Our second annual 'Train the Trainer' event has been on going for the month of October (Breast Cancer Awareness month) at the Personal Training Institute facilities.
The idea is to kick the butt of your trainer for a donation! Revenge is sweet! Huntington Bay texted (we are so modern) in their total of $1200.
Thank you so much Christina Zito (Mgr) and her couragous staff! This money is earmarked for the wellness weekends - Huntington Bay sponsored four cancer survivors/patients to our new wellness weekends with this collection.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts - you rock!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Kick Cancer's Butt
So Debbie's at it again googling galore, there is much to be said for googling! Debbie came across the Kick Cancer's Butt web site and immediately had to contact them. Can we get Strength for Life information in your beautiful organizer?
Shameless, I think not - (we have been down this shameless path in previous blogs).
KCB is dedicated to providing strength and financial support for selected cancer programs and research. Georgia Cancer Foundation was chosen as the recipient of one event due to their extensive programs addressing all cancer throughout the state of Georgia.
You never know when Strength for Life will have it's Georgia chapter, Tia make room on your schedule for us!
Letting everyone know that the KCB Survivor Organizer is finally online and for sale. A great gift and a must have for anyone diagnosed with cancer. These can be personalized, they are found on top of the page, visit the web at:
http://www.myspace.com/kickcancersbutt
Shameless, I think not - (we have been down this shameless path in previous blogs).
KCB is dedicated to providing strength and financial support for selected cancer programs and research. Georgia Cancer Foundation was chosen as the recipient of one event due to their extensive programs addressing all cancer throughout the state of Georgia.
You never know when Strength for Life will have it's Georgia chapter, Tia make room on your schedule for us!
Letting everyone know that the KCB Survivor Organizer is finally online and for sale. A great gift and a must have for anyone diagnosed with cancer. These can be personalized, they are found on top of the page, visit the web at:
http://www.myspace.com/kickcancersbutt
Sunday, October 25, 2009
NAVEL EXPO - November 1, 2009
Come visit us at the Navel Expo at the Huntington Hilton on Sunday, November 1st from 9am - 9pm. Thank you, Alex Lubarsky for confirming our spot at the Navel Expo.
N - nutrition
A - aesthetics
V - vitality
E - efficacy
L - life
The day promises inspiration and education to be your best! Control you life!
51 - Yes FIFTY - ONE brilliant lectures, so you must be prepared to make educated choices where you will spend your time - or bring a buddy and split up! I can not begin to cover the span of these topics but they do have one common thread - your body.
For a complete list of speakers (including our own Jess Swanson, Director of Training and Development at Personal Training Institute) visit:
http://www.navelexpo.com/expo1.php
Dr. Linchintz on Cancer and Integrative Therapies at 11 am &
Chris Calapai, DO on Heavy Metal Toxicity at 4 pm are on my wish list.
So, who wants to cover the Strength for Life table for these shifts?
N - nutrition
A - aesthetics
V - vitality
E - efficacy
L - life
The day promises inspiration and education to be your best! Control you life!
51 - Yes FIFTY - ONE brilliant lectures, so you must be prepared to make educated choices where you will spend your time - or bring a buddy and split up! I can not begin to cover the span of these topics but they do have one common thread - your body.
For a complete list of speakers (including our own Jess Swanson, Director of Training and Development at Personal Training Institute) visit:
http://www.navelexpo.com/expo1.php
Dr. Linchintz on Cancer and Integrative Therapies at 11 am &
Chris Calapai, DO on Heavy Metal Toxicity at 4 pm are on my wish list.
So, who wants to cover the Strength for Life table for these shifts?
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Goals and Winning!
"The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them."
Denis Waitley
You might have picked up on my preoccupation with goals in older blogs. I believe they are essential to achievements. As a personal trainer I use the good ol' January 1st date to ask my clients to think about a fitness goal for the year. This can be as simple as walking 30 minutes three times a week to competing in a triathalon. I am guilty of embracing the 'baby step' theory to achieve these goals. I suspect that is because it works best for me.
I had a client who wanted to lose 30 lbs for her son's Bar Mitzvah in six months. Let's break it down - that is 1.15 lbs a week; which means 4025 calorie deficit a week (3500 calories = 1 lb) which is 575 a day; cut out 250 calories a day - (you can easily see that being two slices of bread, two cookies, a second serving) and add 325 calories expenditure in exercise - 30 to 45 minutes a day, wearing a heart rate monitor which could even be broken down to 3 fifteen minute session. Possible, I think so, to look great at her son's Bar Mitzvah priceless (I just had to say that)!
In that still moment (we spoke about in the latest blogs) visualize what you want to achieve, how it will feel, how it looks, when it will be, who will be there - every aspect you desire. Be specific! Your thoughts should be as clear as you want the results! You can write them down on your vision board, then plan the steps to achieve this. Set yourself up for success - small markers to pat yourself on the back! Good Job!
It will happen - you will succeed!
