All 4 Sports and Fitness Blog

Last Chance to Join Fitness Boot Camp

So Monday, June 2nd kicks off the next Fitness Boot Camp and I am very excited about the new program.

More than I have ever been in the past 3 years that we have been running camps.

We have always added a little something more each time we do it, but this time around I feel that this will be our best camp yet.

We have received tons of feedback from members over the years, and hearing about what frustrates people most has always guided us to keep making improvements in the camp.

We like to think of the Boot Camp as a way for people to fill in the gaps of what is missing from just joining the gym. Over the years we have added:

• an education on all the latest fitness methods
• motivation during workouts and through emails to include the important mindset component of getting results
• nutrition and recovery guidelines to maximize results
• an online support system to guide you and for you to ask any questions during the process
• accountability to be here for your sessions
• assessments like the functional movement screen and iMett cardiovascular test to customize your warm up and cardio
• and now during this next program a new system that allows our coaches to be able to fully customize exercie selection to match your ability level

If you are interested in filling in these gaps in your fitness program head on over to the site to sign up for camp.

http://www.sportsandfitnessperformance.com/fitnessbootcamp.html

If you have any questions about camp please shoot me an email to my personal email address at fdolan17@optonline.net (there is something wrong with my club email address)

I will be away with my training staff in Providence all weekend but will be checking my email each night.

If you call the gym I will be unable to get back to you until Monday.

Personal Time Management

I am realy busy...

Are you really busy?

Doesn't it seem like everyone is always rushing around to get places?

Always trying to squeeze things in?

Holiday weekends are always a great time for me to reflect on that fact because everything tends to slow down a little.

Sometimes it is so hard to figure out where your time goes and why you are not getting to your priorities like your fitness routine.

Especially in summer!!

When you have some down time on a day like tomorrow, it might be a good idea to do some things to set yourself up for success when the madness of the week starts again.

Here are some simple steps you can follow:

Realize that you have control - too many people say they don't have time to exercise. How can you not have time when there are about 1,000 people working out here over the course of a week? Most of them coming more than once... Were you given less time than them? I am being sort of harsh here but it is important to change your language to reflect the truth....you choose to do other things instead of exercise. Once you take responsibility then you have a foundation for change.

Quantify - for one week write down what you do every hour of the day. This is a very powerful exercise. Unless you have a clear view of what you do in black and white you will always think you are spending your time wisely. Stop trying to remember....write it down and take a real look at where your time is going. This tip alone has the potential to give you back a whole day per week once you start cutting out unimportant time wasters. A really cool resource that I have been using is called RESCUE TIME at www.rescuetime.co m. (download the free version) It will monitor your computer usage and send you an itemized report of how much time you spend on each application. (10 hours a week on FACEBOOK.....what!!!!)

Take the Time to Schedule - You should spend at least one hour per week planning out your week. Everything from meals, to workouts, to work, to playtime. This will free you up to make sure you can fit in your most important tasks. Some people say they don't like to live by a schedule and they want to be free...I'll tell you what...the freedom is in the schedule...Once you do it....you will have so much more time to do whatever you want to do. Frantically running around without structure is the furthest thing from freedom...to me anyway.

Learn the most efficient and effective ways to get results - you can have the most organized schedule in the world and work your butt off at work or in the gym...but if you don't have the education to get the results you are looking for you will continue to waste time. I think the most common area I see this is in the way people eat. They work their butt off in the gym...think eating less and like a bird when they do, will help them lose weight (this is very common this time of year - don't fall into this trap)....and they actually gain weight. How the hell does that happen!!! Well maybe that is not the way to lose weight? Maybe meeting with a nutritionist to find out what you should be eating would be a good idea....

Facebook

A while back, a friend of mine told me that I should be on Facebook.

(for those of you who are like my father and think the computer is the devil; Facebook is an online social network that originated in colleges but is now used by over 60 million people to connect with each other)

I thought it was just for kids to post pictures of themselves at parties and try to pick up members of the opposite sex.

I was completely wrong!!

Although I am sure it is used for that as well, it turns out that it is great way for me to stay in touch with other professionals in the fitness industry, old friends from college, and now it will be a great way for you to stay connected to club events, etc.

If you have an account search my name and become my friend...

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php ?id=1008913663

If you don't have an account set one up and do the same....

While you're at it become a fan of the club by searching for All 4 Sports and Fitness.

If you would like updates on the Fitness Boot Camps you can also become a fan of them by searching for Fitness Boot Camps.