Where Are We Going?
This is a question I started asking myself about 9 months ago. How can I continue to serve my audience and show up to my community in a bigger way?
So, sit back, read through this and hear all about where Beauty & The Beast Fitness has been and where we are going. There’s some big announcements in here!
The Beginning:
Many years ago, I started my health & fitness journey with the company Beachbody. Unless you live under a rock you’ve probably at least heard of some of their programs (T-25, Insanity, 21 Day fix). I absolutely LOVED beachbody. It fit with my schedule, helped me lose weight, and taught me so much about nutrition. I took it to the next level by becoming a coach and running TONS of challenge groups. The tribe I built was AMAZING. Seriously, so many rockstars that got fantastic results. I definitely drank the beachbody kool-aid. What wasn’t to love?? They started adding in more products and programs, which I continued to use as tools to help others.
In 2013, I decided to become certified in Insanity. That is where my journey of group fitness began. I taught with the University of Florida’s women’s swim team, outdoors, with small groups, at private and large gyms and continued to add different formats and classes to my list. After that I began the journey to get ACE Group Fitness Certified, NASM Personal Trainer Certified, and Precision Nutrition Certified. I was obsessed with gaining all the knowledge about health and fitness!! This was mostly while I was going to grad school too! My side hustle was always fitness, but it was always my passion and drive that kept me going. I also competed in a figure competition which allowed me to truly feel confident for the first time when it came to weightlifting in a gym. Normally, I was your cardio queen.
I began taking 1-1 online clients, teaching more classes, doing personal training, and growing my community online. Scott and I decided to go into this together as Beauty & The Beast Fitness. He lost over 100lbs in his journey too! (Go watch the video on his story here).
I always loved seeing the communities of Tone It Up, Kayla Itsines (to name a few) grow and grow. I became obsessed with researching more about nutrition & my clients (in person and online) were getting INSANE results.
I was addicted.
I even left my full time job in August of 2016 to pursue my online/in person fitness career full time. Yep, I left a 401k, benefits, salary (which wasn’t that great) and student loans, years of work, to go chase after a dream.
Why? Because I trust myself and sometimes you just have to jump without a net. Was it freaking scary as hell? Absolutelyyyy. Still is some days! But the best decision I could have ever made.
In October I invested in business coaches. I wanted to see how I could take this whole online training thing to the next level. My business coaches Jen Casey & Angie Lee are freaking incredible. I cannot even begin to put into words what I learned, the information gained, and the fire that was lit under my ass to continue to share my journey & help even more people end their stress eating and get fit without compromising their social life. I believe in balance & helping others achieve weight loss/fat loss without the shame, guilt, and DIET rollercoaster we often believe we have to do in order to get results.
I set out to create my first online program. I invested in a very expensive platform (literally costs me thousands of dollars a year to have) because I wasn’t going to do some BS word document in a facebook group. Nope, I was going to have a kickass platform.
In came the Happy Hour Diet. You can find more about this program here: Launching, Creating, and Managing a Group Program is exhiliatring and also a lot of work!
http://tinyurl.com/jointhehappyhourdiet
I began taking more 1-1 clients, ran more rounds of the happy hour program, worked on my platforms, hired a Virtual Assistant, and kept on growing. I added in a website, a youtube channel, showed up on live video more, and most recently launched a Membership Site. Currently in the near end process of launching my PODCAST!! WOOT WOOT.
I took myself through nutrition experiements & added classes to my schedule and took on more one on one clients. Every dollar I made I invested back into my business to help it grow and to help ME Grow so I can get YOU the best results.
I started wondering though…where does beachbody fit into all of this? I haven’t used the products/programs or ran challenge groups in several months. Why? Not because I’m not interested in helping others, I’ve just been creating my own “Beachbody on Demand” and serving my community in a BIGGER way than beachbody’s procedures and policies allow.
I share with my community all the time my favorite supplements, products, and programs (even ones that aren’t beachbody) because beachbdoy isn’t the be all end all. Is it a fantastic tool? Absolutely. But I’m also bringing my own thing (at home and gym workouts) to the internet.
While I’ve absolutely loved my time with beachbody, it’s time for a new chapter, officially. Even though its been a long time coming. For policy reasons (beachbody doesn’t allow you to cross program with your own clients that are also “buying” beachbody products from you) and they also don’t allow you to be involved with any outside organizations/direct sales companies even if they aren’t the same type of products (for example you can’t sell oils, clothing, lipsense, juices, or anything else). This was a more recent change and I am definitely in direct violation with this! Oops! Lol. I am a multi-passionate person. There’s other brands of protein powder that I love, and other supplements that I recommend. Currently I’ve been a huge fan of exogenous ketones and have partnered with that company as well because 1) it works and 2) I believe in the science and results therpeautic ketones are able to get you! It’s just another tool in my toolbox to help people. For those of you that were in my network (I’m not going anywhere and neither is my beauties & beasts group) you all know I run MASSIVE amounts of free groups and info constantly to help people! They just won’t be beachbody centered anymore (and they haven’t been for a while). For those of you wondering if you will still get any of your products on autoship, one of my amazing friends (my previous sponsor) will be able to take care of any orders you need & you can always message me with questions! I’m not leaving the health & fitness field by anyyyy means and there are still tens of ways that you can work with me, so don’t run away!
Think of it like switching jobs or functional fields. Still doing what I love, just finding new ways to help others get what they deserve. Results. Obviously I love beachbody & think they are great, so keep doing that if you want to do that. If you want to step outside your comfort zone and come check out my verison of “BOD” I would love to have you!!
http://beautyandthebeastfitness.mykajabi.com/p/membersonly
My promise to my community is to always be transparent, to give you my honest opinion, and belief on what I believe is good or bad information in the health & wellness industry. Please don’t look at this as I am leaving you, just providing you with new resources & ways for you to get the best results POSSIBLE with the best ways!
I put some resources down here if you are wondering how you can work with me:
Free Facebook Accountability & Support Group
http://tinyurl.com/beautyandthebeasttribe
Membership Site
http://beautyandthebeastfitness.mykajabi.com/p/membersonly
1-1 Coaching
http://beautyandthebeastfitness.mykajabi.com/store/mmiSLroD
Next Launch of Happy Hour Diet (End of September 2017)
http://tinyurl.com/jointhehappyhourdiet
Social Media Handles:
https://www.instagram.com/beautyandthebeastfitnessoc/
https://www.pinterest.com/beautyandthebeastfitness/pins/
FB Like Page
http://facebook.com/beautyandthebeastfitnessla/
FB Groups (Or Beauty & the Beast Tribe//Also there is a separate group for member’s only VIPs)
Keto Kickstart
https://www.facebook.com/groups/336176490137573/
PS, Stay tuned for the launch of my podcast! Will be launching in Mid-Late September.
Exogenous Ketones (I send these in sampler packs) of 5 or 10 so email erin@beautyandthebeastfit.com if you want to experience the amazing effects of nutritional ketosis!!! Seriously, my new obsession, I also use these as a pre workout!
Supplements I recommend from Amazon:
Brain Octane:
Collagen Peptides:
Coconut Butter
BCAAS
Bars (Rx, Power Crunch, Fit Joy, Quest)
5HTP
FISH OIL
B Vitamins
Organifi Reds Powder, Greens Powder, and Protein/Meal Replacement use code Beautyandthebeast for 15% off your purchase at checkout.
For any questions or concerns, please email erin@Beautyandthebeastfit.com
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