How Much Does Your Purse Weigh?

For those of you who missed it I was recently on TV on WGN in Chicago and then on Fox. I got hit with some great questions but because you are on limited time (about 4 minutes) I wasn't able to fully answer each question....



On the first show the anchor said to me, "You want us to lift 20 lbs??? That's a lot of weight!" And my response was- "How much does your purse weigh?" I don't think most women realize that they lift a 5-10 pound purse daily, maybe a 15-20 pound kid daily and 10-12lb pound grocery bags on a regular basis.

The Key- Doing what your body is already used to will not change your body. If you go in the gym and lift 5lbs - 15lb weights you are lifting a weight that you can already lift and do daily.

Doing what you can already do daily WILL NOT CHANGE YOUR BODY.

You must put a demand on your body that it is not used to in order to get it to change. Most women can START by lifting 15-20lb dumbbells and progress from there.

Start to think about what you do in your daily activities and make sure that when you go to the gym you are putting a new demand on your body beyond what it is used to to start transforming your body. And go ahead....weigh your purse...how much does it weigh?

Common Questions from TFBB Answered

One of my reviews on Amazon(thank you for reviewing my book, anyone who can go give it a review on Amazon please do...as long as it's good:)The Female Body Breakthrough: The Revolutionary Strength-Training Plan for Losing Fat and Getting the Body You Want
) Questions answered-

Review- "I really love this book and will be using this plan in my life. The book did leave me with two questions though: Is this book for women of all ages? I noticed that she didn't include women that were over 50 or speak about menopause. The other question is: What do you do if you exercise first thing in the morning when you are supposed to eat breakfast within 15 minutes after getting up in the morning? Other than that, the book is laid out really well and it is easy to understand what to do."

Answer- This book was originally written for the 20-35 age group and was originally going to be a women's health branded book and they asked me to write it for 20s-35s(their target demographic). I work with more women in the 40 and up age group in the gym and many of the stories in the book are on the upper borderline or are way above the 20-35 age range(two of the women are over 50 and another one of the ladies in the book is turning 50 this year and you'd never guess- we snuck them in as 20-40 yr olds). So- YES absolutely the concepts and philosophies in the book will work for women over 50, and have worked for women over 50 many times. You are right that I didn't touch on menopause because of the target demographic of the book but it also leaves it open for a Book #2 aimed at the over 40 crowd....which their seems to be a demand for and is the demographic that will benefit even more from the information but the information is the same. I would just change the hormones shmormones chapter but overall the concepts in the book will get you through menopause healthier, stronger and easier- having a stable blood sugar helps keep your hormones more stable.

As for training first thing in the morning- one of the Fit Female Credos is to be an early riser so you're right I should have given a strategy for this because this has been a question asked more than once. Two options-
1. Make your workout shake and drink half before and during and then finish it post workout, then eat breakfast within an hour after your workout.

2. Have something small and quick such as some yoghurt or hardboiled egg & a banana before you leave the house to train then a shake during and post workout. 


For more answers to commonly asked question go to my FAQ page- Click Here.

Next stop.....2010!

Christmas snuck up on me and then just like that is behind us...

.....next stop 2010!

I love January because in our industry it is so much fun- everyone is motivated and focused and it is such an exciting time of year for many people to have a fresh start. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a planner and yesterday I filled out my new planner for 2010 and I am so excited for the year ahead!  

• With our Counting Reps to Counting Revenue Tour  - Click Here to Find out when we will be in a city near you.

• And our coaching group and mastermind meetings who are an amazing group of trainers that Alwyn and I are so excited to work with this year to help them take their businesses to the next level.  www.resultsfitnessbiz.com
  

• And then my book
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  which has been selling really well and I am so excited to get my message out to so many women who need it. I plan to be very active working with the community in my website this year- www.thefemalebodybreakthrough.com and speaking and meeting women to help as many women as I can have a breakthrough! If you are in the Chicago area or anywhere near come and meet me on January 14th at 6pm at the West Loop Gym. I will be doing a discussion, Q and A and book signing- come out and meet me!  
  

• And ofcourse our gym, Results Fitness (www.results-fitness.com) which is going to be celebrating 10 years in business this year! And will be so much fun with the new added space and our awesome team in place who do such a great job! I can't wait to do a workout in the new room! We will continue to "Keep Leading" as one of our core values.

If you are ready to plan out your year (Remember If you Fail to Plan, you should plan to fail) start by getting one of these fabulous calendars my friend Krista Scott Dixon made- 
http://www.stumptuous.com/schwag

It is full of inspiring pictures sure to keep you focused all year long!

