Horton.
Oh, he also said this, (This makes you think) “You are the CEO of your own body. Are you making good decisions or should you have fired yourself a long time ago because you are just running your body to the grave?”
(Yeah, this made me take a real honest look at my personal food choices and workout plan and I did not like what I saw.)
If you do not like your honest answer to that, do not worry.
Just as Tony would say, “do your best and forget the rest.” from this day forward.
To your health and your child’s health!
Alisha
but I’ll pencil him in regularly. 
