Hey since there are tabatas on tap for today’s workout, just inc ase i didn’t get a chance to share this with you.  Here it is.

We all know that tabatas are suposed to be intense.  20 seconds of all out effort, 10 seconds of rest for eight rounds.  But what is really all out?  Here is a little story for you to think about going into your next round of tabatas.

Imagine, put yourself in dream world for a minute.  You are walking along a bridge, a rail road bridge to be exact.  You are half way across when you hear a train, look back you see the train.  You start sprinting as hard as you can.  Twenty seconds later you are forced to jump off the bridge.  You land you get 10 seconds to huff and puff before you notice your standing on another bridge and hear another train.  Sprint it out all out intensity for another 2o seconds.   Jump…

This cycle repeats for 8 rounds total.  This is your tabata.  Are you working as though your life depended on it?  Some people should be.

See you tonight!

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The third part in your fitness success equation is your workout.  Remember these were in order of importance.  Your workout is not the most important.  You can see results with your great motivation and nutrition, your workouts now can make or break the speed of your results.  “So why are my workouts poor?”

Many people get discouraged, don’t have the time, and get frustrated with the pace of their results.  You don’t have to spend hours on cardio, 6 days a week, trying to spot reduce your dreaded areas.  They are a waste of time.  The intensity needs to be cranked up and think about big calorie burns and not trying to stay in your “fat burn zone”, or targeting your troubled areas.  You can be more effective with 3 intense workouts per week than you would if you were on a 6 day schedule with a mediocre workout.

As a recap you have to be in it to win it.  Drive, motivation and determination need to be spot on.  Find positive social support, reward/punishment, determination.  Second, take a look at your nutrition, cabinets, refrigerator, freezer.  Start planning you meals by living and not surviving through your day.  Last find a fun intense workout that you will love, keep it fresh.  Hope you enjoyed!

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Hey Fit Soldiers.

Just a little education and precursor for the much anticipated Foam Rolling 101.  The technical term is actually Self-myofacial Release.   Yeah lets break that down.  Self=you guessed it, You.  Myo=Muscle.  Facial=Tissue.  Release=Yep another tough one, Release.  Oddly enough it is most often done using a…Foam Roller.  So what is it, why should I do it, and how do I use it?  We will be going over all of this in depth during the class.

Bottom line if you could stand to improve any of the following you should invest a little into yourself and sign up for the class

Muscle Tightness, Improve Body Composition, Flexibility, Function, Performance, Reduce Injuries, Speed Recovery.

Please contact us at info@fitsoldiers.com if you have any questions or would like to improve yourself!

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Over the last month we have been compiling some quick clips of our boot campers.  It is by no means a Hollywood production but it displays the hard work, reward, and fun all in one sweet little package!

ENJOY!

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Looking back at some of the questions from yesterdays blog I want to revisit one point.  Imagine your workouts, and imagine your at your physical end.  Your asking yourself, I cant do one more.  It burns.  I need oxygen. The list goes on.  I asked what your response is to that question?  The ones that get on that wall are the ones that dug deep, pulled up the extra energy and didn’t quit.  If they did quit, they owned up and made up the lost time.

This is what’s referred to as the point of confrontation.  You debate in your head and say, “I am working pretty hard and could be satisfied with how I did today.”  “I could push a little harder but I did pretty good.”  Or do you say the is only 10 seconds left.  This is the last round.  After this I’m done.  I can’t stop now.

The point of confrontation is the difference between mediocrity and excelling.  I was reading a devotional just yesterday and want to ask you what you do when you come upon storms in life?  Do you skirt around it and say “phew, just missed that one.”  Or do you head strait in, get messed up, and come out a better person physically, mentally, emotionally?  I want to challenge you to enter the storm.  Enter head on, pedal to the metal, full steam ahead and see what happens.

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Hey there, I know all the Fit Soldiers coming in for Boot Camp have been noticing a little more art work on our walls.  Who are they?  How did they get there?  Holy crap they look good!

