Push Yourself Results and Eat Fat to Lose Fat
We just wrapped up another EXL Fitness Boot Camp phase called “Push Yourself”. The contest this phase was a push-up contest. We maxed out on pushups at the beginning of the phase and then retest after a 1 week break 6 weeks later. Campers were given a home program to supplement the pushup work already included in boot camp. The results were amazing! Every camper improved, including campers that did not do the home program. Prizes were awarded for the most overall pushups and the most improved. The biggest difference, however, was in technique. The pushups at the...
read moreFit 4 Fall Body Transformation Winners
We just recently finished our Fit 4 Fall Body Transformation Contest. A no holds barred contest comparing total percent body fat lost and visual changes when comparing before and after pics. It was just a 7 week program but both our winner lost 4% body fat. I’ve never seen such a dichotomy with winners. In the men’s division Kelly Wilkinson lost close to 20 lbs with over 17 lbs being body fat. He did lose 2.5 lbs of muscle, but I’ll gladly trade 2.5 lbs of muscle for 17 pounds of fat any day. In two boot camp phases Kelly has lost 69 lbs. Way to go Teek!!...
read moreBody Weight Only Boot Camp Workout
Here is a full body, metabolism boosting boot camp workout with exercises I consider to be fundamental movement patterns. Most other exercises are some variation of these basic exercises. The advantage here is that it can be done virtually everywhere. The only piece of equipment required is the best piece of equipment you will ever own…your body. If you’re on the road traveling and don’t want to miss your workout or you can’t get away from the house to go to the gym. This 20 minute workout will really rock your world. I initially excogitated this workout for...
read moreNutrition Tip #4…Revving up your metabolism
We just finished our first ever Skinny Jeans Lifestyle Transformation Contest. And the results are nothing short of amazing. If you weren’t involved, the contest was a test of compliance and making healthy lifetstyle changes. Each contestant was given a score card and a scoring system by which to earn points. Points were awarded for nutrition, strength training, cardio and supplements. Who ever had the most points at the end of the 6 week contest won. It was called the “Skinny Jeans” contest because you had to comply to the latest fashion trend and borrow...
read moreI found the magic weight loss pill…
I just recently had a conversation with a friend of mine about nutrition. She asked, “How many calories should I eat a day to lose weight?” I paused before I responded thinking back to the typical answer I would’ve given 5 years ago about the law of thermodynamics and how it’s a matter of calories in versus calories out. I still believe in the law of thermodynamics (it’s a universal law like gravity so I don’t have a choice), but I believe it doesn’t effect our body as simply as ‘calories in and calories out’ there are some other...
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