Chicago Northshore Fat Loss Transformation Challenge!

Coming Soon...

Beginning in June 2009 Beyond Fitness training studio in Deerfield, IL will be holding tryouts for our Chicago Northshore 8-Week Fat Loss Transformation.

We will be looking for participants to train in small groups with one of 5 certified personal trainer/coaches that will lead you through exercise bootcamp classes 3 days per week over the course of 8 weeks. Fees will be announced soon - but the cost will be very minimal. We want to make your body lighter, not your wallet!

Each week we will be offering prizes and awards to teams and individuals making progress during this event. There will also be a grand prize for the winning team and individual with the most progress, i.e. weight & fat loss.

Check back soon for more information or call Angel at: 773-617-4837.

Dumbest "Slimming" Snack Advice Ever!

It's no wonder people are so overweight. It's no wonder people don't have the flat stomach they crave.

With TV commercials as misleading as they are it's really no shock whatsoever.

You're inundated with crummy information and myths every time you turn on the TV.

A while back they were running a commercial for some silly Rice Puff product. It was in an office setting and someone had brought in cupcakes for everyone to enjoy.

One woman looked worried she was going to ruin her "diet" because of the temptation and decided to "fill up" on a Rice Puff product.

Come on. You're smarter than that. You know darn well that a rice puff thingy is going to fill you up and stop you from stuffing your face.

For one thing, you need to expect these situations to arise. Whether you want six pack abs or just want to get to a perfectly healthy weight, you have to have a plan for temptation.

Second, that means you need to plan meals so you aren't completely starving when someone brings cupcakes to your office or something.

You know you need to eat small, frequent and nutritious meals if you really want to achieve fat loss.

Third, if you are looking for a great tasting healthy snack that fulfills your love of chocolate then look no further.

Prograde Cravers are just what the fitness pro ordered.

Check them out here: http://beyondfitness.getprograde.com/cravers

Cravers are only 180 calories and they are made with 100% organic dark chocolate. They are completely delicious and they are the perfect snack for busy people on the go.

They even come in three flavors. Personally, I love the Almond Butter flavor the best.

Anyway, don't buy the hype on TV. You know better than that.

Yours in health,

Robert Garza, CPT, IYCA, RTS

PS - It ends this Thursday! Remember, Prograde Nutrition is currently having a BIG 10.9% off everything January Celebration Sale to celebrate the New Year and the fact they are now shipping to the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Yes, that's 10.9 as in January of 2009 ;-)

Here are some other details I want to make sure you know about:

- Again, you receive 10.9% off all Prograde products.

- It will run from Thursday, January 8th until Thursday, January 15th at 11:59pm EST.

- Yes, that 10.9% off will be applicable to SmartShip orders. But it only applies to that first purchase. Not ongoing.

- The coupon code you enter at checkout is: 012009

- The website is http://beyondfitness.getprograde.com

- If you want to check out Prograde Cravers right away go here: http://beyondfitness.getprograde.com/cravers

New Year's Specials for January 2009!

Through January 31st get an
Xpress Workouts one-year membership
for only $47.00!

(On February 1st the price goes back up to $87)

Why would I do this? Because, I am in the festive mood. Besides, with the economy as bad as it is who can afford a gym membership let alone a personal trainer?

So, in my commitment to have as many people as I can survive the holidays and all that food I am offering my Xpress Workouts membership site with tons of quick and effective workout programs for only $47.00.

We have numerous categories to choose your daily workouts like fat burning, muscle building, functional training and sports training. We also offer specialty categories such as workouts for bride & grooms soon to get married, our very popular 300 workouts, and our incredible Tabata workouts where you can really get great results with only 4 minute workout routines!

You’ll also gain access to our library of health, fitness and nutrition articles. And, of course you’ll still receive our bonus E-books, Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle, the #1 best-selling diet E-book on the Internet (as rated by clickbank.com) by Tom Venuto, and, “The Perfect Rep,” by Will Brink, creator of Brink's Bodybuilding System.

But, you have to ACT NOW because you only have a few weeks before the price goes back up. Go HERE to the Xpress Workouts site and see for yourself. Feel free to navigate through the site but you won’t have access to the actual workouts or articles until after you join.

It’s a small investment for great results! www.xpressworkouts.com

Robert Garza, CPT, IYCA

Xpress Workouts Creator

An Early Thanksgiving Feast!

As some of you probably already know, there's only one nutrition company I believe has your best interests at heart. And when I heard they were having a rather unusual sale for Thanksgiving I had to tell you about it.

You see, http://beyondfitness.getprograde.com/ has two big reasons to be thankful this week.

1- They have completely revamped their website. It really is cool and it makes ordering SO much simpler.

2- They have just released their brand new Anti-oxidant formula - Prograde Longevity.

Oh, and the interesting part is it's an 11% off everything sale. Here are some other details I want to make sure you know about:

- Again, you receive 11% off all Prograde products.

- It will run from Monday, November 24th until Friday, November 28th at 11:59pm EST.

- Yes, that 11% will be applicable to SmartShip orders. But it only applies to that first purchase. Not ongoing.

- The coupon code your clients will need at checkout is:

thanks

(Yes, it all needs to be in lower case.)

