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Precision Nutrition Strategies for Success
Great physical results can be gained through regular, intense exercise and proper nutritional intake. However, what are the properties of a balanced, healthy eating plan? The people at Precision Nutrition know exactly what it takes. And once you read Precision Nutrition Strategies for Success you'll learn the foundation of just what it means to eat healthy and live well.
How To Store Fresh Foods
By Karen Bedel
Posted at Core Performance: November 7, 2011
One of the key principles behind proper nutrition is eating clean. This means kicking fast food and packaged products to the curb. Your next challenge: keeping fresh food fresh. Unprocessed foods go bad faster than processed products, and spoiled food means wasted money. Use these simple tips to keep your food fresher, longer.
The Once and Future Way to Run
By Christopher McDougall
Published The New York Times: November 2, 2011
When you’re stalking barefoot runners, camouflage helps. “Some of them get kind of prancy when they notice you filming,” Peter Larson says. “They put on this notion of what they think barefoot running should be. It looks weird.” Larson, an evolutionary biologist at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire who has been on the barefoot beat for two years now, is also a stickler about his timing. “You don’t want to catch them too early in a run, when they’re cold, or too late, when they’re tired.”
Exercise Tutorial: The Body Bridge
FIT Achievements
Briquelle (27 years old), the mother of two young, adorable children, has been a regular at The FIT since April 2011 and she has the physical results to prove it. During the last 6 months she has lost 11.5 lbs of fat and gained 4 lbs of muscle! Briquelle is now a much leaner 20.2% body fat and well on her way to the 15% Club. Oh yeah, and she has lost 11.5 inches off her body too!
"The important thing in life is to have great aim and to possess the aptitude and the perseverance to attain it."
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Kerry (49 years old) has only been attending small group workouts at The FIT for 6 months, but he hasn't wasted any time getting back into shape. Since April he has lost an impressive 15.4 lbs of body fat and gained 2.4 lbs of muscle! He is down 5.9% body fat to a much healthier 21.8%. The downside to his improved physique is that he had to purchase new clothes that actually fit, but that's what happens when you lose 2.25 inches off your abdomen in 6 months!
"Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance."
Samuel Johnson
Anne (51 years old), Barb (54 years old), Carol (58 years old), Abby (27 years old), and Tet (45 years old- not shown) recently participated in the Men's Health Urbanathlon in Chicago. The 9+ mile race includes many unordinary obstacles and challenges such as climbing over and running through tires, climbing over military hurdles, scaling walls, and running stairs at Soldier Field. Despite this being the ladies' first attempt at the Urbanathlon they were more than able to hold their own against the other competitors. Anne and Carol took 1st place in their respective age groups, while Barb and Tet were able to finish in 3rdplace for their age groups. And Abby, while being in a very competitive age group, was still able to finish in the top 25% of well over 600 females.
The Difference Between Good and Great
Oftentimes we think that there is a great degree of difference between greatness and just plain good, but as this video will show you the difference is usually less than you think.
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