Fitness Ball Safety

Recently you may have heard of a recall on fitness balls due to ball bursts. Approximately 3 million balls have been recalled that where sold between 2002 and February 2009. The bursts of the balls was because of improper inflation. 

If you are currently using an exercise ball in your workout there is no need to worry as long as you follow a few precautions:

1. Always inflate your ball as instructed by the instruction guide that comes with the fitness ball and never use an air compressor to inflate your ball. Yes, it will take longer to fill the ball up with the manual pump, but the air compressor will force air in over inflating and stretching the balls material, which can result in a burst.

2. Only use or buy a ball that is labeled "anti-burst" or "burst-resistant". This way if the ball were to break it would slowly deflate rather than an instantaneous burst.

3. Only use the ball for its intended purpose and only do exercises on it that have been prescribed by a fitness professional.

4. Replace your ball every six months or so. Most balls only have a life-span of about six months and then they began to wear out, which can result in a burst.

Follow these precautions and your workout will remain safe.

Live Fit,

Josh

 

Back From Rhode Island

Tammy and I had a great trip to Rhode Island this weekend and picked up a lot of good information at the workshop we attended at Punch Gym. In fact, I was probably the sorest I've ever been after working with a Kettle Bell all day Saturday. It felt good though, except for maybe my hands which were raw after the 2-Day workshop.

Anyhow we learned a lot. The entire workshop was based on the philosophy of getting back to the physical culture and everyday strength that people used to have 100 years ago. 100 years ago people were stronger than we are today and they used less tools. They started with the DB, BB, and then the Kettle Bell. They didn't have exercises they had movements. Unlike today where we have individual exercises rather than movements and use nice shiny machines and the latest technology. Today modern fitness stuff doesn't even come close to this.

Live Fit, 

Josh

Summer Is Almost Here!

Summer is just around the corner. Already we are beginning to see warm weather and the sun again. In less than 2 months Memorial Day will be here and summer will kick off. But, will you be ready? For the beach or lake that is? 

If you're like most you've probably put on a few pounds over the winter. But, what are you doing now to get ready for summer? I've seen some people out running again, but while these individuals intentions are good they will never get lean through running, no matter how much they do. If you want to make this the summer you get lean you've got to do something that burns fat and increases metabolism, unlike running which slows metabolism and helps you gain fat.

So what will get you lean? Well here's what won't:

1. Running

2. The Elliptical

3. Weight Machines

4. Body Part Split Routines

5. Single Joint Exercises

6. B.S.ing with your workout buddy in between sets

7. Doing direct ab work 

If you've been doing any of these it's time you reevaluate your fitness program and make changes that WILL get you lean.

Live Fit,

Josh

GYM HOURS FOR 4/17 - 4/20

Tammy and I will be in Providence this weekend for a Kettle Bell Workshop at Punch Gym. Since we will be away our hours will be:

Friday 4/17: 9am - 7pm

Saturday 4/18: 7:30am - 2pm

Monday 4/20: 9am - 8pm

And no class Friday or Monday morning. We will still be having evening classes.

This Is Too Overwhelming!

That is exactly how most people feel when they begin nutrition program. Fortunately, it doesn't have to be that way. The reason most nutrition plans fail is because they ask too much of the client too soon by asking them to make a complete overhaul of their current eating habits. This strategy sets them up for failure from day 1.

A better approach is to assess your current eating habits by journaling everything for 2-3 days. Once we know what it is you are already doing we can determine what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong. From there you will focus on making one small change at a time. For example, lets say you never eat breakfast. Your first change is going to be to eat something for breakfast each day. I don't necessarily care what it is you eat at this point I just want you to get into the habit of eating breakfast every morning, we'll get it healthier later. Once we have you eating breakfast regularly we will move on to the next small change and continue to make small change after small change.

Remember a complete overhaul may get you results faster, but most people cannot make drastic changes and as a result will give up and never reach their goal. Where if they make one small change at time they will reach their goal.

Live Fit,

Josh

Ready To Take A Step Toward Your Goal?

Join our SKINNY JEANS CHALLENGE by April 30th and take the first step to towards getting your new body. For more information call 724-698-7897

How Long Is This Going To Take?

How long is this going to take? A very common question all new clients ask and a good question, after all I would want to know if I was starting a fitness program. 

However, focusing only on reaching your goal is short-sighted. This is a life-long thing. Once you have reached your goal, your new goal is to maintain it. If you don't and stop working once achieving it you will quickly regress back to your old out of shape self. Think of finally paying off 10K of credit card debt only to go on a 10K shopping spree the day you paid the debt off on the same card. You wouldn't do that and fitness is no different. You've worked hard to get where you are and you have invested in a coach. If you stop once reaching your goal you've basically wasted all of your time, effort, and money.

This is maintenance time! Now you get to enjoy the work you've done and your new body. All you have to do is focus on maintaining it, which is much easier than than it was getting to this point.

So back to the first question. I can give you an estimate of how long it will take to get to your goal, but once your there you must maintain it.

Let's say you want to lose 30 pounds of body weight. Realistically you will lose 1.25 pounds per week. So this comes out to roughly 24 weeks. Some may lose faster, other will take longer. But, the point is that fitness/weight loss is not a 1 month or 3 month deal. It took a long time to gain the weight and it is not going to go away overnight. 

More importantly fitness is a lifestyle and a life-time commitment. There will be periods when you have to cut back on gym time, but this is when we focus on and design a program to maintain and limit regression. If we can do that during those times we are successful and made progress and then when life slows back down we get back on track. 

Live Fit,

Josh

Ready To Commit To Losing Those Extra Pounds?

Then, it's time to join our Kettle Bell Boot Camp Class designed to burn fat, increase your metabolism and get you in and out in 30 minutes.

Can't Get Enough Of Kettle Bell Boot Camp?

We're adding more class times to our Kettle Bell Boot Camp Class schedule. We will now have a total of 11 per week. Each class is a 30 minuted workout designed to get your heart pumping and body sweating, like no other fitness program out there!

Our new schedule:

Monday: 730 am & 530 pm

Tuesday: 10 am & 6 pm

Wednesday: 730 am & 7 pm

Thursday: 10 am & 6 pm

Friday: 8 am & 6 pm

Saturday: 10 am

Come in today and Experience It For Real!

Live Fit,

Josh