Pro Athlete Body

I don’t know if you are one to make New Year’s Resolutions or not, but either way you’re probably thinking about how you can become fitter, healthier and happier than you are right now.

These 27 Fitness and Fat Loss Tips will get you on the right track for 2010:

1. Visualize the accomplishment of your goals each and every day. Experience the taste of success and feel that sweet satisfaction.
2. Push the intensity of your workouts. Don’t kill time, burn calories by maintaining a challenging intensity.
3. Use smaller plates at home. This effortlessly reduces calorie intake and promotes weight loss.
4. Build accountability into your workouts so that you resist the temptation to take days off. The best way to ensure accountability is to work with a personal trainer either one-on-one or in a group training setting.
5. Believe in yourself. Know with conviction that you CAN accomplish your goals.
6. Drink water throughout your day. Do this by carrying a water bottle and opting for water rather than calorie-filled beverages. This simple action is extremely beneficial.
7. Maintain your metabolism by eating a healthy snack or meal every three hours. This food should be unprocessed, low in fat and high in fiber.
8. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
9. Incorporate High Intensity Interval Training into your cardio workouts by performing bursts of high intensity rather than exercising at a single steady pace.
10. It’s not about will-power, it’s about want-power. You have to want it.
11. Do not eat processed foods. These items are high in empty calories and contain a plethora of chemicals that are harmful to your health.
12. Stop talking about losing weight. Start doing it.
13. Fat contains twice the caloric density of carbohydrates and protein, so limit the amount that you consume. Fill your diet with lean protein and carbohydrates from plants and whole grains.
14. Be wary of products that are labeled as ‘health food’. Always read the nutrition labels.
15. Find a workout partner who is in better shape than you, or better yet work with a personal trainer to guarantee dramatic results.
16. Make a habit out of reading nutrition labels. Avoid items that are high in fat and carbohydrates.
17. Destroy negative self talk.
18. Avoid the trap of high-calorie beverages after your workouts.
19. Be consistent with your workouts. Exercise three to four times each week.
20. Expect more of yourself.
21. High fructose corn syrup should not be in your diet. It is high in calories and will quickly derail your weight loss efforts.
22. Challenge your body with each workout. Use different weights, do different exercises and break through plateaus.
23. Eat lots of whole plant foods. Vegetables, fruits and whole grains are filled with fiber and antioxidants, vital for your good health.
24. Do your cardiovascular exercise after weight training to ensure more fat burn. Your stored sugars will be depleted during the weight training then your body will rely on fat stores to get you through the cardio workout.
25. Set specific, measurable goals.
26. Start each day with a healthy breakfast. This important meal should be a balance of carbohydrates, protein and fat to get your metabolism going strong.
27. You deserve better…go get it!

After writing these tips, I realized how powerful and inspiring they are. Print this list and place it somewhere that you’ll see often - this will keep you motivated and pumped up to accomplish your goals.

If your New Year’s Resolution has to do with losing weight and getting into great shape (and whose isn’t?) then guarantee your success by working with a fitness expert who can guide you to success.

I’d love to team up with you - together we will transform your body in 2010!

Call or email to get started today. (845) 223-8168

First off I want to apologize for not posting for the last few months. I’ve been super busy growing two new fitness related businesses -  a Fitness Boot Camp serving Dutchess County New York residents and a Personal Training business.   

Between these new ventures and my marketing business I am stacked working 6-7 days a week and unfortunately, blogging has suffered big time.

The good news is that my clients are experiencing phenomenol weight loss results and my fitness income is taking off. I now have a total 17 clients and growing in my boot camp and personal training programs.  

I’ll post some good stuff soon as I catch up and come up for air. 

 Posted by: Bob Thomson

First and foremost, the purpose of this blog is to record my ongoing thoughts, goals, achievements, mentors, training experiments and training ideas into a single document accessible on the Web.

For far too long, I’ve been journaling the old fashioned way - in a spiral bound note book. I have hundreds of pages of notes, many of which will never make it into digital form, as was originally intended. That’s disappointing to me…because there is a lot of good real world fitness and training info in my old notebooks.

On the positive side, the blogging software I’m now using makes capturing and publishing a breeze! I really wish I had started digitally recording my fitness journeys earlier than 2008.

At any rate, this is what you can expect from this fitness blog:

1. Honest, actionable fitness information for creating your best body ever!
2. Help readers create the “pro athlete body” they desire….even if you’re starting from scratch. Maybe you’re seeking the powerful physique of an Ultimate Fighter, a pro football player, a fitness athlete / model or possibly the ripped, chiseled look of a pro basketball player.
3. Exactly how I lost 30 lbs in 4 months and now have a body which is the envy of most 20 year olds! (Pssst: I’ll be 43 this June, and I look 10 years younger than my age)
4. Powerful training ideas and strategies used by NFL football players, NBA ballers, Ultimate Fighters (mixed martial artists) and many other professional athletes.
5. Idea exchanges where users can meet, discuss, seek out advice or simply argue their favorite theories on health and fitness.
6. Interviews, commentary and tips from Professional Athletic Directors and Trainers, whose job it is to turn average bodies into Pro Athlete bodies!
7. Occasional interviews with professional athletes
8. And much more…

Stay tuned folks, this thing is just getting started! If you love fitness, or if you just want to have a great body in the shortest time possible, then this is the place to turn to moving forward.