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New Boot Camp Athletes In Killeen’s Best Fitness Boot Camp!
We would like to welcome new athletes into our boot camp family!
Leslie Inman
Amanda Hall
Lisa Sweeny
New Athlete In Killeen’s Best Fitness Boot Camp
I would like to welcome Coleta Smith to our Athletic family!
Fit Test Results Are In!
No, I’m not going to throw your names out there…LOL But we had good results last week. I’ll post the results at class tomorrow! But here is the tale of the tape…
- A total of 5+ inches lost
- A total of 12+ pounds lost
- An average of 5 push up improvements
- An average of 7 sit up improvements
- An average of 4 squat improvements
Do YOU need to lose weight? Do you want to be stronger, leaner and more healthy? Come check out Killeen’s Best Fitness Boot Camp! Call Jim at 254-247-3668.
Another Great Healthy Recipe! Thai Beef Salad
Thai Beef Salad
Big Signs That The Nation Is Fat!
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.
Welcome New Athletes!
A quick welcome to our newest athletes… Please welcome:
LaSondra Jones – Boot Camp
Danielle Busque – Kickboxing and Boot Camp
A Study Finds Mental Benefit of Fish Oil
Taken From The Associated Press
Fish oil pills may be able to spare some young people with signs of mental illness from a progression into fully developed schizophrenia, according to a preliminary study of 81 patients in Austria.
The study adds to evidence suggesting that severe mental illness may be prevented with intervention. The researchers are starting a larger study in eight cities, hoping to replicate the findings, which appear in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, released Monday.
A severe mental illness, schizophrenia affects adolescents and young adults. Some 2.4 million Americans have the disorder, which is treated with antipsychotic medication.
“Schizophrenia is among the most mysterious and costliest diseases in terms of human suffering, so anything that gives some hope to avoid this is great,” said lead author Dr. G. Paul Amminger, formerly in Vienna and now at the Orygen Youth Health Research Center at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
Researchers have wondered if the disease could be stopped before it overpowers a person’s grip on reality. Studies have tried antipsychotics in select young people, but side effects pose ethical questions, and results have been mixed.
Researchers in the new study identified 81 people, ages 13 to 25, with warning signs of psychosis, including sleeping much more or less than usual, growing suspicious of others, believing someone is putting thoughts in their head or believing they have magical powers. Forty-one were randomly assigned to take four fish oil pills a day for three months. The other patients took dummy pills.
After a year of monitoring, 2 of the 41 patients in the fish oil group, or about 5%, had become psychotic, or completely out of touch with reality. In the placebo group, 11 of 40 became psychotic, about 28%.
No one knows what causes schizophrenia but one hypothesis is that people with the disease don’t process fatty acids correctly, leading to damaged brain cells. Omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil could help brain cells repair and stabilize, the researchers speculate.
Dr. Janet Wozniak of Harvard Medical School said the findings might reasonably cause psychiatrists to recommend fish oil to some patients because there are known benefits and little risk.
Copyright 2010 Associated Press
