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The New Face of Team Viggity~!
After just THREE MONTHS of following her Team Viggity approved nutrition and exercise plan, Whitney from ITAPBOYS.COM, reveals what was hiding inside of her… A Team Viggity APPROVED body~!
Weighing in at a shredded 117, Whitney’s final number shows she dropped 15 lbs, and cut her body fat down to the 12-14% range. Not only that, her strength increased even as she dieted down, which is a tremendous asset in the jiu jitsu game. Photography by aprilgreer.com
If you are interested in hearing more about her journey, read her page on the left, and check out her site here (and you can also pick up some pretty sweet female athletic gear there too).
If you would also like to achieve a Team Viggity approved body, email teamviggity@gmail.com for more information.
Get SUPER RESULTS with TEAM VIGGITY~! 
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HOLIDAY SALE with ITAPBOYS.COM
We have a huge special offer for everyone which is running through December 31, 2011! With this package, you’ll receive both an I Tap Boys! sports bra of your choice PLUS a three-week tournament prep consultation and fitness/nutrition plan from Team Viggity! You’ll get in great shape, plus look awesome with your I Tap Boys! sports bra in the process. I’ve been doing the Team Viggity program for two months now and the changes in my body have been amazing! You can follow my progress by clicking here, and more information on the Team Viggity program is in the FAQ here. Viggity, who trains in jiu-jitsu and has fought in MMA bouts, has a number of clients, including WWE superstars Alicia Fox and Evan Bourne, so this is the real deal. Total cost for this package is only $159, a great value, and that includes free shipping for the sports bras!
You will get two separate emails within 24 hours of signing up. I will contact you to get your name, address, size and sports bra color, and Viggity will email you with information on how to get started with your customized diet and training plan. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email me at whitney@itapboys.com!
Sign up today and get in your best shape ever!
$159.00
Sharp Mind and Body – Approved~!
Team Viggity would like to welcome certified health coach, Emily Sharp, as our newest fitness and nutrition consultant. If you would be interested in working with a highly qualified and respected female trainer, email teamviggity@gmail.com or go to sharpmindandbody.net and find out more. You can contact her directly through THIS link. On her site you’ll find many interesting blogs about nutrition and fitness as well as health management from a very unique perspective. We’re happy to have Coach Emily Sharp join the Team Viggity staff.
Interview with a Boy Tapper~!
The following is a brief interview with Whitney, the founder of Itapboys.com where she reveals her motivation for fitness, her own health problems, the sneaky ways she used to get candy, and how Team Viggity is helping her reach her full potential.
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Tell us a little bit about your background as it pertains to fitness. What are your main sports, hobbies, or activities? Do you compete or just participate recreationally?
Since I was little I was very much into competitive gymnastics. I would be in the gym 5 days a week, 4 hours at a time and I did this until I was about 17 years old. I had many injuries and eventually I wasn’t able to keep going with it. When I stopped gymnastics I immediately got into swim team and then trampoline to stay as active as possible. I also worked out at Golds Gym to stay fit. When I moved to Florida for college I continued to workout at the campus gym almost everyday, determined not to gain my freshman 15, which I never did. When I moved back from Florida I started Jiu Jitsu recreationally and started yoga.
At what point in your life did you decide you wanted to become a more healthy person, and what was the catalyst?
I grew up in a healthy household, and my parents always encouraged us to be involved in sports and physical activities. I have two sisters and we all did gymnastics together. Then my older sister started swimming and my younger sister became a dancer. Today the younger one dances professionally and my older sister still teaches swimming. My brother played tennis too. As I grow my brand and progress in Jiu Jitsu it’s been very important for me to be healthy and fit.
My mom was very strict about our eating when we were younger. I have so many stories about my childhood and food. We would never have junk food in the house. Like ever. But when we did, we ate it like starving children. There were four of us and whenever there was a carton of ice cream in the freezer we would all eat as much as we could as fast as we could. That thing would be gone in less than 6 hours.
We had lots of rules regarding food. We would be forbidden from eating cereals with sugar in them… except when we would vacation on the Oregon coast. Then we would get a variety pack of cereals and we would each write our names on our own individual single serving boxes. The fact that I got to eat fruit loops was seriously better than the fact that I was on vacation. Our friends would usually have lots of candy at their houses and we would go over and play with them when we needed a sugar fix. We had a neighbor move in, and we weren’t the best of friends at first, but when we discovered her family got doughnuts every Saturday morning we were over there every weekend! As much as it was tough as a kid, I am glad now because I like fruits and vegetables and I’m not addicted to junk food. Want more stories about my weird childhood and food? Want to know which sibling of mine thought a cookie was a ritz cracker until the age of 7? Follow me on twitter @itapboys
What are you looking to achieve with Team Viggity?
