Drinking Shakeology is Doing Good (in so many ways)

Here’s a little story for you, and a great way to help others while helping yourself.
(The photos are from my trip to Ecuador in 1997)



After amazing medical trips to help people in Ecuador and Nepal a few years back, my life was forever changed, and I came home with two important realizations:

First was an amazement at how these people were so impoverished, yet so proud and generous.  They had so little, yet would gladly offer it all to host us- literal strangers.
 
And second, I knew that if I ever had children I wanted to take them there to show them how fortunate we are.  We all really hit the lottery by being born in the US and Canada!



I remember vividly, while riding a bus in Ecuador from our hospital to a coastal town for some weekend R&R, looking out the window and thinking about my situation at home.  I was considering buying a downtown loft condo and wondering, “should I put in hardwood floors or should I do polished concrete?”  

Just then, we passed a 1-room thatched hut on the side of the road.   The woman who lived there stood in the doorway sweeping her floor, if you could call it that... because there really was no floor.  She just swept the dirt.  

It was like the lady just whacked me over the head with a hundred broomsticks!

If my biggest problem was deciding what type of floor to put in a new condo...  geez, what am I worried about?  At least I have a stinking floor!!

What does this have to do with Beachbody or fitness?

I love Shakeology, and I started drinking it every day because I’ve researched the ingredients and was amazed by the health benefits I found. That was enough for me.  

Now, learning more about HOW it is made makes me want to use it even more.  Shakeology is fair trade on steroids!

I think you’ll like this video.  It follows ingredient hunter Daren Olien on his quest for the best ingredients possible, and introduces you to some of the people Shakeology helps.  Because every bag literally supports hundreds of farmers and working people from developing countries around the world.  



Being healthy never felt so good.

To your health,

Kevin

P.S.  If you try it, make sure to order on Home Direct (HD) to get free shipping, a Shakeology shaker cup, and 2 bonus Shakeology workouts.

P.P.S.  To make it even easier to try Shakeology I have a special offer for you.  For every new Shakeology Home-Direct (HD) order before the end of June, I’ll send you a Free One-on-One with Tony Horton workout!  (A 15 dollar value)

P.P.P.S.  Let’s make it even better.  Any new order before the end of May will get you 2 One on One DVD’s in addition to the regular bonuses.  That’s an additional 30 dollar value.  Plus, if you don’t like Shakeology, send the empty bag back within 30 days for a full refund (but keep the workouts as a gift!)  There’s nothing to lose.

(Special offers are for new Home-direct orders only.  Customers only.  Sorry, coaches are out of this one.)

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Keeping Up with the Kids!

Doc’s Coach Check-in May 2011

Keeping up with the kids!

You just got your DVD’s.  This time you really mean it!  

You are ready for a commitment, you got rid of the junk food in the house, and could barely sleep the night before you started your new program.  



But man, it was tough keeping up.  You did your best, and paid the price the next day!!  

“I never knew sitting down could cause so much pain.”  And “stairs - just became a torture chamber!”  Sound familiar?

All that is OK (as long as you didn’t hurt yourself), but there is another way!

Shawn T tells us to Dig Deeper.  Tony Horton asks you to Bring It!  But when you are just starting out, that may be asking a lot.  

Keeping up with the cast of Power 90, P90X, Turbo-fire, or Insanity is TOUGH!  Don’t expect to do it right away.  

It will come with time.  You’ll get better, faster, and stronger every week.  But don’t be afraid to MODIFY your moves or hit pause if you need to.  

The most important thing you can do to get incredible results is be consistent with your movement and your eating.  Intensity is important, too.  But when you are starting out, an intense workout may mean marching in place.  You need to be okay with that and just keep doing what you can.  They say 80% of life is showing up.  In fitness it is more like 95%!  

Whether you are looking for better health, for weight loss, or to get ripped, it never happens over night.  

Enjoy the process, modify if you need to and stick with it!  

Do these simple things and you’ll be keeping up with “the kids” before you know it.

Keep pushing play,


Dr. Kevin

Mailbag: How should you email me?

Doc's Beachbody Coaching Mailbag:

From John C:

Hope all is well with the new little one. My workouts have gone very well. Worked out everyday since 5th.    Today was shoulders and Arms and ARX went up 5lbs on most and upped reps on the rest will be hating life in the morning but that, that does not kill us only makes us really sore. Thanks for being my coach and I hope to chat or talk to you more in the future.



