Success Journal

Fitness with Diana – Back to Basics

May 19, 2011
By Diana

Sometimes things happen that are out of our control, but it’s how we deal with them that can make or break us.  As I have written before, I have a history of back issues due to an injury that happened back in 2000.  Every once in a while I do something, sometimes it’s extreme...

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No sweat: Obamas work fitness into daily routine

November 19, 2008
By Rich Dafter

CHICAGO -Many women recoil at the thought of baring their arms in sleeveless dresses or blouses, but not Michelle Obama — half of the fabulously fit new first couple. Both President-elect Barack Obama and the future first lady have exercise routines that would put most people to shame. Michelle Obama used to join a...

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Would you like a “thank you” check or a “lifestyle” check?

September 10, 2008
By Rich Dafter

I love my team of coaches and as new coaches join us, I always like to explain their options in approaching the Team Beachbody Coach opportunity.  Here is an email that I just sent to those coaches: Hi Everyone, Our conversation with Traci ranged from the benefits of being a Team Beachbody Coach as just...

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Bailing the Wax Under My Wick As Fast As I Can

February 20, 2008
By Rich

Do you have a vision of your life or your body that the light of hope is quickly going out on? My light of hope revolves around my ability to run, which has become so challenging that I thought that the melted wax under the wick of the candle of my life was going...

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Fitness Success Coaching is the Ultimate Lifestyle

February 17, 2008
By Rich

Turning the Corner That Never Came It would be good for you to first understand what I was doing in my last job before you know what my job is like now. Up until last year, I was a Polar Authorized Internet Dealer, selling Polar heart rate monitors and accessories on the Internet. To...

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A Journal of a Runner’s Rebirth as a Role Model

February 17, 2008
By Rich

Over the past 25 years (in a 42 year running career), I have used probably a dozen different ways of tracking my workouts and my progress. Ranging from the Runner’s World Runner’s Log to my first computer that had a printer with paper with the little holes on the side to little pads of...

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