And get 2010 off to a great start!

Happy New Year everyone! Hope to see you at an event in the new year!

The Exercise Encyclopedia has arrived- Released Today!

Years ago at our gym we started an exercise encyclopedia to have every exercise picture and description in one book. The book is still lying around the gym somewhere but was never finished because this task of thinking of every single exercise and getting pictures and descriptions became overwhelming and the book got shoved aside never to be finished....

But thank goodness - Adam Campbell took on the project and made a BEAUTIFUL book that will now be the Exercise Encyclopedia.  The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises: Four Weeks to a Leaner, Stronger, More Muscular YOU! will now be our Encyclopedia at Results Fitness and will be the "Go To" book for anyone we work with including new employees, our Results Fitness Biz coaching members and online clients.

Adam thought of every possible exercise you can think of....Believe me - I was there for the photo shoot helping him and I couldn't believe the exercises we were shooting - EVERYTHING! Click Here to read about my experience on the photo shoot. I am honored to have been a part of such an amazing book!

Plus he included some of the best minds as contributors (including myself :), the women's version has one of my skinny jeans workouts) putting together programs along with information on how to train, nutrition and what works. This book is the complete guide to every exercise and how to use the exercises to get results.

You still have time to order and get it here before Christmas from Amazon. There are two versions(I'll be ordering the Women's version,The Women's Health Big Book of Exercises: Four Weeks to a Leaner, Sexier, Healthier YOU! for all of my online clients to save me from ever having to create pictures and descriptions again which is the most time consuming part of writing a program for an online client- thank you Adam!)

Order Today!

Last Minute Holiday Gift Ideas

9 Days until Christmas!!!!!!

If you are anything like me you still have more than a few people on your list to get gifts for and time is running out. Is it just me or did Christmas sneak up faster this year? Well, I have a few last minute gift ideas for you or ideas that you may want to hint to someone near to you....

Under $5.00

• Fit Female Credo Poster - If someone in your life has been reading The Female Body Breakthrough a great stocking stuffer is The Fit Female Credo Poster for Only $2 bucks.

Click Here to Purchase Now

Under $20.00

• If you have a female in your life you have to get her a copy of The Female Body Breakthrough. For less than $15 you can change her life with the information in this book.

Under $50

• Pick up Training Jill not Jack DVD or The Body Weight Training DVD

Under $100

• One Month Membership to The Fit Female Community

for only $97.00 you can give the female in your life me as her coach for one month inside TheFemaleBodyBreakthrough.com along with access to exclusive content and a community of fit females.

Click Here to Sign Her Up for one month Now

Happy Holidays everyone! I hope Santa brings you everything you desire!

Excerpt from US News &World Report- 6 Stupid Holiday Diet Tips you should Ignore

This is an excerpt from an article by Katherine Hobson-

Click Here to see the article.

Make "healthful" versions of holiday favorites—like nonfat, no-sugar cheesecake.

OK, I made up that example; I'm not sure such a thing exists. But, says Cosgrove, substituting ingredients or making "lite" holiday dishes is rarely a good idea. "Usually, it still isn't very healthy, and now it just doesn't taste as good," she says. "Life's too short not to have my grandmother's sweet potato pie." Her suggestion for the holidays (and the rest of the year): Eat healthfully 90 percent of the time, and then give yourself the freedom to splurge during the other 10 percent. Rather than taking the fun out of all your holiday meals, pick the ones at which you want to indulge, and, at the rest, pass up the goodies.

What are your core values?

In our company we have core values that we live and breathe by as a team. These are core values that Alwyn and I have in our personal life and as a company they define who we look for in people we hire for our company. Everyday, any decision that gets made gets filtered through these core values.

I wish I could say we had these in place from day one when we opened our business(10 years ago) but we didn't. It would have kept us from making some of the mistakes we made like hiring the wrong people at times. We had core values but it wasn't until I started studying the company, Zappos that we redefined our core values and really started to use our core values in everything we do. We are always learning from businesses outside of the fitness business to make sure we "Keep Leading" which is one of our core values.

What are your core values? whether you have a company or simply have them for yourself it is a powerful exercise to sit down and decide what do you stand for? What drives you?

Our Core Values-

Bring your best Be Professional Integrity, honesty and transparency Only good days and great days! WE, not ME. Constant learning and never ending improvement. Fun and Humor. Strive for profitability. Exceed expectations. Keep leading. Starting with a solid base of core values to build your company on is one of our secrets to unlocking your success as a business. We will be teaching a TON of fitness business success secrets at our upcoming seminar. We are in Rhode Island this weekend. Don't miss it- Click Here