Beachbody

Fast forward, I call another customer support representative because all I needed to know is if I need a RA# for an exchange. After being on the phone for far too long, getting no answers I needed with another language barrier, I hung up and got online where I asked for help through the chat option. It was then that I figured out you don't even need an RA# for an exchange. I spent nearly a week trying to figure out how to send this package back, when it wasn't my mistake to begin with. The company sent me the wrong back of shake and I spent a week trying to send it back so I didn't get charged $100. If I were running a multi million dollar company, and I made a mistake and sent a customer the wrong item, I would tell them to keep it and then fix what the mistake the company made. I should not have had to do as much work to return that package. Beachbody needs to design a better way to explain the exchange and return directions and policies.

The way they talk to you in the video, it's like they're there and they're saying, "I'm watching you. You could do more." Especially, Shaun T. He is funny. He makes you laugh, and he's there making sure you're not tightening. I did the Tilt, Tuck, Tighten, Hip Hop Abs, to the CIZE workout, and everything he has done and came out with. I've done Hard Corps, where I did the intense part when they want you to do bear crawls. I've have had so much fun that I just keep going. Now I'm just trying to do definition without losing my weight. I don't want to lose no more weight. I just wanna work on muscle.

I've done the before and after pictures, but I never received any of my stuff. And then, I entered for the contest and wrote a story. But I didn't hear anything about none of that either. I bought a lot of videos, and I did everything that came out. They told me that I would receive Boxercise and then I would get a Hard Corps. I was in the running for the biggest reward which I entered the contest because that was a lot to lose in one summer. But I haven't head anything about that. Other than that, Beachbody really motivated me. I loved the programs and I did them and followed them. I worked super hard from the sweating and making sure I stayed on path, getting a Fitbit watch and getting about 10,000 or 15,000 steps a day, dedicated to doing my workouts, doing the extra things they say you could do like the bonus features, and it all paid off.

I enjoyed how the Body Beast is a little bit shorter. It's not all super-duper long, which is really encouraging because it's hard to commit to an hour-long workout with P90X. Even though most of the time, I'm in the gym long enough to be there, it's hard to initially get started. I also like the way it logged most of the workouts. At the end of the workout will be the ab workout and with it automatically attached, when you hit play, it looks like it was already a part of your time, or else I wouldn't do it. It's all psychological, but it's what works. If I can get through the first five minutes, I'm good.

I tend to bulk up extraordinarily fast. I follow bodybuilding and they're the community that appreciates that. But I also have a background in figure skating and that community does not appreciate that so I balance it. There's a decent amount of yoga stuff out there, but I wanna move a little bit more and a lot of holding positions can be a bit tough. Also, I crank my music up and that just doesn't fit with the yoga feel. have been drawn more toward Pilates and have augmented a lot of my workouts with it. Also, I can't seem to get the core I want unless I do Pilates. The only time I stray from Beachbody products is to get that workout. They should come up with a kick-ass Pilates program and explore that niche a bit more.

I tried Shakeology and I didn't care for it. I tried it a million different ways and I just couldn't really get it down. The only way I could do it was to put half of it into something else. And then, it was like I was choking it down. I hated it. But I've been told that I should try a different flavor. Although the idea of it and the nutrients are very positive, I wouldn't not recommend it to anybody. Or I'd recommend trying it or trying in different flavors because I think I just didn't order the right thing for me.

But as far as the streaming video, I love it. I could choose a different workout whenever I wanted and I was totally into it. Supposed to be, it's 30 minutes a day, but I would do an hour and a half. I would send in my before and after pictures. I didn't lose that much weight, but my body changed so much. I still had some fat on my belly, but in the 21 days, I had abs. And with the Shaun T program, I lost about 17 pounds after 21 days because it was mostly cardio.

Then, I started to do the CORE DE FORCE and I loved it. I love the moves and they take my mind off the fact that I'm exercising. However, I was halfway through doing CORE DE FORCE and I snapped a ligament in my ankle. I have not been able to exercise since, not even yoga. I can't balance on that leg. I was doing everything, but when I use that leg, I would hold on to something. I measured my calves and one was a half an inch bigger than the other. It's completely healed but it healed wrongly so I'm getting a surgery to fix it.

Also, I haven't spoken with my coach for a while because of my injury. Nevertheless, she's the best coach. She's a Diamond coach and is very successful in the business. And she truly cares about all of her coachees. Either that or she has an extreme gift in making everybody believe that she cares. Either way, she's in the perfect job. She wants to help women because she's been there where you're not really fat but you're chunky and not happy. It took her two years to get to where she is now physically.

