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Cardio, cardio, cardio

“If I do tons of cardio, all the time, I will lose weight and be thin and un-bulky like all the movie stars! I will be svelt and toned and thin, thin, thin.  Weights are ok occasionally, as long as they are light so I don’t build too much muscle, and the reps are high so I burn more calories.”

Does this sound like your workout mindset?

You’re wrong, and you’re wasting your time.

People, women especially (sorry, it’s just a fact- men’s goals usually aren’t to be thin) have this notion that cardio is what will melt the fat off and leave them with the thin, toned body they crave.

Does this sound like you? Are you the gym goer that has never stepped foot into the free weight room? Do you have your designated cardio machine, and don’t leave it until you reach a certain amount of minutes or burn a certain number of calories, and then stretch and maybe do a few crunches?

YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME.

Yea, you are burning calories, but you are burning them slower than you could be, and in that same time, you could be building lean muscle which will help you burn more calories every second of every day so you aren’t shackled to a machine for hours a day, only doing half the work.

How can you magically burn more calories in less time, and get more noticeable results, faster? A pill? A new gadget? A diet?

Resistance! Weights!

Weights will not make you bigger. We’ve been over this before. What they will do is get your heart rate up higher than any conventional cardio machine, and simultaneously build muscle to give you a firm, toned look. If you burn off fat, with nothing firm underneath it, you are still going to be squishy.

Strength train. Don’t be afraid. It will give you the body you dream of while you are wasting hours on the eliptical, and it’s a hell of a lot more fun.

Her name is Itzel. We call her Itsy. Because she’s so little.
She wasn’t always so little.

With her sisters wedding coming up she didn’t want to be “a big bridesmaid”. I told her we could help her avoid that and more.

People always let excuses get in their way of getting what they want. Itsy runs over excuses.

Some people say they’re too busy to get into shape. Itsy graduated from her masters program, started a challenging new job, helps take care of her parents, is involved with her church, and has a busy busy social life. Even with all of the possible excuses she could make. She still did it and got the great results she deserves!

She said consistency is the key for her. And she really lives by that. I could tell when she would come to the morning camp if she couldn’t make the evening training session. And boy does it show in her results.

When she started camp she couldn’t run a quarter mile. To now she’s training with her girlfriends to run a marathon! That’s what I call being able to do what you want-when you want.

Great job Itsy!

Dedicated to Your Success,

Dave

P.s. Look there’s no way around it. You can either do nothing and stay exactly where you are. Or, like Itsy’s parents say “Do the hard thing now” get the rewards later. Well the crazy thing is the hardest thing to do here is taking the first action and joining the Camp. You’re darn near on auto-pilot to results then. All you have to do is show up. Do the “Hard thing now” call Jennifer at the office (817.320.0743) reserve your spot and reap the rewards all Summer long. Guaranteed.

misc Dec.18-09 009Want a tool that dramatically increases not just the chance you’ll stick with a new routine but increases the results you get from that new routine?  Want a tool that when used virtually insures your success. And the more you use this tool the more success you’ll get?

Social Support is that tool and it works. Period. Social support is the physical and emotional comfort given to us by our family, friends, co-workers and others. It is knowing that we are part of a community of people who love and care for us, and value and think well of us.(Thanks Wikipedia!)

Weight loss and getting into shape is  more about behaviors and habits than you realize. To get you to the workout when you don’t want to go. To get you to say no to the drive through when it calls your name. Requires willpower and more. Because willpower only goes so far.

You’ve got to have support. And the more the better.

Recent research showed that social support helps for two huge reasons.

More success more weight loss overall. Researchers at Indiana University discovered after a 2 year research project comparing Weight Watchers support groups and self-help method. Not just did the Support group stick with their program at a higher rate they also  lost more weight overall, compared to the DIY group.

