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Body Redesign – and my competition diet

Today is the big launch day for the brand new Shape-shifter Body Redesign Program designed by super bodyweight coaches Adam Steer and Ryan Murdock.

For the next 3 days, as my valued subscriber you have the opportunity to grab the Shapeshifter Program at 51% off, but also you can pick up my very own winning competition diet, Figure Ready – the exact diet I used to win!

I’ve never released a competition diet before, and certainly not a personal one but I thought I’d do something extra special for my readers as I know there are multitudes of women out there curious about competition dieting and what we do to get ultra-lean. I’ll give you the tip – my own personal comp diet is not something I find overly difficult – I worked it around my own personal likes and dislikes so I could sustain it for the 12-16 weeks required.

*Figure Ready is a diet only, there is no workout to go with it, but that’s what the Shapeshifter Program will offer you! So, read on – you only have 3 days to pick up this offer. You need to purchase through a link in one of my emails, otherwise you won’t be eligible for the Figure Ready diet.

www.idealbodiesonline.com/bodyredesign <—exclusive 51% off invitation

Let me chat a little bit about the Shapeshfter Body Redesign Program and then I will give you full instructions on how to grab your 2 for 1 programs, and, share a great interview I did with one of the creator’s of Shapeshifter.

With Shapeshifter, we’re talking innovative bodyweight training programs fully integrated with no-nonsense diet and lifestyle lessons. One of their beta testers lost 8.5 inches off her body in only 6 weeks—without setting foot in a gym! And every inch she shed was fat! So, if you think bodyweight training is for pussies, read on.

The program is arranged in a day-by-day format that removes fat on the hurry-up while maintaining or even adding muscle in EXACTLY THE RIGHT PLACES for the most impressive visual impact.

You know I’m all for CHANGING your shape, not just becoming a smaller version of the current you. That’s what Shapeshifter Body ReDesign is all about.

Not only is this the best bodyweight training program I’ve ever seen, it’s also one of the highest quality and most innovative programs going around.

www.idealbodiesonline.com/bodyredesign  <— 51% off (exclusive invite)

3 easy steps to grab your copy of Shapeshifter AND my competition winning diet (free):

1. Purchase the Shapeshifter Body Redesign program at 51% off through one of the links in this email

2. Wait for your Clickbank Receipt

3. Email your Clickbank receipt to sue @ idealbodiesonline.com (remove spaces) with the subject line Figure Ready Please!

THE INTERVIEW AND YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Recently I had the chance to interview the charming Adam Steer, and asked him some questions about the program which I know would be relevant to my readers.

 
SH: Hi Adam, congratulations on your new Shapeshifter program – it looks fantastic and a program I feel would benefit many of my readers. Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions about the program for us. In a nutshell, what is Shapeshifter and why did you create it?

 AS: Shapeshifter was born from our frustration with what we saw as one-dimensional “transformation” programs. There’s no shortage of diet and exercise plans out there that’ll help you lose “weight”. But they all just leave you with a smaller version of the same flabby body! 

After weeks or months of disciplined eating or rigorous workouts, we just don’t think that’s a great payoff! And that’s why we set out to design a program that changes the SHAPE of your body, not just your weight.

Adding or toning muscle in just the right places while you chisel the fat away and improve your posture yields almost unbelievable visual results in as little as 6 weeks. But you can’t get those kinds of results unless you address ALL three factors of body redesign: workouts, diet and lifestyle. 

Most workout programs only pay lip service to nutrition. Diet books might include a token workout. Both the exercise and nutrition programs tend to ignore all-important lifestyle factors. But it’s only when you dial all three of these elements together that you can make big changes to the way you look in a small timeframe. 

Shapeshifter provides you with daily coaching on all three elements. Each day is broken down into your training, nutrition and lifestyle tasks for the day. It’s easy to follow and ensures amazing results! 

SH: Is it true my readers will turn into a sexy superhero type when they buy your program? No, let’s get serious, tell us why my readers need this program – who’s it for and how will they benefit? 

Well, our image of a superhero is someone who is poised, confident, powerful and attractive. So to be honest, Shapeshifter WILL help your readers get a lot closer to that ideal… :-)  

And really, anyone who wants to look and feel better, more confident, leaner and sexier can benefit from this program. It’s really the ultimate “get back in shape” program. Because getting back in shape is all about regaining that “shape” you had in your glory years.

Pretty much everyone will benefit from Shapeshifter, but because of the way the material is presented, I think the biggest winners are going to be busy people who don’t have time to spend on figuring out their diet, workouts and lifestyle approach. 

