WORST MLM?... Lose Money with Beachbody, NOT Weight!
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Today I'll be diving into Beachbody, a multi level marketing company that has rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. First I'll be discussing some stories from previous Beachbody coaches, diving into some "training material" Beachbody coaches share with one another, and discussing my opinion on Beachbody and their business practices. If you enjoy antimlm content, subscribe and comment down below what companies you'd like to see me cover next! Thank you to everyone who has supported my channel through everything from viewing to commenting and sharing. You have made me so excited to make and edit videos, and I'm so grateful for it all.
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My favourite Beachbody encounter was sent to me after I posted a recovery before and after of my weight gain. I was being tube fed in the first picture for a raging eating disorder. Some asshat messaged me asking if I would like to lose the extra weight I had gained before the end of summer. Nice job there Beachbody.
wtf
I’m so sorry you had to go through that! That is awful. They are completely brain washed and will cold message anyone without thinking.
UGHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. that’s TERRIBLE and I’m cringing. Congratulations on your progress, I’m sorry you experienced that!!
Holy shit!
That’s actually disgusting. What the fuck were they thinking?
My friend is an esthetician and she has a client who sells Arbonne. This client posts on social media before & after pics of her using Arbonne products, when my esthetician friend KNOWS this client gets regular facials and uses her skincare line. It’s disgusting, she’s literally lying. She’s taking credit for fixing her skin with Arbonne, when really she has a great esthetician.
No way!! So shady and fake!!
demi m jones to most normal people it is considered fraudulent, but unfortunately I don’t know for sure if a court of law would see it that way? I would hope so but at the rate of disappointment I continuously get from watching these videos I doubt it :(
I feel this so hard. One time I had a lady try to recruit for beachbody at the gym where I work and all the trainers were like 👀 ??
Former Beachbody Coach here 👋 I honestly felt I was taken advantage of, brainwashed, gaslit, love bombed, and put down. I was a new mom who was out of a job and wanted friends, and to get back into shape. Sometimes my upline and her upline, would call me when they saw I lost rank, or wasn't purchasing Shakes monthly. So gross. Feel so good to be out of the Cult 😌
My in-laws are Beachbody "Coaches". My father in laws mother had a mini stroke(which was awful to hear about) and instead of calling to ask if she was ok or what the doctor said etc...he(my father-in law) called her up and said "Do you want* my mother in law*to create a diet for you?" Like how heartless do you have to be to ask your own MOTHER who just had a MINI STROKE something like that? I was both livid and disgusted. I'm civil with them...but I've lost all respect for them after that.
OH MY GOODNESS... that’s so infuriating!! 😠
I was a Registered Nurse for 18+ years (until a back injury forced me out of the medical profession). Would you like me to catalog for you all the heartless stuff I have heard come out of people's mouths after someone has had a major medical event?
@@chronicpainguy1892 not really no
I almost got suckered into an MLM for my wedding - girl invited me over for makeup advice and when I got there...she had like a set up from the company she was working with and then after the wedding...multiple times tried to make me feel bad about her lack of sales - "I have to make 300 sales in the next 24 hours and I dont think I'm gonna make it"... Like oof sorry that sucks! Lol
Yes so so awkward! Like ITS YOUR WEDDING THIS IS NOT A TIME TO TALK ABOUT MLMS! 😅🤦♀️🤦♀️
That's really selfish of her. I hope this isn't a "good" friend of yours because that's not very supportive of you. I hope your wedding went well!!!!
Good for you for standing up to her!
*Beach Body can cure eating disorders!* I had an acquaintance from college who became a Beach Body recruiter. The way she tried to recruit me was so gross. She messages me with the typical script "hey girl, I have an opportunity for you!" so I told her that I recently finished grad school and wasn't her target demographic. She didn't take the hint. I kept talking about my career, gently reminding her why I wasn't interested in selling anyone anything. Since my ambition was in eating disorders treatment, she LITERALLY tried saying I could use Beach Body to help my patients develop a healthier relationship with food and exercise. And then they can start to sell under me too! Vulnerable psychiatric patients as targets of an MLM. Who knew? The cure to eating disorders has been right in front of us all this time! Nevermind how inappropriate it would be and how many ethical violations would be crossed if I had even suggested their products to a patient!
Who knew, the cure to eating disorders has been right in front of us this whole time! /sarcasm so much sarcasm
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I have a friend who is deep in Arbonne, she posts these “before and after” photos that are real, but she neglects to tell people that she lost the the vast majority of the weight, like 70lbs, well before she joined arbonne. But she still attributes her entire weight loss to the MLM, shady.
SHADY
omg that's so sketch
That is SO wrong!!!! I can’t stand it when people lie says so much about them and their integrity!!! Uugh so frustrating.
I’d call her out in the comments under her pic if I knew that
That’s just wrong.