Denis Waitley
You might have picked up on my preoccupation with goals in older blogs. I believe they are essential to achievements. As a personal trainer I use the good ol' January 1st date to ask my clients to think about a fitness goal for the year. This can be as simple as walking 30 minutes three times a week to competing in a triathalon. I am guilty of embracing the 'baby step' theory to achieve these goals. I suspect that is because it works best for me.
I had a client who wanted to lose 30 lbs for her son's Bar Mitzvah in six months. Let's break it down - that is 1.15 lbs a week; which means 4025 calorie deficit a week (3500 calories = 1 lb) which is 575 a day; cut out 250 calories a day - (you can easily see that being two slices of bread, two cookies, a second serving) and add 325 calories expenditure in exercise - 30 to 45 minutes a day, wearing a heart rate monitor which could even be broken down to 3 fifteen minute session. Possible, I think so, to look great at her son's Bar Mitzvah priceless (I just had to say that)!
In that still moment (we spoke about in the latest blogs) visualize what you want to achieve, how it will feel, how it looks, when it will be, who will be there - every aspect you desire. Be specific! Your thoughts should be as clear as you want the results! You can write them down on your vision board, then plan the steps to achieve this. Set yourself up for success - small markers to pat yourself on the back! Good Job!
It will happen - you will succeed!
"Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open." Thomas Dewar
I admit to "blogger's block" as Debbie labeled it, if you checked in this week there was an entry - which I deleted the next day. I felt I had to update the blog and added an article from the American College of Sports Medicine - but you can read that in the news.
I have two hours between appointments today - so I checked myself into Border's! I absolutely love book stores and music stores which are combined (Yeah!). So, Rick Collins, I was disappointed not to find a copy of your book "The Alpha Male Challenge", we really must address this! There are so many books here I want to purchase - but since I have three or four at home that I bought and are still unread - I will not.
Besides, I was given a "Kindle" for my birthday last year and can download books in a minute. Problem - there is nothing like paging through a book that interests me, technology does not always win - it is just very convenient.
A very kind sales woman wanted to share her interest in one book - (she doesn't know me) - although this book was very interesting, with the plethora of books I am interested in - this comes way down the list of possibilities.
Drawn to Deepak Chopra's new book "Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul", I have always believed in the mind/body connection - healthy body/ healthy mind or something like that. Deepak Chopra is the author of one my top ten books "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success", I suppose you are somewhat drawn to writers you know and respect and find easy to comprehend.
I understand Debbie's blog about settling the mind, listening to your heart - it's the place my mind used to go to on a long run, I often have that same experience in the shower (TMI?) there is something about the water, no distractions that opens my heart to clarity. I am sure that we all have a place that offers that feeling, that serenity - where is yours?
Here's a quote that is a spin on what both Debbie and I are trying to say but a bit more eloquently:
"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly."
Siddartha Guatama Buddha
I have two hours between appointments today - so I checked myself into Border's! I absolutely love book stores and music stores which are combined (Yeah!). So, Rick Collins, I was disappointed not to find a copy of your book "The Alpha Male Challenge", we really must address this! There are so many books here I want to purchase - but since I have three or four at home that I bought and are still unread - I will not.
Besides, I was given a "Kindle" for my birthday last year and can download books in a minute. Problem - there is nothing like paging through a book that interests me, technology does not always win - it is just very convenient.
A very kind sales woman wanted to share her interest in one book - (she doesn't know me) - although this book was very interesting, with the plethora of books I am interested in - this comes way down the list of possibilities.
Drawn to Deepak Chopra's new book "Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul", I have always believed in the mind/body connection - healthy body/ healthy mind or something like that. Deepak Chopra is the author of one my top ten books "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success", I suppose you are somewhat drawn to writers you know and respect and find easy to comprehend.
I understand Debbie's blog about settling the mind, listening to your heart - it's the place my mind used to go to on a long run, I often have that same experience in the shower (TMI?) there is something about the water, no distractions that opens my heart to clarity. I am sure that we all have a place that offers that feeling, that serenity - where is yours?
Here's a quote that is a spin on what both Debbie and I are trying to say but a bit more eloquently:
"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly."
Siddartha Guatama Buddha
Friday, October 23, 2009
"Settle your mind so you can listen to your heart"
Debbie's Virgin Blog
Okay, I am not promising much-writing, well, not my best attribute, I would normally not even be interested in blogging, but since Jacqui has a case of "Bloggers' Block", I am stepping up to the plate for my counterpart.
So what's on my mind? What's NOT on my mind is more like it!
The dishwasher has water sitting in the bottom (phone call to make-set up a service appointment), the boiler needs to be replaced (appointment at 9am for estimate), make kids doctor appt, call back SFL contacts, Wellness Weekend is fast approaching, 2 big seminars are breathing down our necks, email everyone who has contacted SFL in the past 2 days-56 unopened email-computer has been on the brink (finally back on line), send Fitness Club balance due statements, arrange Liam's schedule, operate on Brendan's stuffed dog (don't ask), set up Jack's evaluation, Clancy-oh poor Clancy-what to do with our 14 year old dog, return business and personal phone calls, address the new ANT problem in the kitchen, clean, change, feed, wash, work, go, go, go!!!!!! ARGGGGGGGG!!!! My head is either going to explode or I am just going to just breakdown and CRY!!!!
