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Welcome New Boot Camp Athletes!
We want to welcome the following new athletes!
Necole Rivers
Heather Delwisch
New Athlete In Killeen’s Best Fitness Boot Camp
I would like to welcome Coleta Smith to our Athletic family!
It’s Monday At Killeen’s Best Fitness Boot Camp!
Morning to all of you out there in awesome-ville! Just wanted to start your week by saying how proud I am of how hard you work at reaching your fitness and health goals. I appreciate having you as a client. Now go kick Monday in the face!
Welcome New Athletes!
Welcome John and Jennifer Nightingale to our Fitness Family!
We Had To Expand Again!
Hey everyone! We just finished adding 200 square feet of mat space today and will finish up the project on Monday. Make sure you come by and check it out…
Kettlebell Basics, Part 1
Kettlebell Swing = Weightloss
Doing things correctly in the beginning pays off big in the long run. My Kettlebell Coach Jeff Martone has said in his experience “once poor technique becomes a habit, it takes 10 perfect reps to rewire the body for each bad rep.” Learning all the details is time consuming and requires concentration, but “a stitch in time saves nine.” Take the basic Kettlebell lift, the swing. I tell my athletes that although the swing is the most basic drill, it’s one of the most technical.
Straighten your wrist, lockout your elbow, suck in your shoulder, tighten your gluteus, finish your hips, pressurize. These are just a few things I say over and over when I’m training. My athletes may think I am a broken record but practice makes permanent, and when they are with me their practice will be perfect. This is how I train my clients because this is how I train myself. I have always been a detail oriented person, and that is no different when it comes to lifting. The difference is in the details.
Using Points Of Performance is the only way to train if you want to make serious gains fast. Paying attention to details will save you much time and much pain. Get down the basics; wire your system to do things right from the beginning and you will do nothing but progress in your training.
The nine most common mistakes we see are:
- Bent wrists
- Bent elbows during overhead drills
- Disconnected shoulders
- Wide arc during cleans
- Incomplete hip snap
- Rounded backs
- Weight on the toes during swings
- Incorrectly distributed weight during Windmills
- Trouble with Snatch grip and wrist banging
We will break each of these common mistakes down into clean, points of performance in other articles. Stay tuned!
Do You Breathe?
Do you???
Almost on a daily basis, I need to remind my Athletes and Fighters to breathe. Sound funny? It might, if you aren’t exerting yourself to the nth degree. If you are giving 100% to your squats or burpees? How about if your training partner is putting the body triangle on you? What about in the middle of a 5 minute round of knees on the bag?
For many people, breathing seems to be the hardest part of exercise to grasp. While proper breathing is very important, it doesn’t have to be complicated or confusing. The most important thing to remember when it comes to breathing is DON’T hold your breath. Holding your breath can lead to elevated blood pressure during your workout routine, which can result in dizziness or even fainting.
Here’s an easy way to make sure you’re breathing correctly while you workout…
Exhale on exertion. That means breathe out while you’re lifting the weight and breathe in while you lower the weight under control. For example, if you’re performing the kettlebell swing, you should exhale as you lift the weight upwards above you and open your hips, then inhale as you lower it back down.
Another example is that of striking. You should exhale as your strike and inhale upon covering. If you are being hit, exhale forcefully upon impact.
By following these simple breathing techniques, you’ll not only perform each exercise more effectively, you’ll also be more comfortable while you’re working out. And that makes for a more enjoyable fitness experience, which will ultimately lead to better, faster results.
Until next time, breathe!
Red Snapper Vera Cruz
What You Need:
4 red snapper fillets (4 ounces each)
1/4 c fresh lime juice
1 T fresh lemon juice
1 t chili powder
1 plum tomato coarsely chopped
4 green onions, sliced in 1/2 inch lengths
1/2 c chopped Anaheim pepper
1/2 c chopped red bell pepper
cilantro for garnish
Place red snapper in a shallow baking dish. Combine lime juice, lemon juice and chili powder in measuring c. Pour over snapper. Marinate 10 minutes, turning once or twice. Sprinkle onions, tomato and peppers over snapper.
Cover. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or just until snapper flakes in center. Let stand, covered, 4 minutes before serving. Garnish with fresh cilantro.