You can get free apps for your phone that have fantastic Beginner-Advanced workout routines in them that don't require equipment. You can buy a good protein powder, some frozen fruit or veggies and some almond milk to make your own shakes that taste exactly how you want them to for barely a fraction of the cost (but also, you can make real food that will nourish you properly). Why buy into something you can do with a pair of sneakers, a yoga mat, and a little blender at home for not nearly as much money?
YES!!!!
Because most people don’t have self motivation... it’s not just about the protein shake. And that what people don’t get . It’s a bit the people around and community . Example. That person you are mentioned then gets home and is around all family members who are eating pizza . But if that same person has a community support it can go along away .
Would you pls suggest some of the free apps please? Xx
Laura R Barrow you can just type workout into the app store and a million come up!! i like sweat by kayla itsines :)
Aaaaand they’re eating real food. Protein shakes shouldn’t replace a meal it should be a post workout snack unless it’s given more calories to actually provide nutrition! Great suggestions!
I feel like i’m the only dude boss babe subbed to you.
I’m vibibg hard to mlm roasting keep up the good work nice seeing new youtubers.
OMG I FEEL SO SAD FOR JUST SAYING BOSS BABE... it’s just a thing from the antimlm community but I can do better. What would you like to be called? Boss dude? Boss bro? 🤣🤣 “hello boss babes and bro’s” that’s a vibe! Lol.
I’ve heard them called bro-bots like hunbots
@@cruelworldhappymind Boss bro honestly gives me life lmao
Facebook started showing me Beachbody ads, and each time, I reported them as a scam.
Also - I really like your videos! You're fun to listen to.
Thank you so glad you like my videos!! Also so glad you’re reporting them!
Thank you for all the love and support, my mind is blown. 💜🌟
I have a feeling it's just getting started for you! 💜
You deserve it, your content is so good already & you really have something 😊
I started watching with the girl boss video which made the intro here hilarious ... growth lol
Loving your channel thus far.
I bought p90x and insanity I hated the workouts loved the results I’m not for MLM and the person who sold it to me figured that out quickly. I had no desire to join any groups for food or working out and I tried a shake once.
Even the name "Beachbody" bugs me. Want a beach body? Have a body. Go to the beach.
I always thought beach body meant tanned, and i was so confused why people were making such a fuss about achieving a tan when almost anyone can tan.
Lmao yes
Isn’t it something about being skinny in the summer or some shit like that?
@@Anonymous-eo2er yeah it is
That’s awesome
So I know a girl from college who is a Beachbody coach. We both majored in Health and Fitness Promotion. We both took the same courses about fitness, nutrition, anatomy, and exercise physiology. It BLOWS MY MIND that she chooses to sell this crap. I don’t think she makes any money from it, and she has to know that it’s all BS. Every time she sends me a DM I cringe and delete it🤦🏾♀️
Oh noooo! 😬🤦♀️
I knew beachbody “coaches” were a scam when two girls I knew who’d started programs less than a month prior both reached out to me to recruit me. I’d been working out consistently for YEARS so thankfully my ego protected me 😂
From someone with a life-long eating disorder and body dysmorphia, thx 💚 You’re doing good work exposing these frauds.
🙏🙏
I think it gives the MLM's power using their lingo for their sale people. Saying coach gives them a feeling of legitimacy that's completely unearned.
Beachbody Hun: The only reason you failed is because you didn't try hard enough.
Me: Then how come 95 percent of coaches don't make any money or lose money?
Beachbody Hun: *surprised Pikachu face*
YES!!!
😂😂😂
"Surprised"
I didn't know about beachbody being an MLM few years ago and I end up buying a $100 shake that lasted a month. I kinda bought it bc I felt bad it was a friend who sold this products, but now I know why they are so expensive. Never buying again.
$100 is INSANE! It doesn’t even taste that good!!! I’d much rather buy $100 worth of actual veggies, quinoa, etc. where you’re getting the full spectrum of benefits and balanced meals where you 100% know the ingredients!
Ana ` I feel bad for your friend that got sucked up into this. I’m sorry you lost your money on this shit. How does it taste?
@@thin_white_duke1it taste like mix of plants, dirt (soil)and chocolate 😂😂 not worth it.but I never bought it again. Plus I didn't really lose more weight on that month .
I’ve been told that most shakes are a rip off period. I’m on maternity leave and have a cheap one from Aldi so I can have something while I do everything else. Otherwise, you can buy powdered egg whites at the grocery store for next to nothing.
I follow a legit registered dietitian, I like her tips and tricks, and then I found out that she’s also hawking beach body. Super sneaky and low key.
No way!! That’s the most disappointing part of this all is when actual professionals go for this bs 😕
Wow she's the worst
Omg I was followed by a registered nurse and I thought she was a personal trainer because her bio said “health and wellness coach”
She messaged me. Telling me how much my page radiates positivity and how she’d love me on her team 🙄.
