Day 3 of the trip started with the reason why all of us were there to begin with and that is working out. To start the day off we did P90X Yoga X with Tony Horton. This was my second time doing Yoga with Tony as it did it the first time with him at the Beachbody Game Plan Event in California a couple months ago. The workout was about 50 minutes long and was done near the beach of the St. Regis. There was a little bit of light rain near the end of it.

After yoga was finished Beachbody had breakfast prepared for all of us with a Shakeology table set up too. While we were eating Tony grabbed the microphone and told a couple of emotional stories about fitness and health. Most of it was about the current obesity trend going on in the United States. He said some interesting facts and one was that when he was in High School there was only 1 person in his graduating class who was obese. It is now estimated that 1 out of 3 High School seniors are obese. He has made it a mission to make fitness apart of every body's life. There were other moving stories and I'll be writing about it more in depth on a future post.

The highlight of the day for Andrea and I was that we were going to be interviewed by Carl Daikeler for a Beachbody Coach infomercial. We were both a little nervous as neither of us had done something like that before. The goal of the interview was to talk about our experiences building our Beachbody Coach businesses while doing the workouts like P90X, Insanity, and ChaLean Extreme. I think he enjoyed the story I told him about the business expo I attended where all of the other network marketing business owners came over and told me that we were the real deal. The shoot took about an hour for both of us and was done right near the beach in the Hanalei Bay. He even took a photo of Andrea and I posted it to his Twitter page here and here.

When we got back to the resort we headed down to the pool for a couple hours. Tony Horton and almost every other Beachbody Coach was there hanging out talking about how the products changed their life and what they are doing to build their business. Later on that night Beachbody had a cocktail hour for everybody and it was a great time. Here are some photos of the day.

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Day 3 Top Beachbody Coach Trip 2010 Kauai Hawaii

Even though we made it to 11pm the night before we still woke up at 4 am as we were use to Detroit time. With nothing else better to do I headed to the gym at the resort and got in 4 miles on the treadmill. While being in there I saw some more Coaches there than I did at the pool yesterday. We exchanged some hello's and got to work.

There was nothing planned by Beachbody until 7pm that night so we had the whole day again to do whatever we wanted. We spent a good part of the day looking around the city of Hanalei and took a drive until the road ended. Along the way we stopped at a couple of beaches and caves. It seemed like every time we got out of the car it was raining. This was a common theme for the whole week unfortunately. It would rain for 15 minutes then stop for an hour then rain, stop, rain.

When we were done sightseeing for the day we headed back to the St. Regis to get ready for the welcome dinner put on by Beachbody. It was the first time I would get to meet all of the Top Coaches. It was cool to finally be able to put a face with a name. To get the dinner started CEO Carl Daikeler said a few words of thanks for putting in the effort to make it on the trip and was followed up by President Jon Congdon (think "Congdon Curls" for you P90X junkies) saying something similar.

It was a terrific dinner and we had a great time. Beachbody decided to even give out a $300 gift card to all of the coaches which was unexpected and greatly appreciated. Even though Beachbody was paying for our breakfasts, a couple dinners, and a activity during the 4 days we were there it still did not cover every thing. We had sticker shock when Andrea and I paid $62 for breakfast the previous morning.

Andrea and I had our picture taken with Tony Horton and she became one of his favorites as they have the same last name. After the dinner was over we headed upstairs to have a couple drinks and I met Jason "Puckhead" Diebold. I found out that he was from Michigan and we talked it up for awhile. He told me how much P90X changed his life and that he is now doing the Beachbody Coach business full time like me. I thought I talked a lot about P90X but Jason took it to a whole new level, like a permanent level. He pulled up his shirt and showed me his tattoo that read "Body by P90X." I had to take a picture. After getting the photo it was time for bed as the time change was setting in. Tomorrow was going to be our first day working out with Tony Horton so some rest was needed. Here are some photos from the day.

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Day 2 Top Beachbody Coach Trip 2010 Kauai Hawaii

After spending 13 hours of travel time not including a 5 hour layover in Las Vegas from Detroit to Kauai we finally arrived. It was a very long day but I highly recommend anybody flying from east to west take the over night flight as you get a full day upon arrival. Their were people from Beachbody waiting for us at the airport to take us to our hotel but we decided to rent a car so we could go out and do things on our own during the week. The red Ford Mustang Convertible was calling us so we picked it up and headed to the resort which was about 45 minutes away. The drive was a lot of fun and the views were amazing. Driving through the jungle and being near the coastline made it enjoyable.

We flew in a day before the Beachbody activities were to take place to get use to the time change. It ended up being a great day. We hung out by the pool and met a lot of the other Top Coaches who flew in that day too. The goal was to stay up until 11pm to force ourselves to get use to the time and 3 out of the 4 of us did. He are some of the photos we took on the first day.

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Day 1 Top Beachbody Coach Trip 2010 Kauai Hawaii

Monday (3/8/10) P90X Yoga X with Tony Horton

Tuesday (3/9/10) One on One Plyo Legs with Tony Horton & Surfing

Wednesday (3/10/10) One on One Cardio Intervals with Tony Horton

Thursday (3/11/10) Golfing

Friday (3/12/10) Day Off

Saturday (3/13/10) Swimming

Sunday (3/14/10) Day Off

We got to workout with Tony Horton at the Top Beachbody Coach Trip in Kauai, Hawaii. It was a lot different working out with him when he's standing over you watching your every move. I'll be posting more in depth info about the trip and workouts over the next week.