This is all running through my head as I am running on the treadmill at 6am this morning---then, all of a sudden, POOF! It hits me--the mantra one of my best friends, Peggy, shared with me not so long ago..."Settle your mind so you can listen to your heart". Great advise and I decided for 30 minutes, as I was running, to take it, I worked at "settling" my mind so I could "listen" to my heart.
What happened? Well, it's really quite amazing what can happen when you allow yourself to let go and settle down. I found peace among many other amazing things-true mental clarity (is it the run or the mantra?-that's for another blog-when Jacqui is back in business!).
So now I am HERE in the NOW and asking everyone who may be reading, please, follow the advice my dear friend offers ..."SETTLE YOUR MIND SO YOU CAN LISTEN TO YOUR HEART" and for right now, if only for today, LIVE IN THE NOW.
You may be pleasantly surprised by what you find.
Okay, I am not promising much-writing, well, not my best attribute, I would normally not even be interested in blogging, but since Jacqui has a case of "Bloggers' Block", I am stepping up to the plate for my counterpart.
So what's on my mind? What's NOT on my mind is more like it!
The dishwasher has water sitting in the bottom (phone call to make-set up a service appointment), the boiler needs to be replaced (appointment at 9am for estimate), make kids doctor appt, call back SFL contacts, Wellness Weekend is fast approaching, 2 big seminars are breathing down our necks, email everyone who has contacted SFL in the past 2 days-56 unopened email-computer has been on the brink (finally back on line), send Fitness Club balance due statements, arrange Liam's schedule, operate on Brendan's stuffed dog (don't ask), set up Jack's evaluation, Clancy-oh poor Clancy-what to do with our 14 year old dog, return business and personal phone calls, address the new ANT problem in the kitchen, clean, change, feed, wash, work, go, go, go!!!!!! ARGGGGGGGG!!!! My head is either going to explode or I am just going to just breakdown and CRY!!!!
This is all running through my head as I am running on the treadmill at 6am this morning---then, all of a sudden, POOF! It hits me--the mantra one of my best friends, Peggy, shared with me not so long ago..."Settle your mind so you can listen to your heart". Great advise and I decided for 30 minutes, as I was running, to take it, I worked at "settling" my mind so I could "listen" to my heart.
What happened? Well, it's really quite amazing what can happen when you allow yourself to let go and settle down. I found peace among many other amazing things-true mental clarity (is it the run or the mantra?-that's for another blog-when Jacqui is back in business!).
So now I am HERE in the NOW and asking everyone who may be reading, please, follow the advice my dear friend offers ..."SETTLE YOUR MIND SO YOU CAN LISTEN TO YOUR HEART" and for right now, if only for today, LIVE IN THE NOW.
You may be pleasantly surprised by what you find.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Keebler Elves????????
Was it the Keebler Elves who worked through the night, yes I know all about Santa's elves....In any event, I was MIA this weekend for Strength for Life but, the Commack PTI (Personal Training Institute) took the ball and ran with their Train the Trainer Day - collecting $1335 for Strength for Life. Thank you Jess Zimbler and her mighty staff, who really took a beating.
For those of you who have not read about 'Train the Trainer' the clients donate a minimum of $25 to workout the trainer of their choice on 3 exercises. So let's think about this, as a client you hate chins, and your trainer Alyssa (fictitious ?) always has chins in your routine. Somehow I believe you would want to see Alyssa doing body weight chins - and perhaps add a 30 lb weight belt to her for one or two reps. Worth $25 - I think so - the fact the your $25 is going to assist cancer patients be stronger - definitely!
$1335 is an awesome amount - thank you Commack trainers, clients and administrators for all your hard work. There is a little healthy competition between facilities to raise the most $$$ for Strength for Life, Commack you raised the bar high, high, high!
Stay tuned!
Still growing up to $1400
and still growing.....
For those of you who have not read about 'Train the Trainer' the clients donate a minimum of $25 to workout the trainer of their choice on 3 exercises. So let's think about this, as a client you hate chins, and your trainer Alyssa (fictitious ?) always has chins in your routine. Somehow I believe you would want to see Alyssa doing body weight chins - and perhaps add a 30 lb weight belt to her for one or two reps. Worth $25 - I think so - the fact the your $25 is going to assist cancer patients be stronger - definitely!
$1335 is an awesome amount - thank you Commack trainers, clients and administrators for all your hard work. There is a little healthy competition between facilities to raise the most $$$ for Strength for Life, Commack you raised the bar high, high, high!
Stay tuned!
Still growing up to $1400
and still growing.....
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