Beachbody – Body Beast Workout

 1ST BUILD PHASE:

The Build phases focus on proper form and a strong foundation of strength. You’ll do supersets and giant sets to build muscle. This phase includes Chest & Tris, Back & Bis, Shoulders, and Leg workouts. 

2ND BULKING PHASE:

The Bulk phase uses muscular hypertrophy to build muscle growth. You’ll do a combination of Force Sets, Progressive Sets, Combo Sets, and Multi-Sets to gain more muscle, and there is also no cardio workout in this 30-day phase. It includes 5 workouts: Back, Chest, Shoulders, Arms, and Legs.

3RD BEAST PHASE:

This 3rd and final phase of the 90-day video workout plan helps shred off that added bulk and see lean muscle mass. Along with combining workouts from the Build and Bulk phases, you’ll mix in circuit training and intense core work for max results. In this phase, you do use the previous workouts plus add in Beast Abs and Beast Cardio.

WHAT ARE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT “SETS”?

Body Beast came from Sagi’s new-school performance training after he won Mr. Israel for his personal bodybuilding. Each workout routine keeps your muscle fibers firing every single workout with 6 different types of strength training.

THE 6 DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAINING ARE

Super Sets: Any 2 exercises that are done without any rest between them

Giant Sets: 3 exercises done back-to-back-to-back targeting the same muscle group

Multi-Sets: 3 moves targeting different muscle groups

Force Sets: Five sets of five reps, with 10 seconds of rest between each set

Progressive Sets: A pyramid that goes from high reps, lighter weight to low reps, heavier weight, take a short break, and then goes in reverse, from low reps heavier weight to high reps lighter weights

Combo Sets: An exercise that works for more than one muscle group at a time

Varying up your circuit routine, as well as, focusing on different angles can help you see better results faster.

HOW LONG ARE THE WORKOUTS?

Every workout is under an hour.

BUILD PHASE

• Build Legs: 38 min
• Build Chest and Triceps: 48 min
• Build Back and Bis: 50 min
• Build Shoulders: 38 min

BULK PHASE

• Bulk Legs: 41 min
• Bulk Arms: 35 min
• Bulk Chest: 30 min
• Bulk Back: 29 min
• Bulk Shoulders: 35 min

CARDIO AND BONUS WORKOUTS

• Beast Abs: 10 min
• Beast Cardio: 38 min
• Beast Total Body: 38 min

Another great program to try is Hammer & Chisel! We recommend doing it or LIIFT4 after Body Beast.

WHAT EQUIPMENT IS REQUIRED?

You’ll want a variety of dumbbells, a workout bench or stability ball, a pull-up bar, or a set of resistance bands to modify the pull-ups and chin-ups.

I personally used Bowflex’s Selecttech dumbbells, and I love them. View my full review of the adjustable dumbbells here. I am also thankful for my assist band for the chin-ups because of the reps involved.

THE EATING PLAN

You can use either Beach Body Nutrition Plan – Ultimate Portion Fix or 2B Mindset with either schedule. We prefer Ultimate Portion Fix or a macros approach including small meals throughout the day because you need enough protein and carbs to fuel your workouts.

THE SUPPLEMENTS

Along with the exercise videos, we also recommend using Beachbody’s Energize, Recover, and Recharge. We’ve found using all three is the best way for us to see results.

• Energize – Pre-workout
• Recover – Post-workout to help with muscle recovery & growth
• Recharge – Pre-Bedtime