If you enjoyed P90x than body beast is for you. From the creators of P90x comes Body beast. Body beast is for intermediate to advanced groups. This program builds lean, strong muscles in 90 days. All weight training all strengthening your body.
There are 3 different types of calendars:
- Huge beast- for people who want to build muscle mass; recommended for men. 90 days
- Lean beast- For those who want to get ripped but loose weight recommended for woman. 90 days
- Beast up- for men and woman who want a short program but great results. 30 days.
Here are the programs.:
- Body beast basics- just some knowledge of whats about to come. 8 min
- Build chest/ tris- all about the chest and triceps. 49 min
- Build shoulders- build strong amazing deltoids. 38 min
- Build legs- shed fat and get those legs toned. 38 min
- Build Back/ Bis- work that back and those biceps. 50 min
- Bulk chest- a lot different than build. More weights and more reps. Different angles and every muscle on your chest. 30 min
- Bulk back- literally every muscle in your back will get worked. 29 min
- Bulk legs- cut and define every muscle in the leg. 40 min
- Bulk shoulders- added weights and lower reps. 35 min
- Bulk arms- get ripped and defined biceps and triceps. 36 min
- Beast abs- work on abs to lift more weights and improve posture. 11 min
- Beast cardio- get sweating with this workout that uses weights and cardio. 30 min
- Beast total body- work your head to toe. Every muscle. 39 min
- Rock a bye beast: beadtime stretch- specifically before bed. Stretch right before to get a good nights sleep. 5 min
- Lucky 7- work with 7 compounds and intense exercises. Creates and work muscle fibers to get lean, strong muscles. 24 min
Beast up:
- Beast up legs- longer, forced and super sets to get maximum results. 45 min
- Beast up chest, shoulders, & triceps- progressive sets, forced sets and tempo sets to help get major definition. 56 min
Body beast deluxe:
- Tempo chest/tris- Tempo Sets rely on the latest weight training science to work your chest and tris so intensely that you can actually feel your body getting stronger. 53 min
- Tempo back /bis- Tempo Sets rely on the latest weight training science to work your back and bis so intensely that you can actually feel your body getting stronger. 53 min
I did the lean program. So in my schedule it does not include the beast up, body beast deluxe and the beast ones. I did the bulk and build and the cardio ones.
The first couple of weeks were hard. I was so sore everyday, every muscle in my body hurt. Even ones I didn't even know worked that way. The Bulk legs workout is amazing. I have always had big, jiggly, fat legs. I wanted toned and beautiful ones. The build legs I did't really like it has way to many lunges in it. I hate lunges!!! I think the whole workout it lunges. So if my schedule says leg day I would do the bulk instead of the build one. I also feel like I'm getting more out of the bulk one.
Month 2 consists of shorter time but longer phases. Im really enjoying month 2; although I am adding in another cardio in it. 28 minutes doesn't seem long enough for me.
Before I started I was doing yoga poses that I could not do at all. I was trying to do the crow, headstand and fallen angel. I would always fall. After month 1 I am able to do all of them!! I can now go to crow to headstand back to crow without falling. That's how much upper body strength I got.
"You messed up your diet and you didn't exercise today- so what? You didn't ruin anything. Get back on track tomorrow. If you have one flat tire, do you slash the other three? OF COURSE NOT!"
This program is a lot different than P90X. This has less cardio days and focuses on certain muscles everyday. Also P90X has longer time and focuses on upper body and lower body instead of certain muscles. ( see P90X review for more info)
So the cardio and abs that are on here I didn't really enjoy. I did not get what I want out of the cardio. I decided to do a hybrid calendar with Cize. That will be on a different post for the review for that.
Every couple week I would slowly up my weights. Since hes using the pyramid workout with the 15,12,8 and 8. I did 5 lbs for 15 reps than 7.5 for 12 reps than 10 for 8 reps than back down to 7.5 for another 8. Than at 3 weeks I upped it a little. Now I'm at 7.5 for 15 reps, 10 for 12 and 12.5 for 8. Man my muscles hated me that first week. Now when doing this Iv'e learned to be careful with my
weights. I have already hurt my shoulder and pulled a muscle deep in my shoulder blade ( upper trapezius). I started working on the muscles by rolling them and massaging them and they were good as new. So when upping weight please take your time and don't rush in like I did. On a couple workouts... I think build arms maybe... he does the pyramid system again but a little different 15,12,8,8,12,15. Wow that set always kills me. You start with light weights than work your way up than you do it backwards. Than on chest I think haha.. he does 5 sets of 5 reps without upping or lowering weights. So you choose a weight you can handle and do it without rest, its actually quite hard.