I am looking to get an extra edge that will get me leaner than I ever have been before. I also want to show how important it is to get fit outside of Jiu Jitsu class and that being fit will really improve your Jiu Jitsu game.
There are plenty of other trainers and free advice on the web. Why did you choose this route?
I have worked with trainers in the past and no one cares more about me, and my fitness goals than Team Viggity. I received a well-rounded plan with nutrition and fitness that works with me, and my schedule. My trainer motivates, and counsels me, as well helps me avoid foods that I am allergic to or otherwise really hate to eat. I also feel like Team Viggity makes a plan that is realistic to stick to and follow.
What are some of the things you’ve noticed that have happened to you since focusing more on health?
I have often been very obsessive about food. Sometimes I would get really motivated about training, workout a lot, not eat very much, I would see lots of results at first but then I would get really frustrated and upset soon after not being able to keep it up and end up worse off than when I started. Starting with Team Viggity has made this much easier for me. I don’t have to worry about if I am doing things the right way or if there are better foods that I should be eating because my trainer does all that for me. The only thing I need to focus on is following the simple plan of eating the right meals and working out.
What is your favorite cheat meal?
Pizza, cookie dough in chocolate ice cream, BBQ chips, and lots of wine!
You have some interesting allergies such as dairy, wheat, eggs, and fish. How did you figure these out? Have you noticed a difference since eliminating these foods from your diet?
Yes, I have mild allergies that can add up and make me feel pretty bad. Since, I am allergic to a lot of foods it is difficult to avoid them all and still have a well-rounded diet. I discovered these by just simply not feeling great after eating certain meals, but I never could figure out which foods were the problem. So I had a full allergy test done. I knew some foods like eggs were bad because after eating scrambled eggs for breakfast I’d have a stomach ache all day but things like wheat were much more difficult to pick out because the reaction wasn’t as severe. I had big bags under my eyes everyday as a result of wheat. Some members of my family also suffer from celiac disease so I try to avoid wheat products as much as I can.
Give us some advice to tackle life. What is one mantra you try and follow?
This is a great question… Do what makes you happy. Maybe after a few glasses of wine I would have a better answer…
Tell us about your company, I tap boys, and what you offer that other companies don’t?
I Tap Boys! (itapboys.com) started out as just a fun idea and then it just blew up. So many people walk by my booth at an event and they read my banner and just smile. My brand makes people laugh and feel confident and that’s what this is all about. I Tap Boys! is meant to be fun, flirty, and bold, not scary or overly tough and masculine, with a flash of feminine pink. I also want to make clothes and athletic gear that is stylish and flattering on women. So many brands only offer men’s gear or a limited amount of women’s styles. There are so few women out there training Jiu Jitsu that we all need some common ground and something that ties us together. I hope that I Tap Boys! will become the brand for women in Jiu Jitsu. I also hope that my website will be the place for women to come and share stories, learn about Jiu Jitsu and fitness, and get motivated to train. Soon I will be offering women’s seminars and special events. One of the biggest areas of growth for my brand in the last 3 months has been in sponsored athletes. I hope to continue with this in the future and stay extremely involved with the athletes that I am able to support.
What makes Whitney an interesting person?
You’d have to ask my husband and friends that question!
Anything else you’d like to mention?
Check out my sponsored athlete Liz Tracy from Portland, Oregon. She has her first MMA fight on November 5th in Lincoln City, Oregon. She is also undefeated in Jiu Jitsu! She trains with Team Trident and trains Jiu Jitsu at Five Rings. Oh, and if you were wondering, the word “tap” means to submit, like with a choke hold or joint lock. So if you tap boys, and you are a girl, that’s pretty awesome.
Thank you so much, Whitney, for taking time to do this interview, and for not making me tap.
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UPDATE for 10/24/2011: Fast Five~! Whitney has already lost 5 lbs of body fat…
The newest member of Team Viggity is putting it all on the line for you. This is the first Team Viggity live case study, and our participant is none other than Whitney of Itapboys.com fame. She has graciously volunteered to help me enlighten you, the reader, by making her progress and protocol known to the public. Whitney’s 3 month Team Viggity program will be followed and updated weekly in order for the reader to more fully understand the type of real life changes that are possible. You don’t have to worry about being fooled by phony doctors, photoshopped pics, or other whacky gimmicks because this is going to be done in real time, with real numbers, using a real person. Many sites will show you fake studies, give fake testimony, alter photos, and make up statistics in order to get your money. I’m offering you an honest, up front look at what I do with people everyday that make a real difference in their lives. Follow along, and hopefully you’ll be inspired to make your own real life change. For more info contact teamviggity@gmail.com and for more on Whitney go to Itapboys.com
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Money Ball
I just came home from watching the new movie Money Ball. 
