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The Blame Game
March 1, 2009
TRUE AMERICAN BOOT CAMPS.
What could they possibly do for you that you haven't already tried? Truth is, when it comes to physical exercise, there really is nothing new under the sun. There's just hard work, and marketing to make it seem like easy fun. However, when I went through and later helped run boot camps at the USAF Academy, I found the emphasis was on exercising the heart, mind, and soul; a better body was just an added benefit. That’s what True American Boot Camp is designed to do. In five weeks, you will see profound changes in these most critical areas of your life:
B = Body fat (measure, understand and reduce it)
O = Obedience (self discipline and adherence to goals)
O = Optimism (know you're able to create future success)
T = Toughness (mental and physical)
C = Confidence (cuz you just did more than you usta could)
A = Attitude (focus on what’s fun rather than what’s fair)
M = Meal Planning (learn what to eat, and when to eat it)
P = Physical Energy (perform better, and longer)
S = Self Defense (skills in your hip pocket could save your butt)
Ask not what True American Boot Camps could possibly do for you! Ask if this is something you should do for yourself. If you answer "yes", sign up here. Now, the possibilities are endless.
The Blame Game
Whose fault is it that you're out of shape?
If you go by what you hear in diet ads then you believe that it's anyone's fault but yours.
The big diet companies think that if they put the blame on you, then you wouldn't buy their bogus pills. So they put the blame on your cortisol levels, your modern diet (ie fast food), or your busy schedule instead of where it belongs - which is squarely on your shoulders.
Sure, you have obstacles that get in your way - your schedule, your job, your kids, the weather, your knee injury from college...but ultimately you have the body that you accept.
I'm going to repeat that so it will really sink in.
You have the body that you accept.
Embracing the blame for your current weight is not a bad thing -it's empowering. Think about it. If it really wasn't your fault, if it really was due to a long list of variables that you have zero control over, then you'd be stuck. You'd have no way to change.
The Secret Behind 'Before and After' Pictures
Allow me to pull back the curtain for you on something that the diet industry doesn't want you to know. You've seen countless before and after pictures documenting weight loss as a result of a diet product. Well, there is more involved than just the diet product, and it's the same across the board.
Look into the eyes of any person in their before picture and you'll see that they are disturbed. The body they have is no longer in sync with the body they can accept.
They changed the body that they accept.
Now look into their eyes in the after picture - see the sweet satisfaction? They now own the body that they decided they could accept. And what a great feeling that is.
Your Time To Transform
Whether you realize it or not, you already posses everything you need to transform your body, but it all starts with taking responsibility for the body that you have today. You have your current body because until this moment you've been OK with it.
Oh sure, you aren't thrilled with it, and you even talk about losing weight and getting fit, but you haven't changed what you'll accept. Here's how to transform your body in 3 steps:
Step One: Get Disturbed
You've heard it said that emotion creates motion. This is essential when it comes to losing weight. Just like those folks in the before pictures, to transform your body you must first decide that you can't live another day in the body you currently have.
It's time to get your emotions stirred up. Make a list of all the reasons that you must lose weight and get fit. Get disturbed!
Step Two: Get Focused
Without clarity it's very hard to get where you want to go. Now that you're disturbed with the body you have, it's time to decide what the body you can accept looks like.
I want you to think in concrete and specific terms. Just like the captions under those before and after pictures - "Suzy lost 25 lbs", "Mike lost 8 inches from his waist", "Jenny went from a size 18 to a size 6" .
Get a clear picture in your mind of what you'll look like in your after picture and visualize what the caption will read.
Step Three: Get Moving
The time spent between your inspiration (now) and your action determines whether you will succeed or fail. Don't allow yourself to get stuck between inspiration and action - there is always something that you can do right now.
Don't you agree that you'll be happier living life in a fit, healthy and attractive body, rather than the body you have today? Of course you'll be happier.
I've helped scores of clients just like you finally lose their unwanted weight.
I am here to take you from your before picture to your after picture, however, you need to bring something to the table - you need to make up your mind about what you'll accept of yourself.
What will you accept?
Got Stress?
Exercise is the number one thing that you can do to relieve daily stress. A good workout will get your mind off of your bills, your boss, and your endless responsibilities. It's been said that if exercise were a drug it would be the most powerful medication on earth!
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Healthy Man's Steak
Eggplants offer a host of health benefits due to their many vitamins and minerals as well as important phytonutrients which provide antioxidant activity. When you select eggplants look for ones that are firm and heavy for their size - also avoid ones with discoloration or bruises. Serve your Healthy Man's Steak as a side to grilled chicken breast for a delicious and well balanced meal.
Yield: 6 servings
Here's what you need...
2 eggplants, cut into 3/4 inch thick slices
Salt
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
1 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 small clove garlic, minced
Freshly ground pepper
Sprinkle the sliced eggplant with salt and drain in a colander for about 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Coat a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
Rinse the eggplant with cold water and pat dry. Arrange in a single layer on the baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes, turn the eggplant over and bake for 5 more minutes, until golden brown.
Stir together oil, vinegar, parsley, oregano and garlic in small bowl. Season the eggplant with pepper and brush tops with the oil mixture.
Nutritional Analysis: One serving equals: 52 calories, 3g fat, 6g carbohydrate, 4g fiber, and 1g protein.
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SPT Cut Week Extremely Successful
Sometimes, it takes extreme measures to get phenomenal results. To meet this demand, SPT designed a program called Cut Week which, over the past few years has helped clients drop tons of body fat. Of course, any extreme training program should only be done under professional supervision. When strictly followed “Cut Week” rewards survivors with less body fat, lower body weight, greater self-discipline, and a new sense of what’s possible.
