Reduce Risk of Chronic Disease, Healthy Weight Loss and More Energy with Firstline Therapy

Leave a Comment

Research indicates that many chronic diseases associated with aging are largely due to poor ‘lifestyle factors’
such as physical inactivity, stress and suboptimal nutrition. This makes lifestyle changes the first, and possibly
the most important therapy doctors can prescribe for the treatment of many chronic disorders such as: diabetes,
high cholesterol, metabolic syndrome, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, high blood pressure and heart disease.

It is this reason that the National Clinical Guidelines for most of these disorders advocate a multifactorial
lifestyle approach; also known as “therapeutic lifestyle change or TLC.” FirstLine Therapy® is a therapeutic
lifestyle program that teaches you how to make ‘everyday’ choices that will enhance your health, vitality and
longevity.

Get help making those healthy lifestyle changes to permanently meet your health goals! Check this exciting program now!

www.fivetownsfirstlinetherapy.com

Five Towns Trainer Says “Complex Is Best”

Leave a Comment

Wait! Don’t just skim down to see which exercise I’ve labeled as the best, get the whole story…

I’m often approached and asked to pin down a single exercise as the one that will help lose the most fat and sculpt the quickest. That’s not an easy question to answer.

You see, I’m very aware of the fact that though an exercise may be perfect for Client A, it may not be the best choice for Client B—hence my hesitation to label any exercise as the universal best.

That being said, some exercises are definitely better than others. And, yes, there are even a few that I would call the best.

What makes an exercise the best?
When you decide which exercises to include in your routine, it is important to consider the type of movement involved. The simpler the movement, the fewer calories you’ll burn and the fewer muscles you will strengthen. On the other hand, the more complex the movement, the more calories you will burn and the more muscles you will strengthen.

To put it simply, exercises that use complex movements will deliver better results than exercises that use only simple movements. Complex movements recruit multiple muscles, some to stabilize and others to perform the movement. This process keeps your heart rate higher than a simple exercise would, giving you a more intense workout.

What is a complex movement?
A complex movement is a multi-joint movement that recruits large portions of the body to complete the exercise. Let’s compare a simple movement leg exercise with a complex movement leg exercise:

The leg extension machine uses a simple, isolated movement to work the quadriceps. You’re in a seated position moving only your knee joint. There isn’t much involvement, if any, from other muscles and it doesn’t burn very many calories.

Now let’s look at a free weight walking lunge. You start by standing with your feet together and a dumbbell in each hand at your sides (or a barbell across your shoulders, or a medicine ball held at your chest, or even with no weight at all). You take a large step forward and lower your back knee, keeping your front knee at a 90 degree angle. Now you push off your front foot and pull your back leg forward, repeating the movement.

How many muscles did you utilize while performing the lunge? Probably too many to count.

You certainly worked your quadriceps, gluteus, hamstrings, calves, abdominals, supporting muscles in your shoulders, arms and back- just to name a few. You also raised your heart rate and really kicked your metabolism into high gear. That’s what I call a great exercise.

To Your Best Health Ever!

Best Way To Gain Weight?

Leave a Comment

Michael Stephens here,  I’m doing a little research and I was hoping you could help me out.

Here is a question for you:

Do you know the absolute Best way to Gain weight?

Please post your answer(s) below.

Make it a great day!

Michael Stephens

Question Of The Day

11 Comments

Question:

How Can Eating 6 Meals Per Day Help Me Lose Fat?

Answer:

It doesn’t make sense, right? Everyone thinks if you want to lose fat you go on a diet, you eat less. Frankly, that’s baloney. And it’s dangerous.

There are three reasons why eating frequently, in the range of five to six small meals per day, helps you lose weight. First, smaller meals are less likely to be stored as fat. Second, frequent meals help stabilize blood sugar levels and control insulin. This insulin control helps you stay in a fat burning state. Lastly, every time you eat, your metabolism is raised (meaning you use up more food as energy) due to a process called thermogenesis.

Thermogenesis is simply the name for the process of your body burning calories during the digestion process. That’s right, it takes energy (calories) to digest food. So eating itself is like getting a “mini-workout” on the inside without all the sweating and groaning.

To your best health ever!

-Michael Stephens

TRX plus Spin = TRX Spin Fusion

Leave a Comment

The SouthWest Fitness Club a local Five Towns Health Club located in Woodmere, launches  a dynamic new group fitness class.  Resistance training is a great compliment to Spinning. But how do you combine a Spinning ride and resistance training in one class when space is tight and you are short on time?

SouthWest Fitness Club Presents:

TRX SPIN FUSION - is a combo class format integrating the TRX for upper and lower body strength with Spin intervals for cardiovascular benefit. Get ready to work, sweat, have fun, lose weight, tighten and firm your body with TRX SPIN FUSION

Click on the link below for a Complimentary 14 Day Pass and experience how TRX SPIN FUSION and our other great Group Fitness Classes can help you reach your fitness goals.

Get Your 14 Day Complimentary Pass Today!

Reshaping The Five Towns One Body At A Time!

Five Towns Thanksgiving Calorie-Busting Workouts

Leave a Comment

November 21, 2010 Fitness Boot Camp Gives FREE

“Thanksgiving Holiday Calorie-Busting Workouts”

To Help Bring Food And Joy This Holiday Season!

(all food will be donated to the Salvation Army)

Dear Five Towns Resident,

Just bring 5 non-perishable food items and you can work out at the leading Five Towns Boot Camp on November 21st for FREE.  Michael Stephens of S.W.A.T Boot Camps calls them “Calorie-Busting Workouts” because of they burn off those monstrous calories we all consume during the holidays.

