Saturday, December 29, 2012

Body Transformation Challenge


The next body transformation challenge starts in a few days.  Are you ready to break through?  Break through the excuses, frustration, and fitness rut to finally get the results you deserve.


Over the past few weeks, you have heard me talk about our upcoming transformation challenge.

Well, the time to get started IS NOW!  

There is a $300 cash prize on the line for the winner of this challenge.  
  
You can get EIGHT WEEKS of education and accountability for LESS THAN $1 PER DAY!!!

Over these next EIGHT WEEKS, you will also enjoy a Nutrition Seminar, Grocery Store Tour, and DAILY ACCOUNTABILITY in a private online forum!


You will also have the ability to add Fit Club Video Workouts

AND

Weekly nutrition journal feedback for the entire 8-week challenge to your challenge package..

Most importantly, you have the chance to create amazing results like the ones below FOR YOU!


Starting RIGHT NOW you can register for this AWESOME Challenge!

It’s simple! Just follow these steps.

First Step:

Choose the level or “Tier” of the Breakthrough Challenge that you’d like to be a part of. (Explained Below)

Second Step:

Request an online registration form by emailing: greatshapefitclub@gmail.com

Third Step:

Read, complete and return the online registration form. 


Challenge Dates: January 7th - March 2nd

Kickoff Meeting: Friday, January 4th, 6 pm
Grocery Store Tour: Saturday, January 5th, 9:30 am

Accountability Meetings: January 19th, February 2nd, February 16th, March 2nd 7am

PRIZES:  $300 Cash Prize for EACH Local & Online Winner*

* Prize based on 10 participants in each category.  Fit Club reserves the right to change prize or cancel the challenge if there are less than 10 participants in any given category.

There are no refunds after registration fee has been paid UNLESS the challenge is cancelled.

If the challenge is cancelled, you will be issued a 100% refund.




Fit Club Members
Tier 1: $49

Nutrition Seminar
Grocery Store Tour
Food Journal Accountability (FIRST 2 WEEKS)
Bi-Weekly Group Accountability Meetings & Measurement Tracking
Online Motivation & Accountability in Private Forum
25% OFF PUNCH CARDS


Tier 2: $79

Nutrition Seminar
Grocery Store Tour
Food Journal Accountability (ENTIRE 8 WEEKS)
Online Motivation & Accountability
Travel Workout Videos (Strength & Cardio)
25% OFF PUNCH CARDS


Non-Members 
Tier 1: $79
2 Weekly Fit Club Workouts
Nutrition Seminar

Grocery Store Tour
Food Journal Accountability (FIRST 2 WEEKS)
Bi-Weekly Group Accountability Meetings & Measurement Tracking
Online Motivation & Accountability in Private Forum
25% OFF PUNCH CARDS


Tier 2: $149
4 Weekly Fit Club Workouts

Nutrition Seminar
Grocery Store Tour
Food Journal Accountability (ENTIRE 8 WEEKS)
Bi-Weekly Group Accountability Meetings & Measurement Tracking
Online Motivation & Accountability in Private Forum
Travel Workout Videos (Strength & Cardio)
25% OFF PUNCH CARDS



Online Participants 
(Unable to train at Fit Club on a Weekly Basis)
Tier 1: $79

Nutrition Video Lesson
Grocery Shopping Video Lesson
Strength & Cardio Videos
Food Journal Accountability (FIRST 2 WEEKS)
Bi-Weekly Group Accountability Meetings & Measurement Tracking
Online Motivation & Accountability in Private Forum
25% OFF PUNCH CARDS


Tier 2: $99

Nutrition Video Lesson
Grocery Shopping Video Lesson
Strength & Cardio Videos
Food Journal Accountability (ENTIRE 8 WEEKS)
Bi-Weekly Group Accountability Meetings & Measurement Tracking
Online Motivation & Accountability in Private Forum
25% OFF PUNCH CARDS

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Coppell Female Fitness Training Rock Stars

Today's female fitness training rock stars are....


