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"Hi, I would just like to thank Bill for coming up with this marvelous exercise and diet plan in Body for Life. I used to run intercollegiate track and cross country but I suffered with bulimia (restr
ictive type) for 3 years and I was a little apprehensive about starting a program that makes you eat 6 times a day. However, it has combatted my eating disorder because I feel better about myself ever
y day. I also know that I will look better in 12 weeks! I have accepted the challenge but only to myself. Maybe I will enter the next competition. "
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Literally hundreds of thousands of people have experienced Body-for-LIFE firsthand. By making the decision to make a change and allowing Body-for-LIFE to be their guide, they have not only lost bodyfa
t, increased muscle tone, and improved their health, they have discovered a higher quality of life and a better way of living. And through their example, they are inspiring others to do the same.
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Think about it: The fundamental principle of building a stronger body is the process of overcoming stress, or 'resistance.' We force our muscles to work, and this effort in turn forces our muscles to
adapt. If we put no pressure at all on those muscles, if we present them with no resistance whatsoever, what happens? They atrophy. They dissipate. They weaken, says Phillips.
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Bill Phillips' Body-for-LIFE program can also be considered an anti-couch-potato program. This unique body building program combines good diet, weight training, and aerobic exercise and can help you g
et out of the couch and into great physical and mental shape. I participated in a 12-week "challenge" in January, 2000 and within 10 weeks I lost 20 lbs. of fat and gained muscle. I went from a size 3
4 waist to 31 and feel better about my physical appearance than I have in many years.
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Phillips arranges all his own training program into a 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips. Be warned that the nutritional advice gets a little spacey. For example, he puts "
carbohydrates" and "vegetables" into separate categories, and recommends three daily doses of a nutritional supplement called Myoplex, which his company manufactures. (Fortunately, he gives tips on ho
w to make each dose taste different, such as by adding drops of peppermint extract.) Despite this strangeness, Body for Life still motivates because so many others have achieved astounding results in
similar 12-week windows, and the pictures and testimonials are here as evidence
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"I also believe that pushing oneself with weight training is good, but must be done in moderation. Damage can occur when too much weight is placed on muscles too quickly (I've seen this happen to othe
rs). The Body-for-LIFE "high points" are a good goal, but they must be achieved gradually so that extreme damage does not occur. When reading the Body-for-LIFE book, I got the impression that his prog
ram was not to be changed in any way. The inflexible nature of the program is a weakness."
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