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Best P90X Fitness Program
May 19th
Every obese person on this earth wants to get a slim well toned body but this is only possible if they follow an excellent workout routine and have a well balanced diet. Although there are a variety of fitness programs being endorsed on the internet these days but one of the best amongst them is the P90X Fitness Program. This is an intense workout home program in which you have to carry out careful exercises for strengthening and toning your muscles.
In this article my main focus would be to give you a detailed description of the P90X Fitness Program.
1. P90X
It is a high level full body training plan which targets the major areas of your body such as arms, chest, abs, back and legs. The program is designed for ninety days and has twelve routines that can really change the whole appearance of your body.
2. ChaLEAN Extreme
This is a complex circuit training fitness training regime that helps you to burn a lot of body fat and also develop lean and well toned muscles. It is a thirty day program which is very good for the over all body transformation. The regime includes 15 excellent workouts which are divided into three segments.
3. 10-MINUTE TRAINER
This program should be practiced for ten minutes daily. 10-MINUTE TRAINER is a full body fitness program that is very good for those people who do not get enough time for exercising. Some exercises included in this plan are total-body sculpting, abs move and fat-burning cardio.
4. Power 90 Boot Camp
This is a ninety day fitness regime which gives you very good fat burning and body sculpting results. It includes 45 minutes circuit-training workouts that target the upper body, abs and thighs. It improves your overall cardiovascular fitness level and also helps you to loose weight.
5. Insanity
This is a 60 day health program that includes a high level intense work out session. If you have selected this regime then you have to perform maximum-intensity exercises with only short rests. It includes 10 effective work outs which need no equipments or weights.
6. Slim in 6
Slim in 6 mainly focuses on toning the hips, abs, thighs and arms and full body sliming. This program lasts for six weeks and has three different workouts. The exercises are meant for body toning, muscle sculpting and fat burning.
These are some very good things that you need to remember before joining this program.
P90X plan is an extreme home workout program.For more information on p90x, please visit our website at P90x Reviews.
Jennifer Nicole Lee: Fitness Mogul to the World
May 18th
When purchasing any weight loss product, it is important to do your research. Many people are exchanging their opinions about Jennifer Nicole Lee on DietBlogTalk.com
For an additional source, check out Jennifer Nicole Lee on the very popular Sensational.com
Review Summary
After losing more than 70 pounds on a program she devised herself, JNL, as she is now “branded,” has transformed herself from Mom to mogul, becoming the CEO of an international company that sells fitness programs, exercise equipment, books and more. Like Oprah, on whose show she has appeared, she knows how to make the most of what she has or, in this case, lost.
Products at a Glance
The JNL empire is replete with products so numerous that it is difficult to even find all of them on the Web, much less list them. They include posters of Lee, books, fitness programs, exercise equipment, lifestyle coaching and more.
Products in Focus
The huge Web site and number of links on JNLs official pages offer a plethora of products, but the site is so busy and there are so many products it can be hard to distinguish some of them from one another. Some, like posters and a swimsuit calendar, really appeal more to the pin-up collector, but most are aimed to motivate and educate people who want to become fitter and healthier. Some offerings include her Fitness Model Program, lifestyle coaching and DVDs. There is a Sexy Model Diet, a series of workouts for busy moms, and a line of swim wear and active wear.
Lifestyle
While many fitness gurus have developed a brand, the mere scope of the empire created by JNL daunts most of them. With so much available, it can be difficult to decide what if any of these products would help one lose weight or get fit. Lee has appeared on national and international media, including the ever-influential “Oprah,” and according to people who write about her, her main strength is providing motivation – after all, if she could transform herself from a 200+ pound mom into Ms. Bikini America 2005, what’s to stand in our way? Most people who have commented, though, point to her story and not her products as a motivating force. Lee has gone through processes to be certified as a sports expert and a life coach, and most of her diets and programs emphasize the basics: healthy eating, exercise and motivation. Her products can be expensive, with the 4-week “Get Fit” instructions costing $195. Personal consultation is available after filling out a detailed questionnaire, and one-on-one with JNL will set you back $97 for 30 minutes or $187 for a full hour. There are also “boot camps” that include phone seminars and group telemeetings. The official Web site, despite its size, does not give a lot of detailed information about the different products available. We found no mention of money back guarantees or free trials. Dieters who are enticed by JNL’s story may be intrigued to find out more about what she offers. In the meantime, one should start on a healthy diet and regular exercise. The program will undoubtedly trumpet these as important goals to meet.