6:30 pm Coppell Training Group
Everyone in attendance had CRAZY energy and really pushed each other.  I saw many personal bests that night.  Shout out to Susan, Tricia, Jennifer, Jess, Renina, Renee, Jennifer K, Chelsey, Ginna, and Aleya!

5:20a m Coppell Training Group
Amanda's squat form is sooooo improved and she got loooow today!!!

5:30 am Highland Village Training Group
Jennifer your commitment to squat right to get it tight this morning earned you Fit Clubber of the Day.  Awesome depth and drive on the way back up.  We know you will be sore tomorrow... but at least you will be proud too!

6:15 am Coppell Training Group

Andrea B. made it through the entire workout with great intensity...she even went up in weight on her shoulder presses!!!


9:30 am Coppell Training Group
Sara, Nora, and Bernice each had break out workouts today.  Nora you exhibited tremendous improvement on your core control as exhibited in the rolling plank and push up reach out moves.  Bernice you are truly making your post birth comeback with textbook perfect lunges and great core control---that is hard post birth and you are rocking it.  Sara your determination to finish your squat and press today without dropping weight was remarkable.  It took a little "cheering" in your ear but you got it done...IN STYLE!

Monday, December 10, 2012

Coppell Personal Training Stars

Fit Club Group Training Stars


Today's Fit Clubber of the Day are as follows...

5:20 am Coppell Training Group:
Carolyn, Nancy, and Donna all had great workouts today.  Carolyn congrats on your promotion to the black band on the lateral walk and curl station.  Nancy and Donna congrats on rocking the 20s on the lunge and single arm overhead press.  Way to work girls!

5:30 am Highland Village Training Group:
Amy good job on rocking the 15s on the lunge and single arm press this morning.  Awesome progress!

6:15 am Coppell Training Group:
Candace awesome work this morning... especially the level 3 renegade row and cross body mountain climber combo... those were some real GI Jane push ups you cranked out this morning!

9:30 am Coppell Training Group:
Sara & Andrea awesome work today.  Way to

Friday, December 7, 2012

Coppell Female Fitness Rock Stars

Our Female Fitness Training Stars Rock!


6:30 pm Coppell Training Group
Ginna, Jennifer, and Evelyn all had stand out workouts.  Way to push the limits ladies!

5:20a m Coppell Training Group
Pamela and Nancy earned Fit Clubber of the Day today for their finisher DOMINATION.  The finisher was CRAZY and they conquered it.  Way to work!

5:30 am Highland Village Training Group
Jaime earns FCOD for adding tuck jumps to her burpees in the finisher WITHOUT any coach suggestions and Nikki stepped it up and used 15# dumbbells on the single leg deadlifts.  Way to progress!  Lana also gets a shout out for joining us for the first time and rocking the workout with super deep Bulgarian Split Squats!

6:15 am Coppell Training Group

Swati earns Fit Clubber of the Day for her unwavering energy, enthusiasm, and intensity.  True Swati style this morning.  Way to go!



Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Coppell Personal Training ROCK STARS

Our Coppell group personal training ladies are ROCKING IT!  Find out who is getting kuddos now!


MONDAY

5:20am Coppell Training Group
Nancy!!! She rocked it out today on the renegade rows!!!! Complete hip stability with no twisting back and forth

5:30am Highland Village Training Group
Jennifer came to her SECOND Fit Club workout with enthusiasm and dedication even with sore quads!  She not only executed but increased her range of motion on them.  Way to rock!

6:15am Coppell Training Group
Andrea!!! She is really pushing herself and actively seeking to understand the movements we are doing as well as getting the form correct!!! She did awesome today!!!
Special shutout to Tara!!! I subbed SLDL with a SA clean and press and her form on the clean and press was absolutely perfect!!!!

9:30am Coppell Training Group
Bernice & Nora were great sports today and had great focus and intensity on our FIVE ROUND workout!

6:30pm Coppell Training Group
Aleya, Susan, Renee, Renina, Evelyn, Jennifer, Melissa, and Tricia ROCKED the entire workout.   Awesome energy by  the whole group.  Congrats!