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Workout Routines for 3-8-10 to 3-14-10

Monday (3/1/10) Insanity Max Interval Sports Training & Insane Cardio Abs - I did not know how long Insane Abs was going to be so I decided to give it a go after barely making it through the sports training dvd. Wish I would have looked at the cover more as the Insane Ab workout was 30 minutes long. There was a point in this workout that it hurt so much my emotions were telling me to cry. I had to scale it back.

Tuesday (3/2/10) Insanity Upper Body Weight Training

Wednesday (3/3/10) P90X+ Upper Plus

Thursday (3/4/10) 4 Mile Run

Friday (3/5/10) P90X+ Total Body Plus

Saturday (3/6/10) Day Off - Traveled over night from Detroit to Hawaii for the Top Beachbody Coach trip.

Sunday (3/7/10) Day Off

I put in a sold 5 days of working out with Insanity and P90X Plus to get ready for the Top Beachbody Coach trip to Kauai, Hawaii. Had to do what I could to make sure I'd be ready for whatever workout Tony Horton was going to put us through.

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Workout Routines For 3-1-10 to 3-7-10

A lot of people ask me where they can get the P90X Workout Guide because they lost theirs, are borrowing a friends P90X, or bought a fake set of P90X DVDs thinking they would receive it. This is what you need to do.

1. Get a Free Beachbody Account.

2. Hover over the Get Fit tab.

3. Click on the Fitness Tools tab.

4. Click on Workout Sheets.

Inside you will find the P90X Fit Test and P90X Workout Sheets available to be printed. Its not the actual "P90X Workout Guide" but it does tell you what week to do each workout. It will also help you keep track of your reps and weights used. The only way to get the actual guide is to buy P90X. If you do not want to do that then this is your best option.

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Where Can I Get The P90X Workout Guides?

Monday (2/22/10) - Day off - Was coming back from my trip to Park City, Utah.

Tuesday (2/23/10) - Day Off

Wednesday (2/24/10) - Day Off

Thursday (2/25/10) - Day Off

Friday (2/26/10) - Day Off

Saturday (2/27/10) - Day Off

Sunday (2/28/10) - Day Off

What can I say besides I was exhausted from my ski trip. I lost an inch off my waist from all of the skiing and snowboarding. I could not stop eating when I got home and the last thing I wanted to do was workout. After spending almost 30 hours on the slopes I needed a recovery week to rest up. I'll get back on the horse next week.

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Workout Routines For 2-22-10 to 2-28-10

Shaun T was on the Tyra show yesterday showing off how intense the Insanity workout is. He showed off just a couple of the crazy moves involved with the workout. Good job Tyra on your moving push ups.

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Shaun T doing Insanity on the Tyra Show

After 6 months of being a Diamond Coach I have officially made it to 2 Star Diamond Coach. I never thought I would be doing something like this full time now but I'm glad I am. After being a coach for over a year now I really enjoy hearing the stories of people who have used a Beachbody workout like P90X, Insanity, or ChaLean Extreme to lose weight or get in shape. I too have had even more success getting in shape with the P90X / Insanity Hybrid Workout I made up along with doing P90X Plus and the Insanity Deluxe workouts. I don't know how they can invent new ways to do a move or workout but they do. The biz part of being a Coach is cool but to me its kind of a bonus now as I get so many e-mails or phone calls a day from people I barely know saying how happy they are from trying these products and somebody is there to answer questions for them.

The next step from here is to make it to 5 Star Diamond Coach. This is going to take a lot more work with the team but I am fine with that. I plan to make it to 5 Star in less than 6 months. In case you were wondering, those are not real diamonds in the 2 Star Diamond Coach Pin. Here is the letter from Beachbody saying I made it. 

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I Made It To 2 Star Diamond Beachbody Coach

Go skiing or snowboarding for 7 days straight!

Since getting back from my ski trip to Park City Utah 2 days ago I have felt tighter in the ab area. I did not think I could lose weight snowboarding as I'm in good shape already from all of the P90X workouts and Insanity that I do. I guess I was wrong.

My girlfriend said it felt like I had dropped a size when she put her arms around me to give me a hug. I bought a pair of Gap Jeans a week before my trip and put them on today to see how they fit. They were really loose. When I bought them they were comfortable. Not tight, but not loose. Somebody could pants me right now if they wanted to as there would be no hips to grab onto.

I'm not sure on the amount of weight that was lost as I did not weigh myself before I went. What I do know is the pants you see me wearing in the photo did not have a inch gap before I left. What's amazing is how I would lose weight or a pant size from what I was eating and drinking. Every morning that week I had scrambled eggs with cheese, bacon, and sausage in them along with a English muffin and banana. This meal would hold me over through lunch and I'd have a Nature Valley Granola Bar on the mountain.

After skiing or snowboarding was over I'd eat a sandwich, chips, and whatever else was laying around our place. From there we would start consuming beer until 1 am. It was the 3.2% weak stuff as that's Utah's law. After partying for 4 hours we would head back to our place and cook up frozen pizzas with extra bacon or sausage and eat those while drinking more beer until 2am. This cycle was repeated for 7 days straight including two nights where we went to a brewery and I ate a Hamburger or Reuben with fries and a Double IPA.

I think I know how new military recruits lose so much weight when they go into basic training now. It does not matter what you eat as long as you are constantly moving. We skied or snowboarded almost 5 hours straight each day. I'll have to eat and drink way more next time!

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