Anyone done Body For Life?

walkinsunshine · 10-02-06, 08:10 PM

I want to try the Body For Life program but I can't figure out how to work it into my video collection workout routine. If you tried the program, how did it work for you & was there any videos that fit the programs type of workout schedule?

Melody · 10-02-06, 08:19 PM

I have not actually done the program but I have the book and think Cathe's PUB & PLB would work great with it -I think I would do a weight day then a intensity cardio day for 6 days then 1 rest day.

BTW there is a cook book by Bill Phillips-Eating For Life - that is awesome. Melody

CarlaVeg · 10-02-06, 08:29 PM

I did the program for 3 weeks only and saw AMAZING RESULTS!!!! The best results I've seen on my body after only one week..... but i got bored and didn't do it anymore... I'm trying to get to it now... it's kind of hard for me though because I'm a vegetarian... but i truly recommend this program 100%

Joni O · 10-02-06, 08:43 PM

I did it several years ago, and actually had to go out and buy heavier weights because I was doing so well. I don't remember much about how I did it, but I think I used the treadmill for cardio and weights on my own (no videos). I think I got bored, too.

little bird · 10-03-06, 01:34 AM

Since you guys got such good results. is it something that could be done for 2 weeks. Switch to something else and then do another 2 weeks?
Laverne

Joni O · 10-03-06, 06:05 AM

Hmmmm...no, I don't think you should do it for only two weeks. It's so different than anything else. I don't know what I'm basing that opinion on though. I'd give it a month or so - if it was me.

Rhonda · 10-03-06, 06:32 AM

I did it on my own at first and then after about 4-6 weeks missed the videos so I started to do Cathe's PUB/PLB and her Imax's. I would do intervals 1-5 one day and 6-10 the next day. Worked out well. I have since gotten rid of most of my cathe's.

Rhonda

MichelleRN · 10-03-06, 06:40 AM

My best pal is finishing a 12 week BFL with her hubby - they followed it faithfully and she went from an already respectable 133 (at5''5) t0 123 - so she's actually planning on putting on 2-3pounds (don't feel sorry for her!)...she used TJs for cardio, and free weights or Jari on weight training days. She is usually vegetarian, and used homemade yogurt, cottage cheese, chickpeas/hummus and the like for protein....afternoon "meal"" on our work days (ICU 12.5 hour days) was a small yam with walnuts...kept her out of the infamous chocolate locker....seems like a good plan!

Clare* · 10-03-06, 07:11 AM

Please do not discuss the specific diet or way of eating plan for BFL. Please limit the discussion to the exercise plan and strategies for said plan. Thanks.

moviegrl1737 · 10-03-06, 08:24 AM

I did BFL for about 9 weeks, and I got a little smaller, maybe one size. My friend said I was so buff, and had a killer body, news to me, I didn't think it looked that different. I was lifting way heavier than I had before or even since.

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10-02-06, 08:10 PM
walkinsunshine Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: VA	Anyone done Body For Life? I want to try the Body For Life program but I can't figure out how to work it into my video collection workout routine. If you tried the program, how did it work for you & was there any videos that fit the programs type of workout schedule?

10-02-06, 08:19 PM
Melody Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Alabama	I have not actually done the program but I have the book and think Cathe's PUB & PLB would work great with it -I think I would do a weight day then a intensity cardio day for 6 days then 1 rest day. BTW there is a cook book by Bill Phillips-Eating For Life - that is awesome. Melody

10-02-06, 08:29 PM
CarlaVeg Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: PA	I did the program for 3 weeks only and saw AMAZING RESULTS!!!! The best results I've seen on my body after only one week..... but i got bored and didn't do it anymore... I'm trying to get to it now... it's kind of hard for me though because I'm a vegetarian... but i truly recommend this program 100%

10-02-06, 08:43 PM
Joni O VF Supporter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Twin Cities, MN	I did it several years ago, and actually had to go out and buy heavier weights because I was doing so well. I don't remember much about how I did it, but I think I used the treadmill for cardio and weights on my own (no videos). I think I got bored, too.

10-03-06, 01:34 AM
little bird Join Date: Aug 2003	um.....I was just thinking.... Since you guys got such good results. is it something that could be done for 2 weeks. Switch to something else and then do another 2 weeks? Laverne

10-03-06, 06:05 AM
Joni O VF Supporter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Twin Cities, MN	Hmmmm...no, I don't think you should do it for only two weeks. It's so different than anything else. I don't know what I'm basing that opinion on though. I'd give it a month or so - if it was me.

10-03-06, 06:32 AM
Rhonda Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: MI	I did it on my own at first and then after about 4-6 weeks missed the videos so I started to do Cathe's PUB/PLB and her Imax's. I would do intervals 1-5 one day and 6-10 the next day. Worked out well. I have since gotten rid of most of my cathe's. Rhonda

10-03-06, 06:40 AM
MichelleRN Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Williamsburg, Virginia	body for life My best pal is finishing a 12 week BFL with her hubby - they followed it faithfully and she went from an already respectable 133 (at5''5) t0 123 - so she's actually planning on putting on 2-3pounds (don't feel sorry for her!)...she used TJs for cardio, and free weights or Jari on weight training days. She is usually vegetarian, and used homemade yogurt, cottage cheese, chickpeas/hummus and the like for protein....afternoon "meal"" on our work days (ICU 12.5 hour days) was a small yam with walnuts...kept her out of the infamous chocolate locker....seems like a good plan!

10-03-06, 07:11 AM
Clare* Moderator/ BC Survivor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Chicago area	Gentle reminder.. Please do not discuss the specific diet or way of eating plan for BFL. Please limit the discussion to the exercise plan and strategies for said plan. Thanks. __________________ Clare Remember......modify, modify, modify! Breast Cancer Survivor! “..Know the difference between an inconvenience & a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire- then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy… And a lump in the oatmeal, and lump in the throat, and a lump in the breast are not the same lump. One should learn the difference.” Sigmund Wollman's Reality Test by Robert Fulghum

10-03-06, 08:24 AM
moviegrl1737 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Upstate NY	I did BFL for about 9 weeks, and I got a little smaller, maybe one size. My friend said I was so buff, and had a killer body, news to me, I didn't think it looked that different. I was lifting way heavier than I had before or even since. __________________ Anjee aka Moviegrl S90 Grad TurboFire Grad x 2 Insanity Grad Half Marathon Finisher "What you do today is important because you are trading a day of your life for it." - Unknown