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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Weight Loss Tips - Mix It Up

 Mix It Up


You want your body to be strong, flexible, balanced, and efficient. These physical traits mirror what most people are seeking in their mental, emotional, and spiritual lives as well.

With the focusing on your physical condition, be sure to complete all the parts of your workout to improve your strength, flexibility, balance, and efficiency. Don’t just focus in one of these areas; be sure you follow a comprehensive workout regimen that gives you results in all four of these areas. Your workout routine might not focus on each of these areas each day, but over a week you definitely want to be sure your program.


Examples of strength-building routines are weight lifting, push ups, pull ups, and resistance band routines.
Balance can be improved through yoga moves, lunges, and balance boards.

Cardio conditioning can be achieved through swimming, dancing, aerobics, running, or fast walking.

You can gain flexibility through a variety of exercise routines that you change on a regular basis to keep your muscles guessing what’s next. Stretching and yoga are also great for flexibility.

If you’re bored with your workout routine, there’s an increased risk that you’ll stop it. If you’re like the majority of folks who don’t have a personal trainer, take responsibility for staying up-to-date on home fitness programs that will continue to challenge you and provide the comprehensive approach we recommend.

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The above strategy is from Marge and Bruce Brown's "Weight Loss Program - Personal Coaching Guide", from the Quantum Results Coaching Personal Development Series. Available on Amazon at CLICK THIS LINK

A key factor in our own weight management program loss is Beachbody's Shakeology Meal Replacement Shake (disclosure: we are Team Beachbody Coaches and benefit from Shakeology sales). For more information on Shakeology, including what doctors say, CLICK THIS LINK.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

What Shakeology Can Do For You

Weight Loss Tips - If You Belong to a Gym

 If You Belong to a Gym

Gyms are great! We’ve belonged to a variety of gyms and wellness centers over the past decades, including a state-of-the-art aquatics center with an  Olympic-size lap pool.

Here are a few of the positive things we found about our gym memberships:
  • Seeing others workout makes you feel less alone on your weight loss journey
  • Seeing others with fit bodies is an amazing motivator
  • Access to a variety of well-maintained equipment
  • Availability of trainer (usually for an additional cost)
  • Making new friends with the staff and other members
  •  Gear and equipment for sale on site
Here are a few of the negative things we found about our gym memberships:
  • Commuting back and forth
  • Closures for holidays, repairs, and moves
  • Ongoing membership fees, whether you use the facility or not
  • Having to wait for the particular machine you want when you want to use it
  • Crowded work out classes
  • Small, crowded locker rooms
  • Lack of peer support
  • Lack of incentives or rewards for meeting work out goals
Surely you can add your own opinions to these lists.

If you’ve found a gym that meets your needs that’s in the right place for the right price, then, by all means, we encourage you to use it on a consistent basis.

Our advice is to have a home-based work out alternative to your gym membership for those days when you don’t have time for your gym commute, when the weather is inclement, or you need a change of pace.

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The above strategy is from Marge and Bruce Brown's "Weight Loss Program - Personal Coaching Guide", from the Quantum Results Coaching Personal Development Series. Available on Amazon at CLICK THIS LINK

A key factor in our own weight management program loss is Beachbody's Shakeology Meal Replacement Shake (disclosure: we are Team Beachbody Coaches and benefit from Shakeology sales). For more information on Shakeology, including what doctors say, CLICK THIS LINK.