I’m talking about our testimonies.  We have recently added a couple to our hall of fame if you will.  I just wanted to give you a little briefing on what its all about.  We have a program that we guarantee to get you results. Yes we guarantee it, but how come not everyone gets the results they want.  Well the people on the wall are the ones that were sick and tire of who they were, tired of being overweight, out of shape, sluggish, and self conscious and demanded to do something about it.

You see we are not with you 24/7.  Only 3 hours a week actually so there the people going up on the wall are the ones that took things serious enough to hammer their nutrition, kill everything we threw at them in boot camp, and go above and beyond what we gave them.  They came to free boot camps, asked their nutrition questions, attended a grocery store tour, made difficult changes to their lifestyle, eating, and physical habits that were hindering their progress in order to get the results they wanted.

So whats on your mind during your workouts?  Are you going along with the flow?  Chatting texting?  Anxious for your favorite show tonight?  Dreaming about dinner?  Stressed about the pile of work on your desk?

Or does your mind look like this.  It burns, I can’t do one more, I need to breathe, my heart is racing,  how many more?  Then what is your response?  Do you want to be on the wall or are you happy where your at?  Don’t assume results because they don’t just come.  Demand them, go get them, then expect them.

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Anything but a Slacker.

This past weekend we had 21 boot campers run the Slacker Half Marathon in Georgetown, CO.  The elevation started at 10,630′ and dropped to 8400′.  Of the everyone finished and over half of the group were first timers!!  I am so proud of all of them.  It took a lot of training, dedication, commitment.  The excitement and accomplishment on the faces of the finishers still gives me goose bumps.  I just wanted to say again.

Thank you Slackers!

Here is a picture of most of the group.

Pre race photo

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Ladies rockin' out some TRX Prone Crunches

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As a fitness professional, someone who cares about their clients, and determined to never be comfortable, I pay attention to trends, stats, education and the up and coming in the fitness industry.  I get several industry magazines and while reading through an article I came across a statement that I just couldn’t help but read again, and again.  Hear is what it read.

“Health Clubs have made no real impact to the obesity epidemic.”

NO REAL IMPACT…  What is wrong with that picture.  In my mind how can you own a health club and be happy doing your job and essential have no real impact on your community.  No real impact on health.  No real impact.  Now surely there are some people getting stronger, fitter, dropping out of the obese category, not over weight any more.  But to have no real impact on an epidemic that is destroying our nations health?  If that statement isn’t motivation for myself or anyone else in this fitness field then you better find a new career because you are either tired of living and life is miserable (in which case your business is probably going under soon anyway), or your only focus is numbers and money.  If you fall into one of those categories then your here for the wrong reason.

Will I make an impact on the obesity epidemic?  Probably not.  Will I make an impact on the over all health of this nation.  No.  Will I make an impact on the people in my community?  You better freakin’ believe it.  The second I stop caring about the people who are losing body fat, and trying to figure out how people can clean up their eating habits, will be the the second I lock my doors for good.  Fit Soldiers is not a big box gym, nor do we plan to be.  You are not a number, not member you are family.  We are a community that gets behind you, supports you, challenges you.  You get the results, we provide the path.

Love you all!!

Here’s a quick POD!

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It happens every year.  People usually get a push and a motivation to get fit, in shape, take charge of their life.  It usually happens around new years resolution time, and a second panic attempt once it starts getting warm out.  So why do so many people fail?  Lets take a look at one common culprit, their support system.  So many people will go into a gym, maybe even sign up with a friend to workout together.  Start off really consistent, for sure getting on some kind of cardio equipment, and when they feel daring and adventurous they dabble in some of the machines and weights.  Now over time they begin to fall off the wagon, things come up, their workout partner has some prior events planned, or your just too tired.

Now what, a month later they’ve lost a little weight feeling pretty good but not quite the results that the magazines had predicted.  So they fall off the wagon until the next new year, vacation or summer.  What if you have a team.  A whole mess of people just like you with equally high hopes that depended on you just as much as you depend on them.  Someone who is not afraid of calling you out when you skip a workout, encouraging you when you think you can’t do any more.  What if you were surrounded by people like that…

You can be…

Got Support? Got Results?

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