Week Eight and Feelin' Great!

Thanks Dean, the Six Packs and Fitness For You for an awesome 8 weeks of Team in Training! I haven't looked,weighed or felt this good since before I had kids (nine years ago). It was just the kick in the pants I needed! I can't believe it's over - I will definitely miss it!

Well Worth It!!!

Great job Five for Fighting Team and to our trainer Lisa I thank you for your motivation and for really pushing me to the limit. I am really happy with my results and look forward to keeping up with the great exercises that I learned. Looking forward to our celebration at PF Changs!!!!!

FINISH LINE...

...Great job 5 for Fighting right up until the last minute of the last day of session one. And a congrats to all teams for their hard work and comraderie. A note for thought:

It's not always about how you started or where you ended,
but about the journey you each took to get there.
Whether you lost 5 pounds or 25 pounds,
10 inches or 4inches,
Each and everyone of you put the time and effort,
the heart and soul to making each workout count,
and that my fitness frinds is where it's at,
A journey well traveled.

Congratulations to each and everyone of you!

Six Packs!

Fantastic finish, ladies...congratulations! Thanks to Dean for all his enthusiasm and personality to keep us motivated and eager to push our limits. I am so ready for a rest but looking forward to another round and set of goals with my six pack friends. This will be a highlight of 2010!

Week 8 - Epilogue

Ah, my Team Training friends......here we are. What to say, what to say? It's been a blast and, in the spirit of the awards season presently upon us (Up In the Air, by the by, was the best movie of the year and I won't be convinced otherwise), I will use my Week 8 blog to give my Best Exercise award.

The nominees for Best Exercise are:

1. The Hall of Death (popularized by the ancient Mandarin tradition of carrying large water buckets up long flights of stairs, reinvented by OBC in the form of carrying heavy weights while lunging up and down the gym while treadmillers laugh at you, and then jumping onto a speeding treadmill....and early favorite).

2. The Upper Junk Killers (who the hell knows where this one came from, but it involves placing a too-big exercise ball between your feet while lying flat on your back, engaging your abs and junk region, and lifting said ball toward said junk repeatedly until you blackout...also a good one).

3. The Slippery Step Move of Death (only available in your local BodyStep class, this involves sweating a quart of fluid onto the floor around you for forty minutes, only to realize you have done this when OBC turns on the "speed step" track and you spend the ensuing three minutes trying to run, not slip, and not die while smiling because OBC gets mad when you don't smile).

4. Planking - front and side (we all know this one....theorized to engage your core, planking was first discovered in Dante's fifth circle of hell on the other side of the river styx...planking is horrible, utterly and completely...planking is like country music mixed with waterboarding multiplied by Kara DioGuardi).

And the winner is.....wait for it....





THE FUN EXERCISE BALL Sitty-Standy Uppy Thing!!!! Wow...a complete under dog. Congratulations exercise ball, you rule, and all of RK2 can now do this.

Congrats to all on an awesome eight weeks. Let's do it again sometime.

Team Fired Up! last chance workout

Team Fired Up worked hard this morning for our last chance workout! Just wanted to thank the team for their never ending support. I never would have done it without you. To our fearless leader Kristin, who continuously found a way to push me well beyond what I thought I could do, my many thanks, gratitude and better form...Rest up for the next round!

It's over Team Six Pack

Well I find myself typing this with a heavy heart! The final workout was today and we all weighed in- the fantastic news is that we all kicked butt on the scale! I am not going to give anything away since other teams have yet to finish but what a great inspirational bunch we all are! The change in our bodies and our strength has been amazing and we can all do some much more now than 8 short weeks ago! We are now going to give our bodies a well deserved break but hopefully we can all do another round of Team Training in the near future. Thanks to Dean for being a great trainer and to the rest of the six packers for being so dedicated and motivational. See you all at the gym very soon.

Wk 8 - still standing

Can't believe it's already week 8. After Monday's workout (Royalty)I thought I was gonna die but just pushed through and I'm still standing (not necessarily walking real well but standing:) So glad I stuck with this 8 wk program. Doubt I would have been so committed on my own. Every tough moment has been worth it. (yeah, even w/all my moaning and groaning) And I'm so happy to say that two thirds of Team Royalty will be back to kick all the other team's butts in Round Two - Val, we'll miss you; your strength and commitment is inspirational. Looking forward to what Kristin has in store for us....look out Charlene...we're coming after you and won't settle for 2nd place, it's Team Royalty out in front from beginning to end!!!!! Thanks for a great 8 weeks!

Turn up your workouts even MORE with HIIT

EX-30 - Fitness For You's NEW HIIT PROGRAM - SIGN UP HERE ONLINE If you don't see a time that works for you please e-mail kristin at kristin@fitnessforyougym.com and we will try to open a time that will work for you!

 If you want to take your fitness and fat loss to the next level—without spending more time in the gym—then high intensity interval training (also known as HIIT) could be exactly what you're looking for. 

What are a few of the benefits of HIIT? 

• HIIT increases the amount of calories you burn during your exercise session and afterward because it increases the length of time it takes your body to recover from each exercise session.
• HIIT causes metabolic adaptations that enable you to use more fat as fuel under a variety of conditions. This will improve your athletic endurance as well as your fat-burning potential.

Pump it up

Week 8 is here, can't believe our training sessions are almost finished. Kristin worked the team hard and I have never felt better...

Week 8!

Last chance workouts this week!
After this week, I'm willing to work out in the weight room with anyone who'd like to continue this great way to workout and stay motivated.
I'm sure we all learned great exercises from our trainers and are ready to share.
Kudos to all the teams who have made it this far!

ZUMBA - Ditch the workout, join the party!

Let's face it, working out can be healthy, rewarding and beneficial. Working out can be lots of things, but now it is known to be an exhilarating experience!

The Zumba® program fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program that will blow you away. The goal is simple: Zumba® will help you want to work out and love to work out. Zumba® fanatics achieve long-term benefits while experiencing an absolute blast in one exciting hour of calorie-burning, body-energizing, awe-inspiring movements meant to engage and captivate for life!

The routines feature interval training sessions where fast and slow rhythms and resistance training are combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. Add some Latin flavor and international zest into the mix and you've got a Zumba® class!

In the past years, the Zumba® program has become nothing short of a revolution, spreading like wildfire, and positioning itself as the single most influential movement in the industry of fitness.

As of July 2009, the Zumba® program is being taught at over 50,000 locations in 75 countries, has sold millions of DVDs, and has changed the lives of Zumba® fanatics worldwide with an astonishing six million participants taking Zumba classes every week. Why? Because it's the best party around.

Come check out what all the rave is about and try out a ZUMBA class at Fitness For You!


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