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Roasted Carrots with Avocado and Parmesan

Here’s a tasty recipe from 2011 Clean Up 2nd Place winner and boot camper, FP. You need: 1 pound of carrots 2 tbsp olive oil dash kosher salt freshly ground pepper to taste 1/2 tsp caraway seeds 1/2 ripe avocado 2-3 tbsp lemon juice grated Parmesan (optional) Directions: heat oven to 400 degrees peel carrots…

Pam Handfield – the Journey continues

I’ve posted here before about star boot camper and kettlebell “swinger”, Pam Handfield. Well, Pam continues to do amazing things and I had to give her more props. Pam participated in the 2011 End of Winter Clean Up but went 8 weeks instead of 4 without processed foods, alcohol, sugar (the real and fake stuff)…

FP’s Clean Up story

FP is a dedicated weekday boot camper and dragon boater who took 2nd Place for Body Transformation in the 2011 End of Winter Clean Up. During the four week challenge she lost 4 pounds and a total of 7-1/4 inches! FP committed to the Clean Up and it shows. Just look at those abs! Here’s…

2011 Clean Up Winners

For 4 weeks in February and March, 26 Performance Fitness clients, boot campers and “friends” participated in the End of Winter Clean Up. A nutrition challenge in which they ate real food (in other words minimally processed food) and eschewed sugar, artificial sweetener, alcohol and refined carbohydrates, like white bread. There were tears (I’m not…

Success!

It’s so gratifying when I see my clients get results. It’s validation – living proof that this stuff (exercise, clean eating) works as long as you’re willing to commit to it and persevere through the “pain”. It’s also a big middle finger to all the haters – those people who think that real people can’t …

Clean eating works!

We’re almost at the end of week 2 of the End of Winter Clean Up. Check out the success our members have had so far: Marisa G. is feeling great on the Clean Up program. She lost 4 pounds during the first 4 days! Granted much of this is water weight but it goes to…

In defense of clean eating

We’re nearing the end of Week 1 of the Performance Fitness End of Winter Clean Up – our 28 day nutrition challenge to eat super clean. We’ve cut out sugar (real and fake), alcohol, processed foods and refined carbohydrates from our diets, all in the hopes of establish some new habits, being healthier, achieving our…

Welcome Back and The End of Winter Clean Up!

After a long absence from blogging (one that occurred for good reason – the birth of my son, Collier) I’m back! I apologize for my absence but I’m looking forward to sharing content with the world again. Check back for new recipes, workouts and all things fitness. For now check out The End of Winter…

Do something!

We’ve survived another Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Now – it’s on! The holidays are in full swing – the first night of Hanukkah is tonight and before you know it, we’ll be singing Auld Lang Syne. I challenge all of us to remember “those less fortunate” during this (and every) time of year.…

We’re in the news!

The Main Line Times coverage of the Turkey Buster Boot Camp The Turkey Buster Boot Camp was a huge success. Around 25 participants came out to burn off some Thanksgiving calories and support the kickoff to our Get Your Can to Class food drive. Thanks to The Main Line Times for featuring us in their…