- In case you missed it, the website is http://beyondfitness.getprograde.com/

Oh, and you should definitely check out Prograde LEAN - that's my favorite Prograde product. It's a great shake to have if you're not a breakfast eater or as a meal replacement if you don't have time to make meals. I've been using it with pretty amazing results.

Yours in health,

Robert Garza, CPT, IYCA, RTS

Beyond Fitness Performance Centers, Inc.

PS- Remember, this Thanksgiving celebration ends this Friday, so be sure to order right away and take advantage of these BIG savings. (http://beyondfitness.getprograde.com/).

How to Stay Fit When Finances Are Low

With the economy the way it’s been how the heck do you afford to join a gym let alone pay the monthly fees? And, what about hiring a personal trainer – or, continuing with your personal trainer if you have one? Well, here is an option that may work for you to stay fit through the financial mess of this country.

Why not workout at home with Xpress Workouts? Xpress workouts offers numerous workout routines that can take anywhere from 4 minutes to 30 minutes to complete.

Whether you are a beginner or advanced athlete we have an Xpress Workout created for you. For a mere $47 for one full year you’ll gain access to workout routines of various levels of ability (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and with various categories (fat loss, muscle building, athletics, cardiovascular).

We have tons of resources as well with our library of fitness and nutrition articles. Need exercise equipment? We have that too and at incredibly low prices that are cheaper than most sports stores.

What about motivation to help you workout on your own? We’ve got an answer for that too! It’s called, Workout Muse.

Workout Muse offers downloadable music you listen to while working out. Not only is the music great but you get an additional benefit no other music offers exercise enthusiasts – a systematic voice countdown while working out.

No more counting reps or looking at your watch to time your workouts. Each song with Workout Muse automatically offers a voice overlay that tells you when to begin, when you’re halfway done, and when to stop each exercise – all while the music is playing.

You can choose from several times workouts:
1) Continuous Work
2) Tabatas- 20 sec on / 10 sec. recovery
3) 40-20 Supersets
4) 30-60-90 Tri-set Mixer
5) 30-30 and 60-60 Interval COMBO Workouts
6) 50-10 Five Exercise Circuit

For some workout demos and more information go to: www.WorkoutMuse.com or click this link: http://xpress62.workoutmus.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=DALLAS24

Xpress Workouts Gets "Personal"

Now, when you join Xpress Workouts we will give you a FREE introductory online workout! What this means is when you sign-up for our low one-year price of $47.00 along with your 2 free E-book bonuses you will also receive a “personalized” online workout designed just for you!

An Amazing $75.00 Personalized Online Workout for FREE
When you join Xpress Workouts by July 31st!

How it works: Go Here before July 31, 2008 and enroll for only $47.00 and we’ll email you our assessment forms for you to fill out (we’ll send it to the email address you provide us). Fill out the forms and email them back to us and we’ll custom design a workout for you based on your goals and assessment questionnaire.

So, not only will you gain access to tons of great Xpress Workouts in numerous categories that you can do almost anywhere and in 30 minutes or less - you'll also get your very own "personalized" online workout program to get you going in the right direction!

*We’ll even suggest which category of Xpress Workout routines you should do as a follow up to your initial online workout program.

CLICK HERE NOW for your free online “personalized” Xpress Workout program!

Tabata Workouts Available on Xpress Workouts!

I have created some awesome 4-Minute workouts utilizing the Tabata protocol method and placed them on my Xpress Workouts website. These workouts are really intense due to the very short rest intervals. Originally, the Tabata Protocol was created for cardiovascular training, not resistance training. However, there is no reason not to incorporate this style into your resistance exercise routines. You can click HERE to see the category at the Xpress Workouts website.

A Little Background on the Tabata Protocol:

The Tabata Protocol--named after Izumi Tabata, Ph.D., a former researcher at Japan's National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya--is an interval routine developed by the head coach of the Japanese speed-skating team. (It's called a protocol because Tabata and his team took the speed-skating coach's workout and studied it to quantify just how effective it really was.) The workout consists of six to seven 20-second full-speed sprints interspersed with rest periods of 10 seconds.

In Tabata's study, the researchers found that guys who used the routine five days a week for six weeks improved their maximum aerobic capacity (a measure of your body's ability to consume oxygen--the more oxygen you can take in, the longer and harder you'll be able to run) by 14%. What's more, it also improved anaerobic capacity (which measures your speed endurance, or the duration you're able to sprint at full effort) by 28%. So the Tabata Protocol is the rare workout that benefits both endurance athletes and sprinters--hard to accomplish. Consider: A study of traditional aerobic training--running at 70% of aerobic capacity for 60 minutes--for the same number of weeks showed an improvement in aerobic capacity of 9.5% and no effect on anaerobic capacity.

So again, what I have done is utilized the Tabata principles into creating a series of workouts that challenge you with 20 seconds of resistance exercise with only a 10-second rest period. The exercises I picked are only multi-joint, large muscle group oriented so you expend the most amount of energy and calorie-burning in the shortest amount of time (4-minutes).

Robert Garza, CPT, RTS
www.xpessworkouts.com