Cut week combines a very aggressive two-a-day exercise plan with a strict eating routine.
For your workouts, keep moving with multi-joint full body weight training preceded by interval training to jumpstart fat burning. The weight training calls for ultra high reps intermixed with heavy lifting to encourage your muscle to stay put while you’re incinerating body fat. The second workout session is cardio only; this training piece is strategically placed to ensure your body is burning the maximum percentage of stored fat.
The eating plan is simple. Bracket your carbohydrates around weight training. The more hours you are away from weight training, the fewer carbs you eat. Select low glycemic foods prior to working out and high glycemic foods immediately after weight training. Toss in plenty of dark green veggies; the B vitamins help metabolize the carbohydrates you do eat. In addition, drink plenty of water.
Cut Week will challenge you to follow a plan perfectly, prepare your food in advance daily, and build your life around your workout schedule. As difficult as it may seem, many of our clients have done it; some multiple times. It seems the results are well worth the effort. And the effort, though extreme, only lasts a week.
If you have questions about SPT Cut Week, send us an email and we will be happy to provide more details.
Soul Personal Training
21962 E. Briarwood Dr.
303-669-3748
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Quotes, Quips, and Testimonials
"Thank you for helping me get to my goal (competitive dancing condition). I feel great; more self-confidence, more energy, always in a good mood, less stressed! I'm starting to love working out now and I'm pleased with my eating choices/habits. I'm also better at snowboarding!" Kacie
Jerry Homeyer is preparing for a bodybuilding show on April 25th. He has been disciplined on his diet, unwavering on his weightlifting, and relentless on his running. When you see him encourage him. But don't feel slighted if he doesn't acknowledge you; he is so laser focused on the business at hand. Keep your eye on the prize, Jerry; the end is closer than you think!
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True American Boot Camps Work!
SPT kicked off True American Boot Camps on "Flag Day" 24 Feb at 0530 am. Fashioned after the USAF Academy Basic Cadet Training program, TA Boot Camps are no walk in the park.
TAB camp is Tuesday and Thursday mornings for 5 weeks. The registration page is available at
www.soulpersonaltraining.com.
This camp is filling up so don't get caught sleeping in; fall in right away!
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Jill Parker's Soul of Running
"I am grateful to be shuffling along in ordinary miles, grateful that I have the honor of joining the race, any race (head cold or not), grateful that I am not deficient in endurance or stamina, grateful that running empowers me, and grateful that I am part of this legacy; it’s something worthy of passing on. Sometimes the only choice to make in a moment is the choice to have a grateful heart where you can get up every day and do the thing you love the most; despite the fact you may not be feeling 100%. I can now look something as daunting as a 10-miler straight in the eye, and thank God for the challenge... By choosing to be grateful, I can change the entire energy flow of a situation from dread to wonderful."
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7 Quick Fixes For Workout Pain
By: Chris Price, PT at Body Image Physical Therapy and Fitness: 720-870-8900
If you have ever had a “nagging” pain that has kept you from performing at your maximum potential, here are some simple fixes. If, after trying these fixes, the pain persists, or other discomfort begins, call to schedule to see your physical therapist at Body Image Physical Therapy and Fitness.
1. The usual ice and rest apply here, unless the discomfort seems to respond better to heat. In that case, moist heat is best, and should be applied no more than 15 minutes. Move around afterward to get the blood pumping through the area to bring in fresh oxygen and nutrients to the affected tissues. If applying ice, apply it wet. This means ice cup massage for 2-3 minutes, or a wet ice pack (ice in a wet towel, or a gel pack with a wet towel on skin) x 15 minutes.
2. Regardless of your sport, stretching all of your soft tissues back at least to a neutral length is imperative to joint health and to the effectiveness of muscle contraction during activity. Learn how to stretch correctly from your physical therapist. There is more to it than one might think. Even if you are not a pre exercise stretcher, everyone needs to be a post exercise stretcher.
3. Warm up for your sport. Do not ask the muscles to begin maximum contractions before you have spent some time on the bike, treadmill, cross trainer/elliptical or walking while swinging the arms underwater if you are in the pool.
4. Start your activity following the brief warm up , beginning with light to moderate resistance and a few reps of any weighted exercise, a few slow to moderately paced walks across the pool or a slow lap, a ramping up of your normal running pace, some easy biking, etc. This ramping up into your activity gives the muscles a chance to contract up into their full capability; sort of a cumulative effect of building contractions. You will be less likely to cause strains and sprains with this method. Listen to your body to tell you when the soft tissues have warmed.
5. At the end of your training period where you are working full throttle, take time to cool down, turning that running pace into a walk, or that aggressive pumping on the bike into some light spinning. If you are working with weights, spend some time at the end of your workout on the bike, or other cardio equipment on light resistance. Give your muscles a chance to work out some of the lactic acid built up in them by working at light effort for about 5 minutes.
6. Check your workout program for symmetry and full body coverage. If you work your chest, you have to work the upper back muscles. If you are stretching your hamstrings, you have to stretch the quads. Work upper and lower body equally or your trunk muscles will suffer. Symmetry is everything, and lack of this one element is the long term cause for many issues down the road.
7. Keep variety in your program. Stimulate your workouts with variety to avoid that stagnant place where our bodies no longer want to change or improve. This will help minimize the stress from repetition of the same activity that can wear down even the toughest of body parts.
See your Soul Personal Trainer and your physical therapist at Body Image Physical Therapy for assistance. Do not let pain go on for longer than a few weeks before having it checked out if all of the above items have not helped.
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