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Rockstar Health & Fitness Show Trailer

September 1, 2011 - 1:36 am 11 Comments

Skee.TV presents Rockstar Health & Fitness: Rockstar H&F is an online show that teams host Lori Rischer with celebrities for the purpose of delving into their health, diet, and fitness routines. Rockstar H&F (shot in the Hollywood Hills, CA) takes us deeper into the healthy habits of the celebrities; sharing their health tips, and giving us an inside look at how they stay healthy and fit even with their busy schedules. Created by Lori Rischer and Sera Roadnight. Produced By SkeeTV. Future episodes include OneRepublic, Patrick Stump, Hedley, and many more. www.facebook.com twitter.com
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The Skechers’ Shape Ups simulate walking on sand, which the company claims will give you stronger leg, butt, back and abdominal muscles. Watch this video to find out if they live up to their claims. See More: diet-fitness.healthguru.com

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Stainless Steel Pipe Fittings

August 11, 2011 - 11:50 pm No Comments

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To follow all of Zuzana’s home workouts and diet tips visit her fitness blog: www.BodyRock.Tv
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Fitness – Sexy Body On Fire Workout

May 13, 2011 - 3:54 pm 25 Comments

To follow all of Zuzana’s daily home workouts, diet tips and fashion hauls visit her blog: www.BodyRock.Tv
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Buying Fitness Classes 3.0, The New Way to Get Skinny While Keeping Your Wallet Fat

May 8, 2011 - 3:30 pm No Comments

Buying Fitness Classes 3.0, The New Way to Get Skinny While Keeping Your Wallet Fat










Orange County, CA (PRWEB) March 28, 2011

FitnessCouponClub.com has announced the launch of a new Group Buy site tailored to the fitness enthusiast. The site provides discounts on personal training, nutrition and fitness classes, coaching, gym memberships and all things fitness. FitnessCouponClub.com is providing all fitness fanatics the ability to get fit, stay fit and keep their wallets heavy.

Group buying sites first hit the internet in 2008 with a simple concept in mind. Big discounts for groups of people bringing the customers savings and merchants new business, but none of the sites have had the sole purpose of targeting fitness deals. That is until now! By partnering with top fitness professionals and retailers, FitnessCouponClub.com has built a site that will suit any fitness fanatic! The site targets only what fitness enthusiasts want: fitness deals. Fitness is important in so many lives and the fitness fanatic knows what they want. Unfortunately, there are so many options out there, what exactly fits their needs? And how do they find it quickly? FitnessCouponClub.com has made the answer easy! Don’t know which option is right? Try them all! Fitness enthusiasts are in a great position to get the best of the best at a discount.

John Spencer Ellis, Fitness Entrepreneur and the creator of FitnessCouponClub.com, has set out on a mission to provide the fitness market with options that don’t include fast food deals, children’s deals and other deals that hold no interest for the person who is looking for fitness options. Wading through these off topic deals has, up until now, taken time away from the consumer’s busy schedule leaving them less time to actually achieve their fitness goals. Ellis has removed this distraction so that someone looking for a group fitness class can actually find one. Through the sites partnerships, merchants can offer consumers a deal that will get them in the door. Once there, many will choose to stay based on their experience that all started with a really good deal found at FitnessCouponClub.com.

About FitnessCouponClub.com

FitnessCouponClub.com offers deals ranging from diet centers to health clubs to fitness boot camps to sports medicine to martial arts and Pilates, and all points in between. Both fitness service providers and fitness enthusiasts can learn more at http://www.fitnesscouponclub.com


Contact Information

FitnessCouponClub.com John Spencer Ellis

949-589-9166

johnspencerellis(at)gmail(dot)com

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Fastest Growing Fitness Movement Hosts Expo

April 18, 2011 - 1:43 pm No Comments

Fastest Growing Fitness Movement Hosts Expo












Orange County, CA (Vocus) October 28, 2010

We have all heard Einstein’s famous quote about the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Yet millions of people are surprised when they continue on the same unsuccessful fitness goal path. On Saturday, November 13th, attendees of the Sports and Fitness Expo at the Orange County Marketplace will have an opportunity to erase those old fitness habits and identify a program to help them reach their goals successfully.

Hosted by CrossFit Endurance – a sports training program dedicated to improving performance, fitness and endurance sports potential – the free Expo will surprise athletes and Orange County residents alike, as it will boast the fittest people on the planet; a panel featuring the country’s leading CrossFit experts; a beer garden; competitions; shopping; and guest speakers.

CrossFit Endurance gives individuals a full body workout faster and more efficiently than any other program, all while achieving improved results by challenging participants to get the most out of their workouts. “If you don’t perform, feel or look the way you want, CrossFit Endurance can provide positive results through our programming and community,” said Brian MacKenzie, Cofounder and Managing Partner of CrossFit Endurance.