Shapeshifter lays all that out in a day-by-day and easy to follow format that frees you up from the guesswork involved in most programs. When you’re chasing the kids, swamped at work or busy with travel or commuting, that done-for-you format is real bonus. 

SH: You talk about ‘body redesign’ – can you explain that phrase?

As I already mentioned briefly, getting in shape is really all about changing your “shape”. Unfortunately, most programs just focus on losing “weight”, so you end up with a smaller version of the same flabby body.

What we want are physical changes that start turning heads. And we want them as quickly and safely as possible. To get the kinds of results that make friends and family ask you what you’re doing to looks so great, you have to “redesign” your body, not just lose some weight.

The key to body redesign is the ratio of one body part to another. If we can tone or add muscle to all the right places while simultaneously chiseling fat from the body, the visual result will be striking. Added to that, the Shapeshifter Regen exercises help build great posture, which adds to the overall visual effect.

And because body redesign is so targeted, it only takes a matter of weeks to start seeing the changes in your shape. That’s when everyone starts to sit up and take notice… :-)

SH: Talk to me about the “P6 Elements” – the ‘guts’ of the Shapeshifter program.

We already talked about the three spheres of body redesign: workouts, diet and lifestyle. But each of these can also be broken down into 6 essential elements. We call them the P6 factors, because we’re getting results to the “power of six”.

We realized that our frustration with our results in the past, and those of our clients, were often due to the one or two dimensional approach of most diet and exercise philosophies. Most training programs focus on ONLY cardio or weight training or yoga, etc. Most diets have a singular focus on “low carb” or “low fat” or whatever the trend du jour is. 

It’s only when we started taking the BEST elements from each philosophy that we started really getting the accelerated body redesign results we needed. 

SH: And it’s all bodyweight exercises, right – you don’t need to have any equipment whatsoever?

That’s right. You can really do the Shapeshifter workouts anywhere and anytime! Sometimes we suggest the use of very simple props to modify the difficulty of an exercise. But generally they are things you can find around your house or workplace like the bottom step of a set of stairs or a solid coffee table. But it’s all bodyweight exercises. No equipment required. 

SH: So these exercise routines would be excellent for those who travel often, can’t get to a gym or don’t have any equipment? And also for those who do go to the gym but are looking for a change of pace – I mean, some of those exercises look very challenging! 

This program is for ANYONE who wants to quickly and safely change the way their body looks. It definitely provides variety for people who have been doing equipment based workouts at the gym. But the program stands on its own no matter your level of experience. 

But yes, because it’s equipment free, Shapeshifter is also an excellent alternative for people who travel a lot. All you need is a corner of your hotel room floor to be able to do most of the exercises. 

One of our clients spends 3 days at home and 4 days in a hotel room every week as part of his job. He loves the fact that he never has to break the rhythm of his workouts because it doesn’t matter where he is, he can always do them.

SH: Can the program be adapted to an individual’s fitness level? Ie Is it for beginners as well as advanced trainees?

Absolutely! In fact, we ran an extensive “beta test” of the program last year and the participants ranged across the board with regards to background and fitness level. Not only did this prove to us that the program was adaptable to all levels from beginner to advanced, but it allowed us to add even more tips and tricks to adapt the workouts to your own level. 

Also, in the video instructions for each exercise, whenever possible we give several options for modifying the exercise to make it easier or more difficult. 

SH: Now, this is interesting, because I know a lot of people who would consider bodyweight exercise to be not as challenging or beneficial as a program that includes equipment. I know this is not necessarily true, but as the expert, could you explain the benefits of bodyweight training to my readers?

Most people who already work out a lot are totally surprised by the power of bodyweight when used to it’s potential.

First off, because you can move the body quite freely in every plane, you have the potential to recruit a LOT of muscle through full body exercises. And because these movements are more complex than what you can create with the 2 dimensional path of most weighted training tools, you need a lot more coordination to do them. That means more neural activation and again more muscle recruited and more calories burned. Pretty cool…

Another great benefit of bodyweight is how quickly you can move from one movement to another. It allows you to set up powerful fat loss circuits because you can move from one movement pattern to another with rapid transitions and little rest. And you can keep working hard for an extended period of time because you keep switching movement patterns.

And finally, some people think you can’t build strength with bodyweight. But how many people can drum off 10 pistol squats or one-arm push ups? Single limb work, isometric holds, explosive exercises and a host of other training methods are super effective using bodyweight and most people haven’t come anywhere close to their potential when it comes to using them to build impressive new levels of strength.

