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Here it is guys the latest Succeed Online Fitness Magazine full of great info for you for you read, feel FREE to pass this onto anyone that may be interested:

Enjoy the read everybody, we hope to see you back to Boot Camp soon..

The Succeed Team

Hello all my Zumba lover’s in Canberra.

That is right, we have got Zumba back on the timetable due to popular demand.

Starting Wed 4th May at 6.30pm for 10 weeks.

Come and have a great fun night of dancing, moving and grooving with one of Canberra’s leading Zumba instructors.

Here is a great opportunity for a bit of variety in your fitness regime, and an exciting way to burn up those calories in the Winter months, but don’t leave it too late as we only have limited spots available…

So spread the word, tell your friends and come and take on the world’s latest fitness craze….ZUMBA!!!

Here is the flyer with all the info you need:

The evidence is clear - regular exercise is good for you!

And not only is it good for you, but doing it regularly and consistently will have a positive effect on many areas of your life.  No more clearly can this be shown but in the workplace.

Do you want to get sick less often? Do you want more energy? Would you like to be more confident? Would you like to be able to handle stress better? Would you like to give yourself more opportunities for promotions?

Countless studies have proven that being fit and healthy will result in more energy, superior ability to focus clearly and more effective ways to manage stress levels. Now wouldn’t that make life a lot easier?

By improving yourself in these areas alone, you may be able to counter your weaknesses, and eliminate those factors that may be stopping you from getting that promotion, from gaining recognition and taking on more responsibility, from having the chance to earn a higher salary or improve your living standards!

Participation in a work-based exercise program can greatly increase job satisfaction and help to counter boredom and complacency. It can also encourage other positive health-related behaviour, such as quitting smoking or weight loss.

Exercise doesn’t need to be complicated – it just needs to be regular. The following are some examples of how exercising can be made easier:

- organise fellow staff members for lunch time sporting games – touch football, soccer, volleyball, cricket
- start a walking/running club at lunchtimes
- participate in a workplace fitness program
- join a local health club
- hire a Personal Trainer

Regular exercise, combined with sound dietary habits, WILL make a difference in many areas of your life, especially in a place where you spend a large chunk of your time – in the workplace!!

We have discounted memberships for Succeed Boot Camps right across Canberra for the month of March & April, simply click here and email us..

Well after 12 weeks of torture and torment (so he says), the FM 104.7 & DHF Average Joe to GI Joe challenge is finally over…

Brian has transformed both his body and life over the last 12 weeks. Here are his fantastic results:

                                Week 1                                Week 12
Weight:                 121kg                                      100.6kg
B.P:                         172/102                               128/90
Chest Girth:         125cm                                   114cm
Waist:                     116cm                                   102cm  
Hips:                       113cm                                   105.5cm
Thighs:                   69/67cm                             65.7/65cm
Arms:                     43/41cm                              39/39cm
Body Fat:              40.3%                                    31.7%

Brian has since kept up the weight off and has set himself another goal to work toward. I look forward to continue to work with him as he reaches his new goal.

Huge thank you to DHF Supplements and FM 104.7 for putting the competition on.

Photos to follow soon.

Scott

Did you know that the vast majority of people in this day and age have excess abdominal fat?

 The first thing that most people think of is that their extra abdominal fat is simply ugly, is covering up their abs from being visible, and makes them self conscious about showing off their body.

However, what most people don’t realize is that excess abdominal fat in particular, is not only ugly, but is also a dangerous risk factor to your health. Scientific research has clearly determined that although it is unhealthy in general to have excess body fat throughout your body, it is also particularly dangerous to have excess abdominal fat.

There are two types of fat that you have in your abdominal area. The first type that covers up your abs from being visible is called subcutaneous fat and lies directly beneath the skin and on top of the abdominal muscles.

The second type of fat that you have in your abdominal area is called visceral fat, and that lies deeper in the abdomen beneath your muscle and surrounding your organs. Visceral fat also plays a role in giving certain men that “beer belly” appearance where their abdomen protrudes excessively but at the same time, also feels sort of hard if you push on it.

Both subcutaneous fat and visceral fat in the abdominal area are serious health risk factors, but science has shown that having excessive visceral fat is even more dangerous than subcutaneous fat. Both of them greatly increase your risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, sleep apnea, various forms of cancer, and other degenerative diseases.

Part of the reason visceral fat is particularly dangerous is that it apparently releases more inflammatory molecules into your body on a consistent basis.

If you care about the quality of your life and your loved ones, reducing your abdominal fat should be one of your TOP priorities! There’s just no way around it. Besides, a side effect of finally getting rid of all of that excessive ugly abdominal fat is that your stomach will flatten out, and if you lose enough stomach fat, you will be able to visibly see those sexy six pack abs that everyone wants.