CrossFit Endurance may be new to many, however its strategies and methodologies stem from the same passion for health, fitness and athletic performance that has made its sister company, CrossFit, the fastest growing fitness movement worldwide.

Unlike many programs, CrossFit Endurance alters its Workout of the Day, or a WOD as CrossFitters refer to it, to keep participants engaged and powerful. “Our goal is to show a path that has not been illuminated,” said Doug Katona, Cofounder and Managing Partner of CrossFit Endurance. “We are not for everyone…only for those who want to have a home in which they can grow both mentally and physically as an athlete to realize their chosen potential.”

While CrossFit Endurance is not for the faint of heart, MacKenzie and Katona believe it transforms lives.

Discover the power of CrossFit Endurance for yourself! The Expo will be open from 8 am to 4 pm and is located at 88 Fair Drive in Costa Mesa.

About CrossFit Endurance

CrossFit Endurance (http://www.crossfitendurance.com ) is a sports training program dedicated to improving performance, fitness and endurance sports potential. CrossFit Endurance inspires, coaches and provides its community with the most aggressive and proven fundamentals of sports science, exercise physiology, nutrition and athletic training protocols.

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Saretta Holler Brown

saretta(at)hollerink(dot)net

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Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness? Becomes an Associate Sponsor of SCW Fitness Education

February 22, 2011 - 8:41 am No Comments

Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness™ Becomes an Associate Sponsor of SCW Fitness Education














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Danville, CA (PRWEB) January 14, 2011

Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness™ is pleased to announce an alliance with SCW Fitness Education as an associate sponsor and presenter at each MANIA fitness convention throughout 2011. SCW Fitness Education offers a variety of high-quality fitness instructor education programs including Specialty Certificates, home-study programs, MANIA fitness conventions and products ranging from Pilates to Pregnancy and Aquatics to Aging.

In a collaborative effort, the two organizations will work together to offer increased continuing education and specialty certificate opportunities for certified fitness professionals and attendees of SCW MANIA fitness conventions.

Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness™ was developed to provide participants a fun and effective cardiovascular and sculpting workout that utilizes the basic moves of dance, while also combining aerobic and body sculpting elements to create a workout that uses fun as the prime motivator for behavioral change.

“Dance tops the charts in popular group fitness programming, but it is difficult to find or create a sassy, hip-hop style fitness class that is also an intense workout,” said creator of Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness™, Cori Ann Lentz. “Fitness members want fun classes that also provide intense results. Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness™ fuses dance, exhilarating athletic drills, and sassy body sculpting moves to create a fun, edgy, and extremely intense workout.”

In addition to a new exercise format, Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness™ has also created powerful marketing and business development programs for fitness managers and club owners designed to increase retention rates, increase referrals, and grow membership. “By utilizing the marketing programs offered through Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness™, fitness managers are not only adding an exciting new class to their group exercise schedule, they are also driving guest traffic, membership sales, and group fitness participation. We are revolutionizing both group fitness and club operations.”

Research has shown that serving more members in groups drastically improves retention and referrals. Innovative programs like Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness™ are expected to generate more referrals, allowing fitness facilities to service more members and maximize space while improving profits and retention.

“SCW Fitness Education has always worked with some of the fitness industry’s most recognized personalities, programs, and educators,” said Sara Kooperman, CEO of SCW Fitness Education. “We are excited to welcome Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness™ as an associate sponsor at SCW MANIA Fitness Conventions in Philadelphia, California, Florida, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, and Boston.”

Fitness professionals and enthusiasts can experience Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness™ at these workshops, fitness conventions, and expos:

Northern California SAN RAMON VALLEY FITNESS | Jan. 16, 2011

Los Angeles L.A. FITNESS EXPO | Jan. 29-30, 2011

Philadelphia SCW MANIA | Feb. 25-27, 2011

Northern California SCW MANIA | March 25-27, 2011

Northern California SAN RAMON VALLEY FITNESS | April 2, 2011

Florida SCW MANIA | May 13-15, 2011

Atlanta SCW MANIA | July 29 – 31, 2011

Los Angeles IDEA WORLD FITNESS CONVENTION | August 11-14, 2011

Dallas SCW MANIA | August 26-28, 2011

Midwest SCW MANIA | October 14-16, 2011

Boston SCW MANIA | November 10-12, 2011

About Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness™

Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness™ is a division of San Ramon Valley Fitness, Inc. San Ramon Valley Fitness, Inc. is also the home of all Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness™ video production, choreography, and creative design. The mission of San Ramon Valley Fitness, Inc. is to provide outrageously fun, intense, and addictive fitness solutions to members and clients, while also providing creative solutions to elevate the knowledge of the fitness professional, moving the fitness industry forward. Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness™ delivers consistent results in a quality-controlled method developed and choreographed by the world class faculty of San Ramon Valley Fitness, Inc. For more information on Bad Kitty Sassy Fitness™ programs and products, visit http://www.sanramonvalleyfitness.com or call (925) 359-1395.