WEDNESDAY
5:20am Coppell Training Group
Carolyn, Donna & Nancy rocked the slider flip game.  Way to go "TEAM SKEETERS"!

5:30am Highland Village Training Group
Daryle & Liz are tied this morning.  Daryle for single leg rolling planks and Liz for super low squat to press. Way to work ladies!

6:15am Coppell Training Group
Swati & Kim help their own in the slider flip game.  Even though they were outnumbered, they zoomed around with the intent to win.  Great champion attitude ladies!

9:30am Coppell Training Group
Bernice rocked the house this morning!  Your attention to detail and perfecting your form today led to an epic workout.  Way to work!  You will definitely feel those abs in the morning.



Friday, November 16, 2012

Coppell Personal Training Stars

Fit Clubber of the Day



Metabolism Mania is our group personal training option that has replaced our Coppell boot camp.  It still has all of the fun and intensity of boot camp but with the customization of personal training.  Today's personal training group stars are listed below.


6:30pm Coppell Personal Training Group
Sondra had a great workout including staying low and straight during her spiderman climbs and going full out on the crazy core finisher.  There are definitely some level promotions in her future.  Way to rock Sondra!

5:20am Coppell Personal Training Group
Vijaya may be a newbie but she is quickly climbing the progression ladder on tons of exercises.  Way to go on your level 3 face pulls today and mastering the suspension bodyweight bicep curl.  Awesome job!

5:30am Highland Village Personal Training Group
No one could deny that Jaime earned FCOD.  She did preacher curls with 15's and all of her burpees with a tuck jump! 

6:15am Coppell Personal Training Group
Randee is a veteran who brings her A game each workout.  However today's work on decline push ups and going full belly to the ground style on our burpee plank off finisher earned her Fit Clubber of the day today.  Way to rock Randee!


Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Coppell Boot Camp Replacement

Fit Clubber of the Day



Our Metabolism Mania, group personal training, is our boot camp replacement.  When you combine the fun and camaraderie of boot camp with the customization and attention to detail of personal training, you get METABOLISM MANIA!

6:30pm Coppell Personal Training Group 
Sometimes finding the strength to start after a break, planned or otherwise, is really hard to do.  However, Renee, Amanda, and Tricia rocked their first workouts back in true Fit Club veteran style.  Way to get back in the game ladies!

5:20am Coppell Personal Training Group
From time to time the energy in a training session is so high and the ladies feed off of each other's energy so much that it is impossible to pick one Fit Clubber of the Day.  For that reason, we are shouting out Donna, Shioneia, A.D., Natasha, Carolyn, Pamela, Nancy, and Vijaya for an awesome workout this morning.  Way to rock!

5:30am Highland Village Personal Training Group
Tabby, Liz, and Amy way to rock your workout today.  Amy did level 3 T push ups and level 3 squat jumps.  Liz had killer cross body mountain climbers, and Tabby performed each exercise with veteran style form.  Way to work ladies!

6:15am Coppell Personal Training Group
Cinnamon & Tara earn Fit Clubber of the Day for their efforts to step up their nutrition approach.  They are only 9 days in and when they walked in to training session this morning, we could already see a difference.  Way to go girls!

9:30am Coppell Personal Training
Bernice has her eye on her goal and it shows in her attention to getting better with each training session.  Today she had perfectly executed curtsy lunges and was powering through our Crazy Core finisher with excellent cross body mountain climbers.  Way to go!

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Body Transformation & Weight Loss Challenge Winner Announced

Jean Drop Challenge Winner 


The Jean Drop Challenge is a weight loss and body transformation challenge with one objective...drop a jean size or two during an 8-week period.  Our winner lost weight and dropped THREE JEAN SIZES over the course of the eight-week body transformation challenge.  You can read her story below as she explains how to drop a jean size in eight weeks.  We will also give you our commentary on Maria's journey.


