Hi, I'm Shannon and welcome to FitAficionada, my fitness, health and wellness blog. Here I will be posting inspirational images, great workouts that will get you moving and sweating, helpful tips, nutritious recipes and my very own wellness progression. 
Summer is right around the corner, and whether you are looking to get lean or if you’re wanting to bulk up - its time to get your best beach body ready!
“Go Heavy or Go Home!” That’s the motto of Chalene Johnson during Month 2, the Push Phase, of the amazing ChaLEAN Extreme® program - that I just completed yesterday!
It was announced a few days ago that Beachbody was going to be announcing an “improvement” with one of their Shakeology® products, and I have been SO eager to find out which flavor was getting makeover! After much debate and guessing, it was announced that Greenberry was the chosen flavor!
From childhood on, our mobility decreases until we lose our natural alignment, flexibility, and strength. We convince ourselves that it’s natural to wake up with aches, or fight through stiffness. But it isn’t.
Tai Cheng™ is a 12-week total-body fitness program developed by martial arts master trainer Dr. Mark Cheng, designed for immediate and long-term benefits from learning the graceful movements of Tai Chi (pronounced “tie-CHEE”). Dr. Cheng utilizes uses a technique called Dynamic Motion Control™ to help you understand Tai Chi and its movements by developing fluency in it, similar to the way you learn a new language: by first being exposed to sounds, then turning the sounds into words, and later combining those words into phrases. In Tai Cheng™, you’ll learn individual movements, join the movements together to make combinations, then build the combinations into longer series.
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Even the most dedicated fitness guru may encounter times when their workouts don’t seem as effective, and their progress seems to come to a halt. By making a few small changes to your fitness routine, you should be able to push through that plateau and be on the right journey to your goals!
Most of you who read this blog regularly already know that I am a Beachbody Coach - but you may not completely understand what that means! What do I do as a Beachbody Coach? How might it benefit you?
While reading my copy of Chalene Johnson’s “Push”, I couldn’t help but skip around to the back to peruse the recipes for a while - and boy, are there some good ones included! One in particular popped out to me, for Chocolate Shakeology Balls. I’d seen variations online of a similar idea before, but had never actually given it a shot in my own kitchen.
Yesterday marked my last day of the first Phase of ChaLEAN Extreme®, and I couldn’t be happier with this program!
Shakeology has made ANOTHER appearance on the season finale of MTV’s “Snooki & JWOWW” - check out the screencaps!
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