June Fitness Newsletter

Not too sure. But was that summer? I hope the lovely weather comes back, we all seem to brighten up along with the weather.
We seem to have had a very busy May at the gym and I feel I have been abandoning classes left, right and centre, but all should be back to normal now, we have had two bank holidays, a long and very successful gymnastic competition and a long wonderful weekend in Paris for Nigels 50th. And yes I know he doesn’t look 50, but that’s the love of a good woman for you. (when I find her I’ll say thank you)

Class of the month has to shared this month between the Friday Pilates class at Corinium Fri 22nd May who did some simply amazing work and allowed me to push the barriers even more in a Pilates class than I ever have before, and the morning class on Mon 24th May who came in the heat and did really well, although we did have the big extractors on. But I did think they were dedicated to come along on the first hot day.
Client of the month is Lesley who did two step and sculpt classes in a day, although did live to regret it, after all this is my step and sculpt classes and they are ultra effective, but well done Lesley, we’ll get you into a Pilates class yet

Congratulations to Becky Saunders and friends ran the Bristol 10K on May 9th for multiple sclerosis and raised over £2000 between them.

Also congratulations to Sonia Morris who won the May goodie bag, she gets a bag full of treats, many thanks to The Alasia, Corinium, Bev Taylor and Natalie C for help with this, and I know Sonia will enjoy all the bits and pieces.

HANDOUTS - Get a positive attitude to food. I have printed off copies of these for you to collect when you come to class.

The hoodies have arrived and they are just so snuggly, I will do another order if people want more, but I will admit to not expecting to see so many of us having to wear our in june!

Yoga starts back at Corinium on Tuesday 8th June, and is for 7 weeks. I do love my Tuesday evening hour of stretching, and have been putting some of the yoga moves in at the end of the Friday beefy step class, a lovely end to the week.

Focus of the month is bingo wings and the lower belly, We are targeting the back of arms, and toning up for the summer, but still keeping focus on the ab workouts, so I have tweaked the press ups and written a whole new triple ab workout to give you a flatter stomach.

Do you like your body? Do you look on a mirror and like what you see? If not why not?
Lets all stop longing for a perfect body, I would like to make this summer the summer that we stop beating ourselves up if we haven’t got a flat belly, or perfect legs, and instead aim for fit, healthy active bodies! I can only describe my legs as “stumpy” they are very short, and no amount of exercise is going to give me long legs, but and this is a HUGE but, pretty much they work, they get me bouncing around in class, they are fairly toned and they are the only pair of legs I’m ever going to have, so for all those reasons, I love my legs, honestly. So your goal is to STOP self criticizing, your brain can only hold one thought at a time, so make it a positive one, for the next few weeks every time your inner voice is critical of how you look, I want you to find something positive about your body, yes YOUR body, Love your body, together we will get it in the best shape we can, but lets be fit and healthy first and foremost. Here endeth the first lesson. More to come

Diet or Exercise which is better?
Okies now its time for some plain speaking, a landmark study has been done comparing the success rate of, diet, diet and aerobics, diet aerobics and body conditioning, after 12 weeks they had all lost fat, but who had lost what?

Diet 14.6lbs
Diet + Aerobics 15.6lbs
Diet + Aerobics + body conditioning 21.1lbs

So now you know why I ensure that a fair portion of the class is body conditioning.
To make the handweight section of the class ultra effective your weights must be heavy enough to feel very challenging after 10 repetitions of a move. We have a huge variety of weights so make sure you pick the weight that gives you the most effective workout.

Book sale – the gym club has set the date, sat 26th June, from 10.30 in the front of the Potteries, all books will be 30p each, tea, coffee and cakes will be on offer too, please tellall your friends to come along and get their holiday books. Books will be sorted into author and categories, we have a huge range, thrillers, romance, childrens, holiday reading etc.

FOOD

BREAKFAST – How many of us had a good breakfast this morning? How many of us even know what a good breakfast is? Compare what you ate this morning to list below,

1. Porridge – this just tops the list, full marks if you had this
made with low fat milk
2. Boiled egg and soldiers – the good old fashioned breakfast is
still one of the best
3. Muesli, yoghurt and fruit – a great start to the day, if the
muesli is low fat,
4. Toast and fruit juice – not bad, but could be better. Make sure
the bread is wholegrain though!
5. Cereals – not the best start to the day you could give your self
6. Choco cereals – prepare for a massive energy low mid morning
7. Fried breakfast – sadly this just gets you no marks,

Have you ever wondered why its called breakfast, it is just that, breaking your fast, you probably haven’t eaten for 8-9 hours, and your body is crying out for some serious nutrition. There is so much evidence around that show that people who skip breakfast for whatever reason are more likely to be overweight, more sluggish and lacking in concentration.

Now go with me on this, I would like you to try and move up to one of the top 4 for a week, vary them, and I can guarantee you will feel more energy through the morning!
For a recipe for easy healthy muesli go to my website www.debbiesaunders.co.uk and click the link for easy food recipes. My home made muesli is non fat, no sugar and really tasty. If you already are eating one of the top four – fantastic 

Also in the news recently was a great article on natural yoghurt, which explained why there really is no need to but the expensive little bottles of probiotic drinks, when natural yoghurt will do the same and check out this article it make interesting reading http://hubpages.com/hub/Probiotic-Yogurt

Catch more food, fitness and health tips on www.debbiesaunders.co.uk and be sure to leave your comments and messages on the facebook site, Debbie Saunders Workouts.

Feel free to phone me 07779 802110
Or mail me wsmsportsaerobic@aol.com

Look forward to seeing you in class xxxxx