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Get More from Your Body
How you can improve your body’s performance in four steps.
It seems everybody who knows how to exercise has a tip or two on how to get your body to operate at its maximum potential. Which ones should you use? The ones that work for you. Believe it or not, most tried-and-true ways to get more from your body work. At least they work for a certain group of people.
Trying these different techniques will help you determine what it takes to help your body get to the next level of fitness and provide you with a better, stronger self.
Strengthen Your Core:
Just the name of your core should be enough to convince you of your need to keep it strong and healthy. When your core is weak, the rest of your body is at a distinct disadvantage. Add some muscle to your core with sit-ups, double crunches, crunches while resting on an exercise ball, and other core-strengthening and core-stabilizing exercises. The end result will be more than a good-looking set of abdominal muscles. It will be a set of good-looking abdominal muscles that supports you properly and efficiently in all endeavors you undertake – whether walking briskly through the airport with two carry-on bags tossed across your shoulder or going for a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Get Vitamin D:
You’ve known for a long time that vitamin D is important for strong bones, and strong bones are important if you want your body to do its job as well as possible. Did you know that vitamin D is also important for another reason? Recent research shows that vitamin D may play a great role in whether an athlete is able to take his or her performance to the next level. Runners who underwent rigorous training reduced their sprint times by 7.4 percent with the aid of vitamin D, while their counterparts who did not receive vitamin D increased their times by a meager 1.7 percent. So if you want to get the most from your body, take a vitamin D supplement or get out in the sun.
Kick Back:
Taking some time off to relax seems counterproductive when you want your body to be stronger and more efficient. But if you don’t take time to relax and get proper amounts of sleep, your body won’t be there for you when you need it most. Instead, it will be ready for naptime. In addition to getting plenty of sleep, you should also relax your body during the day. By forcing yourself to let your limbs hang loose and your fingers drop carelessly, you stretch out your entire body and reduce your stress levels immediately. Take this time to breathe, and breathe deeply. Deep, focused breathing is a great way to reinvigorate your muscles with oxygen-rich blood, and it’s easy to do. So relax a little now and your body will be ready to help later.
Drink It Down:
Water is one of your body’s main building blocks, making up nearly three-fourths of your body mass. Are you getting enough of it? If not, you’re putting your body at a disadvantage that is difficult to overcome with energy bars and electrolyte-filled drinks. When in doubt, drink water. It will give your body what it needs to stay strong and healthy, keep you from growing weak and faint, and will help you feel fuller faster, all benefits that help your body operate at its peak all the time.
Slow It Down
There are countless ways to keep your body from reaching and operating at its potential all the time. What are a few of them? Let us count the ways…
One one-thousand…sugary sweets
Two one-thousand…focusing only on aerobic exercises
Three one-thousand…focusing only on strength exercises
Four one-thousand…a negative attitude
Five one-thousand…poor posture when standing and performing exercises
Holiday Fitness Challenge Is Now Live!
Rules
- Once entered into the challenge, each challenger must record his/her initial statistics with the gym. Before/After pictures, Body Weight and Standard Measurements .
- Each challenger must eat a Paleo compliant diet during the challenge. You will be required to turn in a weekly food log for evaluation and assessment of points.
- Each challenger must attend a workout at the gym a minimum of 3 times per week.
- Each challenger must post comments on progress and thoughts to this blog post page daily.
Point Schedule During Challenge
- 2 points each will be awarded for daily meals: B – L – D – S
- 1 point for bringing a friend to the gym.
- 1 point for each blog post.
- 1 point each week for turning in weekly food log
Note: 1 point will be deducted for each item missed.
Final Point Assessment
- 10 points for fastest male timed workout
- 10 points for fastest female timed workout
- 1 point for each pound lost
- 1 point for each inch lost
Final Workout and Body Composition Assessment: At the gym
Entry Fee: $35, non-refundable
Prizes:
1st Place – Total Package Value $325
- 1 month tuition free at the gym
- $75 gift card to store of your choice
- Hair cut and style at “Hair by Sue”
- Hot Stone Massage by Samantha Cooper at Tina Marie’s Salon
- Manicure by Stacey Bates at Tina Marie’s Salon
- Pedicure by Danelle Johnson at Tina Marie’s Salon
2nd Place – Total Package Value $200
- 2 weeks tuition free at the gym
- $50 gift card to store of your choice
- Hair cut OR style at “Hair by Sue”
- Manicure by Stacey Bates at Tina Marie’s Salon
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Welcome 5 New Athletes To Killeen’s Boot Camp!
Welcome!
WELCOME!