" when the scale goes up and the inches go down, it's not weight gain it's results gain."
Month 3 I upped my weights again now I'm doing 10,12.5, and 15. 10s being my lowest weight and 15 my highest. I did back and a cardio workout and I was dying the next day. Also the next day it was cardio again and abs. So the day after that I could barley breath, talk and sneeze or even lift my arms up in the air. Underneath where my armpits are hurt so bad and my ribs!!
One thing that is very important is to do a lot of self-myofacial release or rolling. Especially before leg day. Muscle rolling makes a huge difference during this program. Less stiff, sore muscles and more lengthened and less tight muscles. You can do this for a warm up or a cool down. Now the program includes those but I liked to the SMR before I pressed play or after Iv'e finished the cool down Sagi provides. I had a lot of tightness on my upper back and my hamstrings so the SMR really helped with releasing all that tension.
" LADIES..... lifting weights won't make you big and bulky. You won't look like a man. You don't produce enough testosterone. It will actually enhance your feminine curves. Stop believing the false rumors."
With this program I didn't "bulk up" like how men do. I toned up, created lean muscles and worked muscles I have't worked in a long time. This is a very good program to help you tone and to somewhat loose weight.
In conclusion, I really enjoyed this program. Although I really would have liked more cardio and leg day, I did get some of the results I wanted. I personally didn't see a change in my legs. I saw major results on my upper body. My back, shoulders, and arms got the most of it. Below are my results.
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| My husband built our own rope climb in our personal gym. |
Month 2 consists of shorter time but longer phases. Im really enjoying month 2; although I am adding in another cardio in it. 28 minutes doesn't seem long enough for me.
Before I started I was doing yoga poses that I could not do at all. I was trying to do the crow, headstand and fallen angel. I would always fall. After month 1 I am able to do all of them!! I can now go to crow to headstand back to crow without falling. That's how much upper body strength I got.
"You messed up your diet and you didn't exercise today- so what? You didn't ruin anything. Get back on track tomorrow. If you have one flat tire, do you slash the other three? OF COURSE NOT!"
This program is a lot different than P90X. This has less cardio days and focuses on certain muscles everyday. Also P90X has longer time and focuses on upper body and lower body instead of certain muscles. ( see P90X review for more info)
So the cardio and abs that are on here I didn't really enjoy. I did not get what I want out of the cardio. I decided to do a hybrid calendar with Cize. That will be on a different post for the review for that.
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| This program helped me finish my first Spartan race. |
weights. I have already hurt my shoulder and pulled a muscle deep in my shoulder blade ( upper trapezius). I started working on the muscles by rolling them and massaging them and they were good as new. So when upping weight please take your time and don't rush in like I did. On a couple workouts... I think build arms maybe... he does the pyramid system again but a little different 15,12,8,8,12,15. Wow that set always kills me. You start with light weights than work your way up than you do it backwards. Than on chest I think haha.. he does 5 sets of 5 reps without upping or lowering weights. So you choose a weight you can handle and do it without rest, its actually quite hard.
" when the scale goes up and the inches go down, it's not weight gain it's results gain."
Month 3 I upped my weights again now I'm doing 10,12.5, and 15. 10s being my lowest weight and 15 my highest. I did back and a cardio workout and I was dying the next day. Also the next day it was cardio again and abs. So the day after that I could barley breath, talk and sneeze or even lift my arms up in the air. Underneath where my armpits are hurt so bad and my ribs!!
One thing that is very important is to do a lot of self-myofacial release or rolling. Especially before leg day. Muscle rolling makes a huge difference during this program. Less stiff, sore muscles and more lengthened and less tight muscles. You can do this for a warm up or a cool down. Now the program includes those but I liked to the SMR before I pressed play or after Iv'e finished the cool down Sagi provides. I had a lot of tightness on my upper back and my hamstrings so the SMR really helped with releasing all that tension.
" LADIES..... lifting weights won't make you big and bulky. You won't look like a man. You don't produce enough testosterone. It will actually enhance your feminine curves. Stop believing the false rumors."
With this program I didn't "bulk up" like how men do. I toned up, created lean muscles and worked muscles I have't worked in a long time. This is a very good program to help you tone and to somewhat loose weight.
In conclusion, I really enjoyed this program. Although I really would have liked more cardio and leg day, I did get some of the results I wanted. I personally didn't see a change in my legs. I saw major results on my upper body. My back, shoulders, and arms got the most of it. Below are my results.
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