I wanted to open this blog by thanking my dear friend Tristan for collaborating with me in his efforts.

His loyal readers might be wondering, Tristan, really!  Why Yoga?

I must address this by saying there is a massive misconception in mainstream society and the fitness community in general, that yoga is for women, elderly and those in touch with their earthy side. Yoga is for everyone!

Yoga serves as a natural compliment to strength training, fat burning, and heart pumping cardio. Regular stretching gives your muscles the ability to fire more efficiently without shutting down in response to stretched tendons and/or ligaments.

Yoga is naturally weight bearing in many of the postures.  As you hold poses and lift your body in amazing ways, you are isometrically contracting your muscles, inadvertently building strength, lengthening muscles, and reducing the chances of osteoporosis.  In addition, yoga has a unique “feel-good” and stress management component that may help prevent or relieve depression, anxiety and numerous other associated medical problems.

I teach Prana Flow Yoga.  Prana Flow Yoga is a type of evolutionary vinyasa yoga developed by Shiva Rea which focuses on the movement of the body initiated and guided by the breath.  Every class is designed to facilitate whole body transformations in strength and fluidity, circulation and centering.  Practicing Prana Flow will help keep your mind, body, and soul refreshed, focused, and connected to the ebb and flow of the natural body rhythms that surrounds your life.

Some people refer to Prana Flow Yoga as an “athletic” form of yoga – 90-minutes of calorie-burning, vigorous, endurance and strength-building kind of yoga practice.  Please take note not all classes are that way!  There are many different kinds of yoga.  Follow the link provided so you can read about, and further research, the different types of yoga.

Cori Fratelli - Yoga Genius.

What will reading this blog help you to achieve?

I am hoping to eradicate any misconceptions you have of yoga by offering you insight into choosing a yoga practice that suits your individual needs.  I will be guiding you in transforming not only your body, but also your mind and spirit, and serving as your guide on this river of life.

B.K.S.Iyengar says it best when he states, “”While the physical aspect of yoga is a legitimate place to begin, it is not the end… Even in simple asanas, one is experiencing the three levels of quest: the external quest, which brings firmness of the body; the internal quest, which brings steadiness of intelligence; and the innermost quest, which brings benevolence of spirit.”

Today we begin our quest together ~ Lets transform ourselves!

Ladies Only Weight Loss Advice – Transform Your Body For Summer & Beyond – Fat Loss & Sexy Tight Thigh & Bun Workouts

If you follow these 7 rules, you will lose belly fat, simply because your entire body will be burning fat at all times.

There are 7 Fundamentals for women to lose fat and transform their bodies - Callie tells you all 7...

Read each one, its not complicated – its proven and it is easier than you think.  This is your simple road-map to real results and a fat loss, lean muscle, tight hips and firm body COMBINATION!

1. Strength Training- the BEST way to change your body composition and boost your metabolism so that your body is a fat burning machine, burning fat optimally at all times.

2. Interval conditioning- skip the boring, slow cardio and rev up your metabolism and fat burning capabilities with interval work such as sprints or jumping rope. This type of training creates a metabolic effect that will allow you burn calories at the workout rate for up to 36 hours post workout.

3. Eat breakfast. Skipping breakfast slows the metabolic process down and you will not burn calories at rest as quickly as you should. It can also lead to over eating later in the day. Have a combination of complex carbs and protein and you will feel energized and full.

4. Drink plenty of water. Figure out your body weight (pounds) and drink 1/2 of that in ounces. Staying hydrated keeps your metabolism going and also helps prevent fluid retention.

5. Perform multi-joint movements when strength training. Squats, lunges, pull ups, push ups, and Kettlebell movements are the best for fat loss. You will rev up your metabolism, develop lean and toned muscles, and burn a ton of calories both during and after the training session. Avoid machines and isolated movements if you want to kick that extra belly fat (especially around the middle).

6. Don’t obsess over the scale. Weigh yourself once a week if you have to. Otherwise, just stay away. Focus on your physique, how your clothes feel, and your body composition. Get your body fat percentage tested every 6 weeks if possible. This will ensure that you are losing the right kind of weight. The scale cannot tell the difference.

7. Eat every 3-4 hours. If you starve yourself and restrict calories, your body automatically slows down and you will not efficiently burn fat. Fuel the fire (your metabolism) every several hours with quality foods such as fruits, veggies, lean protein, low fat dairy and healthy fats including nuts and avocados.

Losing body fat (in most cases, belly fat) is a complete process. You must strength train, eat properly and at the right times, perform high intensity interval conditioning, and drink plenty of water. If any of these pieces of the puzzle are lacking, you progress will suffer.
You cannot lose fat in just one spot, but for many women the excess fat lies around the middle of the body. If your body becomes efficient at burning calories while you are NOT working out, you will see drastic changes in your overall composition. Follow these 7 tips and remember that it’s a long term process, not a quick fix. Anyone can lose a few pounds in a week, but to create an efficient fat burning body, you must get in the trenches and do the work.