She's the reason that I stayed with Beachbody. She would answer the silliest of questions, like, "I feel like I'm doing this workout and my upper body is so weak. I feel like it can do two push-ups and that's it. What would you recommend?" She would say, "Oh, do this little segment of this workout every day with your workout, it'll help." I did ask a lot of questions at first because I'm 45 and I have fibromyalgia, and I have never exercised like that on purpose in my life with a video or in a gym.

Having fibromyalgia is just one of those things you can't predict. You feel great one day and the next day, out of nowhere, you feel like you can't even move off the couch. And those days, when I was working out, I felt poor at first. I would have only a couple of bad days for the whole month, but normally, I'm half and half. I didn't know if it was the eating healthy or the working out or both, but whatever I was doing, it was working. It made me feel so much better. I started to take medicine, but I took less and my energy level was through the roof. When my husband gets home from working all day, I would ask him if he wants to walk. Having the right coach made all the difference, from making it just a thing you see on TV to an actual personal experience.

I did AdvoCare for a while and I liked their nutrition packets and the multivitamin supplements because it provided a structure and a support. But when I got off of that, it wore out after two months. I also tried the gym but that became really crazy. I’ve had longer working hours and the kids are in daycare all day. Then we go to the gym and we put them in daycare again. By the time that whole process is over, we would be getting home at 7:30 at night and then it’s time for bed. I ended up not seeing my family all day. So that didn't make sense. Beachbody is the best program that has come my way that I really enjoy. It's at home and I don’t have to go to the gym. It’s really great and the variety is awesome.

The 21-Day Fix workout was great and I really liked it. It’s a nice switch from thinking about calories and counting those. It also really helped put into perspective the whole macronutrients thing, like, “Oh, I should be eating this many vegetables.” It really just helps set a goal each day. I would have to fill up four of the containers and that made it so concrete. It’s not for everyone but I was able to wrap my head around it. The program is expensive but if you can at least get the Beachbody on Demand, you can still join groups and challenges, and you don’t have to get the shakes. They’re excellent and I purchase one of those things each time I do a new challenge but I can’t keep up with it monthly. It’s awesome if you can really afford it all but you can still modify it to make it fit.

Beachbody LIVE is alive and well, and now they're out there pursuing live on-line fitness business models under different names. Personally, when I heard a TV ad for a free trial for an on-line fitness service, OpenFit, open to the first 25,000 respondents I texted the code, provided by the advertiser, OpenFit. In order to go to the next step, I provided a debit card number. What I did not do was to download the app from Google Play, nor did I activate my account on said app, and therefore did not receive any service from this provider. However, I was charged $96. Immediately, I began to try to get my money back. The charge on my card listed as OPENFIT HEALTH&FITNESS, Tel no 3108839000. This telephone number is answered by Beachbody.

Googling Beachbody, I came across the announcement with which I began this narrative - Beachbody is no longer in this business, or is it? I began to smell a rodent. Neither of the telephone attendants at the number dialed per the charge (answered by Beachbody), nor the number I was given for Beachbody Customer Service, could even FIND me in their systems. I am currently disputing this charge with my Bank’s FRAUD specialists.

Also, should point out that advertising shows this vast questionnaire that perfectly matches you with the program you need. Yeah, that's fake. You're thrown online to a variety of courses and given a digital coach that apparently just works off a script. So, I go to cancel almost immediately. I call, am on hold for about 45 minutes before I decide to try again online, this was at the beginning of quarantine, maybe phones are bogged down. They interrupt you on hold to remind you how easy it is to cancel or change things online.

All of their cancellation links are suspiciously down. So I chat with a guy online, he says that he will cancel it, but I still have access till the end of the month, yadda yadda. Got a confirmation email, so I figured it's ok. 30 days later, I get charged. I'm now on hold for 90 minutes, there can't be this many people calling Beachbody. They trap you in, make it EXTREMELY annoying to cancel in hopes that the normal housewife that's too busy will just forget about it. Well, I have nothing to do, so let's see how long I have to wait... And how the cancellation process goes once I get someone on the phone.

So after an 1hr 45mins, I got through. Apparently no records of a cancellation. They're also going to say that you're signed up for other services, just say no and that you want your money back. Be persistent. Put you on hold for another 10 minutes while they research and "see what they can do." They say that their system is having issues even though you can see reviews from years ago saying the same thing. This should be illegal.