Before & After (8 Week Jean Challenge Results)


Before & After (8 Week Jean Challenge Results)

In any challenge, there is always some fall off and sometimes those who start slow, finish strong and sometimes the opposite happens.  Either way, we knew Maria meant business from the start.  Maria was able to fit and close her goal jeans after the first two weeks of the challenge. 

YOU READ THAT RIGHT.  THE PICTURES ABOVE ARE 2-WEEK RESULTS!

By the 4-week check in, we knew Maria needed a new goal to keep her motivated so we asked her to bring in new jeans however she surprisingly discovered that the pair she brought already fit so she had to bring her new pair to the 6-week check in and would only have two weeks to make improvements.  SHE DID IT!  Below are her pictures for her new jeans at week 6 and then again at week 8.


Week 6  & Week 8

She is very modest in her essay below where she explains how to drop a jean size or more in eight weeks so we take the liberty of telling you guys that during this challenge, Maria stepped up her game and showed up for almost every training session offered and handled a fun filled weekend trip during the LAST TWO WEEKS of this challenge.  She took food along with her, worked out daily on the beach, and planned her indulgences so that she could enjoy her vacation without bringing down her travelling companions with her fitness program.

Want to know how to drop a jean size is eight weeks?  Here's what Maria has to say about her journey.


When I decided to join the Jean Drop Challenge, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I knew I needed help getting back to a shape that has long eluded my efforts. I signed up, determined to attend every class and meet every challenge with my best.


Some days I was tired, but I knew that all I had to do was SHOW UP to the workout and I would be glad for it. Anything to keep me moving. That was absolutely key – NO EXCUSES to not show up.

I did not allow myself to think about the difficulty of what I was facing; I didn’t want anything negative to cross my mind. I knew that it would take a lot of hard work on my part to do this, but I had put myself in this position, and there was only one way out – to change my habits and to work it off.

I anticipated two challenging aspects: giving up my nightly glass (or two or three) of wine, and dealing with restaurants, as my husband loves to eat out on the weekends.

I had already learned that having a drink the night before a 5am workout makes the morning not so pleasant, so knowing that I had workouts M-W and Saturday early morning helped me keep the wine at bay.

As far as eating out, I figured if I went with salad, I would be safest from hidden fats and high calorie counts. I used salsa as my dressing and avocado as my ‘treat’. I would sometimes eat vegetarian protein prior to going out, to curb my hunger.

Using the online menu planner to create meal plans and see different ways to get all my protein and nutrients was very helpful. I have been eating healthy but really enjoying my food, so I know I can sustain that without feeling cheated, and continue to make progress. I also know that I need to keep my water intake high, which helps me not feel like snacking, and I understand the value of short-burst, hard workouts multiple times weekly to help my body burn fat.

These are tools I can keep in my ‘healthy lifestyle’ toolbox forever, and continue to use!

Monday, November 12, 2012

Fitness Training for Women

Fit Clubber of the Day


Our members rock.  They are the reason we are the best fitness training for women in town.  Check out what they accomplished today.

5:20am Coppell Personal Training Group:
 FCOD was Carolyn!!! Woohoo she rocked the big girl weights on the DL Rows. She didn't think she could do it and she picked them up and busted that station put all four times!!!!

5:30am Highland Village Personal Training Group

Maria, Jaime, and Kalpana progressed to single leg hip bridges on the ball and burpee tuck jumps during a CHALLENGE WORKOUT.  Way to go ladies!

6:15 Coppell Personal Training Group:

 FCOD was Cinnamon!!! She upped her weights on the DL Row and increased her angle on the TRX curls, increasing the difficulty!!!!!

Friday, November 9, 2012

Coppell Women's Gym Stars

Fit Clubber of the Day


The members of our women's only gym were rocking today!

6:30pm Coppell Personal Training Group
Melissa took Fit Clubber of the Day today for her persistence and hard work that resulted in her hitting her overall goal of pre-pregnancy weight and a size 4 jeans.  Way to go!