(*Note from Tris – Callie, SUPERB concise informative post – people, I hope you take these on board as they are the fundamentals – brilliant!)

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Courage keeps us on track for our amazing dreams...

These obstacles are sent to test us and move us to rise higher and reach further.  And in turn step up to new levels of fulfillment and achievement.

The successful people in any walk of life are those who don’t panic but rely on their inner courage to beat down any obstacle.  That is you and me my friend…

I wish you all the strength in the world and the success you deserve in your search for ultiamte fat loss, lean muscle, six pack abs and the body of your dreams.

If your on ‘your path’ – your in the exact right place at this exact moment.

Have courage.  You are better than the ones who quit.

All my best,

Tristan

Courage keeps you moving!

But the real winners – people like you – are the ones who do not quit.  Heads up people, tomorrow is another day.

Fat loss, six pack abs training, full body tranformation, weight control, lean muscle stimulation – they all hit the blocks sometimes – the secrets to know its just normal, not a big deal and certainly not big enough to derail you.

Seriosuly, if it wa seasy everyone would be in perfect physical condition – a life without challenges is not a life at all (that’s mine! haha)

*excuse the ‘naughty’ word!:

Don't Be Intimidated By The Challenges On YOur Path To Fat Loss And a New Body!

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”

Fitness Success Begins In Your Mind...

To bring in the new year I wanted to write a post that would help you get in the right frame of mind to begin 2010 the right way.  And in turn put yourself on a guaranteed path to the results you want and the results you are fully capable of in your fitness / fat loss / lean muscle / conditioning endeavours.

There are going to be a lot of new and exciting exercises, workouts, programs and theories exploding into our fitness world this year.

At no time in the past has fitness been such a widespread internet hot-topic and point of interest.

And along with this ever growing ‘lifestyle market’ the inevitable flood of junk ideas, workouts, diets and gadgets will spread around like wildfire.

As you know, I’m only into proven fundamentals.  Of course some new ideas are refreshing and add value to the industry, but when all is said and done you can take to the bank the proven systems and rules of successful fitness training and I cover them in this website and my programs, workouts, books and training sessions with clients both in my hometown / fitness classes and with my cleints and friends and subscribers online.

So you know you’re in the right place for proven. factual fitness advice and help.  And alongside thisI decided that I’d like to share with you something that is not really a new fitness system, or a workout, or new exercise theory but in fact something that will pertain to all those and in fact be even more important:

I put together 5 tips that will provide your foundation for fitness success as we go into 2010.  This all begins with your ‘head’ and getting things together ‘up there’.

No, its not all ‘mind stuff’ or ‘mumbo-jumbo’ but very simple and proven advice that will allow you to prepare correctly both mentally and physically.  Because if you don’t have a goal, a desire, a solid picture of what you want and how you will achieve it mapped out in your mind first then I can almost guarantee that procrastination and boredom will set in quick and any end goals you hoped for in 2010 – not just fitness but almost any other goals -  will remain unattained, only ready to be dusted off in hope next New Year.

We all need a plan of action…

And that plan of action will be our mental road map to full continued success in our fitness goals.

So below are The Five Maverick Fitness Coach Tips for 2010 that will put you mentally on a level above everyone else who simply sets a goal of ‘fat loss’ or six pack abs in a few months’ – yet never believes, plans, expects or targets what they need to do to get these very attainable goals.

I want you to stay on the path to your fitness ambitions.  Because anyone can achieve their own personal goals, they just need to understand these 5 before everything else:

1) FOCUS:

I promise millions of people will begin 2010 with the loftiest dreams and believe for a few weeks (or less) that they are serious about them.  Well they are at first, but soon it becomes easy to drift off track and let life get in the way.  This is where real focus takes control and obliterates distraction.  I have my clients right down 3 month goals as well as weekly and daily goals on a small notebook, be it to get ‘x’ amount of workouts in, or do a particular project etc…by following this easy focus planning they are amazed not only with how much they actually get done each day/week or month but how easy it is to stay on track for the bigger goals by keeping themselves focused on each task that is needed to be completed.
Honestly, all you need is a notebook and a few minutes each day – no biggy, just check off the list each time a taks is done (it can be small or large) and you will see differences in your focus and achievements within days – I promise.

2)ACCOUNTABILITY:

Following on from above.  In that little notebook or outlook/entourage etc you will be able to see clearly when you’ve done something and checked it off (and enjoyed the satisfaction of that) and also see clearly what still needs to be done. If a person procrastinates, they’ll have full record of this.  And in time they’ll quickly see the constant reminder to hold themselves accountable for doing what they set out to do.  I like the feeling of being in control of my tasks, but also feeling acocuntable by seeing what I’ve set myself to do, but not yet completed.  It makes me get stuff done that I know I’d normally in the past simply put off and then likely forget. We owe it to ourselves to give 110% to our lives each day…I mean, why not?  It only benefiting us by doing so….