Reshanda Tatum
Cheryl Fidelia
Angela Clemons
Timika Bynog
Gaynor Lewis
Killeen’s Best Boot Camp Welcomes New Athletes!
We welcome Angie Kopec and Natasha Conboy to our evening boot camp class!
HCG…Should I? No!
I have been asked by several of our athletes and prospective clients what I thought about the HCG diet. I am extremely vocal about fad and crash diets and say so all the time. I didn’t know much about the HCG diet, so I did some research. Here are some of the things that I found. I listed my resources so that you too can read up and form your own conclusion.
What is the HCG Diet?
This diet plan was formulated by Dr. Albert T Simeons, who stated that a hormone HCG, can help men and women lose unwanted body fat, thereby assisting in weight loss.
The human chorionic gonadotropin hormone is a glycoprotein hormone naturally produced in pregnant women by the placenta, to nourish the growing fetus and provide nutrients.
The function of the HCG hormone is to signal the hypothalamus gland in the brain to mobilize fat stores and release the fat from the reserves. The hormone thus fuels the body with required energy by using up the fat from the reserves in the body.
Okay, okay enough of the science…
The HCG diet plan claims that it can help a person lose 1-3 pounds of weight per day. A person on the HCG diet plan is required to take HCG hormone (125 i.u. to 200 i.u. of Hcg everyday) on a daily basis. The number of days in this particular weight loss will depend on whether a person is taking injection or drops and the amount of weight wants to lose. Mostly, this diet plan runs over a period of 23 days.
One of the many things that scares me is that a person on this diet is strictly allowed to consume only up to 500 calories. Thus, besides taking HCG hormone, one also has to supplement the hormone intake with an extremely low calorie diet. The diet comprises of raw, steamed or grilled vegetables like spinach, celery, cabbage, etc. Organic fed veal, beef and skinned chicken are also permitted.
But is this diet plan safe?
HCG Diet Side Effects
Nevertheless, there are some human chorionic gonadotropin side effects that people on such a diet face. They are as follows:
Some HCG diet side effects in women are stomach ache, swelling of extremities, pelvic pain, etc. which occur due to Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS), that has been caused as a result of an HCG diet. People on HCG diet injections are also seen to experience additional side effects of HCG diet, such as muscle cramps, lumps, gynecomastia, premature puberty in men, etc.
Another side effect is sudden weight gain. What!!!
Well, an HCG diet calls for consumption of only 500 calories a day, which is not enough for supporting normal brain function. The body compensates the deficit by using up the stored glycogen, protein and fat. The additional hormone will suppress appetite, however, once one is off the diet and begins to eat normally, the weight lost is gained back. Moreover, since people have starved for over 3 weeks (500 calorie diet!) they usually tend to eat more once the diet program is over.
Irregardless of the alleged HCG diet side effects, it is important to remember that even though the HCG diet proposes to help with weight loss, it is yet another crash diet and is not a healthy way to lose weight.
Here is what our Food and Drug Administration has to say about HCG as a dietary supplement,
It is not FDA approved for weight loss at this time for the following reason, and I quote ” It is not possible to obtain uniformity in the reporting of results solely through the use of a common standard, since hCG is a complex molecule.”
To lose weight in a healthy manner there is no shortcut. Eating a balanced diet and exercising regularly is mandatory for losing weight the right way!
Just get yourself to the gym and do Boot Camp! Call me at 254-247-4999
American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/29/9/940.pdf
American College Of Bariatric Physicians http://www.asbp.org/resources/uploads/files/HCG%20Position%20Statement.pdf
http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/06/hcg-diet-reviewed-by-fullbars-dr-michael-snyder/
Welcome New Athlete In Killeen’s Best Boot Camp!
Welcome Melissa Beckham!
Welcome Melissa Beckham!
Welcome New Fitness Boot Camp Athletes!
I want to welcome Paige Claro and Norma Martinez to our evening Boot Camp class! Oh and they totally rocked the “Murph” workout today. Just sayin.
Good Turn Out For Nutrition Seminar
Yummo
Just wanted to thank all the athletes who came to the nutrition seminar yesterday on a sunny Saturday. We even had two folks who had heard of the gym and dropped in to hear the class. Thanks again! Now go clean out your kitchen!
Welcome New Athletes In Killeen’s Fitness Boot Camp
Welcome!
Katie Leonard
Kaylene McCutcheon
Donna Huardado
What’s Your Real Reason For Not Commiting?
Do you have a REAL reason for not training, for not working hard to lose fat? A REAL reason for it?
Look at this picture and tell me yes...
Sunday Focus Punch
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
