Alachua Personal Trainer Reveals 5 More Tips to Look Great by Memorial Day – Part 2

May 3, 2011 - PRLog -- Nathan Trenteseaux is a local Alachua personal trainer, fitness coach and fitness business owner. Today, he shares part 2 of his top 10 tips to lose weight and look great in time for Memorial Day weekend.

In part 1, I shared the following five tips:

Tip#1- Invest in a Total-Body Workout
Tip#2- Harness the Power of Intervals
Tip#3- Eat AND Hydrate Early and Often
Tip#4- Think Fiber When it Comes to Carbs
Tip#5- Focus on Stabilization Exercises for Flat Abs

Before I share the rest of my top 10 tips to lose weight and look great, let’s first identify why this is important in life, beyond the obvious health benefits:

1.) Perception is Reality: Studies show that leaner, more attractive people are more employable and earn higher wages – it’s a fact! If you want a fighting chance of getting and keeping a job, in addition to climbing the corporate ladder, you simply cannot overlook your personal appearance and presentation.

2.) Build a Recession-Proof Body: Whenever the economy is struggling and companies are forced to tighten up their budgets, they’ll “trim the fat” from their employee base (both literally and figuratively). If it comes down to two people with equal skills, the leaner, healthier employee will always win!

So enough with the politics already, let’s get into part 2 of my top 10 tips to lose weight and look great by Memorial Day weekend!

TIP#6- Be a Flexible Eater

-Allot yourself 1 or 2 “controlled reward meals” per week where you can enjoy the indulgences of life in MODERATION as needed!

-Be sure to plan your reward meals in advance based on your weekly schedule and be sure to earn them with compliance at all other times!


TIP#7- Take These 3 Daily Supplements for Life

-Daily Multi-Vitamin for Your Gender

-Daily EFA/Omega-3 Fish Oil Supplement

-Daily Vitamin D3 (minimum of 1,000IU)


TIP#8- If You Booze, You WON’T Lose (Fat)!

-How much damage? A 12-ounce beer contains about 0.6 ounces of alcohol. If you consumed 5 of these, your body would be inhibited from fat burning for up to 6 hours. This is aside from the fact that your body will actually be storing fat during these 6 hours! The more you drink, the longer your body is inhibited from burning fat in addition to a greater fat build up from excess acetyl CoA. As you can see, one day of binge drinking can set you back days if not a full week when it comes to fat loss!

-What’s the worst-case scenario? Mixing alcohol with sugary beverages promotes even further fat gain due to the resulting insulin surge that triggers fat storage (e.g. regular beer or cocktails mixed with regular soda and/or fruit juice). Not to mention the food choices made when drinking!

The Bottom Line:

If you want to be lean, you must minimize ALCOHOL consumption! If you must drink:

a.) Choose wine or hard liquor and “light” beer
b.) Limit alcohol consumption to 1-2 days per week with a 1-2 drink per day max


TIP#9- Sleep, Stretch, and Self-Massage

-Sleep: Get at least 6-7 hours (ideally 7-8) of restful sleep per night and take 30-60 minute naps to fill in the gaps as needed. Establish a pre-bed routine and avoid caffeine after 2 pm.

-Stretch: Ideally perform Dynamic Stretching to preferentially mobilize joints BEFORE exercise and perform Static Stretching to preferentially lengthen muscles AFTER exercise

-Self-Massage: Spend at least 30-60 seconds massaging sore and tight areas of the body before and after you exercise to regenerate your muscle and connective tissue in order to prevent nagging aches and pains in the joints. The best way to do this is with a foam roller.


TIP#10- Build Your Own Home Gym

Mandatory Home Items (less than $50):
-Foam Roller
-Tennis Ball
-Resistance Bands (one red mini band and one black band)

Great Overall Home Set-up (less than $150):
-All of the above, plus:
-Hex Dumbbells (2-3 pairs of different weights from 15-35lbs)
-Stability Ball
-Valslides

Premium Home Set-up (less than $500):
-All of the above, plus:
-TRX Suspension Trainer
-Kettlebells (1-3 different sizes – women should start with 8kg and men should start with 16kg)

It is my sincere hope that you use and pass on these 10 simple strategies to lose weight and look great for Memorial Day weekend and all summer long. In the process, you’ll secure a future filled with health, happiness, and longevity.

Underground Fitness Revolution is a revolutionary 21st century fitness facility featuring 1,273 square feet of open space and padded flooring utilizing only cutting-edge, bootcamp-style fitness equipment like kettlebells, dumbbells, resistance bands, TRX Suspension Trainers, medicine balls, battling ropes, Valslides, sandbags, sleds and more. These training tools allow for killer 30-minute express metabolic workouts that combine the muscle-building benefits of strength training with the fat-burning benefits of cardiovascular exercise to allow clients to get the biggest bang-for-their-fitness-buck.

Nathan Trenteseaux, B.S., YFS1, USC1, YNS, TRX-STC is the owner and fitness coach for a local Alachua group personal training fitness facility that features high-intensity bootcamp-style workouts. Underground Fitness Revolution specializes in 30-minute EXPRESS metabolic workouts for busy men and women. To book Nathan to speak at your local Alachua company, club, or organization, please contact him by phone at 352.682.3310 or by email at nate@UndergroundFitnessRevolution.com. For more information, please visit www.UndergroundFitnessRevolution.com.

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Underground Fitness Revolution specializes in 30-minute EXPRESS metabolic workouts for busy men and women designed to get you in the best shape of your life regardless of your current fitness level.