But I don’t want you to get the wrong idea. My goal isn’t to make people suffer. All the bodyweight progressions I use are scalable. So I can be training a total beginner and a hardened veteran in the same session, and they’ll both be getting exactly what they need. That’s another great thing about bodyweight.

SH: Awesome. What about diet and lifestyle – what sort of things do you cover on these crucial subjects?

Body redesign will never work with training alone. You need to support the training with a complete diet and lifestyle program.

We were very thorough in designing both the diet and lifestyle components. Using P6 Nutrition and P6 Lifestyle allowed us to really hit all the factors necessary to change your shape as quickly and permanently as possible. 

The Shapeshifter Nutrition Manual is packed with over 41 pages of information on the P6 elements: appetite control, hormone optimization, food choice spectrum, strategic supplements, workout nutrition and digestive system health. 

But don’t worry, if you don’t care about the theory, all you have to do is follow the day-by-day diet instructions and you’re good to go. We only included the geeky stuff because a lot of people like to have that background information. 

P6 Lifestyle includes things that are absolutely vital to body redesign like sleep, stress relief, goal setting, personal development, healthy relationships and engaging in active lifestyle activities. 

As you can see, our coverage of diet and lifestyle is pretty broad. That’s why we brought in a number of experts to contribute to the program. For example, things like sleep, stress relief and digestive system health were covered by specialists in those fields. You’re really getting a high-quality guide to eating and living better when you start working with the Shapeshifter program. 

SH: It’s my experience both as a coach and as a mum to a 6 month old baby with my own company to run, a lot of us don’t have time to put nutrition plans and menus together – do you provide this ‘done for you’ option for time poor clients? 

The second part of the Shapeshifter manual gives you a day-by-day breakdown of what you need to do on each day. So when you turn to day one, you’ll have instructions for that day’s workout, diet, and lifestyle task. Each and every day of the program is laid out like that. 

We also offer an additional level of commitment that provides recipes (designed by professional healthy-cooking chef Nick Lorenz), meal plans for the entire 6 weeks, follow-along workout videos for each and every day, and much more. This option really is about as close as we can get to actually doing the work for you… :-)  

SH: Sounds like people should have no excuses then! Can you explain to my readers what they will get in the basic Shapeshifter program package?

Yeah, sure. Basically, they’ll get everything they need to get full benefit from the program. The basic framework starts with your main manual, which lays the entire program out in a day-by-format that’s easy to follow. And along with the Nutrition Manual and the Exercise manual, it gives you all the background information you want for how and why the program works.

But the coolest thing about the basic package is the library of professionally filmed exercise instructional videos. This is really about as close as you can get to having us coaching you in person. It takes all the guesswork out and makes it easy for you to understand exactly how to do each exercise.

In addition to that you’ll also get a pre-program checklist, printable charts and a timetable for the entire 6 week program, a printable journal to log your progress, a guide to which supplements actually work (and why), and a collection of “extra-curricular” lifestyle activities that you can adopt. 

Shapeshifter is so much more that a workout program. It’s really a complete roadmap to everything you need for a lifelong body redesign. And it’s so easy to follow. We’re really proud of Shapeshifter and can’t wait to welcome your readers into the community!

SH: Thanks Adam for taking the time to talk to us about Shapeshifter! I know you and Ryan are going to be busy boys over the next few weeks!

www.idealbodiesonline.com/bodyredesign <— Check it out!

My interview with fitness model, Belinda Benn

It seems fitness model Belinda Benn and I have a few things
in common. We’re both in our 40′s, both Aussie, and we
both love helping others achieve their fitness and fat loss
goals.  Being 32 weeks pregnant, one thing I definitely don’t
have right now is Belinda’s abs! But they’ll come back…
 
In light of the upcoming launch of her Get Lean Program,
today I have something quite special for you. 47yo fitness
model Belinda Benn provides us with a sneak peak into her
fat loss secrets as well as some great tips on skin care.
 

 
Sue: Belinda, I’ve read your story and seen you in the magazines – how did you transform your body so dramatically later in life.  I read you never exercised before the age of 37 – is that true?!

Belinda:  Sue, yes it’s true!  I was a coffee drinking, sugar addicted executive.  I was so busy trying to be a “super women” with my career, husband and all my other responsibilities that I had stopped caring for myself – doing things “just for me”.   One day while trying bathers on in a department store dressing room I was shocked to see cellulite and saddle bags (amongst other things) and I realized the body I had in my 20’s had disappeared without me even realizing.  Soon after I set myself the goal of learning to surf and before I knew it I was eating healthily, losing weight and feeling in the best shape of my life.

