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The Original P90x
Before there was p90X and Tony Horton, before 24hour Fitness, even before Richard Simmons and Jane Fonda. Decades before all of this Jack Lalanne paved the way for America to have an exercise revolution. 5 Days a week, Jack his wife and dog brought exercise into the home first. Jack Lalanne passed away one year ago this week at the age of 96. These video's are … [Read More...]
Bad Habit Break Up
"Make this the week you finally leave a bad habit behind. Tell the habit "It's not you, it's me" and kick it to the curb for good."-Craig Ballyntine Simple yet powerful. I've decided I'm breaking up with my "staying up too late to feel good/get things done in the morning" bad habit. I'm going to bed at 9:30pm-no later and I'm up at 5am. 9:00pm used to be my … [Read More...]
How to Put An End To Emotional Eating
For the longest time we've all known that food can comfort us. You know when you dive in spoon first into a pint of ice cream after a breakup or some other kind of highly emotionally charged experience knows how true this is. And it doesn't always have to be a negative event. Any stressful event good(wedding, child birth!) or bad(job loss, family illness or death) … [Read More...]
Never Give Up
When you see people on a daily basis that turned their habits around, and lost 30-50-70 even 100lbs. And make tons of mistakes along the way. You realize pretty quick. Your past mistakes have absoultely no bearing or control over your future success. The thing you have to learn is to put your screw ups, failures, disasters, and mistakes … [Read More...]
One Simple Trick to Lose Bodyfat
Hey, hope you're having a great day! By now you know how important being consistent with your diet and exercise plan is to you seeing real results quickly. People tell me they find exercising is easy. They really struggle with the eating right. I want to share with you one simple tip that I think will help you keep consistent with your diet. If you're … [Read More...]
How To Keep Your New Years Resolutions
Fantastic article about making and keeping your New Years Resolutions in the NY Times by John Tierney on Sunday. Click Here to Read It=>Be It Resolved I'm going to give you some of the most relevant points from the article so you can put them straight into action. If you've set a resolution and you've still not broken it here's some good news. 1) You're much … [Read More...]
3 Best Fat Loss-Food Tracking Apps
You want to lose fat fast and keep it off? Easy answer-keep a food journal. I've used the food journal as the cornerstone of our program for years, because it works. Using a food journal does so many things that drive you to success. 1) It helps you plan ahead 2) It creates awareness 3) It increases accountability 4) It allows you to trouble shoot … [Read More...]
How Kelly Lost 50lbs Last Year, Now it’s Your Turn.
= Happy New Year! Hope you had a happy and safe Holiday. So I'll start off by asking "what are your goals'? I always start with that question because the answer decides what actions you need to take. There's an entire article below on action-taking. And you want to make your actions actually lead you to your goals. If weight/fat loss is your goal. Don't just … [Read More...]
Living Social Boot Camp and Personal Training
First Thank You for visiting we’re excited about being able to offer the Living Social Deal of the Day. I’m Dave Fannin and I own The Body Firm Personal Training and Fitness Boot Camps with 2 locations in Fort Worth and the Mid-Cities/Colleyville area. We specialize in rapid fat-loss programs and body transformation programs 80% of my clients come start at … [Read More...]
What’s Your Excuse?
Hope your Monday is rockin this last week of 2011! The years almost over-if you didn't start a lose the weight get in shape program why? What's your excuse? No really what is it? I'm dying to know. Because the I do know the hardest thing to do is to get started-just getting started. Now some will send the B.S. Excuse Form. Not all though. Got an email from … [Read More...]
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! Just got back in from a run and it's got to be the quietest morning of the year. Before everyone is up and the insanity begins I wanted to get a quick note to you...with no point other than to wish you well. And to say thank you for being a part of this blog. I hope it inspires, motivates and gives you the tools to live a happy, healthy, full … [Read More...]
Ho Ho How about a Xmas workout?
Hope you'e having a great Christmas Eve eve! So what are you doing Saturday morning? Well how about a Santa sized serving of holiday healthiness? Yes, I've got you covered. This Saturday, YES - Christmas Eve Day at 9:30am I will be personally coaching a ***FREE*** group training session / bootcamp at the gym for any and all who want to attend. NO fee, NO … [Read More...]
How To Beat the Airport Food Blues
Hope you're having a great day! My apologies for the big gaps in getting this newsletter out to you -we've been moving offices and living out of box's is bad for consistency. I've noticed a lot of people heading out of town this week and I wanted to share with you 3 fast tip make it easier for you to eat healthy when traveling. It really comes down to the old (but … [Read More...]
The 3-R’s of Real and Lasting Change
You're going to hear a lot of talk this next month about goal-setting. What you might not hear much about is how to get to actually get to these goals. I know something about this-first question I ask a potential client is "what's your goal?" So all year long it's all about the goal setting. But then how do you get to your goals? That's the … [Read More...]
What’s the Secret to Food Choices For Weight Loss?
I've just come across a 2011 study published in The Journal of Clinical Nutrition that suggests being boring with your food choices can help you lose the pounds. [1] For this study, researchers set out to investigate ong-term food habituation in obese and non-obese people. So we're on the same page, let me give you a brief explanation of what … [Read More...]
FREE Turkey-Buster Workouts Nov. 24th-26th
Who Else Wants to Enjoy a Guilt Free Thanksgiving Day? Kick the Holiday Season Off Right, Easiest and most FUN Way To Jump Start Your Holidays! Burn the Fat and Feed the Hungry! The Body Firm has partnered with the Tarrant Area Food Bank to feed 100 families this Holiday Season. This exciting and fun camp is totally Free. All we ask is that you bring one can of food to … [Read More...]
Fast Loss Secret Weapon-Part 2
The Secret Weapon to Fat Loss-Protein One of the easiest and fastest ways to improve your diet and accelerate your fat(weight) loss is to focus on your protein intake. Like I've said before, no American ever has to worry about getting enough carbs. When you do increase your protein intake all kinds of good things happen: Getting more protein into your … [Read More...]
Fat Loss Secret Weapon
I'm warning you this isn't the sexiest topic, like Hiit Training or Metabolic Resistance Circuit Training- But, it is a fat-loss secret weapon. And it's critical for your results. It's important enough that I devote an entire presentation to it in our Body Balance Challenge. Want to know the Secret Weapon? Protein. Increase your Protein intake. … [Read More...]
Some Will Some Won’t
Bullshit Excuse Form: Hi! My name is_____________________ I know I had a _________________ Scheduled at _______________ today. Look I tripped/ fell / jumped off a curb/ bar stool/ horse and twisted my knee over the weekend. I know I told you I need to lose 30lbs last week, and I'm sure this couldn't have anything to do with why my knees and back … [Read More...]
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