Weekly fitness tips for success come out each Sunday and are designed to make you feel better and stay on track with your fitness and health goals! Each week add a new tip to your life and notice the benefits increase each week. Anyone can do this, you can too! Start today!

Saturday, March 03, 2007

Adventure Boot Camp: Uncooked, Organic Coconut Oil. Good for your health.: Organic, Uncooked Coconut Oil

Adventure Boot Camp: Uncooked, Organic Coconut Oil. Good for your health.: Organic, Uncooked Coconut Oil

Monday, April 03, 2006

Exercise gives you energy

Ever feel too tired to work out? I know the feeling but the hardest part is getting started. Even on those tired days, once you get started you feel energized and realize you weren't that tired afterall. A healthy body and mind=more energy and higher productivity. Can't go wrong with that! Dedicate yourself to your workouts and you will gain energy and feel great!

Have more ideas? Let Karleen know. Karleen@BendBootCamp.com and check in next weekend for tip #4!Need an extra boost to get your fitness and nutrition program up to speed? Go to http://www.BendBootCamp.com/ for Boot Camp and customized meal plans that really work and are affordable!Pass this blog on to your friends and family so they can start feeling the benefits of Bend Adventure Boot Camp, too!

Have a Healthy and Successful Day,
Karleen

http://www.bendbootcamp.com/

Certifications:ACE Certified Personal Trainer
NESTA Certified Adventure Boot Camp Instructor
Certified Integrative Yoga Instructor

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Fitness Tip # 3 Getting out the door to Get in Shape

Fitness Tip #3

Ever have trouble getting out the door to actually start your workout? Maybe you have great intentions and then at the last minute the whole plan flops. Figuring out what gets you motivated to work out can the the difference between really getting fit and just thinking about it. Here are a few ideas to get going to acheive your Fitness Success Today:

1. The best success rates are working out in the morning first thing.
2. Schedule your workout like an important meeting and don't miss your meetings. You and your health are worth it!
3. Have workout attire and water in your car at all times so you don't have an excuse as you drive by your gym or pass that lovely park that would be fun to take a hike or run in or a friend calls to see if you can workout during lunch.
4. Be prepared and embrace the idea of exercise when it is available. Make fitness a priority and you will feel and see the difference in your physical and mental wellness!

Have a great week and let me know if you have any questions!

Karleen
Adventure Boot Camp Instructor
ACE Personal Trainer
Yoga Instructor


www.bendbootcamp.com

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Fitness Tip #2 Add Activity to your day to get in shape Faster!

Fitness Tip of the week is designed to motivate and encourage us all to take that extra step towards a healthy mind and body. Lifestyle change is really the key to maintaining a healthy body and these tips can really help!

Follow each tip for a week and retrain your body and mind how to feel the best it can possibly feel! Soon each tip will become a habit and then you are really on your way to fitness success!!! Each week add the new tip while continuing the tip from the previous week. Within a matter of weeks you will have a toolbox full of new healthy and beneficial tools/habits to support you down your road of complete fitness success. If you have any questions or tips you would like to pass on please let me know! What works for you may also work for others. Karleen@BendAdventureBootCamp.com

Add extra activity to your day:
There are many ways where you can get in extra mini workouts even if you don't have time for a full workout.
1. Park further away from entrances or even several blocks away. Find ways to walk more!
2. Instead of sitting and watching TV do some work with a pair of hand weights, a weighted ball, elastic band or exercise ball. You can also do some yoga or stretching on the floor.
3. Cleaning is a great calorie burner. Start a project and keep moving.
4. Do sets of squats, lunges jumping jacks etc whenever you can throughout the day. At first your family may think it strange but before long they will get used to it and maybe even join in!
5. If you go for a walk, take some light hand weights and get in some upper body work at the same time!
6. Instead of shying away from fitness opportunities, look at all those chores as a great way to get into and stay in shape!

Have more ideas? Let Karleen know. Karleen@BendAdventureBootCamp.com and check in next weekend for tip #3!

Need an extra boost to get your fitness and nutrition program up to speed? Go to http://www.bendbootcamp.com/ for Adventure Boot Camp and customized meal plans that really work and are affordable!

Pass this blog on to your friends and family so they can start feeling the benefits of Fitness Success Today, too!

Have a Healthy and Successful Day,

Karleen

http://www.bendbootcamp.com/

Certifications:
ACE Certified Personal Trainer
NESTA Certified Adventure Boot Camp Trainer
Certified Integrative Yoga Instructor

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Fitness Tip #1 Drink More Water to get healthier!!

Fitness Tip of the week is designed to motivate and encourage us all to take that extra step towards a healthy mind and body. Lifestyle change is really the key to maintaining a healthy body and these tips can really help!

Follow each tip for a week and retrain your body and mind how to feel the best it can possibly feel! Soon each tip will become a habit and then you are really on your way to fitness success!!! Each week add the new tip while continuing the tip from the previous week. Within a matter of weeks you will have a toolbox full of new healthy and beneficial tools/habits to support you down your road of complete fitness success. If you have any questions or tips you would like to pass on please let me know! What works for you may also work for others. Karleen@BendAdventureBootCamp.com

1. Drink Lots of water! 1/2 -1 gallon a day. I use a 2.2 liter bottle that I drink 1-2 of each day. This will hydrate every cell in your body and bring life back into your body. Do this every day and you will notice a difference in your overall health, digestion as well as energy level and skin quality. Most of us live our lives very dehydrated so getting that hydration back is the #1 key to our fitness success! When you see a plant that hasn't been watered, you know it looks lifeless and void. The same goes for us, only we get used to this state of dehydration and learn to live with it. Let’s relearn what it feels like to be healthy. Hydrate!

Water is your first step to success!!! Sounds easy enough, right? Being hydrated also fills us up and takes away those hunger pangs. When hungry, drink water first and wait 10 minutes. Most of the time that we feel hungry we are actually just thirsty.

Remember; drink all of your water at least 2 hours before bedtime! If you want to learn this the hard way try drining a quart of water a hour before bedtime, I promise you will only do this once:-)

I find it easiest to have 1 bottle that I use every day. Knowing how many of those bottles I have to drink each day really makes keeping count easy. My 2.2 liter jug keeps me on track. I can pour it into a glass from the jug but at least I know when it is empty, I have given my body what it needs. It was too hard for me to remember how many glasses I drank each day, so for me the jug is my key to success. Find out what works for you and don't give up.

If you have access to filtered or purified water use it. Britta filters are a great and fairly inexpensive way to have filtered water, but use what you can afford. Tap water is better than no water. You may also check at your local grocery store for self-fill purified water. You bring the containers and fill yourself-this can be an inexpensive way to drink higher quality water for very little money. 4-7 gallons a week should be your goal!

Have fun and take note of how your body and mind respond to wonderful and simple water. It may take 4-7 days for your body to get used to this quantity of water, so give it a chance! We all have toxins inside so increasing your water intake may get these little buggers stirred up. It is a very good thing to get them out, but you may notice some "detox" symptoms such at upset stomach, dizziness and other flu like symptoms. Just keep drinking a lot and in several hours to several days you should have a new lease on life!

Please contact me if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions. Karleen@BendAdventureBootCamp.com and visit us at http://www.bendbootcamp.com/
Pass this blog on to your friends and family so they can start feeling the benefits of Fitness Success Today, too!

Have a Healthy and Successful Day,

Karleen

http://www.bendbootcamp.com/

Certifications:
ACE Certified Personal Trainer
NESTA Certified Adventure Boot Camp Trainer
Certified Integrative Yoga Therapist