Ok, it’s officially begun today. The NCAA Basketball Tournament for Div 1 Men’s Basketball started and 15 of you have locked in your brackets for the Mad Energy pool – nice work!  Updates each day after games have been played will be posted to the site.  Nice work for those of you who stepped up and submitted a bracket.  It’s about “fun” and working out at Energy, and you can’t always take yourself too seriously. Here are the entrants: Good Luck! Deborah Bellos Didi Dame Dike dame Eric Wood Gordon Bell Janet Edwards Jared Sanders Kathy Skinner Ken Dinolfo Laurie …

We had a great session in Forrest Park this past Sunday.  4 Miles up Leif Erikson trail, just over an hour.  Arlene set the pace early, while Susan and I worked on improving speed by doing interval sets of jogging/walking. Nice work gang!  

If you haven’t seen Alison working out at Energy Fitness, then you might be missing out on some great “energy” and awesome nutritional information.  Alison Ozgur, R.D. will be consulting with Energy Fitness on a regular basis with our newsletter and for any clients who have questions regarding their nutritional intake that we can’t answer.  If you have thought about consulting with a dietitian to improve your health then we encourage you to contact Alison.  She’s fantastic.

Bruce wheelbarrow with Brad Wheel   Today Brad trained Bruce (who by the way is in his 60′s and is in better shape than men 20 years younger!).  It was the ‘wheelbarrow’ technique and it’s an awesome way to hit the core ab muscles, shoulders, arms and chest.   More importantly it was FUN!! Way to go Brad to give Bruce a great workout.   Bruce doing the \”wheelbarrow\”

My attention was drawn recently to an article published in the May 2011 issue of Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.  It basically says that a blind study by the University of Texas at Austin reveals that Chocolate Milk is the best post exercise drink to consume for lean muscle gain and fat loss – better than any other sports drink or protein supplement on the market. I’ve included a link to this story on the University’s website, and I found it compelling because of a) where it was conducted and b) I’ve heard rumors and read about this for …

Depending on where you shop, this is possibly the last week that your area local farmer’s market will be open – as the summer growing season is coming to a close.  Be sure to get out there this weekend (and possibly the next few weekends) and stock up on your winter supply of fresh vegetables and fruits.  I haven’t tried it, but canning is a great way to preserve food but I prefer to freeze most of my fruits (easier ). In case you missed it, here’s the segment  from our last newsletter on the subject: Farmers Markets – ‘tis …

Well, it’s a bitter sweet ending for sure at Energy. The 6 Month Energy Challenge (100 push ups, 100 squats, 50 pull ups per day 5x/week) is finally over – with Brad and Russell coming out on top (they each only missed one week of the workout challenge). I brought up the rear (no innuendo please ) by missing 3 weeks – those 2 weeks in Disneyland killed me, darn you Walt Disney for dis-sallowing my pull ups inside the park! The total pot accumulation was $140 – ($20 if you missed your weekly goal). Now then, time to make …

Let’s check out Dr. J kick out a quick Back, Abs and Chest circuit using the TRX at Energy. Click the title below to start the video. Dr. J crushing it with TRX

So I just got back from our big vacation of the summer:  The Disneyland Trip.  It was everything a trip to the Magic Kingdom is supposed to be, filled with countless tourists at the peak of summer, junk food, long lines that resemble a snake more than a straight line,  more emotional swings than a daytime soap opera, and of course miles and miles of walking. The Nutrition Aspect: The walking was the best part if you want exercise but the fast/junk food of course was NOT so good for the health. But hey, it’s vacation right?  And if you …

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