Sue: I think we can all relate to the dressing room story at some stage or another – probably unbeknown to them retail stores do an amazing job drumming up business for weight loss companies!

What was the hardest aspect of your transformation?

Belinda:  The hardest part was not knowing how to eat right – for energy, longevity and fat burning.  I knew nothing about nutrition.  I started getting fitter but the big change didn’t come until I got my diet straightened out.  It took a while but once I got on track I couldn’t believe how much food I could eat and not put on weight.  I had been eating the wrong foods, at the wrong times in the wrong combination!  When I think back to what I ate in my 30’s it’s shocking – I lived on coffee, milk, sugar, Arnott’s biscuits and fatty foods!  

Sue: I know you get asked this all the time, but how on earth do you look so young? 

Belinda:  Early in my career I worked with Shiseido, the Japanese skincare company and they taught me about holistic wellness.  Which simply means, looking after the total person – inside and out.  We all know things like stress, toxins, over eating, too much alcohol, not enough sleep or a lot of sun, ages us prematurely.  I neglected myself and over indulged like a lot of people do but once I realized, I made some radical life changes – and thankfully it paid off in a big way.   I believe that doing the right things, consistently, adds up to big results over time.

Sue:  Since I am talking with an expert then, a lot of people find that their skin becomes slack after weight loss and they suffer stretch marks.  Did you have those problems? 

Belinda:  Yes I did!  When I started losing weight I began exfoliating every day.  The Japanese had taught me about this and it really works.  I also made sure I included foods in my diet that improved the elasticity of the skin.  In fact, that’s one of the reasons I wrote my Fitness Model Skincare Secrets so I could help people with concerns like that and prove that getting older doesn’t mean we have to age prematurely. 

Sue: What makes your Get Lean Program different from everything else out there?

Belinda: Sue, as you know, many diets start out super strict.  Then as our motivation wanes we go back to our old habits and the weight comes back on.  I have discovered that the easiest and most effective way to achieve a lean physique is to work with the natural harmony of our body’s physiology. From my experience, it takes roughly four weeks before our metabolism jumps to the next fat burning level.  So, the process of obtaining our ideal lean physique should be viewed as fat burning “phases” that we control through establishing new eating habits, rather than a “diet”.  For this reason the Get Lean Program is divided into three, monthly phases: Momentum, Acceleration and Peak.

The Momentum Phase begins the process of increasing your fat burning metabolism. Your body will adjust to new eating habits and these changes will enable you to maintain your diet while gradually reducing your caloric and carbohydrate intake.

The Acceleration Phase will help reduce your body fat % while maintaining the energy levels necessary to work and train hard.  Your body will adjust to producing efficient energy from fewer calories and you will see acceleration in your fat loss.

The Peak Phase will help you reach your optimum lean physique at the end of Month 3.

Many physique competitors use a similar system to prepare for competitions.  But this program takes that science and makes it doable for anyone who wants to lose weight!

Sue: I noticed that you focus a lot on the mental and emotional aspects of losing weight – why is that?

Belinda:  Often it’s not eating healthy or working out that’s our biggest challenge – is our own self-image and self-esteem.  If we allow negative thoughts from the past to contaminate our thinking then that will continually undermine our efforts for success.   Personally I have done a lot of work to change my thinking, from feeling like I am over the hill, old, not sexy anymore, it’s too late or I’ve failed in the past (add in a few of your personal favorites here) and replaced those with new thought patterns of self-confidence and a can do attitude.  We all have moments of weakness and self-doubts, that’s normal.  But there is a lot we can do to get our thinking straightened out!  For that reason I will be giving away my “Think Lean – Get Lean” audio recording with every purchase of the Get Lean Program next week.  

Sue:  Belinda, once last piece of advice for all my readers please!

Belinda:  Transforming your body can seem like an insurmountable task.  But if you take one new positive step forward every day (no matter how small) and tomorrow do it over again – your habits, body and life will progressively change.  Positive change will become a way of life and one day you will catch your reflection in the mirror and realize – there’s a new you! 


 
F.REE FAT LOSS REPORT

If you haven’t get grabbed your copy of Belinda’s free report
Eat to Get Lean – here’s the link. It’s only available until Sunday
so be quick: 

www.idealbodiesonline.com/getleanprogram

 
P.S. Next week be on the lookout for my Get Lean
Program launch emails. If you purchase the program
through one of the links in my emails I’m going to provide
you with an awesome 50% discount on our instant
training programs along with an additional 15%
off everything in our Products Store (excluding
ebooks), in conjunction with Belinda’s
launch. So don’t purchase from any other link if you want
to pick up these discounts! I’ll remind you next week.
 

