Body Beast Legs Workout | Bulk Series Review

Last night I completed day 24 of the Body Beast workout. Legs! This muscle group used to be the least favorite of mine to workout, but now it seems to be one of my top 3.

Why? Legs are a very big part of your everyday performance. It’s how we get around, and it where a lot of our power comes from in sports. So to neglect your legs just because it’s easy to hide them, doesn’t mean we skip “leg” workouts. As I always say,

“Friends Never Let Friends Skip Leg Workouts”

Body Beast Bulk Series – Workout Review

Being day 23 of the Body Beast workout last night, means that it is my first time doing the “Bulk” Series Legs. The first three weeks

of Body Beast is the “Build” Series, so starting week 4 this week moved me into the 5 week Bulk Series. Unlike the previous program I have done like P90X, where it is split into Month 1,2, and 3, Body Beast is not equally split into months, instead, 3 blocks.

5 weeks of 6 days on and 1 day off is what I will be battling with here in the Bulk series. The workouts are now targeted towards one specific muscle group. In the Build Series, you would do Chest and Triceps in one workout. In the Bulk Series, you will just do Chest one day and that’s it, then Legs, then Arms, and so on.

For the first time since I started, progressive sets will be implemented into my workouts. This is where you will perform sets of 15, 12, and 8 reps starting with lighter weight and moving up to heavier weight as you complete the 8 reps. Then you will rest for 90 seconds and then continue with 8 reps first this time, 12, and lastly, 15 reps, starting with heavier and going lighter as you increase reps to finish off the set.

A progressive set is defined in “The Book of Beast” as a pyramid that goes from high reps to low reps. Takes a break, then back up to high reps.

Body Beast Legs Workout | Bulk Series Review

In the Body Beast legs workout, you will be performing exercise such as:

Front to Back Lunge
Squat
Full to 1/2 Sumo Squat
Split Squat with E-Z Bar or Dumbbell
Stiff Leg Deadlift
Alternating Side Squat
Calf Raise
Beast Abs

Progressive sets will be done with Squats and full to 1/2 Sumo squats. One exercise that I struggled with is the stiff leg deadlift as it really is a slow move that you must be careful in doing. Reason is, is that it requires you to keep your legs straight as you keep your back straight bending down, stretching your hamstrings.

Where I struggled was knowing how far to go down at first. Then, as I listened to Sagi on the program, he gave a tips that made it come together for me. Next time around, I’ll be at 100% with this exercise.

Body Beast Legs Workout | Workout Summary

From beginning to end, the “leg” workout is 41:14 in length. The best thing about this Body Beast workout is that they aren’t long at all. It’s just pure pump and go, then you’re done. So I make sure I get the max out of my 41 minutes, sweat like I just got out of
the pool, and be in a constant test of my mental & physical abilities.

For me, knowing that it isn’t a long workout at all, allows me to really give it 120% cause I know I want to make every second, every rep of every exercise count before it’s done. Why? Cause at the end of the 90 days of Body Beast, I want results! I don’t want to look back and say that I could’ve done better with the workouts, or tried harder. No, I want to lay it all out so at the end, I can say I couldn’t have done anything else and this transformation, is what I truly deserve.

So follow my journey by subscribing to my blog posts to the right. You will receive all my posts and updates on my progressions and transformations throughout the 90 days to see if this Body Beast workout delivers what it promises.

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Body Beast – Build Series Review

I just completed the first of three “blocks” of Body Beast, which is the “Build” that lasts 3 weeks. For the next 5 weeks, I will be going into the “Bulk” block, and then finishing off the last 4 weeks on the “Beast” block to complete my 90 day Body Beast transformation.

Starting on July 30th means that I will be done around Halloween this year. My ultimate goal is to end up at 175lbs from starting at 168. When I got up this morning, I was 166. What the Heck? Lost 2 lbs! Not what I was hoping for but it’s only 3 weeks into the program. One of the things that I did was start out the program without the Body Beast supplements to see how my body reacted and improved with just my nutrition alone.

I feel that my body is tighter and definitely more muscle definition. So, you may ask, “Why aren’t you gaining muscle mass the way Body Beast is supposed to?” I can’t give you an honest answer at this point, but what I can say is that I do a lot of cardio everyday at work cause I have to constantly be moving and I sweat for 8-10 hours straight. It might be that I am doing a lot more cardio than the program suggests.

Body Beast Cardio

I am doing the “Lean Beast” schedule as opposed to the “Huge Beast” schedule. It’s for people that want to gain muscle mass but also want to lose some fat. The cardio amount specified in lean schedule is only 1 day a week. However, like I said, with my type of work I do in the establishment I work at, I simply am doing a lot more cardio and calorie burning then the program suggests. This might be my reason for dropping weight.

My only option would be to up my carbs and calories even more, so that is what I’ve been doing the last 3 days. Not only that, but I also ordered a couple of Body Beast supplements to compliment my workouts. I will start the 2nd block with:

M.A.X. Creatine – for muscle mass boost
Suma Root – for muscle mass growth

We’ll see what difference it makes in my results for the second block, which is “Bulk”.

Body Beast Build – Exercise Tips

By the end of the first block, your exercises should have been perfected in form. If not, you must take the time to properly disect how to do this by watching them lead on the program and then emulate their form and listen to their tips. This is crucial for your final results as you don’t want to:

Injure yourself
Workout the wrong muscles
Sell yourself short on effectiveness of each workout

For example, in the seated bicep curls for Back/Bi’s workout, you want to make sure that you aren’t moving your elbows forward and back. This will cheat your biceps in getting the full max workout and thus, effect your results. Doing little things like this makes a huge difference and makes the program more interesting as you go along. For me, I want to perfect each exercise no matter how many times I’ve done it and get beasty everytime around.