She unfollowed me. I was sooo put off that a MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL would be involved in this. Especially right now with all of our nurses putting their lives on the line..:who wouldn’t want to support ones “side hustle”? 😡
That’s the worst. A health coach I know suddenly shifted to a ‘health’ MLM and its so frustrating.
You should report her to her regulatory body.
Subbed cause you're chill and good on you for exposing these terrible "companies" that prey on people
Thank youuu!! 🥰💜🌟
Also- I’ve been trying my hardest to reply to every single comment, even though lately it has been getting harder and harder. If I don’t comment back on your comment right away, just know I will try to as soon as possible because talking with you guys really does bring me a lot of joy. 🌟💜
You're awesome and doing your best. No stress!
I think what you're doing is extremely important. It must be a lot of work but I enjoy your videos. It's sad how companies are so willing to take advantage of vulnerable people. Also... you're beautiful.
I hate how these “health and wellness” companies target new moms. I was targeted after I had my daughter. I was a new single mom in a vulnerable state and had a bad relationship with the changes in my body. I signed up. I was getting the shakeology but cancelled that and just now have the annual on demand subscription. It renews in May but I will cancelling. I do really love the workout programs but I cannot support an MLM for any reason. The coach I signed up for has as a rule on her Facebook group that you have to have a monthly subscription to one of the BB products in order to be in the group. 🙄 needless to say even though I have the annual on demand subscription I was kicked out of the group 🤣
I’m so sorry you were targeted like that and I totally agree. In general I want to do a video on how mlms target new mothers because that’s such an important topic that I think should be addressed!
Ew that is so wrong, the coaches shouldn’t do that, they can’t make y’all buy products per month just to stay in there group. That’s very wrong. Sorry you had a bad coach :/
I got sucked into BB after I realized I should be ashamed of the baby weight thanks to predatory hubs. I never was a coach but bought into some programs. 😞
@@lilianatavera4999 lots of coaches do that especially the top ones. When i was in i had like 6 different coaches...only 1 didnt make us.
They always preach their superfood shakeology shakes. Google superfood. That word is a myth. Interesting
Yup anyone and everyone can use it because theres no actual definition. They also like using daily dose of dense nutrition
Hilariously enough, your anti-MLM videos and talking about health and wellness is what inspired me to start working on my physical health again. The 'Rona and lack of income keeps me from the gym, but I've started doing yoga again, and I have Wii Fit Plus I can supplement it with!
My dad has the insanity program, has since I was in the 6th grade or so, so I did a round in my freshman year of hs. It's fine - a little too hardcore time wise for me, now I prefer weight training, but yeah. All I remember is when I asked my dad if I could use it, he specifically told me that the shake was a scam and such lol! He didnt want me to trust the company but liked the program, I guess.
Strawberry Cupcake we did insanity in my middle and high school gym classes! I had NO IDEA it was part of this
I think at one point it might have not been an MLM? Or maybe it was, but also had a legit product. I bought insanity in my sophomore year of High School and even got the free TSHIRT after completing it lol. I swear back then there wasn't any ”coaches” ”shakes” or recruiting just a DVD program you bought from an infomercial.
@@karinalumen9722 At one point Beachbody WASN'T an MLM- it was just a slick marketing firm. Then it pivoted to MLM model just before the economic downturn.
@@juliagross3136 I did Insanity about 8 years ago and at that time I could just buy it as a DVD even over here in the UK. The umbrella company was Beachbody but you didn't need to sign up to an recurring costs. BB has only been in the UK for a couple of years at time of writing. I have a friend who is one of the first and she has tried to recruit me but I have said no.
@@karinalumen9722 Yep. I bought it as a one-off purchase as a DVD (still got it) about 8 years ago.
ahh you are so pretty. your hair color/length suits your face so well, im dying.
Wow thank you!! 🥰🥰🙊🙊
I never knew they were and MLM till now. I didn't even know they have representatives.
Yep!! 😕
The Regina Effect is so true. Copyright that!
🤣 will try! Haha
It always seems that the ones that are at the top have gotten into their mlm of choice early on therefore being able to have so many under them. Then once their mlm inevitably becomes over saturated they'll still have newcomers believe that they too can be like her! They just need to work hard and be dedicated and if and when they eventually fail their upline will tell them it's their fault for not working hard enough.
Yes!! I hate the blame cycle of these mlms when from the very beginning these women were destined to fail 😕
THE KEY IS DEDICATION! This is so true! Any of these programs can work if you’re motivated but they make you think that you can’t do it without them and that you have to keep buying their stuff to get any support or progress
Also I love the Regina comparison! Deff going to use that one
👏👏👏 YES! The “all thanks to the program” or “this is the best program out there” type of people are really full of bs and just trying to sell something, imo. I’ve seen people lose weight off of just going for a 30 min walk every day and eating more veggies, or going out dancing more with their partner and working closely with a dietician. It’s all about dedication and finding a system that works well for you that you can sustain for a long period of time!