So what gets rid of extra abdominal fat? The first thing you must understand is that there is NO quick fix. There are NO pills or supplements of any sort that will help you lose your abdominal fat faster. Also, none of the gimmicky ab rockers, rollers, or ab belts will help get rid of abdominal fat either, they are all a crock of s@#*. You can’t spot reduce your stomach fat by using any of these worthless contraptions. It simply doesn’t work that way.

The only solution to consistently lose your abdominal fat and keep it off for good is to combine a properly designed exercise program that stimulates the necessary hormonal and metabolic response within your body and a nutritious diet full of unprocessed natural foods. Both your food intake as well as your training program are important if you are to get this right.

I’ve actually even seen a particular study that divided thousands of participants into a diet-only group and an exercise/diet group. While both groups in this study made good progress, the diet-only group lost significantly LESS abdominal fat than the diet & exercise combined group.

Now the important thing to realize is that just any old exercise program will not necessarily do the trick. The majority of people that attempt getting into a good exercise routine are NOT working out effectively enough to really stimulate the loss of stubborn abdominal fat. I see this everyday at the gym.

Most people will do your typical boring cardio routines, throw in a little outdated body-part style weight training, and finish up with some crunches and side bends, and think that they are doing something useful for reducing their abdominal fat. Then they become frustrated after weeks or months of no results and wonder where they went wrong.

Well, the good news is that I’ve spent over 15 years researching this topic, and applying it “in the trenches” with myself as well as thousands of my clients to see what works to really stimulate abdominal fat loss the best.

The entire solution… all of the nutritional strategies, as well and training sequences, exercise combinations, and more have all been compiled in my Succeed Boot Camp 12 week program.

The main point of this program is showing you the absolute most effective strategies for losing your stubborn abdominal fat, so you can get rid of that dangerous health risk, as well as get a flatter more defined midsection.

If you follow the guidelines in our program, you WILL lose your belly fat that has been plaguing you for years. This is not guesswork… it is a proven system that works time and time again for all of my clients that actually apply the information I teach. If you apply it, the results will come. It’s really that simple.

The only reason most people fail in their fitness goals is that they have good intentions at first to adopt a new lifestyle, yet after a few weeks or months, they abandon their good intentions and slip right back into their old bad habits that gave them the excess body fat in the first place.

We want to help you succeed in finally getting rid of that extra abdominal fat that is not only UGLY, but also DANGEROUS, but you to be prepared to do the work it takes!!

So if you are up for it, or want to prolong your life, then why not head to a Succeed Boot Camp session for a FREE trial and start on the journey to change TODAY….

Click here to email us for a Boot Camp in Canberra near YOU!!!

Hey All,

Here is the latest Succeed Magazine online edition for your reading pleasure:

Some great articles in this edition from learning how can, speed up your metabolism, to five gifts men always want.

Enjoy..

P.S. here is a bit of footage rom the Aussie Open tennis recently:

Maria Kirilenko in action. My brother in laws favourite player…

Are you truly enjoying your workouts?

Yes I realise you’re probably already doing some form of interval  training, but what kind of RESULTS are you getting?

And when is the last time you did an interval training workout where you thought ‘man, that was really fun’?”

Trust me, you CAN have fun, fast, proven, and powerful interval training workouts.

Yes there are a few problems with Interval Training

1) Intervals can stop working if you do the same thing over & over

You MUST switch up your interval training every few weeks, the wider the variety the better the results.

If you continue to do the same interval workouts, you’re results will slow down to a crawl.

So if you’re doing intervals and you’re stuck at a fitness or fat loss plateau, then it is time for a new interval workout.

2) Intervals can be dangerous if you don’t know what you are doing

Jumping into an advanced interval program on the treadmill or with kettlebells is a bad idea. That’s why you need to start safely.

However, most people don’t realize that even beginners can do interval training if they get a professionally designed program.

Fortunately, if you come to a Succeed Boot Camp, you will get the variety and a professional program each time.

3) You don’t know what else to do for intervals

Okay, great, now you know that you need to do a different interval program every few weeks, but what are you to do?

Well, the great news is that there are hundreds of ways to do intervals.

You can do the tabta, aerobic & aneareobic intervals, 30-30 method, it really is endless

There is absolutely no reason you should ever be bored of interval training or wondering what type of intervals you should do next.

BUT WAIT…One more problem: You don’t want to join the gym and learn how to use the fancy equipment

Most people think you need a treadmill or bike to do interval workouts, but that can’t be further from the truth.

Did you know that the most effective and efficient way to burn body bodyfat, increase muscle tone and stength is under you??

Yes that is right it is under you!!!

Answer: your own body weight!!!

This is why the Succeed Boot Camp Business has been one of Australia’s most successful fitness companies for years, we understand interval training and the best way to use your body.

