Rockland County Fitness Weekly Healthly Recipe

Eat Yourself Thin

Simple Summer Smoothie
(Serves Four)
1 banana
1 cup frozen strawberries
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup frozen cherries
4 ice cubes
1/2 cup orange juice
3/4 cup vanilla yogurt
1/2 teaspoon honey (optional)

1. Place the banana, strawberries, blueberries, cherries, and ice cubes into a blender. Pour orange juice, vanilla yogurt, and honey. Puree until smooth.

Prep: 10 mins
Ready: 10 mins

Amount Per Serving – Calories:140 / Total Fat: 1.3g / Cholesterol: 2mg / Sodium: 33mg / Total Carbs: 31.3g / Dietary Fiber: 3.6g / Protein 3.5g
Recipe from AllRecipes.com.

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Rockland County Fitness – Strengthen Your Core in 12 minutes a Day

They’re the most neglected muscles in your body.
And, if not strengthened, they can make you more prone to back injury.

I’m talking about your core.

Today I’d like to share with you 3 quick exercises you can do to ensure your core stays strong, helping you prevent pain and injury.

Yours For Health,
JZ

Strengthen Your Core in 12 Minutes a Day

If you suffer from back pain — or want to avoid it altogether, you’ll need to strengthen your core.

Strengthening your core is what allows you to do those everyday tasks (i.e. carrying the groceries, bending over to pick something you dropped, moving boxes, etc) and not get hurt doing them.

Plus, strengthening your core will give you better posture and keep you mobile well into your “Golden years.”

Here are three exercises you can do everyday (best of all, you can do them in as little as 12 minutes!):

Superman – Lie on your stomach. Stretch both your arms out in front of you. Make sure both your legs are straight behind you. To do a rep, lift your head, chest, arms and legs off the ground. You’ll feel your lower back tighten. When doing it correctly, you’ll look like Superman flying through the air. Hold this position for 3 – 5 seconds. Now go back to the starting position. Repeat 10 times.

Plank — Lie face down. Now get into a pushup position. Lower your forearms so that they are touching the floor. Keep your legs straight behind your. Only your forearms and toes should be touching the ground at this point. Now tense your abs and keep your back straight. Hold this position for 10 – 20 seconds. Repeat 5 – 10 times.

Side Plank- To do these, lie down on your right side. Now bend your right elbow, palm facing down. Put your left leg on top of your right and make sure they’re stretched out. Now lift your body (like you did in the plank) except this time, all that should be touching the floor is your right forearm and right toes. Stretch your left hand out towards the ceiling. Hold for 10 – 20 seconds. Repeat 5 times and then do the same on the left side.

Don’t worry if you can’t do all three exercises as outlined here at first. If all you can do is one rep, that’s fine.

Gradually build up. But most importantly, make sure you do these exercises every day to build a strong core that’ll help you relieve back pain, prevent future injuries and keep you walking taller.

Strengthening your core is just one of many things you should be doing to keep yourself fit and healthy.

That’s why if you’re sreious about taking control of your health and losing that stubborn fat, I highly recommend you take advantage of your free Fitness Consultation (an $87 value).

There’s no obligation. And it’s completely free, no strings attached.

During this consult, you’ll receive detailed, actionable info on how to rev up your metabolism, burn fat faster, and stay healthy year-round.

Best of all, all this advice will be tailor-fitted to YOUR body and YOUR metabolism.

That means this is information you won’t find in a book or on the Internet.

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Who’s to Blame!!!

Most average people detest taking responsibility.

They dread the thought that, perhaps, on
some level they may actually be the creators
of their circumstances.

That they… in fact, may NOT be victims!
(what a dreadful thought!)

Mature individuals LOVE taking responsibility.

They take comfort in the fact that whatever
their current situation looks like, they have
played a BIG part in creating it.

Good or bad.

Mature people LOVE the idea that, with their
hands placed firmly on the steering wheel of
their life, that they can decide to move closer
to their goals or away from them.

This was a weird week for me at Optimal Performance.

I have been a bit “absent” for the past few
months due to the mental overload of school,

being injured , and expecting my 1^st son.