Grab a friend! Bring a friend! The evidence suggests that the more support a person receives, the better the weight-loss results. In a seperate study that looked at what happened when friends joined together in a group weight-loss program, both weight loss and maintenance of the loss was better than that achieved by people who participated in the program on their own.(So now you know when I encourage you to bring your friends I’m looking out for your best interests!)

Frequency matters! The second thing the Indiana study showed was that the more often a person attended a support meeting. The greater the amount of weight that was lost by the that person. That’s what I call the Buy-in. When a new client gets excited and actively engaged with me and other clients and programs. That means they’ve “bought into” the program and their success is only a matter of time.

So what’s the bottom line?

Get into a program that get’s you around like minded people. And no joining your local Globo-Gym is not going to do it.  You can think of that as being alone in a crowd. Small-Group Training like my Accelerator Personal Training Program fits the bill. Or use Weight Watchers as a template for how your program should look. Lot’s of unconditional non-judgemental support.

And get a friend, family member, or co-worker to do it with you. It really helps to have someone in the office or at home helping you as well as you supporting them.

Because in the end. We’re all in this together.

Dedicated to Your Success,

Dave

P.s. One more way to get the support you need. Friend me on Facebook! And become a Facebook Fan of The Body firm Personal Training and Fitness Boot Camps.

Opened the night up with a short video about A Wish With Wings and the Executive Director.

Welcome & A Wish With Wings from Turquoise Video Productions on Vimeo.

Got down to business with Dr. Tkachuk telling everyone the secrets to Living Your First 100 Years!

Dr. Tkachuk from Turquoise Video Productions on Vimeo.

Dr. Peterson jumped in with an excellent talk on how your smile reflects who you are and how you think about yourself.

Dr. Peterson from Turquoise Video Productions on Vimeo.

I put up Your Best Body Blueprint for anyone that’s ever struggled to get the results they want from a Weight-Loss and Fitness program.

DAVE FANNIN from Turquoise Video Productions on Vimeo.

Dr. True walked everyone through his revolutionary True HCG Weight-Loss program.

Dr. True from Turquoise Video Productions on Vimeo.

And last but not least Steve Thornton walked the audience through how to safeguard and grow their money in any economy.

Steve Thornton from Turquoise Video Productions on Vimeo.

If you like what you see don’t hesitate to contact any of these professionals. There’s a reason I chose them. Because they’re the undisputed leaders in their field and are getting results better than anyone else.

Eat clean and work out dirty.

Say it again.

Eat clean and work out dirty.

The secret to success.

Eat clean:  No junk.  No extras.  Think fresh, natural, unprocessed and in it’s natural state.  If you can’t pronounce an ingredient in it, it’s not clean.  If it comes wrapped in cellophane, sealed in a bag(most of the time) or a box  or is microwavable, your aren’t eating clean.  If you can pick it from a plant, from the ground, or if it was once attached to an animal, you are eating clean.  Eat like a caveman.  Cavemen didn’t eat sauces, add cheese or have a dinner roll before their meals.  They didn’t bread, dip, smother, drench or fry their food.  They didn’t eat sugar, bleached flour or trans fats.  They ate when they were hungry and stopped when they were full. Eat ingredients not things made from ingredients.

Workout dirty:  Get nasty.  Sweat.  Grunt.  Yell.  Swear. Let it all hang out. Success is cooked in a messy kitchen.   You aren’t supposed to look good working out- working out is supposed to make you look good.  If you don’t have pit stains, smell like crap, messed up hair and a beat red face that’s grimmacing more than smiling, you aren’t working out dirty.   Using the mirrors to check your appearance instead of your form, you aren’t working out dirty. Get on the floor, get off the floor, faster, jump up on benches, drop dumbbells from exhaustion, test yourself, see what you’re made of. Make a bet, push yourself and encourage others.  Don’t worry what people will think. Don’t be intimidated- You’re an animal act like one.

Eat clean and workout dirty.

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Rachel approached me at a local road race we helped sponsor. Boy was she skeptical that I could get her the results she was looking for.