“Our Thanksgiving Food Drive is an annual tradition here,” says Stephens, “because the Holidays season is such a wonderful time for family and friends, a time to show appreciation for all we have, especially our health.

S.W.A.T Boot Camp is open to all Five Towns residents and their family and friends on Sunday, November 21st … The cost of admission is just (5) food items (non-perishable), otherwise it’s completely free to everyone who wants a great workout with fun people.

Click here for more information or to register.

What The Health Clubs And Diet Industries Don’t Want You To Know!

Leave a Comment

**Consumer Alert**

“What The Health Club & Diet Industries Don’t Want You To Know…Scams, Fads!”

Dear Five Towns Resident,

This Special Report is going to make you pretty darn angry at the diet and health club industries.

Frankly, it’s going to out right make your blood boil when you read how these multimillion dollar companies deliberately swindle the unassuming public.  But armed with this valuable information, you’ll have everything you need to make an informed decision when it come to your health, fitness and weight loss needs.

To Read More Simple Click On Link Below To Download Full Report (pdf safe to open)

Plus… Receive (3) Special Gifts From The SouthWest Fitness Club.

Get Report Now

How To Get Fit With TRX Circuit Training

Leave a Comment

What is Suspension Training?

Suspension Training bodyweight exercise develops strength, balance, flexibility and core stability simultaneously. It requires the use of the TRX® Suspension Trainer™, a highly functional performance training tool that leverages gravity and the user’s body weight to enable hundreds of exercises for every fitness goal.

Where can you take a TRX Class?

SouthWest Fitness Club – 961 Broadway- Woodmere, N.Y 11598 (516) 364-6464

Click Here For Directions To The SouthWest Fitness Club

TRX Circuit Training – Participants perform the exercises together, but not in a synchronized manner. Each individual chooses a pace and difficulty at the upper edge of his or her ability and strives to maintain it throughout the set. This class is driven by the clock and by verbal cueing of the instructor, with music used only to set the background mood.

Group classes are offered:

  • Monday 9:15am: Body Blast
  • Monday 7:30pm- TRX Circuit Training
  • Wednesday 9:15am: TRX Circuit Training
  • Thursday 8:00am: TRX Circuit Training
  • Thursday 5:00pm: TRX Circuit Training

TRX BODY BLAST

Leave a Comment

What is Suspension Training?

Suspension Training bodyweight exercise develops strength, balance, flexibility and core stability simultaneously. It requires the use of the TRX® Suspension Trainer™, a highly functional performance training tool that leverages gravity and the user’s body weight to enable hundreds of exercises for every fitness goal.

Where can you take a TRX Class?

SouthWest Fitness Club – 961 Broadway- Woodmere, N.Y 11598 (516) 364-6464

Click Here For Directions To The SouthWest Fitness Club

TRX Body Blast - Driven by the beat of the music movement of the group share a coordinated tempo and are preformed together in approximate synchronization. This class is driven by the beat of the music with transitions being signaled by the class leader.

Group classes are offered:

  • Monday 9:15am: Body Blast
  • Monday 7:30pm- TRX Circuit Training
  • Wednesday 9:15am: TRX Circuit Training
  • Thursday 8:00am: TRX Circuit Training
  • Thursday 5:00pm: TRX Circuit Training

TRX Group Fitness

1 Comment

What is TRX?

TRX is a type of training that uses your own body weight and gravity, to build strength, balance, coordination, flexibility, core and joint stability, all while preventing injuries.

What are some of the advantages of using the TRX system?
You can minimize your training time by working your whole entire body switching from one exercise to the next in just seconds. Do you know what the best part is? Every exercise you have to engage your core. Now you may think that your core is just your abdominals, however it is more than that! Your core includes the pelvis, abs, back and chest muscles. It is this core that offers your body stability, balance and flexibility. Everything you do in your life starts with your core, whether it is bending over to pick up the pen you dropped on the floor, washing your car, playing basketball with your kids, or participating in an Ironman. A strong and stable core is important to help prevent injuries, not just in your low back but in your entire body.

Just think of how developing good core strength and stability will only enhance your performance and way of life! Another advantage is by using your own body weight and gravity you are able to adjust to your own personal fitness level just by walking yourself closer or further away from the anchoring point. That means you do not have to go grab a different set of dumbbells or add more weight to the machine, you just simply adjust your foot placement. This keeps you constantly challenging your body through every exercise, minimizing wasted time switching weights.

Why should we train on the TRX over traditional styles of training?
Traditional styles of training are performed in what we call Saggital plane of motion meaning moving forward, backward, push, pulling type of exercises while seated. An example would be a seated chest press, a seated cable row, and leg press, none of these challenging the core. Do we always move in our daily routine only forward and backward? The answer is NO! We move left, right, forward, backward, diagonal, reaching, and twisting. Don’t you think we should train our bodies the same way? This is exactly why the TRX helps prevent injuries. Besides by developing a strong and stable core, you are moving in multi-planes through different exercises, training your body for daily activities and reducing chances of injuries.

What are some of the exercises I can do to enhance my performance?
Chest Press, Row, Lunge, Squat, Plank, Tucks, Pike, Side Lunge, Oblique Twist, Back Extension.

See how TRX Suspension Training Can Help You Reach Your Fitness Goals!

Click On The Link Below To Sign-Up For A FREE TRX Group Class At The SouthWest Fitness Club

http://www.trxsouthwestfitnessclub.com/

« Older Posts