Hey JC

"that does not kill us only makes us really sore"  I love it- I may have to borrow that line. (With credits to you of course.)

Glad your workouts are going well.

As far as how much to email, daily, weekly, or monthly is all great.  Really whatever fits into your schedule and best keeps you (and me) accountable. 

I doubled up yesterday with a full-body resistance day in the am and then Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class in the evening.  I'm still just a beginner, so the class was basically learning moves, and not too much of a workout.  But it still was a lot of fun. 

Today I plan on some cardio- probably cardio X.

Make sure you log then all into WOWY.  I think I mentioned, I'm giving away Tony Horton's new exercise book, "Bring It" to any of my coachees or coaches who logs more WOWY workouts than me for January.

Later,

Kevin



Kevin J. Kane, MD
Independent Beachbody Star-Diamond Coach
www.TheFitDoc.com

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The Healthiest Chocolate You'll Ever Drink

Sweat for Stuff 2011

It's that time again... Resolution time. The time when we all make plans to lose weight and get fit. "This year will be the year that I lose 20 pounds! "

Most of the time we start off strong for the first week or two, then get right back into old habits by the end of January. Sound familiar?

Not this year! This year will different. This year I want to help you keep your resolution for the full 12 months! (Just think how amazing you'll look and feel after 12 months of working out with me and and eating right. The difference will be incredible!!)

You may know about my recent contest I called "Win Doc's Stuff" where I challenged you to workout more than me. If you did, I sent you a cool prize - like a free workout DVD or a P90X hat.

The idea was to give both you and me an incentive to stay consistent with out workouts.

It was so much fun that I've decided to run the contest for all of 2011! This year I'm changing the name to Sweating for Stuff! (Pretty catchy, huh?!)

If you beat me by logging more workouts in to the WOWY Supergym for the month, you get a prize. It's that easy.
If you don't beat me, you've still worked hard, gotten more fit, and lost weight. So it is a win-win for you. You have nothing to lose but the flab!

It's a great incentive for me to workout more, too. I coach over 1,200 Team Beachbody customers. If tons of people beat me I'll have to give out so many prizes I'll go broke!!

So it forces me stay consistent with my own fitness program as well. This way, we both end up sticking to our fitness programs. We can push each other. And together we'll look and feel fabulous all year long!

I can't wait. 2011 is the year you will look like a rockstar!

January's Prize:
Bring It! The New book by Tony Horton.




Here are the official rules:

1. No purchase necessary.
2. Must have an account at TeamBeachbody.com and have me, Kevin Kane aka TheFitDoc as your assigned Team Beachbody coach. Can be either a Club Account or a Free Account. or must be a coach with me as your personally sponsoring coach.
3. Any workout counts. Of course as a Beachbody coach, I highly recommend Beachbody workouts like P90X, Insanity, Ten-minute Trainer, or any of the others. But jogging, yoga, swimming, or any physical activity you do to improve your health will count. (Sorry, running to the fridge won't cut it!)
4. Log workouts into WOWY that day. Workouts must be logged into your calendar at the WOWY gym each day on the day of the workout (preferably before your workout). This will give you a blue line in your calendar. Going back and entering previous workouts is not allowed. Only blue lines count. To log in go to teambeachbody.com > Get Fit > WOWY Supergym.



5. How to win. If you have more blue lines than me on your WOWY calendar month, you'll win that month's prize. You must send a screenshot with of your WOWY calendar for that month demonstrating more supergym workouts completed (blue lines) than I had for that same month. Send images to Kevin@TheFitDoc.com. Images must be received no later than the 7th of the following month to qualify.


6. Check your progress. You can look at my WOWY calendar anytime by going to TeamBeachbody.com > Connect > My Coach, then click 'View My Calendar' on the right hand side of my profile. Or go to my profile directly here: http://teambeachbody.com/thefitdoc


7. Don't be greedy. No more than 3 monthly prizes will be awarded to any one individual for the calendar year 2011. (Even if you beat me 12 times, you will only get 3 prizes. Sorry, Superman, I have to have to set some limits!)
8. It's my game. I make the rules. Rules subject to change from time to time as I see fit. If I change them, I'll announce it prior to the rule taking effect.
9. Don't sue me. By playing the game you agree not to sue me for any reason related to this game, or anything else under the sun, really. I'm doing this as a service to and out of appreciation for my customers and coaches. It is all about having fun and getting in shape. If someone gets sue-happy, it will wreck it for the whole class. Don't be that guy. Thanks.
10. Good luck and have fun!