Body Beast Build – Moving Up In Weights Weekly

Here are my results with some of the exercises that I increased weights in for my first 3 weeks:

Deadlifts: Increased from 30 lbs to 40 lbs for my last 8 reps

One Arm Rows: Increased from 30 to 40lbs and was able to finish my last 8 reps versus failing at 4 reps at 30lbs the first week.

Close Grip Press: Increased my last set of 8 reps from 25lbs in the first week to 40 lbs my 3rd week.

On average, I moved up 5 lbs in most exercises withing the first 3 weeks. Remember, this was without any Body Beast supplements or pre/post workout formulas. However, as I said earlier, I am changing this concept and using supplements starting the 2nd block of “Bulk”. We’ll see if the supplements gives me any kind of advantage.

Body Beast Summary
I feel stronger, more energetic, and positive. All around I know that I have made a huge change since day 1 in my strength. My chest and arms feel the best out of everything else and I’m ready to bring some bulk to them for the next 5 weeks.

The first build series was all about focusing on synergistic muscle groups to build strength and build a foundation for you to work on the rest of the way. Now, moving on to the Bulk series, Sagi is going to use new school set routines to bring you to a level of success you never thought you could achieve through fitness. Body beast is no joke, and I’m ready to put it all in for the win.

P90X by Tony Banawa

Author: Tony Banawa

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Tony’s Week 1 of 12 Body Beast Review

On July 30th, I started Body Beast, the newest workout program to this date by Beachbody. It is a program that uses old school body building techniques with new scientific approaches to get you to gain 10 lbs of lean muscle in 90 days from your living room, office, or garage. This program is for people who want to get bigger muscle mass and become stronger. Follow me and my 90 day journey by bookmarking this page as it will be updated weekly with my body beast review.

Week 1 Body Beast Review

Many people have told me that they don’t want to do Body Beast because they don’t want to become a meat head, or look uncomfortable by putting on too much muscle. Let’s get this very clear. If you you think you’re gonna become an “Arnold” Schwarzenegger overnight, then you will be dissappointed. It’s gonna take more than 90 days to get that professional bodybuilding physique.

So my answer to those people who don’t want to become a meathead in 90 days, you won’t. However, gaining 10 lbs of muscle will give you a stronger look and more mass. Depending on your starting point you could still look lean or you could become more bulkier looking depending on two things:

If you follow the Lean Beast or The Huge Beast Plan
Your nutrition

Here is my body beast review after week 1

Starting out, the warm ups are definitely not as long or in depth as P90X or Insanity, both workouts that I have done and completed. Body Beast’s warm up are very basic and I think a bit too short. But don’t forget that you aren’t going to do P90X or Insanity. That being said, it is enough to get your body and muscles warmed up to do the moves in each workout so far.

Body Beast takes you into the traditional gym workouts and changes it up into single sets, super sets, giant sets, and more. What I mean by traditonal gym workouts is that you will be doing more of:

Dumbbell press
Incline flys
Deadlifts
Bulgarian Lunges
Single Arm Kickbacks

Basically, things you can do at the gym. Except now, you are doing it in specific types of sets and making sure your form is right as well as getting enough rest in between when needed or too much rest when rest is not part of the sets. Basically, you can be assured that everything you’re doing in the time frame is effective and max benefit to your specific muscle targeted workout for the day.

The cool down is also a bit short and i feel needs to be longer so I stay after and implement additional stretches to complete my inner demand of feeling fully cooled down and stretched. Stretching and cool down should never be skipped!

How do i feel after the first week of Body Beast? I feel that I built up some muscle already. With the workouts not being as long as P90X or Insanity, I am able to really push hard from the start with Body Beast versus pacing myself for the last 25 minutes doing P90x.

My Starting Weight & Where I want to Be | Body Beast Review

My starting weight was at 168. During the first week, I happened to drop a pound and then gain it back so I am still the same as when I started finishing out the first week. I am following the “Lean Beast Schedule” so I am looking to finish my 90 days at about 175lbs.

If you’re not yet familiar with the 2 schedules in Body Beast, let me briefly review them for you. They give you an option to do a “Lean” or “Huge” Beast schedule. Huge is for people who just want to get big. Lean is for people that want to gain mass but also lose some fat. I know you can’t bulk up and lean up at the same time so I think the lean schedule is too minimize the amount of healthy fat you put on when you gain the 10 lbs of muscle mass to your frame.

My Opinion of Sagi Kalev – Body Beast Weekly Review

I got to meet Sagi, the Body Beast creator, in Las Vegas where I live in June 2012, the same month his program came out. My first

impression was that he is a very calm cool person. In the videos, he is very into his work and wants you to succeed. He may not be the gifted Spokesman for the WhiteHouse, but he gets the job done and has some humor to keep you entertained.

Body Beast Compared to Body For Life

Body Beast reminds me of doing the Body For Life program by Bill Phillips back in 1998. More traditional moves and changing them up to work different parts of each muscle. I got great results with Body for Life, so I’m sure I will with Body Beast because in my opinion, it is like Body For Life, but with more variety of moves and set types to get you more results.

So after completing week 1, I can honestly say that I recommend the program for those who want a short but effective workout at home. They are about 40 minutes on average so you have time to live life as well. If you are one that loves to lift but need some guidance on how to do each move, perform set types, and rest properly in between sets, then Body Beast is for you. At the end of each month, I will post pictures to show my results. See ya next week for my week 2 Body Beast review.

P90X by Tony Banawa

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