To say she’s a hard charger is an understatement. With her husband in medical school, her working full time and serving in the Air Force reserves . She had been accepted into an elite military academy. The only problem was she didn’t feel like she was physically ready for the challenge.

She’d been burned before. A trainer at a big box gym who looked great himself didn’t deliver results. She’d tried p90x at her house, didn’t see much change. Even went as far as going back to school for a nutrition course and still wasn’t getting results.

I had to explain that while your trainer should definitely be a fitness enthusiast. The trainers success with their own body has absolutely nothing to do with their ability to deliver results with your body.

So to make a long story short. We dialed in her nutrition. Got her on the Accelerator Personal Training program 12 weeks later she’s lost 7 pounds of fat 5 inches overall and is stronger than ever. She just finished her Physical Fitness Test in the Air Force maxing out every category and set Personal Records on the mile and a half run. Oh. And she beat most of the guys in her unit to. Keeps them humble she say’s.

Go ahead and hit play Rachel will tell you all about it.

Dedicated to Your Success,
Dave
p.s. You may not be heading to a military academy but you may want to get into your best shape ever. I can help. My Accelerator Personal Training program is all about you getting the results You desire. Quickly. I’m so sure of my programs I’ve offered an Unconditional 100% Results or Your Money-Back Guarantee with all my programs. This thing works.
P.p.s. If you’re ready for a change. Request your FREE Fast-Start Consultation($98 value)Call Jennifer at 817.320.3845 and she can get you on the schedule.

MetabolismEngine

Oh, Metabolism. You have been our scapegoat for so many years. Our excuse. Our foe. ‘It’s my metabolism’s fault.  I have a slow metabolism.  It changed.  I can’t eat the way I used to.  I try, and gain weight, and blame my metabolism.’

Your metabolism responds based on how you treat it.  So be nice.

There are millions upon millions of books and gurus telling you how to “change” your metabolism. This implies that you were somehow given the wrong one and can swap it out for a new, faster model.

Its not about what metabolism you have, its how well you metabolism is functioning.

There is no better way to explain metabolism than with my infamous Furnace Analogy:

Your metabolism is like the fire in the furnace of a train. Just as a furnace burns coal for fuel to power the train, your metabolism burns energy to power your body. To get the most power from that furnace, you must consistently add fuel to the fire to keep it burning its brightest and hottest. If you don’t put fuel in the furnace, the fire will die out, and the train will stop moving. Then if you come back hours later and throw a shovel full of coal on top, it stacks up- it doesn’t burn. If you continue to shovel coal into the unlit furnace, the coal will pile up, storing for future use.

Along the same lines, if you continue to dump more and more coal onto the fire before it has a chance to burn what you have already added, the extra coal will smother that fire and again, begin to pile up. Too little or too much fuel has the same effect on the fire.

If you don’t eat for hours at a time, your metabolism slows down. Then, next time you eat, your body stores that energy for later use, when your metabolism finally (hopefully) starts up again. A slow metabolism causes your body to store food as fuel for later use, just like that train furnace has turned into a coal storage room.

To keep your metabolism running and revved to power your body like an unstoppable calorie burning freight train, you must consistently feed it a steady stream of healthy food. Small meals and snacks evenly spaced throughout the day will keep your metabolism running at its strongest: never letting the fire die down, and never signaling your body to store fuel.

You cannot “change” your metabolism, but you can definitely make it run more efficiently. Then, if you do occasionally dump a wheelbarrow full of coal into your belly, that fire is burning brightly enough to eat it right up- like it never happened.

No guilt, no blame. Now apologize to your metabolism for the emotional abuse you inflicted upon it, the starvation and the binges, and give it a healthy snack.

Kelly Turner is an ACE Certified Personal Trainer and health and fitness writer from Seattle, WA.  Her writing has appeared in numerous magazines, and she currently blogs for Breathe Magazine, Kidglue.com is the Health and Fitness Expert for Twirlit.com and feature fitness writer for FitPeeps.com.  To contact Kelly with any questions, you email her at kellycturner@hotmail.com.