Upon my mental and emotional “return” to training
my sports and fitness clients, I noticed something
that I didn’t like…

EVERYONE was slacking! — People here at the express class are complaining about exercises trying to get me to change or replace, so it can be easier for them. Somehow or another I have been slacking also cause for a while I would just tell them OK!!!! Just do XYZ and that’s wrong on my part…

Some people I noticed were showing up, but only giving a 1/2
effort…. that too is my FAULT. Lack of communication is what I say to that. For not explaining to them that going through the motions is not going to get them where they want to be.

At first, I wanted to blame them for being pus*ies
and treating the workouts like washing their butts.

THEN I realized… it’s ALL MY fault!

I am to blame for creating the disgusting situation
I perceived all around me!

So, What did I do?

Manned Up!

I took full responsibility for the lack of results,
firmly grabbed hold of my bullwhip…

I gave myself a few good lashings and proceeded to
rain down terror on any and everyone that stood
between me and the high intensity environment that
we have worked so hard to establish at my gym.

Things are almost back to normal again.

Where are you making excuses in your life?

What are YOU blaming for the dysfunction you’re
experiencing?

Is it the economy’s fault?

Is it the governments fault?

Is it your children or spouse’s fault?

Is it because of the color of your skin?

Here’s what I think… It’s YOUR fault!

4/9 ” This is Sparta!!!!! “

“  This is Sparta”

4/7 ” Tribute to the Terminator”

4/7 ” Tribute to the Terminator”

Well this morning I woke up and saw the Origianl terminator was on TV…started watching it and realized ” Oh Snap Im going to be late” gotta run…hence the Terminator workout….

                                                         

 Circuit 1)      Floor Press x 5/5/3/3/2

                          Plank+ shldr Touch x 10 touch’s

                          front+ side raise x 8 ea.

 Circuit 2)  Chinup @ AMAP

                      TRX “T” Rows x 15

                       Curl to Press x 10

4/5 ” This going to hurt”

4/5 ” This is going to hurt “          

 

 

 

 

Shelcx15
rev. lungex 10 ea.
Deep Squat x 10
Sq Jumps x20
Sled Drag x 20 yds

Guest Blog post – 5 Unique Fat Burning Tips

5 Unique Fat Burning Tips
By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training www.TurbulanceTraining.com

I was just reviewing a big file of all the new exercise, diet, and
research proven fat burning tips I wrote down for 2009, and I
wanted to share 5 BIGGIES that can help your clients get more
results AND make your awesome workers even better..

So here we go:

#5 – Recent research shows shuttle-running is tougher than running
intervals in a straight line…

…so if you want to burn fat faster than ever, make sure you
incorporate old-school shuttle runs (i.e. classic suicide type
drills) into your fat burning interval programs.

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ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT – CHRIS MERKLE GETTING HIS SHOT!

Long time Optimal Performance Training Center Sports Performance Training Client, and good friend Chris Merkle is getting his chance at the Pro’s for Football.

I can’t say enough good things about Chris. He’s all heart and puts in even more hard work in the gym than anyone can imagine. And to say his efforts off the field pay off is an under statement…

Since this past football season we have been getting him ready with our combine prep program as he’s been getting some Pro looks.

Here is Chris’s private workout he did with his agents a few weeks ago;

Chris also has had pro day’s or football combines at Yale University’s “Pro” day as well as few other in the Northeast, with a BIG Time Private workout at Giants Stadium with The NY Football Giants earlier today.

Like I said Chris has been a long time Athlete of ours here at Optimal Performance and has become a great friend.

With his heart mindset and work effort , combined with his football skills – if he gets a shot in the pro’s, I know he’ll make some heads turn!

Good Luck Chris

JZ

No Time – No Problem “YOUR 15 Minute Fat Loss Solution”

No Time – No Problem “Exclusive 15 minute workouts” to whip you into shape just in time for summer

I hear it all the time. It seems like no-one has time to work out anymore…

“I get home too late from work”

“I have to leave to early in the morning for work”

“I have too many other things to do that are more important to work out, and by the time I’m done with everything it’s either too late or I’m totally wiped out”

These are just a few things I hear people say every day as to why they don’t work out!
To me these are just excuses!

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