3) FOLLOW POSITIVITY & SUCCESS:

The biggest thing you owe yourself is a real chance to get what you deserve.  You are well capable of getting in shape, losing fat, getting more muscle and so on…that’s actually not the hard part.  The hard parts are staying focused as we just discussed, but also following positive and successful role models or guides who make you feel like your goals are both absolutely attainable as well as a fair right for you to expect.  You see people who are happy in their own lives will be only too happy to see you do well and succeed.  You MUST not allow weak people to cloud your judgement of what you want and what you can achieve.  I suggest elimintating or decreasing the time around negative people.  You’ll typically find those who dont support you or your efforts are the ones who are scared you’ll change and not be easy to relate to once you have your new life or new dream body etc etc.  This is their problem, not yours.  Weak people will hold you down and pat you on the back when you fail.  Strong people will pull you up, expect you to achieve and not let you lose sight of goals.  Once all is said and done you’ll be a stronger, more confidant person when your exicting goals are acheived and then be more comfortable around the people who find your new success or happiness hard to take.

You have a chocie to either rise up and get what’s yours or allow certain people to stop you achieving.  Surround yourself with good friends, supportive colleagues, trainers who ‘get it’ and follow workouts and programs that give real results.  The success at the end of the tunnel really is worth it, not just in the new body you get but also in the new confidence that brings you into a new world where only positive people and experiences exist and negativity is something that you do not allow to alter your dreams.

4) UNDERSTAND THE EASE OF ALL THIS…

Now don’t get me wrong.  I never advocate getting something for nothing.  In fitness you are going to need to work hard.  That’s a given.  But the truth is that if you understand this, you’re over the first and biggest hurdle.  From here on out, once you’ve committed to do this you need to know that the road maps you follow WILL take you to an end goal – your dream.  It is easy, if you can decide to commit, stay focused and keep track of your efforts and results, whilst surrounding yourself with people who want to see you do well.  Once you have that in place then you only have to keep going to reach that end goal.  Period.  But the ease really comes from you going into it with the right mindset and knowing that you are going to need to give 110% but trusting in the knowledge that the results and satisfaction will be worth it beyond measure!

Just don’t think this is all going to be a hassle or a chore or wonder ‘IF’ you’ll get good results – NO – that’s the wrong mindset.  If you can commit and focus to do anything in life them you can certainly stay on the path to your dreams.  The first step is always the hardest.  (check out the fitness inspiration section for some positive reinforcement) – Know you can do this because you really can.

5) EXPECT SUCCESS:

Lastly – no.5  Expect success. This is really the most important.  I mentioned about understanding the ease of achieving your dreams and how once you commit and focus and take the first step you are well on the way to whatever you want.  Too many people don’t even have the heart to begin, even though they want to!  But the final piece of the success jigsaw is the EXPECT the results you want.

In reality would anyone really do anything if they thought it was a total waste of time?  No! of course not, but in the fitness field I see so many people who actually have doubt.  To an extent this is understandable but only at first.  Because if you plan correct, get your head right and focus and follow proven paths then you are as good as guaranteeing your results as long as you stick to the plan.

I tell all my clients that the time is going to pass anyway.  From the moment you start to the particular moment you’ve set as an end goal, this time WILL pass. When you begin with a clear head, an expectation of results and with positive role models around you then its all going to come together nicely.  In three months, or by that wedding day, or by the first day of summer you can be all you want to be and have the body you want.  BUT you need to expect it.

The effort and time you put in following proven systems is going to pay off – Isn’t it?  of course it is.  That the luxury of effort and planning.  You are putting yourself onto a path that leads somewhere,its not a journey for the sake of it.  In fitness terms you want an end goal and it is absolutely attainable.  You just need to know that and expect your results.  I promise you’ll get them if you focus, hold yourself accountable, follow positive role models and programs, understand its not rocket science…and most of all…Expect Success.

Looking forward to helping you achieve the body of your dreams and the life that you’ve always wanted…

Peace to you and yours, Happy 2010. 

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Believe people…Believe!

Greatness, Guts, Determination, Belief...

“100% of the shots you don’t take…don’t go in.” – Wayne Gretsky

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“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

believe, believe, believe in yourself.

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

D. Elton Trueblood

Quickie for you:  Preparation in any physical activity is essential.  And the smart thing is to use what others throw at you!

“A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at them.”

Take it easy,

Tris

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Helping Others Shows Real Character...

Some people understand life better, and they call some of these people “retarded”…

At the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash.

At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish to run the race to the finish and win. All, that is, except one little boy who stumbled on the asphalt, tumbled over a couple of times, and began to cry. The other eight heard the boy cry.

They slowed down and looked back. Then they all turned around and went back….every one of them. One girl with Down’s Syndrome bent down and kissed him and said, “This will make it better.”

Then all nine linked arms and walked together to the finish line.

Everyone in the stadium stood. The cheering went on for several minutes.

People who were there are still telling the story. Why?

Because deep down we know this one thing: What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What matters in this life is helping  others win, even if it means slowing down and changing our course.

“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.”

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