Across the world Boot Camps and functional fitness models are taking over.

Fact: Boot Camp classes have climbed into the top 10 ways in the world to train as at Dec 2010 & functional fitness training (Crossfit & Boot Camp) is also in the top 10.

Both these are the highest climbing fitness trends for 2010.

Here is a bit of Boot Camp footage:

http://www.succeed.com.au/2010/09/canberra-bootcamp-with-shannan-ponton/

and here is where you can find out more:

http://www.succeed.com.au/ 

SO don’t forget here at Succeed we are about to start our 2011 program and NOW is the time register. Simply email Leanne to book in and pay:

E: admin@succeed.com.au
P: 0487 223 322

Hey All,

As most of you know FM 104.7 in conjunction with DHF Supplements ran a GI Joe competition back in November last year.

The prize was to be trained by yours truly at Succeed Personal Training for 12 weeks, and all supplements provided by DHF.

Well Brian has just completed week 6 of the challenge (yes a daunting task over Christmas I must say). To his testament Brian has held strong and has really been working hard.

Brian started the challenge at 120kg and as of the 24th Dec he was down to 111.6kg. That is a loss of 8.4kg in four weeks. Well done mate, awesome effort so far..

 He will be weighed again next week (goal is to break the 110kg & hoping to be around 107kg).

Here is a bit of footage with Brian hard at work at Alive Health Club Canberra:

Stay tuned for more updates soon.

Scott

P.S. Please leave some words of encourement below for Brian as he works hard to beat his obesity that has haunted him for many years. The overall goal is to break the 100kg by the end of the 12 weeks and turn him into GI Joe!!! Let’s go Brian!!!

Happy New Year! January is an exciting time – you have a clean slate to become who you want and accomplish what you want in the year ahead.

In the world of fitness, this time of year means tons of new faces and lives being changed. New Year’s magically pulls people to exercise – maybe you’re feeling the pull yourself.

Here are 5 predictions for the year ahead:

1. 2011 is the year that many will lose weight and regain their health. Times are changing. People are realizing that obesity has gotten out of hand, and exercise is back in the spotlight.

The real food movement is taking the globe by storm as people turn away from fast and processed foods and return to wholesome, nutritious meals.

2011 will be the year that many people adopt a healthier lifestyle and drop the extra weight. Maybe even you.

2. 92% of all New Year’s Resolutions will end in failure. While millions will start gung ho in January with lofty goals for massive weight loss, the reality is that most will fail. Here’s why:

They bite off more than they can chew.

In all the excitement of becoming a better person and transforming their life in the New Year, they make the crucial mistake of committing too much. But reality soon sets in and they give up.

Want to be apart of the 8% who will achieve their resolutions?

Then set realistic goals.

•Instead of resolving to lose 20kg by June, commit to exercise 3-4 times each week.
•Instead of resolving to give up all carbs, commit to bring healthy snacks to work instead eating from the vending machine.
•Instead of resolving to drop 3 sizes in 3 months, commit to losing 1/2kg (the recommended safe range) each week until you reach your desired size.
•Instead of resolving to never eat out again, commit to eating healthy all week and reward yourself with one meal out on the weekends.

Remember that the whole point of making a New Year’s Resolution is to become a healthier, happier and more successful person. Small changes done consistently will make a big difference.

3. We will help boatloads of new clients drop hundreds of unwanted kilo’s in 2011. At this time every year we are flooded with new, motivated clients who are ready to change their lives. Starting in January and right through December, I will see these amazing people face their fears, dig in with determination and accomplish great things.

That’s why I love what I do so much.

Hundreds upon hundreds of kilo’s will be lost under my watch this year.

4. Every single new client that sticks with our program in 2011 will lose the weight. There are no maybes when it comes to us and weight loss. It’s what we do, and we do it well.

When a new client comes in to share their goals, I put together a plan to make those goals a reality. Sure, you have to follow the plan, show up for workouts and change how you eat.

And the results are all yours.

5. When you join our program your success is guaranteed. You will no longer be among the 92% who will let go of their fitness goal around January 20th. You’ll be in an elite group who put their money where their mouth is.

Our clients meet their goals – the only question for you is what are you waiting for?

I predict that 2011 will be an amazing year. Come prove me right

Call or email today to get a jumpstart on your best year yet - http://www.succeed.com.au/contact-us/

The Succeed Team

Hey Everybody,

In order for the Succeed team to serve you better in 2011, we would appreciate your time to fill out a few surveys for us for our Canberra Boot Camps or our Personal Training Services that we offer at Club Lime Tuggeranong, Alive Health Clubs and the Canberra outdoors:

Boot Camp Survery:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CXLZQRT

Personal Training  Survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CM3LY5H

The Succeed Team