All Blog Posts Tagged 'exercise' (9)

Positive Body Effects of Distance Running instruction by Mission Viejo Fitness Boot Camp Our body reacts to strenuous activity like distance running in two ways: acute reaction and training effect. Acute reaction is when your heart rate speeds up, your stroke volume increases, your ventilation rate and depth of breathing increase, your blood pressure rises, and your muscles feel some fatigue. However, when an activity becomes regular routi… Continue

Orange County Weight Loss Study Orange County Solution for Obesity Part of the problem, some experts say, may stem from the traditional dietary advice to steer clear of fatty foods. This advice, they say, helped set off an explosion of "fat-free," carbohydrate-laden foods that Americans mistakenly believed they could eat with few consequences. Much of the change was found to be due to an in… Continue

Before you begin any workout you should be sure to stretch, and warm up, you want to be sure to get the heart rate up for a more effective workout. If you are not really sure where you are on the health meter, you should c… Continue

Trim the Fat – Two Fold: Personal Trainer from The Real Housewives of Orange County Helps You Lose Holiday Weight While Keeping Your Wallet Fat Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, January 2009 – Spending money on personal trainers may seem like more of a luxury in today’s economic climate. However, if you are like most American’s, you gained 5- 8 pounds since Thanksgiving and now want to do something about it. Celebrity personal trainer John Spencer Ellis, as seen on the current season of Bravo’s The R… Continue

Orange County, CA - Code Pink Boot Camp is an outdoor fitness program designed for women that began in January 2008 with one early morning and mid-morning camp in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. One short, recession filled year later, Code Pink Boot Camp has grown to 29 camps covering 3 states, CA, AZ and HI. Christina Lucy is the founder of Code Pink Boot Camp. She accepts no accolades for this success, yet promotes it as being a plan from God. “After reaching a low point, and realiz… Continue

Certified personal trainers can earn licenses to open up their own branches of Adventure Boot Camp Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., November 2008 – Work out “boot camps” are becoming increasingly popular among women who are seeking an alternative to the gym to get into shape. Dr. John Spencer Ellis created Adventure Boot Camp in 2000 with the idea of creating a more personalized workout experience, such as a training session, but for a larger audience. The Adventure Boot Camp business system is… Continue

An ancient martial art is combined with modern exercise science to create a new fitness craze. Kung-fu Fitness burns 800 calories per hour and teaches self-defense. Wednesday, October 16, 2008, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – Kung-fu is one of the oldest martial arts. In ancient times, kung-fu (defined as ‘discipline through hard work’) was first used as a form of exercise. When traveling bands of thieves would attempt to rob the monasteries, the monks learned their exercises were effective as se… Continue

The Dream Diet Scientific Evidence that Dreaming Can Make You Thinner Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, October 2, 2008 – Twenty years ago, people would have called Dr. John Spencer Ellis a charlatan. Today, science backs up his Dream Diet with page after page of proof that better sleep, and hence better dreaming, leads to a thinner body. The average human needs 8.3 hours of sleep per night, but only gets 6.9 hours. Aside from the short term affect of fatigue from less than adequate sleep; sleep-dep… Continue

Determining the Flooring You Need for Your Home Gym So you’ve decided to create your own gym at home. Good for you for taking one of the smartest, most proactive steps you can take towards developing and maintaining a healthier lifestyle! There are many benefits to having a gym in your home; there is no commute, its open 24 hours a day and seven days a week, and you don’t have to wait in line for equipment. A home gym allows you to eliminate the number one reason people’s workout intenti… Continue