About SCW Fitness Education

SCW Fitness Education is committed to providing the finest fitness instructor education programs including certifications, specialty certificates, home-study programs and MANIA Instructor Training Conventions. These MANIA fitness education conferences are “Where the Fitness Professionals go to Learn,” and are offered in seven cities across the country (Philadelphia, San Francisco, Orlando, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago and Boston) attracting over 8,000 professionals annually. SCW has produced more than 500 fitness instructor training DVDs and videos making them the largest producer and distributor of fitness instructor training DVDs/videos in the world. For more information on SCW Fitness Education programs and products, visit http://www.scwfitness.com, or call (877) SCW-FITT.

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What are the physical requirements for the fitness test in the Marines?

January 26, 2011 - 6:40 am 1 Comment

I know the Army requires so many sit-ups, push-ups, and to finish a 2 mile run in under so many minutes, but what are the Marines requirements for their fitness test in boot camp for women?

What are you required to do, and how many times in how long of time? For WOMEN, not men.

Don’t reply unless you actually know or you will just look stupid.

Form
[edit] Pull-up
The standard Marine Corps pull-up begins at the "dead-hang" with arms locked out and the body hanging motionless. A successful pull-up is performed without excess motion, the body rising until the chin is above the bar, and body lowered back to the "dead-hang" position. Changes in grip are allowed as long as the feet don’t touch the ground and only the hands come in contact with the pull-up bar. There is no time limit.

[edit] Flexed arm hang
Female Marines perform the flexed hang instead of the pull-up. The flexed hang is started with the chin above the pull-up bar. The timer is started and does not stop until the arms become fully extended. The feet may not touch the ground or any part of the pull-up bar at any time.

[edit] Crunches
Crunches are executed with the feet flat on the ground or 12 inches apart (which ever is more comfortable), knees bent at a 90 degree angle, and your arms on your ribcage or chest. One crunch is completed when the upper body is lifted until both arms touch the thighs and then lowered until the shoulder blades touch the ground. The arms must be in constant contact with the chest or rib cage; the buttocks must be in constant contact with the ground. The exercise is performed with the heel of your foot always on the ground. The Marine is given two minutes to complete the exercise. Males must complete 44 Crunches to pass exercise.

[edit] 3-mile run
Three miles on reasonably flat ground are run as quickly as possible. (Actual distance may vary slightly.)

[edit] Scoring
Marine Corps PFTs are scored the following way for males:

Pull-ups: Each complete pull-up is worth 5 points up to a maximum of 100 points (20 pull-ups). Additional pull-ups beyond 20 are not counted and do not add to the score.
Crunches: Each completed crunch is worth 1 point up to a maximum of 100 points. Any crunches completed after the two minute time limit are not counted and do not add to the score.
Three mile run: A perfect score of 100 points is achieved by completing the run in less than 18 minutes. One point is deducted from the score for each additional ten seconds that it takes to complete the run. Completing the run in less than 18 minutes does not add to the score.
Marine Corps PFTs are scored the following way for females:

Flex-arm hang: The maximum score of 100 points is achieved when the Marine maintains the flex-arm hang for 70 seconds. The clock is stopped when the Marine drops off the bar or the arms become fully extended. The Marines chin at no time is allowed to touch the bar. The score is calculated by subtracting the actual hang time in seconds from the maximum hang time (70 seconds) and deducting two points for each second of difference.
Crunches: Each completed crunch is worth 1 point up to a maximum of 100 points. Any crunches completed after the two minute time limit are not counted and do not add to the score. (Note: This is the only event that is scored identically to the male event.
Three mile run: A perfect score of 100 points is achieved by completing the run in less than 21 minutes. One point is deducted from the score for each additional ten seconds that it takes to complete the run. Completing the run in less than 21 minutes does not add to the score.
[edit] Maximums and minimums
To earn a perfect PFT score of 300 points, a male must do 20 pull-ups, 100 crunches in less than two minutes, and complete the three mile run in 18 minutes or less. A female perfect score is 70 seconds on the flexed arm hang, 100 crunches, and a 21 minute three mile run. Marines who score above a 285 receive certifications as an award for their higher than average fitness.

