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.

Here it is;

Part 1 of Resistance Bands Training

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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.

Hey Ladies,

It is sad to say but she is finally gone.

America’s favourite trainer Jillian Michaels will no longer be your in home fitness guru.

She is leaving the show to start a family and focus on charity work.

I am not a big Biggest Loser fan due to the nature of the show however I do watch because I loving helping people lose weight and change their life.

Lets face reality here, it is impossible for these contestants to be thrown back into reality and have expectations of keeping their weight off.

5 hours/day at home 7 days/week and sleeping 10 hours/day is simply unreal.

What I do like though is the no-nonsense approach that Jillian Michaels takes when it comes helping contestants with their battle of the buldge. She greatly uses NLP to help her Black team understand what got them there in the first place. Jillian is what really makes the show in my opinion.

Do you like her approach?

Do you think she talks like that to her regular clients or does she just do it for TV?

Would you put up with it?

I think my clients would fire me if I told them to “take your hands off the treadmill before I tear them off and beat you with them”.

Lets talk Anna Kournikova.

This lady is a world class athlete and has been training to be fit her whole life.

Athletes put time in the gym, watch what they eat and they know how to train.

I think she will be a tough trainer but MAN does she have BIG shoes to fill!!

I assume she made a good impression last year on the 2010 season Oct 5th.

Personally, I don’t think she can live up to Jillian’s hype.

Lmk your thoughts.

Will you watch it?

Do you like Jillian or are you glad to see her leave (she can be an outrageous meanie)?

Leave your comments.

Hey there,

Here is a cool video on Dynamic Stretching versus Static Stretching and which one you want to do before a workout and which one after. My Oakville Personal Trainer Jon Thomas explains here for your home fitness workout.

Remember, you might see professional sport athletes do Static Stretching before a game as well as Dynamic. In an aerobic sport type setting – the Static beforehand is not wrong.

However in a “power/strength” setting like strength training at home – Dynamic is most important 1st.

Jon will reveal why…

Turn those speakers up to hear Jon.

Hey ladies,

If you have a tough time toning your tummy and minimizing that muffin top – try this when training at home.

Think compound moves like I have mentioned before.

But also think stability and balance exercises.

• 1 Leg exercises
• 1 Arm exercises
• Involve a wobble disc, Bosu or Balance board
• Use a stability ball

All of these things above that are mentioned will incorporate your (big words) proprioception, vestibular balance and most importantly = your CORE!

Basic isolated moves for exercise have their place, don’t get me wrong… I would never suggest a newbie to exercise to start doing compound moves or extreme balance exercises.

Nor would I suggest someone looking to build strength, to start training with complex, compound movements. (Or even stability and balance type moves either.)

For strength training you would need solid support. A base to push or pull from or to lift/press maximum weight without injuring say… your back.

But trust me, like Kevin in the video – your body (and abs) will be shaking all over the place.

This makes your mid section a Fat Burning Furnace.

Start with a stable base (feet wide),

Then move on to 1 arm at a time,

Next, put your feet completely together with 1 arm at a time,

If you are feeling like Olivia Newton John or Suzanne Somers – put 1 foot in the air aligned with your body (parallel with the floor).

Enjoy the video, more quick, efficient, home fitness for you busy Mom’s to come.

P.S.? Remember, try us out for a free sample workout to see if these are the right fat burning workouts for you?

1.888.269.1TOS(867)?? info@trainersonsite.com

Hi Ladies,

Here is a quick video explaining why you don’t want to body build and why you want to functional train or perform compound progressive exercises right in the comfort of your own home.? If you are stuck for time and you want a quick home fitness workout, you have to incorporate compound movement exercises. Of course only do these once you have mastered an isolated movement.

Watch here and lmk what you think?

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

Well, there is some confusion out there in the world of Weight Loss.

The confusion is, people do not know how much food to eat and how much exercise is needed to burn calories.

Ready for some simple math, here it is;

Let’s say you are female and (not saying particulariliy anyone) weigh appproximately 175 lbs.

1st, you take 175 lbs and x that by 10, =? 1,750 (calories needed to maintain life function, not including your daily activity). This is your BMR?- Basal Metabolic Rate

Under a general assumption, we assume you add 20% of daily activity effort to that (work, no exercise yet).

**********Disclaimer******************

Jobs differ

Some?Construction workers burn?quite a few calories. (So do stay at home Mom’s – I know)

Office workers are what?we gauge these numbers (20%) by.

So… Lets take 1,750 x 20% = 350 daily activity calories

Now, just by breathing, going to work, and doing daily chores?YOU burn 2,100 calories/day.

Numbers don’t lie.

If you are consuming 2,100 calories/day – YOU?WILL NOT?lose weight!

Just maintain??

If you over eat or move less – YOU WILL gain weight!

Here is another number.

Lets say you burn 500 calories per hour.

If you do this every day over the course of 7 days = 3,500 calories burned.

Heck, there goes 1 lb of FAT!

Ok, it gets better.

Take that Total daily activity munber and consume 500 calories LESS 7 days/week = 3,500 calorie deficit.

Ok, YOU excited yet?

I just?explained to?you the simple math to be?in a deficit of 7,000 calories/week = Presto….

**************?? 2LBS GONE PER WEEK!!!?? ****************?

Hold?the phone Batman, one more.

It is known that the average person out there who adds 1 lb of muscle burns approximately 50 calories/day at rest.

Well…….

If you add 10 lbs of muscle (while losing 10 lbs of fat, weight didn’t change too much there) you now burn

500 Calories/day at rest.

Yeah, while you are sleeping!!!

Isn’t that great? Another lb gone, right?

My question to you is, are you disciplined to try and lose 12 lbs/month (if you need to that is?) ?

As a Mobile Personal Trainer, our job function is to get you that!

I want you to burn more at rest,? lose calories from daily exercise, and eat less but more frequent?from our customized Meal Plans.

There is the science.

If we at TOS kick your butt 3 days/week for 1hr = 500 calories each workout + after 30 – 60 days you will have an additional 10 lbs of muscle, and eat 500 calories less per day?-? we essentially are getting you to be in a potential deficit per day of 1,500 calories on the day you train with my Trainers.

WOW!!

Even at exercising 3 days/week = Negative 4,500 calories.

I know I know, sign you up – right?

Give us a call 1.888.269.1TOS(867)

Our FREE Meal Plan promotion is extended until the end of August.

Act fast. We only have 9 left to give away in the whole company.

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