Thermometer Jeans Kickoff

Only one day left until the Kickoff of our Thermometer Jeans Challenge. Their are still a couple spots open so you still have time to get registered.

It's $129 for nonmembers and $50 for members. This will give you 6 weeks of access to the facility, a fitness program, unlimited group fitness classes, and one session with a fitness coach each week, along with a nutrition plan. All designed to help you drop 1-2 pants sizes!

We will kick it off tomorrow night November 4th at 6 p.m. with "The Truth About Fat Loss" a presentation to help dispel many of the common myths and misconceptions about fat loss.

See you there!

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Also, there will not be a 6:15 p.m. Group Class this Thursday due to the presentation be held.

Defined Fitness Tip For Results #3

Fitness Myth #2: Aerobics for Fat Loss

This is the second in a three part series...

You know that you need to exercise to lose weight. So just start walking and then eventually jogging and pretty soon those pounds will just be melting off your body. Right?

Sorry, you can walk and jog all you want, but you will never get the lean toned body that you desire. And sorry aerobics queens, but the time has come to put away your spandex unitards and leg warmers. Aerobics and aerobic type activity (aka: steady-state cardio) didn’t work then and doesn’t work now!

According to a 2006 study published in the International Journal of Obesity, researchers found that men and women who ran the same weekly mileage, regardless of distance, actually gained weight.

In that same journal another study found that the addition of 4 hours of aerobic exercise had no effect on weight loss.

In a 1994 study, done by Tremblay et al, they looked at two groups. Group #1 performed 20 weeks of steady-state cardio, Group #2 performed interval based training for 15 weeks. In 20 weeks Group #1 burned 28,661 calories over twice the number of calories as Group #2, which only burned 13,614 calories. However, Group #2 lost 9 times more body fat in 5 less weeks than Group #1 when corrected for energy cost.

One last study.

In 1999 researchers found that resistance training increased fat loss by 35% over diet and aerobic training. They also found that 3 aerobic sessions of 50 minutes per week for 12 weeks only resulted in one pound more of fat lost than dieting alone.

How can that be that be?

The reason we see this is because the metabolic effect, amount of time your body continues to burn calories after exercise, of aerobic training lasts only 30 minutes to an hour. But, the metabolic effect of resistance training will last up to 48 hours. That’s two days after you last worked out and your body is still burning calories from your workout.

With aerobics you may have burned a lot of calories during your workout, but you do not burn many afterwards. With resistance training you not only burn calories during your workout, but you also continue burning them for the next 48 hours!

Josh

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Thermometer Jeans Challenge - drop 1-2 pant sizes in 6 weeks!! Call 724-934-2000 today to register! Limited to the first 20 people. $129 to join, only $50 for members. Includes: Fitness program design, 6 fitness coaching sessions (1 each week), unlimited access to all group fitness coaching classes, unlimited access to the facility, and a nutrition program all designed to get you into your jeans.

Defined Fitness Tip For Results #2

Fitness Myth #1: Eat Less!

This is the first of a three part series:

If you want to lose weight you need to eat less right?

Not exactly,

According to a 1996 research study if you eat more frequently throughout the day you will lose more body fat. The researchers compared 2 groups, Group #1 ate two meals per day and Group #2 ate 6 meals per day. At the end of the study they found that Group #2 who ate the same number of calories lost more body fat than Group #1 who only ate two meals per day.

The reason this happened is because the more frequently you eat (e.g. every 3 hours) the higher your metabolism runs and you keep your body out of its primitive starvation mode where it tends to store everything you eat.

If you are really serious about losing fat you need to eat 5-6 meals per day, roughly one meal every 3 hours. You may also need to actually eat more. You see when you eat less calories than your body needs each day, known as your resting metabolic rate, all of your bodies systems slow down due to lack of sufficient energy. Many people assume that if they eat less there body will use its fat stores for energy, but this is not necessarily true. In fact, what actually happens is your body ends up using its lean muscle tissue for energy, thus further decreasing your metabolism.

This is why extreme caloric deficit diets always fail. You set your daily needs low, your metabolism slows even more and as a result your total daily caloric needs will become even lower creating a caloric surplus. If you decrease your calories more this cycle will just continue repeating itself until you are eventually eating zero calories a day and still getting fatter!

A better approach is to stimulate your metabolism through a weight-training program, which will build muscle to further promote fat loss, and eat sufficient calories to keep your metabolism running high.

