Jamie Eason’s Live Fit Trainer Review – Weeks 3 and 4

Well, I survived the first two weeks of the trainer.  It was now time to enter the “muscle building portion” of the program.  Really? I thought I was already building muscle in the first two weeks?!? Whatever it was, I was left walking around like a moron because my muscles hadn’t been tested like that in years..or forever. 

Weeks three and four looked like this:

The first two weeks consisted of 4 workouts and 2 rest days.  Week 3 and 4 were stepped up to 5 workouts and 2 rest days.  For these two weeks, I chose to lift on Saturday and Monday-Thursday. My two rest days were on Sunday and Friday.

The most interesting part of this program is that for the first month, there is no cardio.  Yes you read that right, NO CARDIO.  Jamie Eason has a body to die for and she created this program.

She said she rarely does cardio, but when she does, it’s in the last 2 phases to burn fat.  It was so hard to grasp the concept of no cardio.  My entire life I have been the girl that goes to the gym and runs on the treadmill every day until my face turns purple.  With this program, I’ve learend that you can actually get a great workout with just strength training.  The science behind the no-cardio concept in phase 1 is that you need to build as much muscle as possible.  It’s almost like building a fresh slate so you can scuplt it down in the last 2 phases. 

Another difference in these two weeks was that we added an extra leg day.  For this day, you’re supposed to workout whatever “problem area” you have.  My biggest problem area is my abs, but I know that abs are “made in the ktichen” so I figured I’d do legs because they are the biggest muscles and they are my favorite to work out 🙂

Here’s a glimpse of one of my workouts. It was for back & biceps day.

I think I hit weeks 3 and 4 really hard and was pretty successful.  I started to see changes in my body and my weight was dropping.  I’ll do another post about the changes in weight & measurements.  I found myself slowly increasing my weights which was so exciting! 

The program I am following is called Jamie Eason’s LiveFit 12 week-trainer.

Next up…Phase 2!!!

 

7 thoughts on “Jamie Eason’s Live Fit Trainer Review – Weeks 3 and 4”

  1. You are very inspiring! Do you follow macronutrient numbers?… Just curious what site to use for that! And hey I’m a Hoosier too, and my daughter lives in Indy , in nursing school and going to work at Riley hospital….. She just began the live fit trainer as well!

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    • Thank you so much for stopping by to read my blog, Tami! To answer your question, I do NOT follow any of the macros on her plan. I am just trying to eat as clean as I can. I do follow what I eat through the site called myfitnesspal (which also has an app for smartphones). It’a amazing. You’re A Hoosier?! It’s a small world!!! I hope you enjoy the LiveFit trainer!! Let me know if you have any questions at all. I’d be happy to help.

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  2. Erin, thanks for all the inspiration!! I am on day 2 of the Live Fit trainer. This is my third time starting it, but this time I determined to finish! Did you follow the diet Jamie has on the site? That is the most difficult for me 🙁

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    • I didn’t follow the diet when I did livefit, but just tried to eat clean as well as I could. I still saw great results since it was my first time really trying to eat clean and often.

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  3. Hi Erin, Fantastic job! You look amazing. I am very inspired by your journey. Did you count calories while doing the trainer? I am eating between 1300-1400 calories per day but I have read other blogs where people are writing they need to eat around 1700 or more to lose weight. What?? I am not used to that crazy talk! I haven’t lost any weight and am frustrated with that and that my body isn’t changing as fast as I would like. Thanks!

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    • Thanks Michelle! I actually didn’t count calories at all during the LiveFit program because I found it messed with my head too much 🙂 It depends on your current weight/height/goals on how many calories you should have but 1700 sounds like it would be more efficient in muscle building than 1300-1400.

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  4. Thanks Erin! I have read your blogs and read that you too occasionally like to drink alcoho; :). I like to drink a glass or two of wine with my dinner about three times a week. Could that be the reason I’m not seeing the results I would like? Did you find it interfered with your weight loss goals? I am currently 5’5″ and weigh around 130 and my goal is to get to 120. My job is a desk job so not a lot of chance for activity during the day. Thanks for creating your blog. Very inspirational!

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