Now this is cool!!

Even though I am not a real “techie” kind of a guy, I love interesting devices, inventions, and products.

Especially when it comes to health and fitness.

Now don’t get me wrong, gizmo’s and gadgets that simply blow smoke up your _____, I am not a big fan of.

I would only promote/endorse fitness things that are really beneficial, practical and of good quality.

If you have been reading my e-mails or blog posts for a while now, you know that I watch NBC’s The Biggest Loser (am I a fan…not sure anymore? Although Dolvett really rocks the show! We will save that for another blog post).

The contestants on the show wear this sleek cool-looking black armband, the BodyBugg.

Apparently it is only available to be bought through 24 hr Fitness locations across the U.S.A.

The same device – different name / different colour – is now available to the general population across North America as Body Media Fit.

The creators of Body Media Fit 1st initially made it as a medical device for weight management patients. This arm-band, activity manager and display monitor would ensure the physicians/patients a like, had a tracking system to calculate what was going right or wrong for the patients pertaining to losing weight.

One of my clients used Body Media Fit while training with me and it was the best system/product I had ever seen.
She lost “100″ lbs in 7 months!

My client would set the monitor on “Trip” and the device would actually measure precisely how many calories she would burn in the span of our workout. So 15 minutes in, we could gauge how hard she was working.

Later throughout the day she would get a beeping sound from the Body Media Fit say around say 7pm, notifying her that she met her target calorie burn for the day at 3,500 calories — everything else was gravy (so to speak, bonus – lol)

It would see a chart like this one that she would email me – graphed – at the end of the week showing her totals…
Weekly caloric deficit, weekly sleep patterns, weekly steps taken, and weekly vigorous exercise (mine shows daily, and my food was not entered)

As you can see, if you don’t post your food consumed – you won’t get the caloric deficit. Very important step!!! (Easy after getting your main meals in there)

Here is their website

http://www.bodymedia.com/

I don’t get anything (yet) from promoting this product. But I really am thinking about making it a must have device in all our weight management personal training programs.

If you want results like Joy, fill out our contact form and we will start helping you achieve fitness results today

http://www.trainersonsite.com/contact_a_tos_trainer.html

World famous Personal Trainer Rosalie Brown has done it again. She has come up with another exciting new product – The Fit Glide.

Here she just talks about general fitness, especially having convenient fruit and veggies.

What an inspiration! She looks fantastic creeping on 50!!!

(She helped me when I was on the Shopping Channel before)

Have a look at her general fitness video and the watch her demo of the Fit Glide

http://www.theptdifference.com

In this last video Jon talks about how to graduate or upgrade resistance bands or even if you need to?

Remember, my favourite bands to use at home are Twist Conditioning Smart Toner Bands. Which brand of band do you use at home?

Watch and learn busy moms, watch and learn.

Do you like band training? Leave a comment on the Blog and lmk.

Did you ever think of doing body building exercies with resistance bands?

I have.

Check out Jon in this video.

He knows his stuff.

Remember to give us a call for a FREE Fitness Audit – 1.888.269.1TOS (867)

Here it is;

 

Part 1 of Resistance Bands Training

 

Contact us via e-mail to get started on a sample personal training session today - info@trainersonsite.com

So here is a top 10  list of the things I like to torture you with in the comfort of your own home (some call me a saddist, lol)

 

(Some I use for personal torture, and you haven’t seen….yet – lol)

 

In no special order here come my fav top 10….

 

 

 

Twist Smart Toner Bands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lebert Equalizer Bars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The BOSU ball

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bowflex Select Tech dumbbells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The TRX Suspension Trainer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gliding Discs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lebert Buddy System

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energetics  Jump Rope

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energetics  Stabilty Ball

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Perfect Push-up

 

 

 

 

So there you have it.  A top ten list of my favourite in home personal training tools that we can bring, to kick your butt at

home.

 

Look out for another post where I demonstrate to you how they are best used either with your Personal Trainer or on your own..

 

If you are a busy mom doing fitness at home, you are going to want to watch these videos.

 

Bye for now.

 

 

So on Firday of last week it was my friend Mindy Milrea’s Birthday. She is such an inspiration to us all in the fitness industry.

Mindy is the person behind one of my favourite fitness products – Gliding Discs.

I love these cool little purple discs. They come in plastic for carpet or cloth for hardwood/laminate.

There are 100′s of different exercises you can use with them at home or on the road.

From side to side push-ups like in P90X, to reverse lunges or even floor sprints in videos like Insanity.

Gliders work and they work REALLY well.

Check out my “Gliding” How To videos at the Fitness Source Blog

http://www.fitnesssourceblog.ca/2011/05/24/how-to-do-gliding-cardio-abs/

Grab the Gliders from Fitness Source. Once you have mastered the videos that come with the discs or you simply want variety, hop over to Mindy’s website to browse through more of her DVD’s.

https://www.glidingdiscs.com/store.php

Thats it for today. Get Gliding.