Positives
· JNL is a weight-loss success story
· Products for many fitness levels
· Emphasis is on healthy eating and exercise
· No harmful drugs involved in programs
Negatives
· Multitude of products to sort through and evaluate
· Some products may seem expensive to some
· No money back guarantees
· Some of the message is lost by the heavy promotion
Final Thoughts
JNL is a woman who parlayed her successful weight loss into a global empire of diet, exercise and lifestyle products. Many people say she gives them the inspiration to continue with their programs and this, rather than anything special about the diets or exercises themselves, is what makes JNL products most valuable to them. Those interested in diet and fitness should have a look at the links provided above. The resulting web pages will contain further information on this and hundreds of other methods that exist today. There is valuable advice from consumers and experts alike that should help consumers identify beneficial aspects of products and programs in the market today.
Shane Crafton is a diet editor, who’s team specializes in health, fitness and weight loss reporting.
The Association Of Elite Fitness Professionals
May 17th
How to Transform the Fitness Industry One Client at a Time
Our industry, much like our world, is transforming at an accelerated rate.
The fitness industry, as you know, is relatively unregulated, unorganized, and at times even divided. There are both advantages and disadvantages to this dynamic:
• For better or worse, it is relatively easy to become a personal trainer. Standards for personal training and best practices are not well established.
• There are a lot of experts, organizations, and certifications to learn from; this is great, but can make picking the right educational path overwhelming.
• Because of the first 2 facts, the quality, style, integrity, and knowledge of personal trainers vary wildly, affecting our collective credibility and image among the public.
There are signs of more integration and collaboration, which is great, and we can expect to see the whole industry and fitness profession moving in this direction. There is a greater understanding of the preventative power of a healthy lifestyle, and fitness professionals are at the forefront of expanding this awareness. And the world needs preventative health, the fitness profession, and lifestyle information more than ever!
The Association of Elite Fitness Professionals was created to transform the fitness industry. Together, we will hold ourselves and our client’s to higher standards, collaborate and innovate, and help more people take control of their health and fitness.
Our Tribe of Elite Professionals
The Association for Elite Fitness Professionals was created for all fitness professionals (anyone who uses force as a modality to elicit greater health and fitness), including:
• Personal Trainers & Athletic Trainers
• Wellness & Lifestyle Coaches
• Yogis & Massage Therapists
• Group Fitness Instructors & Boot Camp Leaders
As Elite Fitness Professionals, we are committed to the following ideals:
1. Constantly increasing our skills and abilities, to create more value and results for our clients.
2. Holding ourselves and our clients to the highest standard. (Check out the “Client Bill of Rights”).
3. Taking a holistic approach to education that includes consistently increasing our exercise knowledge, interpersonal skills, & business acumen.
4. Comprehensively addressing our client’s health and fitness needs, referring out when necessary, and creating a network of health professionals to support our client’s diverse needs.
5. Utilizing exercise to transform their client’s mind, body and life.
6. Making personal empowerment, self-accountability, and lifestyle change a corner stone of our business model.
The Mission of the Association of Elite Fitness Professionals is to:
1. Collaborate with each other to establish best practices, better integration of knowledge, and push the standards of the fitness industry up.
2. Target specific populations that need our health the most, and work together to find comprehensive solutions (the obese, children, the poor).
3. Create greater communication and integration between fitness professionals and other health professionals (physical therapists, doctors, psychologists, etc.)
4. Transform our cultures understanding of health and disease in relation to fitness and lifestyle, on both a larger scale and one client at a time.