I just cringed really hard when you mentioned the bit about people reaching out to their loved ones to join their team. Been binge watching your videos ever since I listened to the Young Living one because my best friend is part of that group now and had asked me a couple of times to join her so we could make a difference together. I politely declined each time...
Oh no, I’m so sorry 😔 so terrible how people try to take advantage of friendships !
I nearly fell pray to Young Living too, only the person who tried to get me joined up was a random hunbot on Instagram and no matter how many times I tried to express I wasn’t sure, the hunbot just kept trying until one day after just getting really over it revealed to her I had researched the company & was horrified by my findings. It’s not worth it.
The workout programs themselves are great-and not expensive at all for their on demand. I just completely ignore and blow off the mlm side of it. when my "coach" tries to contact me, I just blow them off.
The truth about MLM whatever it may be Beachbody ,Amway Herbalife etc is that they sell a “dream” that can be accomplished in your spare time and that anybody can do it and once you do it you can be wealthy and financially free .
The truth is that in order to have any success you will have to constantly sell and recruit in order to both build your business and then to sustain it it. If you sign up for any MLM ( one that actually is legit ) you will essentially be signing up to be a salesperson, recruiter and if at all successful you will now be a sales and recruit manager. The turnover in all MLMs is insane and It will be a full time job that will take up All your free time just to sustain what you built . A very rare few will be able to have success long term most will fail and lose a lot of money and waist a lot of time . So unless you want to be a Full time sales and recruiting manager it’s wise to pass on MLMs
Yes!! Such a good perspective!!
Less money = less food/ calories = less weight... so i guess it does technically work XD
AnnaDawson that’s what I’ve been thinking.
I will say that I lose the most weight when I'm stressed and nothing stresses me out more than losing money. XD lol
I've always wondered why are there so many Avon representatives.
Dear lord, I got that pitch word for effing word from a former boss that I truly respected at that time. I just realized that...shit. I knew it was stupid, but I didn't realize it was THIS stupid. Really glad I didn't end up going down that rabbit hole.
No way!
I love what you said about loving your body and being comfortable in your own skin. I think that's very important to hear from someone with a personal trainer background. I feel like there is so much emphasis on physical appearance over health, and I have definitely struggled with weight and body image. I think there are dangers to either extreme, and that body positivity can be used as a shield by people who are suffering health problems, but also that we cannot assume that people look a certain way because of a certain reason. A lot of this industry is driven by judgement and comparison and capitalises upon people's inherent insecurities.
You definitely need more followers
That's a good point about the Beachbody coach might already be athletic or naturally thin. I know a (former?) Beachbody coach that always used her pregnancy photos as her "before" because she was already a runner and had an athletic build before (and after) her previous pregnancies. Plus it's just really unfair to use pregnancy as a before because you are going to gain weight and your body is going to change and each woman's response to pregnancy is different but their vulnerability is the same.
No way!! Yes that’s too much 🤦♀️ obvi you’re gonna gain weight during pregnancy everyone does!
Your smile is infectious! Keep up the work! I used to work for a "direct Marketing' i.e - pyramid scheme! for 4 years!!!!!!!! This is so eye opening, and I am so glad I am no longer involved! To be fai I made some good money, however, I lost my life, social life, family etc for that 4 years. All I did was work!!!! xxx
Thank you so much for sharing! I’m so glad you enjoyed this video 🌟🌟
I’m surprised you haven’t done Rodan + Fields yet. Someone tried to loop me into it before it even launched. For some time I kinda kicked myself for not getting in early. Then I started watching your and others’ anti-mlm videos and I’m so thankful I didn’t take the leap. Dignity maintained!
I own a business (A LEGIT ONE) and I have done researching on conversion rates for sales. After researching I learnt that only 1% to 3% of people you engage will actually sign up and buy something. That means, basically for every 100 people she reached out to, she should of gotten 1 - 3 sales on average. I feel sad that she didn't even get that many sales! The market must either be shady or over saturated, or both. Very sad....
Yes! So true, from my business studies I learned that as well but the mlm market I think it so over saturated and customer prospects are so used to their “over aggressive” approach that making a sale becomes harder and harder I think!
Oh my gosh it’s like Clarissa from Clarissa explains it all, grew up and made an anti mlm video 😍😍😍😍 YAY another person to follow!!!
I love your content and I’m so happy to see your channel growing steadily! Your videos are so well-researched too, and I can really learn from them. Your style of well-researched, informational (but fun!) content reminds me a little of Tiffany Ferg and I can definitely see your channel blowing up someday just like hers did! 😊♥️
Wow thank you guys!! I LOVE Tiffany Ferg that’s such an amazing compliment 🥰🥰
My sister joined this KNOWING it was an MLM 😆 She literally said, “I know it’s an MLM, but I just like the product and chance for people to hold me accountable to stay healthy.”
