Hey teamRIPPED!
How was your week? Are you giving it 100% effort? I hope so!! If not, make the decision NOW to start! Once you allow yourself to give in, it gets easier and easier to give in again and again.
I hope everyone enjoyed our new feature — the weekly teamRIPPED poll! If you didn’t notice it, it’s on the right menu bar. This first poll has only been up a couple days, but I will try to start posting a new poll each week. I enjoy seeing what makes our team tick. This week, I asked what your favorite Pre-Workout is, and C-4 seems to be the runaway winner. Ironically, of all the PWO’s I’ve used (and I’ve tried most), I only used C-4 once (it was given to me as a sample) and it didn’t do much for me. Who knows?? LOL!
If you have ideas for good poll questions, be sure to let me know at coachwayne@teamripped.com. I love the team interaction!
I don’t know if you are aware of this, but 21 Day Fix with Autumn Calabrese, the newest Beachbody workout program, has far exceeded sales expectations. In fact, Beachbody was completely sold out within a day when the product launched 2 weeks ago. I apologize if the backorder affected any of you. The good news is that the program is now restocking and orders are shipping again, so if you ordered and were told it would be on backorder, it shouldn’t be much longer. And while I don’t have my hands on the program yet (mine is on backorder too LOL), my friends who have tried the workouts say they are great. Even my guy friends say the routines are no-nonesense, right to the point, and HARD! There are modifications so that you can get the most out of the workouts whether you are a beginner or a fitness veteran. Once I get the program, I’ll review the workouts and the nutrition plan for you. I like the way the container system takes the guess-work out of the nutrition. It’s no wonder this program is so popular.
In other news, some of you may have heard about Shakeology being mentioned on the Dr. Oz show in a discussion of lead in our food sources. Ironically, I’ve only received about 2 questions on the Dr. Oz / Shakeology topic, so clearly most of you are either not concerned, or you are too busy leading a productive life to worry about what day time TV shows tell you to believe. But nonetheless, I want to clear up the confusion for those who bought the “lead” hype from his recent broadcast.
First of all, lead is part of our earth. Lead and other heavy metals are naturally occurring and are found in the earth’s soil, its oceans, rainwater and its air and have been present since the earth was created. Thus, lead is in every plant product we eat. Lead is in your broccoli. Lead is in your apples. Lead is in your carrots. The key thing is that it’s in such small trace amounts that it’s not anything to worry about. While it’s true that large amounts of lead will damage your body, your body can and will simply excrete the small trace amounts you are exposed to daily with no consequence to your long term health.
Furthermore, the only “foods” that are completely free of lead are going to be foods that are artificially made in a lab. Shakeology is made from all natural food sources from around the world, and thus it has trace amounts of lead. This is exactly what one should expect, as all whole foods have trace amounts of lead. The way it was presented on the Dr. Oz show made it sound like Shakeology and other whole food supplements have MORE lead than expected, but that’s untrue. There is no lead or lead products added to Shakeology. The amount of lead that came up on the tests was 0.0000000127 grams — extremely small and far less than the FDA daily lead tolerance standards. In fact, a glass of Shakeology has far less lead than a serving of organic spinach or Brussels sprouts. You could drink 15 glasses of Shakeology a day and still be under the guidelines established by the FDA and World Health Organization!
So while the whole issue is really not an issue at all, I know how anything on Dr. Oz or Dr. Phil or Oprah can get misinterpreted and cause invalid conclusions. So I want to set the record straight. I hope that makes sense. If not, just ask! I’m more than happy to talk about what’s in Shakeology, or any whole food for that matter, and why our bodies are designed to thrive on natural nutrition!
I hope y’all all have a great weekend, and keep bringing it!!
And 2 favors that I ask:
1) If you like the hard work I put into writing my articles and videos, PLEASE help me out by sharing them. Click the share links below them and share them on FB, twitter, etc. It really helps me get more exposure and grow teamRIPPED!
2) Also, as always, remember that the way I benefit from being your coach is that I earn a commission from any Beachbody products that you purchase, as long as you buy them through my site, www.teamRIPPED.com, or by logging in to www.teambeachbody.com to do your shopping (If you buy from the plain beachbody site I get no credit). It helps with the amount of time I spend answering all your questions and helping you out. Thank you! I really appreciate it!
Keep bringing it and inspiring others to do the same gang!!
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