The story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players. This movie chronicled the success the of the Oakland A’s in the 2002 season, a success that was created by going against the norm and using statistics as their primary tool, not baseball instinct. In the movie, Brad Pitt’s character Billy Beane, the A’s general manager, loses three of his best players to richer baseball clubs, namely, the New York Yankees, who could pay the high salaries. As a Yankees fan, I wanted to laugh and walk out, but I already paid my 8 bucks and figured I’d see what happens. Beane was faced with a problem. How do you compete with the Yankees without their bankroll? Even if he could recreate the stars he lost, he’d merely have his team gutted the next season. If he couldn’t have a huge bankroll, he’d have change the way he looked at the game. Focused entirely on statistical analysis to give his team an edge, Billy looked at On Base Percentage, Walks, Hits, and Runs, to get wins. He ditched defense as a priority, and turned wins into an equation. The movie was quite good actually, and I’d recommend any fan of baseball to check it out.
As I left the theatre, I had a thought about the parallels of Money Ball, body building, and statistics. A particular client of mine popped into my head, Tyson Kidd. Below is a picture of what Tyson looked like using traditional philosophies of bodybuilding at age 20.
Tyson Kidd 2002
You’d take one look at him and think, “Man, that dude works out. He must train hard and eat right.” And you’d be right, to a certain extent. 10 years ago, Tyson was 20, and he was a ball of energy and testosterone. He read everything he could, talked to the biggest guys at his gym, and followed instructions. He trained like a mad man, and ate anything he could, being sure to take in a ton of calories, especially protein. He drank his whole milk, took his creatine, and worked his way to a jacked up 175 pounds of new muscle and unbridled strength. But, he didn’t have the bankroll to compete with the Yankees. Tyson gained probably 20 lbs from 18-20 and there’s no doubt he earned that weight, but because he wasn’t blessed with freaky genetics, he didn’t have a championship team.
So what takes a “Kidd” from that to this?
WWE Superstar Tyson Kidd - 2012
There are a million programs, a million intensifying techniques, a million methods, and a million more opinions on each. People get so confused about what they are doing, that they fail to focus on anything, and thus fail to make improvements. “Muscle Confusion” is something I used to read about all the time. “You gotta confuse your muscles.” What? There’s a scene in Money Ball where all the scouts are sitting around a table looking at some hot prospects. They bring up a certain guy and one scout shoots him down because he has an ugly girlfriend. “He’s got an ugly girlfriend. That must mean he lacks confidence, and thus can’t be a pro ball player.” I’m paraphrasing, but that’s pretty close to the quote. Tyson Kidd became obsessed with numbers. He started to chart all of his lifts. Before he was simply reading FLEX magazine and other garbage to get a routine, following the professionals advice, and it worked for a while, but it didn’t get him that gold ring. Once he started to write down all of his stats, he started to see that “muscle confusion,” and all the other ridiculous philosophies he’d read about in the mags, didn’t cut it after all. He needed to reinvent the game because he didn’t have the bankroll (genetics) of the mass monsters. What he did have was the numbers. After looking at all of his stats, he figured out his routine was not working. It wasn’t working because it was scattered all over the place, full of “drop sets” and “isolation” moves, that didn’t have any consistency. The myth of changing the routine every session basically resets your progression to zero. How can you honestly track your progress if you’re changing a million things? Once he got focused, put his emphasis on improving his stats, and staying consistent with the lifts that work, he started to make progress again. Statistics pan out over the course of the season. How can you expect to squat a lot of weight, if you don’t try and squat a lot of weight, write down your stats, and then try to beat them?
Undervalued Talent
Tyson Kidd is a perfect example of an undervalued player, often over looked because of “instincts.” He didn’t have the initial flash of a freak show, but once he upped his statistics, he made himself into quite the money player. In the end of the movie, Billy realizes that he changed the game, not only for the A’s, but for all of baseball. He created an invaluable tool, and without knowing it, he had hit a home run. Tyson Kidd has hit a home run too, but now, he wants to hit a grand slam.
New Article 2
Check out my new article on Itapboys.com here and read about why it’s important to warm up and cool down. Seriously, it could save your life. Also, if you’re a female or need a gift for a female, check out the new sports bras available, and if you’re a female submission machine, get a mouth piece and tell the boys that you roll~!
V-90X
There was a lot of hype surrounding P-90X when it was released, which was mostly based on the intensity and simplicity of the program. It was very hard, but most importantly, it could be done at home with minimal weights. For me, that was why I didn’t like it. I enjoy the gym and using weights, so I didn’t get into it much. However, there is still a lot of good stuff on the DVDs.
V-90X is an adapted version of P-90X for use at the gym. Basically, I’ve taken the entire program and exchanged the exercises for something similar. I’ve picked a free weight and machine option for each one. It gives you every exercise on the disc, along with the training info, so you can see the original compared to my version. You can copy down what you want in your training notebook, and bring P-90X with you to the gym without your laptop.
