GetFit Top Tip

This time of year is supposed to be quiet for the Fitness Professional. Clients are going on holiday having worked their butt off for the last few months to get their beach body, the gym is too warm to train in, outside the sun is unbearable during the day making it uncomfortable getting the workout done.

BUT, I am seeing a different group of people coming through lately… and it is not a bad thing either. It seems there is more focus on lifelong good fitness and diet habits rather than the old peak and trough during different times of the year.

Despite what our “popular” media are saying I do beleive there is a change in peoples attitudes to their health, many of the new clients I am meeting are talking about making a turn around in their old habits, taking positive action to reverse the ever expanding waist line.

What actions are you taking to reverse the trends in your life?

Time to make a choice of better healthier habits, take responsibility for your body.

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Starting a week later than the 7am groups, we are running a 09:30 group again, once all the schools are back in session.

To register for this popular group get over to http://www.forestfit.com/forestfit-0930.html

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ZMA for Deep Sleep
by Dr. John Berardi ZMA is useful for improving the quality of your sleep. For me, ZMA tends not to induce sleep as much as deepen it. Expect your dreams to be extremely vivid! My athletes, when traveling, or when under heavy training loads, usually included 2-3 ZMA capsules before bed.

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So I have opened September ForestFit already. The main reason for doing it this early is because I am away for half of August and the first week in September so I want to get this rolling now to avoid to much computer time during my “holiday”

So to save my sanity and keep my wife from nagging me to get off the damn internet, I am asking you guys to sign up for ForestFit September nice and early

We start on September 9th at 07:00. and continue for 4 weeks.

We are going to try a slightly different approach with 2 groups of 15 people and split the experience/fitness levels a little to cater better for the slightly less fit members…

We already have 10 people signed up from the existing groups so only 20 places left at this point. July sold out in ONE WEEK! So I urge you to register online today to secure your place.

Go to http://www.forestfit.com to sign up right now!

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Mood Eating
by Dr. John Berardi Most people eat based on their mood and/or some subjective feelings of hunger. They don’t eat based on what their bodies need. Think of it this way: you’re about to take a long drive on a stretch of highway with no gas station. Do you fail to stop for gas before you hit the road because you’re ‘not in the mood?’ Of course not. Think of eating in the same way. Eating fuels your metabolic engine. So it’s time to start feeling like eating so that you can stop feeling like you’re scrawny.

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I posted this question on the ForestFit community site the other day for the participants of ForestFit and it has provoked quite a discussion on there. So I thought I would have a go at placing the same on here.

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After a few discussions at this mornings forestfit I have been wondering what women REALLY want?

Being a guy, I am obviously dumb to these things… kind of… I am a sensitive trainer after all!

So the question I want everyone to answer is this:

Who’s body would you have and why? I really want to understand what it is about that person you really like!

There is method in my questions, I’ll ask more later in the week.

Tim

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What I want you to do is post a comment in response to this on this BLOG, click the “Read Users’ Comments” link below

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Fiber Facts
by Dr. John BerardiShoot for about 40-50g of mixed fiber per day, but no more. The absolute lower limit is 20g per day. Your main fiber sources should be (in order of importance): vegetables, beans, nuts, fruit, and grains (like oatmeal). If you eat 1 oz of mixed nuts, 1 apple, 2 cups of kidney beans, and 2 cups of mixed vegetables each day, you’ll be getting 41g of fiber. Also, a small amount of supplemental fiber is okay. You can get soluble fiber from psyllium, guar gum, and apple pectin, and insoluble fiber from flax seeds.

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You know when you look for something and eventually you find it right under your nose!!!

I have been searching for ages for a decent recipe book that fits with my principles of common sense nutritional habits for the real world. I have come across lots of recipe books that are very good in theory, but when you have to factor in the time needed to prepare the foods, seek out bizarre ingredients and actually having something that tastes and looks good, many books fall short of the mark.

Well Rosa was right under my nose, she is a performance coach at Dax Moy’s Personal Training Studio in London. Having met her briefly earlier this year whilst being coached by Dax himself, I knew little of her background nor the excellent resource that she has created.

The book 101 Healthy Recipes For The Office contains recipes that can be prepared in 10 minutes right through to those taking 60 minutes when time allows. Each recipe is also “Elimination Diet” approved which is Dax Moy’s signature 30 day nutritional plan. I know many of my Top Tip readers and clients who have downloaded the Corporate Athlete handbook will appreciate this excellent resource.

Check out Rosa and the book at RocoFit

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This might seem really obvious to you, but to me this is such an important aspect of weight management.

I was chatting to my wife this afternoon and we were discussing the meal we had last night. We try to make an effort to have at least one night during the week where we go and treat ourselves to a meal for two at a nice restaurant. We don’t necessarily worry about the type of food we eat, or that we might have a glass of wine or beer with the meal and we will have a dessert too.

The meal we had was a Chateau Briand shared between the two of us, a fine piece of meat, vegetables and all the trimmings. It tasted fantastic, was loaded with calories and we probably ate too much of it. However I think the most important part of it was we “Planned to fail”!

My wife then told me about something that happened this morning in the office, someone came round with cream cakes, with chocolate and all sorts of stuff like that, without hesitation she ate the cake without any conscious thought of what it would do to her. The cake probably didn’t have as many calories as the nice dinner last night but was more likely to be many times more damaging. Why? This time she just “failed” it was not planned.

How many times today have you just eaten something just because it was there, you ate it with no regard for the consequences, it was a completely subconscious action?

The secret to succeeding with nutritional habits to support your fat loss goals is in the planning! Knowing exactly when you will fail, plan to fail then make sure every other feeding opportunity is thoroughly planned.

Not to say I am perfect, I do still have situations were I fall victim to eating completely unconsciously but so long as the majority of my meals are planned I stay on track with eating better.

Obvious maybe? Try a little planning yourself this week!

Tim
GetFit.lu  Fitness Professionals

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ForestFit June was a sell out, 20 folk are currently being trained 3 times a week by GetFit.lu

Here is what some of them are saying:

“Today’s session was great, I can already feel my body - I think the next thing I’ll be doing today is going through my drawers trying to find that muscle cream “

“Although enjoying just everything, Forest (left) is also my favourite. Am always a bit scared of everything other than the Playground LOL, but Forest (left) gets my adrenaline (and challenging myself to get out of my comfort zone ) “

“This morning was fun, it doesn’t seems as hard when there are games and races involved although its still a good workout My arms will be sore tomorrow though! “

“I can feel myself getting stronger each week and with that comes an increased confidence to keep pushing myself, resulting in increased satisfaction, so all in all a win-win situation. While I am by no means the fastest/strongest person in the group, I still feel like each time I have pushed myself further than what I thought myself capable of - I have never once gone home thinking “that was easy”. Which goes to show how well you have designed these workouts, since there are obviously different levels of competence within a group that have to be taken into account.”

July is now open for registration over at http://www.forestfit.com

Reserve your place today!

Tim
ForestFit

PS. We are not doing an August group, so this is your last chance before we break for the Summer!

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