The Squat
My clients and boot campers probably think that I’m obsessed with squats. We do them in some form at every workout. I have a love/hate relationship with squats and because of the hate I must torture my clients with them. The Hate Anatomy, flexibility and years of faulty technique doomed my squat and started the…
Read MoreKaren Vento’s Clean Up Story
Karen was our Your Best Body Challenge winner for Fitness Transformation last year. She won the honor by improving her fitness level by 72%. She also lost 10 pounds to boot. This year she distinguished herself by winning 1st Place for Lifestyle Transformation in our End of Winter Clean Up. As the result of her…
Read MoreMarisa Guerin – Clean Up winner for Body Transformation
Marisa’s biggest challenge was dealing with her sugar cravings. She describes sweets as her addiction. The Clean Up required that Marisa not only eliminate sweets but artificial sweeteners as well, something she had never tried before. She attributes her Clean Up success to this change. The sugar craving cycle stopped, and she got the body…
Read MoreMarti Keegan’s Clean Up Story
Marti Keegan is one of our “pioneer” boot campers. She was there for our first day of boot camp over two years ago – braving leftover snow, darkness and cold, and has kept coming back ever since. Marti lost 6 pounds during the 4-week Clean Up Challenge and was our 2nd Place winner for Lifestyle…
Read MoreRoasted 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…
Read MorePam 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)…
Read MoreFP’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…
Read More2011 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…
Read MoreSuccess!
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 …
Read MoreClean 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…
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