How to Advance Your Boot Camp Progress
You made it! It is the last day of boot camp. Did you sprint to the finish line? Did you crawl? However you made it, you did make it!
As you think about the progress you made this month, I really want you to bask in your success for a moment. You ate things you didn’t want to eat, when you didn’t want to eat them. You exercised when you didn’t feel like it. You worked through a cleanse. You drank more water. You said no to your favorite vices more often than not. You made it happen!
I’m not sure what the scale is going to tell you, but I’m not really worried about that. I can assure you that if you are remotely proud of your effort during Virtual Boot Camp, that you have gained muscle, lost fat, and your body is in better shape than it has been in a long time. Be proud of yourself. This program is very tough. The foods are tough. The workouts are tough. The execution is tough. My hope is that you have developed some life-changing habits, put another piece of the exercise/nutrition puzzle together, and have new ideas to plug into your daily life and new solutions and substitutions to the same old routine that has robbed you of your health for too long!
Now what? What do we do now that this is done?
Boot Camp After Care
You have just finished a 28-day program where your exercise and foods were figured out for four straight weeks. Do you still have belly fat to get rid of? Do you still have some weight to lose? Now what do you do?
First of all, I’d like to extend an offer for a customized plan. I’d like to talk with each of you individually for 30 minutes, evaluate what is working, address what is not working, and build for you a plan for your next steps. Getting started is the easy part. The progress can be hard-fought, but the steps to get there are easy to build. What you do from here, how you succeed from here, requires further insight…which means customization.
I’d like to build each of you a two-week game plan, built with enough variety and moving parts, that can be used for the next month or so. The exercises will be staying put on the server, which means you are welcome to continue accessing them (start over if you want to).
The customized two-week food/supplementation plan is $50. Contact me today if you would like to maximize your progress from this point forward.
In the meantime, here are some ideas to carry you with you as you think about life after Virtual Boot Camp.
NEW IDEAS FOR YOU!!!
1) Do another cleanse in six months. You probably finished the Dual Action Cleanse sometime in week 3. You are done cleansing for awhile. I live in Minnesota and we don’t plow the streets in July because there is no snow to plow. Many experts agree that it is good to do a cleanse once to twice a year. I recommend looking at a cleanse (the same one or something different if you like) sometime around six months from now. Between now and then, no cleansing!
2) Make sure you like your protein. I recommend (in this order) Nectar Protein (I buy mine at vitaminshoppe.com), Whey Isolate 28 (found at GNC), and Proflex (from Melaleuca). In my opinion, they all taste really good, and they are all excellent after a workout. The rule of thumb for protein powder is to check the cholesterol. The lower the cholesterol, the better the protein (soy is the exception…it has no protein, but is not as good as whey for repairing muscle tissue). You will always need a protein powder for after your workout. If you were my client, I’d have you take one of the three options mentioned above.
3) If you really want to burn fat, try Access bars and CLA! These two items are the best fat-burning supplements I have ever found. Access bars are a patented Melaleuca product. They taste AMAZING and are the best pre-workout bar on the market. When we consume an Access bar (15 minutes before a workout on an empty stomach), our body is clinically proven to burn fat for the next two hours. Eight Olympic athletes from team USA used Melaleuca products prior to the 2008 games in Beijing. If it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me. Access bars will help you workout harder, burn more fat, and not be as sore. What’s not to like?
I’m also a big fan of CLA (conjugated linoleic acid). It is an omega-6 fatty acid (same relative family as fish oil/flaxseed). CLA helps the body use fat stores as a primary energy source. The stuff flat out works. You need 4 grams of CLA (4 capsules of 1 gram apiece….2 first thing in the morning, 2 in the afternoon) to make it work…and you must take it every day for it to be effective.
YOU STILL NEED TO TAKE….
1) Your multivitamin! I chose the Melaleuca multivitamin because they have the best science as far as I can tell. It is virtually impossible to get all the right nutrients through food (with all the processing, altering, and chemical enhancing we do). I don’t think anyone makes a better multivitamin than Melaleuca, and it’s the same price as a GNC version…with science that is light-years better. Continue taking your multivitamin…our bodies need the nutrients!
2) Your Fiberwise! Colon cancer is wreaking havor on our nation. When a colon isn’t getting rid of toxins effectively, the toxins sit in the colon and get absorbed into the organ tissues. Fiber is always going to be important. Fiberwise is a great way to get your fiber…it hits 50% of your daily fiber needs in two scoops!
3) Replenex! As an aging athlete, I can tell when I take my Replenex and when I don’t. My knees let me know if I haven’t taken it for awhile. Anyone who is overweight is putting undo pressure on their knees, hips, back, etc. It is important to address the swelling of those joints and rebuild lost cartilage. I have never found a product more cost effective ($12) that works as well as Replenex. This is something we need!
As for the dietary recommendations, I am finishing up the resources on that. You will be receiving three weeks of extra menus (my target date for those resources is Sunday night).
Lastly, I would love to hear feedback from you about the program. My goal is to make Virtual Boot Camp a better program each time I do it. I’d love to hear how I can make it better!
Thanks for taking this journey with me. I’m thankful you have joined me for this experience. If there is any way I can be of help to you in the future, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Yours in dutiful service,
Adam Erwin