5. Rightfully reclaim (from the medical/pharmaceutical industry) holistic fitness as the best solution for happy, healthy, disease free living.
By committing ourselves to these standards, we know that we can accomplish great things and a higher standard of service for the fitness profession.
Precision, Professionalism, and Skills
In order to overcome the stereotype in the minds of people (the rep counting, skimpy spandex outfit wearing, vane personal trainer), we must uphold ourselves to a high standard and be precise!
When will we be as respected as, say, a surgeon? When we wield our tools (exercise programs and our words) as precisely as a surgeon wields the scalpel.
So how do we become that precise? By increasing our knowledge and skills!
We all know how important education is for our industries credibility, our client’s success, and our career stability. Our client’s come to us looking for leadership; but our job as leaders is to create more leaders, not followers.
The following is an incomplete list of knowledge and skills broken down into 3 categories. Feel free to make some suggestions in the comments and I will add them in. You don’t have to master everything! In fact, that is impossible.
You want to focus on the things you are passionate about and good at, but you need to be aware of and accomplished in the other skills so that you are well rounded. Most gaps in your knowledge can be covered by developing a network of health professionals.
A) Exercise Science
1. Biomechanics
2. Physiology
3. Anatomy
4. Program Design
5. Nutrition
B) Interpersonal Skills
1. Communication Skills
2. Customer Service Skills
3. Psychological/Motivational Skills
4. Leadership Skills
C) Business Skills
1. Marketing Skills
2. Organizational Skills & Systems
3. Sales Skills
4. Professionalism & Policy
5. Entrepreneurial Skills
And if we are going to provide the most value to our clients, we must be passionate about learning and dedicate ourselves to the study of many topics.
“Those who love wisdom must investigate many things.” Heraclitus
Many trainers are uncomfortable with the final skill set, developing business skills, self-promotion, and sales. But these are the very tools that will allow us to help more people, and if we don’t reach them, other average or below average trainers will be getting their message in front of them.
• Providing them with misinformation.
• Creating a cycle of dependence.
• Perpetuating those fitness myths that will just not go away!
So we are in the business of not only empowering our clients and getting them in shape, but also in the business of mass education. And by raising the public’s understanding, they will be better able to make decisions about exercise, and be a lot less likely to train with bad trainers. By raising the bar and pushing the standards up, we can redefine what it means to be a fitness professional 
If you are having trouble developing your business skills (sales, self-promotion, marketing, etc), you should check out our “Personal Training Business Software” and join the cut the line list so you can be the first to use it when it comes out.
You may not agree with everything above, and that is totally cool. Not every fitness business should be the same and I would love to hear what you think of these standards, if there is anything you think that is missing, or what you like about the Association of Elite Fitness Professionals and its goals.
Until next time, keep your business fit.
Johnny Fitness
Jonathan Angelilli has worked as a full time trainer for over 8 years, has completed 8 certifications, trains several celebrities, and is currently the Training Director of Dynamic Results, a fitness and lifestyle company in NYC. He has directly managed over 100 personal trainers in the last 5 years alone, and owns a successful consulting company for personal trainers. His coaching clients have achieved amazing results, creating more opportunities for their fitness business.
Functional Strength Training-The military way to strength and fitness
May 17th
Have you ever seen someone just after they got out of a military boot camp? I mean really SEEN them, as in a before and after comparison. The effects are stunning. A highly trained recent graduate of boot camp has a ripped, well defined, muscular and most of all VERY STRONG physique. It is easy to understand why so many trainers have set up “boot camp style” trainings all across the country. Folks flock to these early morning intense session in hopes of shedding pounds, building muscle, and totally transforming their physique. These boot camps, in mimicking their military counterparts, focus their workouts around the concept of training known as functional strength training.