Marine Corps PFT Classification Scores – Male and Female
Class Age 17-26 Age 27-39 Age 40-45 Age 46+
1st 225 200 175 150
2nd 175 150 125 100
3rd 135 110 88 65

The minimum a male Marine must complete are 3 pull-ups, 50 crunches, and a 28 minute 3-mile run. The minimum a female Marine must complete are 15 seconds on a flexed arm hang, 44 crunches and a 30 minute 3-mile run. Note that merely completing the minimum in each category is not sufficient for passing the test (i.e., one must achieve a passing score and complete at least the minimum in each category in order to pass the test).[1]

Minimums and Age Adjustment – Male and Female
Age Pull-Ups Flexed Arm Hang Crunches 3-Mile Run Male 3-Mile Run Female
17-26 3 15 Seconds 50 28:00 31:00
27-39 3 15 Seconds 45 29:00 32:00
40-45 3 15 Seconds 45 30:00 33:00
46+ 3 15 Seconds 40 33:00 36:00

What is a good home fitness machine to lose weight and work on my abs?

January 22, 2011 - 10:04 am 8 Comments

I was looking at P90X but idk what i should get, can anyone recommend me any good home fitness equipment?

Here is a video of exercises — no equipment needed. You can do 3 or all of the exercises; 15 to 20 minutes session 2 or 3 days a week.

For abs, these 2 exercises — bicycle crunch and leg-lift:

Start slow ‘cuz these are not as easy as they look. For first 2 weeks , do as much as you can for 30 or 40 seconds; then rest 1 minute. Do another 30 seconds; rest 1-minute. Do another 30-seconds.

For 3rd week and forward, increase the exercise time (but keep the 1-minute rest).

What are some fitness workouts to do at home?

January 18, 2011 - 8:49 pm 3 Comments

I am looking for some fitness workouts to do at home that dont require any equipment. I already do push ups, sit ups, elbow dips, crunches and a few others. Are there any other exercises i can do similar to those?

Hmm, the ideal thing to do, providing you want to stay indoors, would be to get a pullup bar. I can’t see how you’d get a balanced training program without including any pull exercise.

I suggest getting a pullup bar, and starting some form of strength training routine. You don’t need weights for the upper body to get a strength workout, but for the lower body, once you master pistol squats for high reps (10-15) you’re really going to want to add some resistance. For the upper body, I recommend starting with two different isometric exercises; one pull and one push. The pull exercise could be front lever progression, or back lever progression. For pushing, I’d only recommend planche progression. Perform sets of the neccessary progressions (Link at the end from where I follow my advice from ;) ) for a total of 60 seconds, so if you can hold a tuck planche for 5 seconds, do 20 x 3 seconds.

I’d obviously recommend pistol squats, (Squats on one leg) since you don’t want to lift heavy weight around. Build up to a good umber of them (I personally built up to 5 sets of 10 before moving on). However, once you can easily do those numbers, it’s more endurance work and won’t get you results as good, although it’s definately not a bad thing to do. I’d suggest finding something to lift whilst doing them after that point :)

I’d also recommend including two "dynamic" exercises. For a beginner, pullups and proper dips are a good start. Once you master them, you can begin decreasing the leverage, without adding weight of course. You could progress from dips to one arm pushups, handstand pushups, or dare I say one arm handstand pushups if you train for long enough. For pullups, you could do uneven pullups (Assisting arm grabs a towel wrapped around the bar as low as possible), and once you get good at them at with your arm really low down, you could work one arm negatives, and eventually one arm pullups.

For optimum results, you want to be working on strength. Strength has a high translation over to endurance, so you won’t lose any of the numbers you’ve built up with those easier exercises. Isometircs are straightforward; 60 seconds total hold per exercise for two exercises. For pistols and dynamic upper body stuff, you want to be working on 3-5 sets of 3-5 repetitions, apart from that I’d recommend building up to the aforementioned numbers for pistols first.

Crunches and sit-ups are quite useless exercises when it comes to working out. There’s nothing more I really need to say. Pushups and elbow dips are a good start if you find them hard, but I’m sure you find them quite easy by now, so I’d definately give the exercises I suggested a go, to see if you like them :)

Finally, i’d like to say that I don’t want to force you to do anything you don’t want to do, I’m merely giving some advice I’ve learnt that works best for me, and a lot of other people I know. If you don’t enjoy working out like that, then find something you do enjoy! Exercise isn’t something you should slave away at, it should be a constant adventure :) Personally, I hate exercising indoors because I find it boring, so I do my strength workout outside. I also explore the woods around my school, mountain bike, and swim. Find something you like, and go for it!

Sorry for the length, but the question you asked deserved a thorough answer :) You’re already trying to get fit, which is more than I can say for most people. Good luck with your training!

What happened to the fitness videos ondemand?

January 15, 2011 - 5:48 am 1 Comment

For anyone who has ondemand and did the free fitness videos, what happened to them?? I used to do them everyday, but about 2 months ago they disappeared.The category still says sports and fitness so will they be back?? Thanks!

you might want to contact comcast to ask. you could also try sports&fitness/exercise tv in the meantime as that seems to be the only fitness left.