I was a “coach” with beachbody many years ago. One of the worst parts was customers could go on the website and order without using coaches links. I had customers who didn’t go through my link and purchased directly from the website, so I didn’t see a penny from those sales and I know one person spent hundreds of dollars and did the monthly subscription of shakeology for quite awhile. I reached out to customer service to see if they could switch her to be under my account and nope, so sorry.
Don’t know if they still have their site set up so you can buy without having someone you go through, but definitely hurts the people selling!
This is so true! When I see people trying to add me on Instagram and they're beachbody coaches, all I see on their page is cheesy smiles, living the happy life, doing a cheesy dance to pour their preworkout into their water.to me it seems so fake!
I enjoy your MLM content more then others simply because (while yes they're all the same) you bring something different to each video. And show us each personal MLM problems.
Thank you 🙏💖
The craziest thing for beachbody coaches is that you can buy anything from beachbody outside of a coach. Most MLMs the products are sold exclusively through the consultant or “Coach” so they at least have a corner on the market, but with beachbody if you really wanted something you can go to amazon and buy the product or there are infomercials selling the programs. So why sign up for some autoship when you can just buy it with FREE shipping on amazon when wanted. Also it is SO frustrating that beachbody has “health and fitness coaches” when they have ZERO nutrition or physical fitness education... they have no qualifications to claim to be a health or fitness coach.
Yes !! I totally agree
This is totally unrelated to the topic of this video, but I'd love to see a video on MLM vendor shows. I don't know if this is just a thing in my area but there's women in my local buy and sell groups constantly looking for people who sell MLM products to set up at shows. They have reps from almost every common MLM: LulaRoe, 31 Gifts, Avon, Young Living, Younique, Arbonne, Beach Body, Scentsy, Epicure, Pampered Chef, etc. Then they try to get people who sell handmade items to also set up at the shows to make them look more credible and less MLM heavy. I've even heard stories of some women scamming vendors by taking their money and then telling them there isn't space for them when they arrive to set up. When I was looking for places to set up and sell my vintage clothing, one of these women tried to get me to set up at her show and I almost fell for it. I hate to think of all of these people going to these shows and buying a bunch of crappy MLM products, and that the women who set up there are paying even more money just to try to get more sales and exposure.
Thank you so much for your suggestion! That sounds like a super interesting and crazy topic!
I was a MLM rep for a very popular makeup company. It was an unbelievable horror story. Maybe not so unbelievable but it was just absolutely terrible what they did to me and others....
The ad before your video started was a MLM person bragging about how she recruited a lot of people during the pandemic... lol
Yes, I had the same thing lol
My own cousin messaged me daily for weeks on end until I finally told her I can't afford it. She is an innocent girl from a small town and 100% got preyed on by an upline. Now she is in the cult.
Optavia is another sneaky mlm, I would love to see a video on that one!
THANK YOU! My co workers wife, during this stay at home time, is "focusing on her business." Her business is ARBONNE. He knows better than to let her even TRY with me. Question, is there a "type" of person that MLMs are taught to look for, because people seem to pick up quickly, I ask the wrong questions. (So I was told). I just wonder what "training" teaches a MLM seller about selling, and more importantly recruiting? It seems to be CONTACT EVERYONE, and I am such a waste. You would think there would be training about what people might be open, rather than EVERYONE.
Oh man. I got into beach body last year. I thought it was going to be awesome, because I’ve been using their workouts for ages. Like, since Hip Hop abs came out. Lol. I was a SAHM of 6 and wanting to get back into barrel racing, so I thought it would be a great way to get in shape and make extra money for entry fees. NO! NNNOOOOOOO!!!!! It was a waste of money. It didn’t take long for me to lose focus in the selling aspect. I felt like annoying trash when I was posting every day about it, then when my coach started suggesting I sign up my mom, husband, and siblings under coaching acts, I really lost motivation. That’s a lot of money to spend just to maintain coaching status. Again, I’m a mom of six and a disabled vet, so, money isn’t growing on trees for me, the way it apparently does for my coach. Then my coach started in on me with literally the same exact language that her coach used. “I see something in you”, “You’re a boss mom”...... It made me lose my last tiny bit of motivation. You really can’t find your own words? I’m so important to you, that you follow a script while talking to me, right? Lol. To top it off, it took me 3 months for cancellations to go through, and, they refused to refund my money, even though it was BB issues that kept me from canceling. The workouts were great. I still enjoy them and they did get me back in shape. But, I now workout for free and do just as well. All the time I put into posting my stupid BB posts, I instead put into studying up on my own and am better off. I regret ever getting involved w/BB coaching🤦🏼♀️
Good for you for breaking off and doing your own thing! And sahm of 6 is so impressive!!!