So, what is functional strength training anyways? Functional Strength Training is “The development of physical strength that most closely mimics what might be needed in real world situations.” Pretty simple, why work on building strength or developing muscles you may never really need in the real world. Let’s take the bench press, for instance. Try to imagine a scenario where you would be laying directly on your back, and the only way to survive would be to push an extremely heavy weight straight over your head. Whenever I ask this question to a group of fitness buffs, I usually get someone who shouts out “What if a car fell on you?” Well, in the real world, I am not usually in a scenario where a car could fall on my, and if in fact I was laying on my back and I car DID fall on me, well, no amount of bench pressing would turn that into a happy scenario.
There ARE many real world scenarios where functional strength training could play a part in your safety or survival. What if, in order to save yourself, you had to scale a high wall? Maybe someone was chasing you, or you had to get on the other side to rescue someone, how would you get over the wall? No matter how pretty your pec muscles were, no amount of pressing will get you through this one. Nope, this is all pulling my friend. This type of scenario is one of the reasons that the military put such an emphasis to perform pull-ups. The ability to pull your own weight is an extremely useful and tactical skill and forms the foundation of a solid functional strength training regimen.
Another heavily focused fundamental of this type of training is core strengthening. Remember that scenario with the bench press? Well, if you DID have a large weight on your chest that you need to get off, you would save yourself, not by pressing straight up, but my twisting your torso (using your core muscles) and pushing with your legs to throw the weight to the side. The press does come into play, but it is the functional movement of your whole body that gives you true strength and ability in these types of real world scenarios. Other types of exercises include the squat, dead lift, lunges, and push ups among others.
Functional strength training can help you get through your everyday activities more easily. They can also better prepare you for life threatening situations that could befall any of us at any time. They can also give you a slim, ripped, muscular physique. So what are you waiting for? Do some research on functional strength training, put together a workout, and transform your body for the better today.
http://www.MrFatLoss.com , aka, Emile Jarreau is 31 year veteran fitness professional and co-owner of M2FitnessPros.com in Long Beach, California. Also having 19 years of bodybuilding and figure coaching and previous NPC judging experience, he specializes in fat loss and all its aspects and freely shares online resources to the world.
Gain Muscle And Start Fitness Together, With Us At The Ultimate Fitness Studios
May 17th
Gain more Muscle and Transform Your Body in The Ultimate Fitness Studio of Frisco
We currently offer personal training studios prosper Workouts and one-on-one customized ultimate fitness programs, group boot camps classes and nutrition counseling which educates men, women, and teens to improve their health and fitness. Training programs for all clients includes: Meal planing, supplements and weekly fitness assessments and weekly fitness & training sessions here at the studio.
Here’s what you can expect from YOUR Fitness Studio Core Team:
Develop Comprehensive Health & Fitness Program: You’ll receive instruction and training on our programs and truly learn not only how to get results but also how to maintain them AND you’ll have the flexibility to integrate incorporate your likes and dislikes.
Tracking Client Progress: In order to make certain your success in our programs, we’ll need to track your progress, current successes and challenges, change your food journal and exercise log worksheets and over and over on a weekly basis. It is our job to hold you responsible to your health and exercise program to ensure the Top results possible.
Perform Fitness Evaluations: We will test for: body composition, bodyweight, girth measurements, blood pressure, heart rate and a bunch various stability tests. These studio tests give us a fair representation of your current health and a baseline for future results exercisetesting.
Coach You Through Your Program: We are liable for weekly exercise studio sessions and keeping profound weekly progress reports on the clients we work with. If you are having challenges throughout your program, our fitness studio trainers in Dallas will coach and motivate you and make appropriate changes to ensure consistent progress.
Perform Proper Exercise Instruction: This is a big one. We will show proper coaching, instruction, and motivation right through your training session. We will teach you about the human body (i.e. functions and show why certain exercises/movements are important for your goals.
Personal Trainer Studio Education: It is our job as a fitness coaches to show you with health and fitness education on as many topics that will empower you to lead healthy lives all the time. You’ll be provided with educational tools and resources, will be expected to review them and speak about them with your studio trainer.
Frank Simpson works with his Fitness Clients Together in Dallas Texas who specializes in Personal Training in a Fitness Studio