What is wrong with this picture?

Welcome party Sapphire Princess

Not this one, the one below. There is NOTHING wrong with this picture!

It’s been a little while since I wrote, AGAIN! Thanks lovely people for the comments on my off season pics. Maybe I will consider pre comping soon for an early show again – it was around this time last year – well, after Christmas, that I began my last one. After our Mexico trip my state was a little worse for wear than it is currently. So, yes, this time last year Damien and I were onboard the Sapphire Princess, celebrating his birthday (pic attached for reminiscing purposes).

I’m left without a car this weekend, so was dropped at the gym this morning and walked home afterwards – which was pretty tough after a hard deadlifting session. I sumo deadlifted 75gk for sets of 5 which I thought was pretty good. Slowly building up. Deadlifting is king, I wish everyone knew how to deadlift.

I received this in my inbox the other day and just shook my head. Can anyone tell me what is wrong with this picture??

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The Club 100 winners were announced recently, and, very proud to say that the female winner was one of ours. Nicole Yardley lost 15kg in 100 days and totally transformed her body. Lucky Nicole has won a great cash prize, just for losing some extra baggage and getting healthy. Club 100 will will going again I imagine, so keep in touch about that.

Nicole Yardley - before front

Nicole Yardley - after front outdoors

Congratulations Nicole, you look amazing! Congratulations too, to all the others who entered and managed to finish the 100 day challenge – while you may not have won the competition, I’m sure you got some great results.

I’m off to enjoy some sun. Sorry about the lack of resizing of photos, I don’t have time for that :)

An eye popping transformation…

Well if I don’t write now, I never will. There’s just always something to do! I had to write my Q&A article tonight, for Women’s Health & Fitness titled – How Can I Make My Cardio More Interesting? I was going to just write “you tell me and we’ll both know” but I figure that probably wouldn’t work :) Ahh, there are lots of ways, I just am not that fond of the old cardio these days. Amazing, I used to be the typical cardio bunny back in the 80′s and early 90′s. Showing my age a bit there. Yeah I used to wear leg warmers too! Well they were the IN thing back then ;)
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mum’s out there – still waiting for my prezzie from darling little Rexy, starting to think he hasn’t bought me anything…
We went for lunch with my mum today, and about another 15 mothers, all family of some description. Lovely time.
I have now officially caught up on all my work from holidays, and it’s back to normal. I am in the midst of making some changes to our feedback system, and will need to work on this tomorrow to have it all in place by 21st May. By the way, I don’t believe I have even ‘introduced’ our latest addition to the IBO Team. Please welcome our newest Feedback Coach, Rachel Pyle, pictured above with one of our other amazing IBO women, Program Co-ordinator Dianna Broeren. Picture courtesy of Di’s blog. Rach has achieved some great things, and is one of the most inspiring women I have the privilege of knowing. You can read more about her and our other staff members here:
I will take a moment now to also introduce Carolyn Gerdtz – our latest addition to our team of Personal Success Mentors. We haven’t put Carolyn’s details up on the site yet but if you don’t know of Carolyn – get ready to be AMAZED. The before and after pictures above will give you an indication of this lady’s discipline and courage, and, just what CAN be achieved if you really want it. We are SO proud of you Carolyn!
I plan to add Carolyn’s remarkable professional photos and Success Story to our site soon! You can read Carolyn’s blog here…
Ideal Bodies Online has it’s first competitor on stage in a couple of weeks time! Good luck to Christy, she is competing in the Novic Figure at the Sydney ANB comp on May 27 and is going to look sensational given her latest pictures Di just sent through! A great effort for a first time competitor! Well done Christy – I can’t wait to see the final product!

On a personal note, my training is going along fine – I’m training 4 x week, and just doing cardio when I feel like it :) Still maintaining my pre holiday weight which is nice.

A belated shout to Tracey D, thank you for the lovely words, it’s nice to know I have played some small part in your fitness journey! And thank you for the recent referral :)
Thanks for the comments on my recent vomit :) I know everyone can relate at some point in time!

Happy Birthday to Kerry for Tuesday – I hope you have a fab day and you never know, perhaps you WILL drink that much :)

Ok, time to check out of blogland and read a few pages of my latest James Patterson novel…