5:20am Coppell Personal Training Group


5:30am Highland Village Personal Training Group
Daryle Currie is our star today because of her intensity on high eccentric step ups.  Fantastic job lady!


6:15am Coppell Personal Training Group
Sondra put in awesome work today perfecting her form on quite a few exercises and mastering mind to muscle connection.  Awesome workout!

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Coppell Personal Training for Women

Fit Clubber of the Day

Our Coppell and Highland Village personal training group members were on FIRE this morning.  Everyone stepped up to the challenge workout.  Kuddos to the following ladies...

5:20am Coppell  Personal Training Group
Randee, Natasha, Renina, A.D., Pamela, Nancy, and Vijaya

6:15am Coppell Personal Training Group
Cinnamon, Tara, Kim, Sheena, and Swati


9:30am Coppell Personal Training Group
Andrea and Nora

5:30am Highland Village Personal Training Group
Maria, Jaime and Nikki not only made it down the burpee/plank ladder but started back up for the first time!  High energy and focus this morning from all three.  Plus, they all gave unassisted pull ups a try after seeing Coach Concita's post about conquering them.  These ladies Rock!!

Monday, November 5, 2012

Fit Clubber of the Day


Fit Clubber of the Day



Coppell 6:30pm Group:
Michelle Chamberlain earns Fit Clubber of the day for beating her numbers for the "Will to Win Challenge Workout".  Way to push yourself and top your performance!

Fit Clubber of the Day

Fit Clubber of the Day



Coppell 5:20am Group

Pamela,Nancy, Shioneia, Swati, Renina, A.D., and Carolyn rocked today.  Before we started I told them this was their fifth week to do this workout and I wanted them to challenge themselves by either bumping up weight or aiming for more reps on subsequent rounds. Every single one of them rose to the challenge and they cheered and challenged each other along the way!!!!



Coppell 6:15am Group
Cinnamon and Tara :) They rocked the surprise workout and worked as a team and also competed against each other. They had a great workout and had a blast in the process!!!

Highland Village 5:30am Group
We had a tie this morning for FCOD.  Rochelle cranked out offset squat to press with 18lbs but Maria really focused today and made sure to make everyone of her squats and lunges full range of motion.  They were awesome.  Maria and Jaime also added the abduction to their side planks.  Great work ladies!


Coppell 9:30am Group:

Andrea had an awesome workout today.  She went up in levels on her offset squat and deadlift to row exercises and had lots of air under her feet with her jump squats during conditioning.  Way to go Andrea!


Friday, November 2, 2012

Fit Clubber of the Day

Fit Clubber of the Day


Coppell 6:30pm Group:
Susan rocked her workout SOLO.  She took every slow tempo, isometric hold, and other advanced variations I threw at her in stride.  Way to dig deep and work hard.  We think the other PM Fit Clubbers had sugar hangover.  We'll see.

Coppell 5:20 am
Nancy was on fire.  Her intensity was through the roof especially on the finisher.  Way to set the example Nancy!


Highland Village 5:30am
Awesome dedication to complete the burpee plank off finisher by Jaime and Daryle this morning.  Great effort by both also to increase their range of motion on close grip push ups.

Coppell 6:15am
Tara and Cinnamon both push the envelope on this workout and kept each other going with lots of fun spirited trash talking.  Way to work ladies!

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Fit Clubber of the Day

Fit Clubber of the Day

Coppell 6:30pm
Rachael you rocked!  Second time at Fit Club but you already showed improvement and increased your levels.  Way to go!

Coppell 5:20am
Nancy rocked her workout including SUPER SLOW WEIGHTED eccentric step ups.  Way to embrace the burn Nancy!

Highland Village 5:30am
Rochelle congrats on your outstanding level 3 slider hamstring curls and breaking your own record on the Leg Crank finisher.  Way to go!

Coppell 6:15am
Kim your determination to finish the Leg Crank finisher was unbelievable.  Way to dig deep!

Coppell 9:30am
Bernice awesome determination and such significant improvement in such a short amount of time.  Keep working girl.  You are on your way!