Josh

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Thermometer Jeans Challenge: Are your jeans fitting tight? You could lose 2 sizes in the next 6 weeks! Compete in our 6-Week Thermometer Jeans Challenge starting Novemeber 4th and will kickoff with "THE TRUTH ABOUT FAT LOSS" presentation at 6 p.m. on the 4th. Call 724-934-2000 today for more info!

Calorie Burning Exercise

Kettlebells Snatch Intervals burn 20.2 calories per minute and since it is resistance training and interval based you will continue to burn calories at a higher rate long after you've completed the workout, unlike with running or aerobics where you only burn calories during the time spent exercising. And even those types of exercise can't burn 20.2 calories per minute.

Check out the video on how to do this:

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Can you fit into your jeans? Drop up to 2 sizes in 6 weeks with our THERMOMETER JEANS CHALLENGE, starting November 4th. It's only $129 for nonmembers and $50 for members to register, limited to the first 20 people. Call 724-934-2000 today to reserve your spot!

Thermometer Jeans Challenge

Can You Fit Into Your Jeans? You could lose over 2 pants sizes in the next 6 weeks!

Compete in Our 6-Week Thermometer Jeans Challenge!

Here is how it works:
- Bring in a pair from your closet or buy a pair you would like to fit into; jeans must be at least 2 sizes too small.
- We'll take a picture of you trying to get them on; over a pair of spandex shorts or pants.
- We will keep your jeans at Defined Fitness; and you can try them on throughout the challenge.
- You will have 6 weeks to get into them...

...at the end of the challenge you're a winner if you can say: "I can fit into my jeans!"

PLUS...when your jeans fit you will receive a $50 gift card for Macy's.

The Thermometer Jeans Challenge will start Thursday November 4th and Kickoff with a presentation "The Truth About Fat Loss" at 6 P.M. (Free for all to attend)

$129 gets you in and includes: (members get in for $50)
- unlimited group coaching sessions, choose morning or evenings.
- 1 session each week with your own fitness coach
- a fitness program design specifically to get you into your jeans
- nutrition journal
- 15 min. accountability meeting each Monday

Hurry space is limited to 20 people! Call today to reserve your spot 724-934-2000

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Don't Feed The Animals

The other day I was taking some pictures off of my camera and came across one that I had taken about a year ago when I was out in Yosemite National Park.

It was a picture of a sign that was posted on each table at the food court, which was outside.

The sign read:

"Keep Wildlife Wild - don't feed the animals. Feeding the animals causes them to gain weight, lose hair, and live shorter lives."

Interesting! Here were all these people eating the same food that they are recommending we not feed to the animals, because it is unhealthy for the animals. But, at the same time the people eating the food are overweight, losing their hair, and possibly shortening their lives.

Josh

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The 4th Quarter

We have now entered what retailers and businesses call Q4. The fourth quarter of the year.

2010 has flown by – for me at least.

But here we are – in October already. Only 3 months until 2011 and you’re setting the same old New Year’s Resolutions…again.

But before you get too depressed and think that thee year is over – let me point out that 3 months is a long time – you can get a lot done in 3 months. And there’s no rule that states you can only set goals on Dec 31st. You can start progress towards a goal anytime….

Is your goal to lose fat? You could EASILY lose 2 or 3lbs per week by starting now, tightening up your training and diet and focusing your efforts. You’ve got 13 weeks until New Years Eve. That would mean somewhere between 25-40lbs gone.

There’s 13 weeks left in the year. Imagine starting 2010 having lost 20-40lbs more fat. Get started on a solid, effective, fast-acting fat loss program today.

Muscle gain? By Jan 1 you’ll could have possibly made 8-10lbs of solid gains in muscle.

If you’re on track with your 2010 goals- don’t lose momentum.
If you’re behind schedule – step it up.

And if you haven’t even started – it’s NOT too late. Make your 2010 Quarter Four Resolutions now and get a jump start on 2010.

Don’t let the next three months slide by without doing something! Get started today with our 30-Day Trial membership for only $89. Your 30-Day Trial Membership includes: a complete fitness evaluation, movement screening, custom fitness program design, 8 fitness coaching sessions, unlimited group fitness "Metabolic Express" classes, and unlimited access to the facility for a full 30 days. Call 724-934-2000 to get started!

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