I am OBSESSED with your channel 🥰🖤 Thank you for all the videos!
I've started getting ads for MLMs now after binge watching your content. Oh lordy please save my soul.
I would one hundred percent agree with what you said about the "maybe they're bland on purpose" thing. I used to sort of hear about beachbody before I knew anyone involved and thought it was just a normal company. Even when a coworker started talking to me about it, I didn't think anything of it at first until I went home and looked it up.
Thank you! Was wondering if I was the only one who felt that way!
I was Facebook friends with a girl who used to be a beachbody rep, realized they were evil and that she was losing money, and then jumped ship to join a DIFFERENT MLM and sell ketone drinks 🤦♀️ I unfriended her after that, no idea how she's doing now
I get followed all the time on IG by the hun bots and when I look on their profile, low and behold its a mlm
They message me with their "script" I don't answer them so they then unfollow
Bye bye
vegan fit mumma since your fit they wanna use your progress to say they trained you 😂
Sasaame. I get contacted all the time about making money doing what I do. I love to tell them I already do without being under someone else making money off of me. 😒
I’m running out of vids on your channel so I had to watch other content, but let me say - ITS SO GOOD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE AGAIN! So relaxing and educational. 🥰 Thank you Madison!
Thank you for emphasizing health and your relationship with your body without also putting down weight loss
I hope you never stop making videos because I’ve run out of other people’s MLM videos to watch 😂😂
Aw thank you! I work full tome so it can be hard but I got lots of em in the works 💜
Madison Harnish oh I get that full time life. You’re my favorite RUclipsr right now so thanks for powering through hehe
My spouse would look at me like I was nuts if I tried to get him to do this. 😂😂😂
TRUE THAT🤣🤣
Oh they don't TELL their spouses they are signing them up lol
my friend is a distributor for Aloette and she makes 0 money from it of course, but loves the products and doesnt lose money at least since they dont make you buy stock or anything as far as i know. Anyway she was trying to get me to join for a little while since i'm really into skincare and makeup and at the time i had no knowledge about MLMs other than a bad experience with a Norwex lady pressuring me into having a party lol (i never had it but only because my mom called her and chewed her out for being so pushy LOL) and she pulled out basically those same points to convince me. She was really open about them being literally written out for her though (she's a nice person, she wasnt trying to pressure me, she thought it would ease my concerns i guess ) and i just remember thinking how gross it was that they literally wrote a script to convince people to do something they probably didnt want to do. She's still deeeeeep in it and it really sucks because i know she genuinely just loves the idea of it. Since she's not actually losing money i dont want to crush her dreams and tell her what i really think about MLMs, but you bet your ass i tell her that her upline can go to hell when they tell her she's not working hard enough etc. Hoping she sees the light eventually
I’m so sorry! Thank you for sharing your story!
I had an old roommate reach out to me after not hearing from her for 10 years. I thought she genuinely wanted to catch up, but no, she wanted to sell me beach body. I fell for it and became a coach for a couple months. It wasn't until my CC was maxed out and I couldn't afford their products that I realized what a bad idea it was. I stopped being a coach, I cancelled all my orders and I haven't heard from her since. Learned my lesson, when old school buddies message me out of the blue I always check their profile and if I see beach body coach I delete the friend request.
Omg so fake!!
Hello!, isn't Scentsy a mlm?
@@swilson5320 yep! You best believe I'm not reaching out to old roommates pretending to be their friend though. 🙃
Thanks for making this kind of content! Your awesome, keep doing what you do girl, it's so important! 🖤
So glad I bought DVDs off eBay & never got suckered into anything else.
These sellers/victims are the actual "clients" of these MLM
Yes- they’re one in the same 😕
I didn't even know Beachbody was an MLM lol. I used to do "Insanity," which was gifted to me. I actually liked the routines.
I was a “coach” for a bit. My upper line was some super diamond earner. She had a HUGE line down to me. I gave up bc I had so much trouble getting people to join my challenges. I loved the part of being in charge of the challenges though. I still like shakology and some of the workouts, but it’s too expensive. When I started being a coach, I was in the middle of my weight loss journey, but I couldn’t do it after a few months.
Thank you for sharing your experience! 🌟
Please do a video on ITWORKS! My friend is ruining our friendship because she became brainwashed basically overnight & kept using sales pitches on me after I told her I didn’t want anything to do with her if she was only contacting me anymore just to try to take advantage of me being a SAHM. I’ve tried to tell her how wrong these MLM companies are etc & nothing has work. I feel like she’s scamming her friends family & everyone on her social media, I feel like it’s targeting single SAHM & I just find it extremely disgusting & I wish my “friend” wasn’t turned into a money hungry robot.
