Million Dollar Body Game

This is my Million Dollar Body Game winners video. Each month Beachbody annouces 8 new winners in the Million Dollar Body game. There are 4 men, and 4 women from 4 different age groups, 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, and 50+. Winners are choosen based on before and after pictures, statistics, and story. I won $1,000 in the Men's 18-29 category for November 2007. There are 6 runner ups who each win $1,000 and one man and one woman will each win $10,000. At the end of the year everyone who won is eligible to be one of the 8 finalist from the 4 age groups and there are 4 men and 4 woman. If you are one of the finalist you will win $50,000. The 2 grand prize winners will each win $250,000. Take a look at last years $250,000 winners:

To learn more on how you can play the Million Dollar Body Game please email me or go to http://www.JoePetri.com. You could be the next big winner!!

Tony Horton's Fitness Camp

A year ago this month, I attended my very first Tony Horton Fitness Camp here in New York at Roselands Dude Ranch. Looking back, it's difficult for me not to realize the profound impact camp had on my life. Not only did the camp give me the extra motivation for my own workouts but it gave me a purpose and a sense of direction. Before I attended camp I hated my job as a pharmaceutical sales rep and was on an antidepressant therapy to help me cope with my extra displeasure for my job. I remember packing my bags and saying to myself that I wasn't going to need my medicine. I made the decision right then and there that my life was going to change and I was going take control. It was at camp that I realized the potential of being a Team Beachbody Coach. I signed up in March of 2007 simply because Beachbody was waiving the $40 sign up fee. I really didn't understand the business structure. It seemed confusing and different but I figured that eventually I'd get more serious. It wasn't until I went to camp and met some wonderful people who showed me the opportunity that Beachbody was giving me. There I learned what the coaching opportunity truly meant and what it could mean for me.

I hated my job, that part was clear but what wasn't clear was what I wanted to do with my life. The Spring before camp I volunteered as an assistant JV lacrosse coach to help relieve the boredom from my job. Slowly the idea of pursuing a phys ed degree started to present itself and grow. At camp I spoke with Traci Morrow, one of the founding members of Team Beachbody, and we spoke about my distaste for pushing drugs and how my job brought me very little satisfaction. I initially loved pharmaceutical sales (I did it for 5 and a half years) because I truly thought I was helping people to get healthy. What I was doing was pushing a quick fix solution to a life long problem. During my last year as a drug rep I spoke more about health and nutrition and my experience with Beachbody than I did talking about the medicines in my bag. Traci explained to me that the coaching opportunity was just that, an opportunity. It was an opportunity that could provide for me what I truly wanted and that was happiness. I wanted to be happy.

Where I was the happiest was when I could help others. I wanted to help change peoples lives the way mine has been changed by Beachboby. But in order to help people find Beachbody and help them change their life with exercise and proper nutrition, I had to first become an example. I was 205 lbs at camp. Initially I was at 225 then thanks to Power 90, Power Half Hour and P90X I hit 185 lbs. I decided to quit smoking thus the weight gain back to 205 lbs. If I was going to commit to coaching and create a business opportunity that would allow me to quit my job and pursue what made me happy, I first had to lead by example. My results and my transformation were now directly tied to my health and wellness. It was camp and the people who I met at camp that helped me to realize that I have the ability to be fit and healthy for the rest of my life, pursue a career in Phys Ed where I could truly be happy, and help people change their lives both financially and physically as a Team Beachbody Coach. I have gone back to school full time, lost the smokers weight and now weight 176lbs and I am now helping others to lose weight, stay committed and build a business opportunity for themselves.

As I write this I am sitting in the Jet Blue terminal at JFK pondering what will Tony's camp have in store for me this time? I have no expectations. I'm not going to assume his camp will have the same impact it had on me a year ago. I'm not going there expecting the same experience. Why would I want the same experience I had a year ago? That would be boring. This camp is going to be different. What different means, I don't know. Time will answer that question. What I do know is that when I get together with people from Beachbody, the positive energy is something that can't be matched. I left all my negative thoughts and self doubts back in Rochester. It is time to let it all go and just be. Enjoy the moment. The here and now. The past is history and the future is a mystery. Today is a gift that is why it's called the present. It's time to just be.

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Not your typical Network Marketing

As most of you know, I'm an Independent Team Beachbody Coach. I've always been an advocate for fitness first and helping people stay motivated to their fitness and nutrition goals. If someone was interested in being a coach for Beachbody I would share my experience and what it was all about. I coach all my coaches the same way. I coach my coaches to be an example, to be a product of the product and to get people involved with the community at some level, whether it's a free player, a club member or a coach. The important thing is helping them to create a better life for themselves. The dollars and cents that Beachbody is offering coaches is truly amazing but the true joy is helping people succeed with their program and sharing your own story on how and why you got involved. Was it an infomercial, a friend, or a coach? Everyone has a story to share and every story is different.

I have 5.5 years of outside B2B sales experience and what I love the most about being a Team Beachbody Coach is that I don't "sell" anyone anything. I share my story; I explain what impact these products had on me and how the community helped me to stay committed and accountable. I provide all the different options and then I let the individual choose what is right for them. I never close, I hate it. I was a good closer in my Drug Rep days but I don't want someone to ever feel pressured to buy or to join something they aren't ready for. Everyone comes around at their own pace and how someone decides to make that commitment to lose weight, get healthy or become a coach is simply by me being an example. Just keep pushing play, keep making healthy decisions and keep posting and sharing your stories.

Coaching is about people helping people and in return for doing this Beachbody helps you financially. Just push play and encourage others to do the same but how you do that is by focusing on yourself. Continue to workout and eat right and sooner or later others will come around asking you to help them. Keep pushing play, and keep sharing your stories. You'll be amazed as to how many people you can impact.

Take a look at the Beachbody Network News cast to view the CEO of Beachbody, Carl Daikeler's view on coaching. When coaching was first introduced back in March of 2007, it was Carl's vision of fitness first that got me involved. Not the money, not the dollar and cents. I hate mulit-level marketing (network marketing) but it works here because you are creating a support network that you have to be accountable to and help. And that's what drives me. Helping others. What drives you can be completly different and that's the great thing about Beachbody, it can be modified to work for anyone. I was so pleased to see this webcast because it makes me happy to see that Beachbody hasn't lost it's way and I know they never will thanks to Carl.

If you're interested in helping people to lose weight, get healthy and stay committed email me at iabout becoming a coach or simply go to http://www.JoePetri.com and click on the "Become a Coach" link.