I’ve got some good news and some bad news…

 

Let’s talk about the good news 1st.

 

May is the month we get full swing into Spring with many things going on, like;

 

- Cinco De Mayo, (ariba)

- Mothers Day, (we are all about getting Moms fit)

- May 2-Four (Victoria Day),

- Officially no more snow,

 

Just because its May though doesn’t mean we have to party like its 1999 (every year, lol)

 

Stay on track with your fitness goals. Get Beach Body ready before late June.

 

Have fun yes, but incorporate exercise into the equation.

 

Hike more, ride your bike, play sports even…

 

Is it really necessary to have 7 hotdogs and 3 bottles of wine over the weekend?

 

Speaking of fun in May, my buddies at Fitness Source have a pretty neat thing going on this month. It is called “Deal a Day in May”.

 

That’s right, every day on the http://www.fitnesssource.ca website they are listing 1 piece of fitness equipment for a great savings.

 

It could be a Bosu ball, a home gym bench, treadmill – who knows???

 

Go to their site daily http://www.fitnesssource.ca and see what they have – then quickly get to the store.

 

You might be able to get Mom the perfect deal for Mothers day.

 

Who knows, maybe you want exercise bands or portable dumbbells up at the cottage.

 

Here is the bad news….

 

Its only a Deal a Day in May!

 

There are “Limited Quantities” on all items.

 

Be sure to check daily for big savings.

 

Ok, that’s it for now.

 

There’s plenty of new things happening with Trainers On Site, but that’s for another email.

 

Go to Fitness Source today -

http://www.fitnesssource.ca

 

Tell me what you think of the deals as well.

 

Remember,

 

You’re never alone,

Trying to get fit at Home!

 

Trainers On Site

 

I think one of the most popular fitness products on the planet is THE TREADMILL.

It is the highest searched fitness product on Google.

Treadmills help you burn the most calories overall comparing to all cardio pieces of equipment.

Think about it. You are forcing to propel your body forward (all be it with the help of a rotating belt) with no straps attached, handels to hang on for dear life, or virtually any support.

The greatest thing I like about treadmills is that there are all sorts of cool programs on different ones.

In fact, there are even cool programs to help you train efficiently like my buddy Yuri Elkaims -Treadmill Trainer.

?Today, on behalf of?my bud Yuri -?I?? like to give you 3 interval training workouts for beginners.? You can choose to do these on the treadmill or outdoors ??it really doesn?? matter.? These running workouts will help run longer, get in better shape, and burn more calories.

These cardio workouts involve interval training which means that you have a bout of higher intensity (ie. running) followed by a bout of lower intensity (ie. walking). Depending on the duration of the workout, this sequence will be repeated a number of times, which allows you to spend more time at faster speeds because we space them out with “recovery” intervals.

So let’s get to it.

Beginner Interval Running Workout #1:

1 minute jogging @ 75% max speed : 4 minutes walking x 5 = 25 minutes

In this workout, you will jog at 75% of your maximum running speed for 1 minute and then reduce the speed to a decent pace walk for 4 minutes. This is then 5 times for a total of 25 minutes. This interval program means that you’ll be spending a total of 5 minutes running and 20 minutes walking.

Beginner Interval Running Workout #2:

2 minutes jogging @ 75% max speed : 4 minutes walking x 5 = 30 minutes

Notice how this workout is almost identical to the first one, except for one little difference? In this treadmill workout, you’ll be jogging twice as long while recovering for the same amount of time (4 minutes) you did in the first workout. The fact that your work to rest ratio is now 1:2 instead of 1:4 makes this workout more challenging because you are spending more of this workout at a higher speed. This workout allows you to run for 10 minutes and walk for 20 minutes.

Beginner Interval Running Workout #3:

2 minutes jogging @ 75% max speed : 2 minutes walking x 5 = 20 minutes

This treadmill running workout is more challenging because you now have the same amount of work as you do recovery (ie. a 1:1 ratio). You won’t have as much time to recover between work bouts and therefore we have reduced the overall time of this workout to 20 minutes, during which you’ll have 10 minutes of running and 10 minutes of walking.

These are just a few running workouts for beginners out of thousands of possible interval running plans. Start with these and you??l notice a significant improvement in your ability to run.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Yuri Elkaim is one of the world?? leading fitness and sports conditioning experts. You can take his Treadmill Trainer interval trainin running programs for a free test spin by visiting http://www.cartville.com/app/?Clk=3900405 and learn more about the best running workouts to get you fitter and running faster than ever before!

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Lmk how you like it?guys. Give me some comments on the blog.