I’m so so sorry you’re experiencing that!! Yes will look into it ☺️
A few years ago a beach body coach's story was advertised and it interested me because the way she phrased everything was right up my ally. I used to be passionate about fitness and nutrition and figured it could be a way to get myself back on the bandwagon. She had a whole motivating monologue that got me suckered in and I was on her team. I was added to a team group chat and a few days later a girl messaged the chat with a screen shot of a convo she was having with another girl and asked for pointers and all of them messaged with things to say that would talk the girl into a sale. It felt dirty, they're just swindling people into joining. It's not what I wanted to be a part of. So I left the same week I joined lol.
Lmaoooo of course a beach body ad is what pops up as soon as I click the video 😭😂
Side note I’ve been bingeing your videos the last couple days and I’m addicted.
Real glad you put your sources for all to see. We trust, but will verify.
Beach body on demand was the add that played right after your video ended 😂
The whole time you spoke about the 'dirt list' i was just thinking of my poor grandparents that have always supported me, bought my art, hung it up in their house - i could never take advantage of the people that i loved, especially not by putting them on a dirt list and selling them just that :/
Hahaha both the adverts I had were for MLMs!!! It’s testament to how much I like you that I watched the damned things
I tried to sell juice plus. It was so hard and it ended up stressing me out to much because I couldn’t get people to order from me. My fiancé finally told me it’s not worth it. So I quit. I also have tried shakeology and yes it does taste like crap!
Around 10:50 ish -- you mention remembering words but not remembering where you learned them, but here I am knowing that I learned "ascertain," "ameliorate," and "eclectic" from my 6th grade English class, and "idiosyncratic" in like 2014 from someone's online handle. I don't know why I can't remember what i had for breakfast this morning, but I remember those things.
I’m major anti MLM. Back when I was in college my friend sent me all of the insanity workouts on a computer file . The workouts are great and work however I had no idea it was an MLM product at the time . Moral of the story is, I got one over on the company because I didn’t have to pay Muahahahahaha . Oh and also I don’t need a “coach” to complete the videos. Like any other workout videos , you just do as the class instructor says. #ANTIMLM
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But do you still have them and will you send them to me lmao 😂 I’m bored in the house
Wow did not know that insanity were part of it
my mom has worked for beachbody for over a decade, i can't remember a time in my life where she wasn't involved w beachbody in some way. i always felt there was something off about it when i realized just HOW much time and effort she was putting into it while seeing little to no monetary gain. then she made coach accounts for my whole family to try and rank up, then i finally went with her to one of their conventions and holy s h i t. their main event is in a packed stadium where the CEO and coaches who star in the videos are treated like rockstars, you can even buy cardboard cutouts of the trainers. once i experienced that i knew some shit was up. NEVER SIGN UP FOR BEACHBODY. it is an absolute waste of time and money, you will definitely lose way more than you gain.
Can I just say that hearing you say "You are worthy" is something I didn't know I needed to hear today.
Please do a video on vector marketing (cutco) I believe in the product but the marketing company is insane
Yes that would be so interesting!
A gym membership can cost less and give you more healthy options.
My mom was in 2 mlms, doterra and prime my body. I remember her saying that people made like 2500 a month in prime my body
Just to say: 95% of all diets fail in the long run. They seem to work short term, so you get the before and after photos, but within 5 years people gain the weight back.
A failure rate of 95% doesn't seem to indicate that people just weren't dedicated enough, rather it's a major fault in the system itself. Works just like the mlm statistics.;)
Instead of diets experts are nowadays recommending to learn to recognize hunger, change your lifestyle gradually, eat more veggies, eat regularly and also eat enough (of healthy foods) to avoid cravings, excercise, reduce bad stress, and sleep enough. That should lead to a healthy life that you can actually maintain, and having less weight as a result. The quality of food is important, though a healthy lifestyle means you can also eat junk food every now and then.
For me stress and mental health problems have always been the main cause for gaining weight, and stress seems to be a very common cause (people know all the facts, they're just too stressed out to be able to act accordingly), so I can't see how diets would help with that, except perhaps very temporarily.
You sound extremely educated and I loved reading this, but I have to ask: any scientific studies that you read and can share that prove the 95% statistic?
I lost 50 pounds by calorie counting. That’s the honest science of weight loss. Is it always used the best way? NOOOOOOOO. But it does work. However,I do agree, people should make small changes because that’s much easier.
@@7ShadowMaiden7 yeah I'm a personal trainer and that statistic is ridiculous. You can train self efficacy and willpower while you train your muscles :P accorsing to the ACE 50% of people will quit workout routines in the first 6 months, but most people will make some progress at least in beginning if they listen.
