INSPIRE 30: Week One, Done!

#Inspire30 is in full swing, DBS members, and with Week One complete we wanted to check in with participants to see how the lifestyle transformation is coming along. Shop-goer Allison Stoos graciously weighed in with the week’s highs (and lows) of sticking with the plan:

 

What’s been the most rewarding part of week one?

 

I feel great about making the goal of sticking to the workout routine I set for the week. Waking up for 7 a.m. Fusion class with Nate was a tough, (but awesome) accomplishment. Thankfully, he’s a really great coach.

 

What’s been the hardest part of week one?

 

Getting enough sleep! It’s hard budgeting the time and being intentional about going to bed earlier and also shutting electronics off. And with going to more Fusion classes, I feel even more tired and like I need even more sleep, so I’ve definitely felt the lack of it. That’s been the hardest part.

 

How has it been changing your diet for the program?

 

I feel like I ate relatively healthy before Inspire 30, so the dietary change hasn’t been too difficult. It has been challenging to remind myself to drink more water, though. Cutting back on wine and cheese has been a little tough, just because those are my weaknesses.

 

Has the program affected your social life any?

 

Ask me again after the weekend! I might have run out of my allotted “4 drinks” already.

 

What changes are you most excited for at the end of Inspire 30?

 

I’m most excited about creating new habits. Making these changes has been challenging this first week, but I’m hoping that by Day 35 all of this will just be another part of my routine. I’m excited about a new, healthier lifestyle that will continue on past the month and into the rest of the year.

 

You can follow Allison along on her Inspire 30 journey via her Instagram account, afstoos, or by searching the #Inspire30 hashtag.

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Be sure to check back here in a week to see how other participants are coming along with their Inspire 30, and becoming healthier and happier human beings!

Inspire 30: Success!

The results are in! Inspire 30 was a huge success for our members who participated. In case you don’t know, Inspire 30 is a routine-driven method for achieving healthy fitness and lifestyle goals over a thirty day period that will help you break through your fitness rut. Members volunteered to take this extra step and took part in the challenge. We at the Shop are extremely proud of everyone who participated, and if you’re thinking about taking your fitness to the next level, we encourage you to take the plunge into Inspire 30! But don’t take it from us, hear it from community members who already have:

Sabrina Perez

After the first meeting where all the program goals and requirements were explained to us, I thought it was near impossible to accomplish. I have never been very disciplined in my eating habits or in my workouts, but after doing The Inspire 30 program, so many things in my life have changed. I now think about the food that is going into my mouth and the consequences it will have on my body. My fiancé was not thrilled with how radically I went about changing our diet and the food that is kept in our house. After 2 weeks of eating clean, he was all about it. He started asking ME to look up new recipes. Overall, Inspire 30 helped both of us. I always look at product labels, I’m excited about working out and I don’t even want to eat the foods I used to. A great bonus is that my wedding dress is needing to be taken in and I didn’t need to do anything crazy to make that happen.

Arun Dev

When I told people I was doing Inspire 30, three questions popped up a lot: Is it a cleanse?” Is it a weight loss program? Is this where you eat Paleo for 30 days? The answer is none of the above. I saw Inspire 30 as an opportunity to reboot my system, eat clean, get plenty of sleep, recommit to my training, focus on the important things in my life with an amazing support group at the Shop. The program encouraged me to set goals and get back on track after a rough 2013 holiday season filled with travel, food binges, and no training. Coach Leann and the other participants held each other accountable, and it was great to see the support when people hit roadblocks during the 30 day program. Leann’s daily motivational email was both inspirational and filled with useful information on food, training, and life. I would highly encourage people to give the Inspire 30 a shot—it will change your life for the better. Now, I experienced greater energy levels, eat healthier cleaner meals (most of which I prepare), and feel better all round.

Liz Rivera

I didn’t really know what to expect from Inspire 30. I had some goals to lose some more weight and so I figured this would really help me out.

Day One, we did burpees and a short benchmark workout to provide our starting numbers. Then we chatted about what Inspire30 was about, and to me it was about stepping outside of my comfort zone.

We were asked not to consume any dairy for 30 days, and if we couldn’t commit to 30 days, then how about 10? My first reaction was like, “Hell no, I’m not giving up half and half in my coffee!”, but I was committed to trying something new, so I did, and I actually went without dairy for over 30 days! Since then, I have had some half and half in my coffee, but no cheese and no other dairy products. So, what sounded like a horrible idea at the beginning really became a new lifestyle for me.

It also reaffirmed that making small changes to my diet can have a really be impact in the long run. My frequency of “cheat meals” also decreased and I started to cook a little bit more at home. Now I cook a lot of my meals at home. I still go out to eat, but it has decreased quite a bit as well.

What Inspire 30 did for me overall was help me make small tweaks to my diet that I would have been unwilling to make if I had not committed to this. When we retested, my burpees increased by one, and I significantly improved my numbers on the benchmark workout. Per Leann, I “blew it out of the water.” If you are stuck in a rut or don’t know what direction to go in, I would recommend Inspire 30 to help you get started on your new lifestyle.
 

To learn more about Inspire 30, contact leann@danesbodyshop.com!

Working out for two!

Pregnancy is hard work, and that’s a fact. But coupling pregnancy with fitness can seem like an insurmountable task, or something that may seem complicated when it comes to the health of the mother and the baby. DBS Member Meredith Berlin was certainly up for the task when she became pregnant. From the first trimester, she never stopped coming to the Shop. She was able to work with the coaches to find a fitness regimen that helped her keep in tip-top shape while also preserving the health of the baby inside her.

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Reach new fitness heights with Inspire 30 at the Shop!

We have many members who have attended Dane’s Body Shop classes for a long time and still come to class pretty regularly — about three times a week on average, which is pretty good if you ask us.  Sometimes, however, they go through a month where they lose motivation and will miss a few classes. Their routine is shot, and when they come back to class after about a week of inactivity, not meeting their benchmarks, they feel winded earlier into the metcon, and the hour at Dane’s doesn’t feel as good as it usually does. On top of that, the loss of motivation will seep into areas of their life outside the gym. They will sneak in a couple extra burgers through the week, maybe some pizza. If only there were a way to give them the extra boost they need during these down periods…

Luckily, DBS offers the tools anyone will needed to break through their fitness rut through the Inspire 30 program at the Shop! Inspire 30 is a routine-driven method for achieving healthy fitness and lifestyle goals over a 30-day period. Inspire 30 focuses on four basic areas: Nutrition, exercise, supplementation, and lifestyle.

Through the Inspire 30 program, you and your peers will encourage each other to live a healthy lifestyle through making good nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle choices on a daily basis. If you have a weight loss goal, exercise goal, or personal wellness goal you are looking to accomplish in 2014, Inspire 30 is how you can meet those goals and set resolutions for yourself now and for the future.

You will be able to get motivation from your partner, as well as the group of DBS members going through the program. Participants in Inspire 30 keep in touch through three Sunday meetings, find encouragement and tips through regular posts on Facebook and Twitter, and are guided by DBS coaches at their regularly scheduled check-ins.

Join Coach Leann and Brittany along with many other DBS members January 26th – March 2nd as they work to reach new heights with their fitness!

Sign up here (under the “Events” tab), or email leann@danesbodyshop.com for more info.

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Look at the Poop!

by Coach Dunte Hector

 Any fans of the TV series Scrubs will remember the song-and-dance episode where J.D. and Turk opined that the source of nearly all of one’s medical problems could be discovered in poop. We’re not going there, exactly, but it is important to discuss the factors that are so easily overlooked when we dive into a training program.

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