Champions Body-for-LIFE: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength

by Art Carey

The all-new official guide to the Body-for-LIFE Challenge, with success secrets and tips to help you win your own personal Body-for-LIFE Challenge, by Body-for-LIFE Challengers and Champions from the past 10 years.

Champions Body-for-LIFE is not just another diet or fitness book—it's a book of personal transformation. The Body-for-LIFE 12-week journey has changed the lives of millions. What makes it so successful?

It's Simple. It Works.All it

12 weeks4 hours of exercise per week6 small, balanced, and nutritious meals per day—never be hungry againNow, Body-for-LIFE Champions and Challengers share how they created new and better lives for themselves, simply by following these three

1. Know your reasons for changing (Chapter 2)2. Write them down (Chapter 3)3. Get started (Chapter 4)You do have the power to change your body, your mind, your life.

Read how men and women become Champions as you follow the 12-week story of two Body-for-LIFE Challengers. Mark Unger, a major in the U.S. Marine Corps, and Alexa Adair, a college student, share their personal Journeys of Transformation—from their Decisive Moments, to Starting the Challenge, Week 12, and a year later. Week by week, they chronicle the excitement, the tough moments, and the life-transforming experience of finishing their own personal Challenges.

Science Shows Body-for-LIFE Works

For more than 10 years, millions of people have proven with their real-life transformations that Body-for-LIFE works. Now science shows it works, too! In a clinical study of overweight men and women, the people who followed

Lost approximately twice as much body and belly fat as the control group and moderate exercise higher-carb groupDecreased body fat by 21 percent on averageDecreased body weight by 11 pounds on averageDecreased belly fat by 26 percent on averageChampions Body-for-LIFE is for everyone—whether you're starting your first Body-for-LIFE Challenge or your fourth.

Genres: Fitness, Health, Nonfiction, Sports

527 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2008

Reviews

[Sher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now that BFL founder Bill Phillips has jumped off the EAS train and started a new company, it appears the company which brings you Myoplex and a host of other supplements has rephrased the original BFL book. This time, we follow two champions, one a Marine and one a daughter of a BFL Champion (who is also a personal trainer. Gee. Guess she'll succeed with that sort of training.)

The stories are interesting, and the tips from other BLF Champions are helpful at times. But frankly, there's a point where the book seems like a giant EAS ad. In short, if you're interested in BFL, read the original BFL and Eating for Life books.

[Karin]

I've read and tried stacks of fitness articles and books, mostly articles in fitness magazines (Self, Shape, Yoga Journal) and the Western canon looking to translate yoga and tai chi. The problem with me is that I always thought that if I lifted weights, I'd gain muscle too fast.

This book has inspired me to try again, but mix it with the flow practices that I enjoy so much on cardio days. I'd like to focus on the muscle groups that align in the workouts somehow, and I.think it'll be an advanced exercise in systemic thinking.

Not on the exact program, but I have no desire to look like a body builder!

We'll see!

[Avid Series Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

Champions Body for LIFE by Art Carey follows up on the original Body-for-LIFE book (by Mark Phillips) with motivational stories from past champions. Inspiring tales include how both Kelly Adair and her daughter Alexa became champions. Each champion shares the life events that led to starting the program, how they overcame obstacles during the challenge, and favorite healthy recipes. Body-for-LIFE is much more than a diet and exercise plan - it's a transformation. When you begin the 12 week program, you can say Goodbye to hunger; as you follow the program, say Hello to increased energy and fitness. Frequent small balanced meals of nutritious food, plus daily exercise, is the formula for a strong healthy body.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

I prefer the original Body For Life by Bill Phillips. This was good for getting me motivated to eat better and exercise the BFL way. I am already seeing results and am feeling so much better. This version was OK but I wish I still owned my copy of the original. This one was all over the place and not as orderly as my mind likes to read things. Still, it's a good book but if you've never read the first, I recommend it.

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh...perhaps the original Body For Life would have been a better read. There were very few pages in the book with actual information on the eating plan. It did explain, in detail, the excercize plan. Plus, I am not a fan of testimonials, which makes up about 85% of this book - no lie! I will head back to the library for the original version.

[Greg · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book does seem to lack the personal touch that Bill Phillips book had. It instead seems to be by the "good people at Abbott Laboratories" who bought out EAS. In either case, the book is not as bad as that makes it sound. It is a decent companion to the original book and follows the week by week progress of two of the champions.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was good to get the basic work out and eating plans. However, half of the box I just flipped through since it was mostly participant testimonials. The real meat and potatoes of the program are in the back of the book.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

Could not get into it - not bad, but not somehting that kept me intersted.

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this over Christmas break and loved it. I got real excited about how this program can tranform your body by eating right and exercise. Starting Jan 11!!

[Tammy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for motivation. If you want more details read the original.

[Cynthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the book, a bit too much of promoting the supplements.

[Erica · Rating 3 out of 5]

I prefer the original Body For Life with Bill Phillips.

[Greg · Rating 2 out of 5]

Skip this one and get the original book if it's your cup of tea. The program in general seems a little outdated.

[Tim Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mostly testimonials and hard to navigate. Stick with the original.

[Melissa Plantz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspirational stories

Great book. You may want to read Body For Life first to understand the program, but it is very encouraging to read the weekly updates.

[Sonia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book but like a lot of others preferred the original.