Thankfully, the body is amazing and you dont really need to do more than measure out your portions and excersise 30 minutes a day. One bad day of eating doesnt mean you have to throw the whole diet away. That mentality inhibits progress and makes people sad
KAMILA REEDER that’s so cool! I’m in psychology and I always wondered what the mind had to do with weight loss and how it plays a part of a healthy lifestyle! That bit about self-efficacy hits home for me! Thank you sooooo much for sharing! 😁
@@7ShadowMaiden7Awww good ^^ and congrats on your progress :0 it isnt an easy thing to loose so much weight.
You are gorgeous! Wow I love watching your videos and your cats and blue kitchen are so cute!! Beach Body is my least favorite MLM scam. My friend has been a "coach" for 4 years now and boy is it annoying looking at her social media accounts. I avoid it because she posts the same thing every single day. A picture of her drinking her shakes, a picture of her eating healthy, a picture of her abs, then ends it with a video showing her workout she did for the day as well as a pep talk about how "beach body is so easy and so convenient anybody can do it!" Makes me wanna throw up because she's become so fake ever since she started this stupid pyramid scheme. She tried recruiting me at the very beginning but I denied her and just was completely honest when I explained that I am not interested in having to spend that much money and how uncomfortable I would be trying to sell/recruit people. She backed off but dang it just sucks seeing her be involved in it.
I wish I could comment a picture their literally was a ad for beach body before the video
It happens in all anti mlm videos lol
Does anyone else think that down the road beachbody will no longer be around ?lol probably just me 🤷🏼♀️
It will... but more like it will pop up in its place. It seems that’s how these things work 😕
Savannah Marie actually did a video revealing that Beach Body has a secret non-MLM "sister" called Open Fit that started operating last year. My theory is that the FTC is looking into BB right now, and when they get shut down, OF will become an MLM because that's just what the founders of MLM's do. If they get shut down they come back with another.
"We have a product" just means "We found a loophole." I don't even understand how that's a good argument. "We found a way to circumvent the law and still do the same thing" isn't really reassuring to me.
omg I literally got a beachbody on demand ad on this video.. no words
5:37 That's exactly what Scientologists would do ( The Blame Game)
evelyn primerica also does that big time
Yep... I didn’t even realize when making this but a lot of it is very reminiscent of cult behavior
I find Scientology so fascinating and creepy!! MLM schemes remind me a lot of Scientology.
I drunkenly commented on an old hight school Acquaintance photo anddddddd yeah, I got a DM a few days later. It was my fault but why can’t I comment “goals” without being sold something
😅😂😂 that’s hilarious and also so sad! The world we live in nowadays 🤷🏼♀️
My mom and I got sucked into buying their shakes, we split the cost between the 2 of us because holy moly were they expensive (and nasty to boot!)! We kept getting them for a time but then we decided the the price just wasn't worth it, especially when I branched out and found better and cheaper shakes. I do like the actual workout videos and the personalities that lead those workouts. The workouts definitely helped (and continue to help now that gyms are closed) me get and stay active. If they just focused on making at home workouts, I'd actually want to support them directly.
So back in 2015 I bought insanity and loved it. I was never a coach but boy did they bombard me with sales pitches. I just wanted to enjoy my damn workout. However, doing my own research, I wanted to try Shakeology. Just as an aid, not to do the work for me. So I bought it, I loved it and I still do. Obviously, I stopped buying Shakeology because after 3 months and 15lbs lighter, I was confident in myself enough to save the $140 and stick to the good eating habits I had learned. A few years later I gained the weight back due to an injury that prevented me from continuing my constant active life. Now in 2020, I plan on using Shakeology again as an aid as I did back then. It worked for me and I loved it. What I HATED was the coaches! Mine was kind of an ass, so I consider myself lucky because that experience made me avoid them like the plague. I eventually learned about their work practices and saw them for what they really are. The workouts work (like any workout that makes u move your body works), and Shakeology works for me and some people. Just like all health supplements, aids, and shakes, not everything is for everyone. Beachbody coaches kinda creep me out because they all just spew the same lines like a cult. I just hate that decent products are being pushed by shady, sketchy, and brainwashed people. As someone who has used their products I can say the WORKOUTS and SHAKEOLOGY is decent and worth it if you have the money.........but STAY SWAY FROM ALL BEACHBODY COACHES AT ALL COSTS!!!
If you’ve found a program that works for you, that makes me happy ☺️ I agree with you on bb coaches, thank you for sharing your experience!! 💜🌟
I got approached by a hun and I remember the shakecology for 1 month + the programme was over 200 pounds . That’s around 250 , 260 dollars . A gym membership for a good gym and protein shakes ( I use bulk powders ) which last me for 2 months are half of that price.
YES IKR!!! You can get so much more bang for your buck in a non mlm company, or by choosing other healthy lifestyle options!
I have a Facebook friend is constantly bashing big corporations like Amazon etc. for not taking care of the employees. Then posts about her MLM.
I didn't know Beachbody was an MLM, thank you for warning us!