Sweat for Stuff 2011

It's that time again... Resolution time. The time when we all make plans to lose weight and get fit. "This year will be the year that I lose 20 pounds! "

Most of the time we start off strong for the first week or two, then get right back into old habits by the end of January. Sound familiar?

Not this year! This year will different. This year I want to help you keep your resolution for the full 12 months! (Just think how amazing you'll look and feel after 12 months of working out with me and and eating right. The difference will be incredible!!)

You may know about my recent contest I called "Win Doc's Stuff" where I challenged you to workout more than me. If you did, I sent you a cool prize - like a free workout DVD or a P90X hat.

The idea was to give both you and me an incentive to stay consistent with out workouts.

It was so much fun that I've decided to run the contest for all of 2011! This year I'm changing the name to Sweating for Stuff! (Pretty catchy, huh?!)

If you beat me by logging more workouts in to the WOWY Supergym for the month, you get a prize. It's that easy.
If you don't beat me, you've still worked hard, gotten more fit, and lost weight. So it is a win-win for you. You have nothing to lose but the flab!

It's a great incentive for me to workout more, too. I coach over 1,200 Team Beachbody customers. If tons of people beat me I'll have to give out so many prizes I'll go broke!!

So it forces me stay consistent with my own fitness program as well. This way, we both end up sticking to our fitness programs. We can push each other. And together we'll look and feel fabulous all year long!

I can't wait. 2011 is the year you will look like a rockstar!

January's Prize:
Bring It! The New book by Tony Horton.




Here are the official rules:

1. No purchase necessary.
2. Must have an account at TeamBeachbody.com and have me, Kevin Kane aka TheFitDoc as your assigned Team Beachbody coach. Can be either a Club Account or a Free Account. or must be a coach with me as your personally sponsoring coach.
3. Any workout counts. Of course as a Beachbody coach, I highly recommend Beachbody workouts like P90X, Insanity, Ten-minute Trainer, or any of the others. But jogging, yoga, swimming, or any physical activity you do to improve your health will count. (Sorry, running to the fridge won't cut it!)
4. Log workouts into WOWY that day. Workouts must be logged into your calendar at the WOWY gym each day on the day of the workout (preferably before your workout). This will give you a blue line in your calendar. Going back and entering previous workouts is not allowed. Only blue lines count. To log in go to teambeachbody.com > Get Fit > WOWY Supergym.



5. How to win. If you have more blue lines than me on your WOWY calendar month, you'll win that month's prize. You must send a screenshot with of your WOWY calendar for that month demonstrating more supergym workouts completed (blue lines) than I had for that same month. Send images to Kevin@TheFitDoc.com. Images must be received no later than the 7th of the following month to qualify.


6. Check your progress. You can look at my WOWY calendar anytime by going to TeamBeachbody.com > Connect > My Coach, then click 'View My Calendar' on the right hand side of my profile. Or go to my profile directly here: http://teambeachbody.com/thefitdoc


7. Don't be greedy. No more than 3 monthly prizes will be awarded to any one individual for the calendar year 2011. (Even if you beat me 12 times, you will only get 3 prizes. Sorry, Superman, I have to have to set some limits!)
8. It's my game. I make the rules. Rules subject to change from time to time as I see fit. If I change them, I'll announce it prior to the rule taking effect.
9. Don't sue me. By playing the game you agree not to sue me for any reason related to this game, or anything else under the sun, really. I'm doing this as a service to and out of appreciation for my customers and coaches. It is all about having fun and getting in shape. If someone gets sue-happy, it will wreck it for the whole class. Don't be that guy. Thanks.
10. Have fun!

Are you going to win my stuff this month?

How have your workouts been going this month? Are you logging them into the WOWY Super-gym? If you have more Blue lines on your calendar for the month of November, you win a free One-on-One with Tony Horton DVD! (Must have me as your Beachbody coach to qualify or be a coach with me as your sponsor).

I've been doing P90X this month. Below is my workout calendar so far:



As you can see, I have done 17 SuperGym workouts so far - with 3 days left in the month. If you have more than me by the end of the month, send me your screenshot to prove it, and win!

If I beat you this month, don't worry, there will also be chances to win in December and January, so keep pushing play!

~Kevin

TheFitDoc
Team Beachbody Star-diamond coach