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What’s the deal with my blinking? I have no idea what that is.
Anyway.

If you’re reading this. You probably know me already so spread the news.
You and a friend are invited to

DISCOVER the ULTIMATE BODY TRANSFORMATION SECRET for FREE!
(and it’s not what you think)

FREE SEMINAR Feb. 13th. Fort Worth-Founders Activity Center- 11am
Hurst –The Body Firm Studio- 2 pm

The Rapid Results Nutrition Crash Course . One hour full of the hardest hitting fat melting strategies, tactics, tips, and tricks!

Diets Fail. And it’s not you. It’s them. And the 3 Big Reasons are.

#1 Diets are CONFUSING- one book says no carbs, another says no fats, the next says protein is bad. Aren’t you dreaming of the day you can walk into a grocery store and not be terrified or torture yourself with guilt, no matter what you eat?

#2 Diets are CHALLENGING- just like you I can’t possibly keep up with all the “breakthrough” diets that rain in from the sky each-and-every-day.

#3 Diets are CONSUMING-being consumed with food is affecting your mood and self-worth. And life is way too short to be downright depressed because you ate some some garlic toast for lunch!

In less than an hour you’ll discover:

-How to fire up your metabolism with 3 simple secrets(the weight-loss industry doesn’t want you to know)

-Why eating less and exercising more is a recipe for disaster(yo-yo dieting comes from this)

-The Top Twelve WORST foods you should never eat.

-The Top Twelve Best foods you can eat all the time

-Why this one group of foods will never be stored as body fat(also how to take maximum advantage of negative calorie foods)

-Why counting total grams of fat is an antiquated weight-loss technique( and what works better instead)

-How to boost your energy levels higher than you ever thought possible – almost instantly (you’ll feel the difference the very next day)

-the Single most important thing you must do before you even set foot in a gym or start any fat loss program ….(it’s more important than any diet, training routine, supplement, or drug known to mankind!)

I know you hate having your time wasted as much as I do.
I guarantee not to waste your time. This is no bait and switch. You will walk away from this talk. With not just what to do. But how to put it into play and maximize your results.

Want to attend? Call Jennifer at the office 817-320-3845. She’ll reserve your seats for you.

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It’s like having a party and no one shows up!
5:30am February 12th after the Snowstorm of 2010.

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Yay! Fun stuff!

I don’t think Valentine’s Day was made up by greeting card manufacturer’s, I think I was invented by chocolate and sweat pant manufacturers so you eat and bloat and leaves you definitely not in the mood for any lovin’ that night.

Here are some V-Day snack ideas that will satisfy your sweet tooth and your skinny jeans.

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Look! Fruit! and chocolate!  Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Buy microwavable melting chocolate at the grocery store (or go old school and melt down some chocolate chips in a sauce pan.) Wash and dry a carton of strawberries, and leave the stem on. Dip the strawberries into the melted chocolate and place on the wax paper. Place baking sheet in fridge until chocolate sets, or you are ready to serve.  To mix it up, try different fruits, like bananas.

Strawberry Shortcake

Mini angel food cakes (one per person)
Strawberries, sliced and hulled
Fat free whipped topping (like Cool-Whip)
Fat free chocolate syrup (just a drizzle)

Place cakes on four plates. Top with strawberries. Top with whipped topping. Drizzle with chocolate sauce. Yeah, that’s it.

Enjoy!  Sweet, figure friendly sweets for you and your sweet!

Kelly Turner is an ACE Certified Personal Trainer and health and fitness writer from Seattle, WA.  Her writing has appeared in numerous magazines, and she currently blogs for Breathe Magazine, Kidglue.com is the Health and Fitness Expert for Twirlit.com and feature fitness writer for FitPeeps.com.  To contact Kelly with any questions, you email her at kellycturner@hotmail.com.

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