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One-third of US workers don’t get enough sleep

Mother's Day!

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The Great jeans Challenge

We are now entering week five of our eight week great jeans challenge. All of you are doing great, and now is the time to pick up the intensity! The finish line is coming up fast and we are looking forward to giving gift certificates to all of you. Which is more than possible if you can tie up any lose ends in terms of your nutrition and exercise over these last three and a half weeks. So let’s finish strong and sprint to the end!  Just remembe,r whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you're probably right ;) 

Brian Knowles  

What's Happening at FT Belmont....

I'd like to start by thanking everyone who contributed to the food drive over the last few weeks! I'm sure your donations will be greatly appreciated by the people of Belmont who are not as fortunate as most of us. The drive will be coming to a close tomorrow, so if you find any other spare cans of tuna, bring them down.

Also a reminder to all of you who are doing the Great Jeans Challenge, this is measuring week, so please make sure you get measured this week in order to avoid being disqualified from the challenge. We can't wait to hand out the gift cards!

Lastly, despite the rainy Sunday forecast, we are still running/walking the Run for Charlotte in Braintree. If you are interested in joining us or just cheering us on, please contact us for details!

Hope you're having a healthy and happy day!

~Amy

Diet Fad of 'Eating Through the Nose' Could Be a Nightmare, Nutrition Expert Says

ScienceDaily (Apr. 16, 2012) — What should be a fairy-tale day -- a woman's wedding -- could turn into a nightmare for a bride-to-be who goes on a new feeding-tube diet to lose 20 pounds fast, says a Baylor University professor and a former chair of a public policy committee for the American Dietetic Association.

The diet of about 800 calories a day for 10 days has a potential to be even more harmful and less long-lasting than the so-called liquid "starvation diets," of fewer than 1,000 calories a day -- far below standard recommended weight-loss diets, said Suzy Weems, Ph.D., chair of Baylor University's family and consumer sciences and a consulting dietitian who has worked for hospitals and extended-care facilities. Most recommended diets call for a combination of exercise and eating that create a 500-calorie deficit from normal needs.

Some doctors -- over the vigorous protests of others -- have promoted the diet as a quick, hunger-free way to shed pounds by delivering protein, fat and water through a nasal feeding tube.

"It seems very extreme because of its potential for infections and irritation," Weems said. "It seems to be illogical to do this for one fairy-tale day when most brides have plenty of time before their weddings to lose weight in a healthy way. The long-term solution to maintain a good weight is eat right and exercise."

What's more, healthier diets provide "more energy for intimacy," she said.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120416150117.htm

This is a really bad idea, and is possibly the worst way one could lose weight. Maybe I am wrong but a big reason to lose weight is to become healthier and look good. Neither of which would happen form this diet. It really upsets me to see people try to make short cut, which do more harm than good and then market them. What do you think?

Brian Knowles

Client of the Month!

Caitlin McKenna

Training Frequency: 5x a week (3 1 on 1 sessions and 2 PACK)

Cardio Frequency: 5-6x a week for 45-60 minutes

Results:

I’m down 60lbs… so far!

How Fitness Together has helped:

Fitness Together has helped me gain more confidence. When I first started at FT, I physically could not do more than two minutes on the elliptical… now doing an hour is nothing. I have a goal now of wanting to do a 5K.

FT Belmont Food Drive

Hi Everyone!

Just a reminder that the food drive is running until April 20th so help us to help those in need! Please drop off your perishables and personal items across from the front desk.

Thanks for helping our community,
Amy

5k Walk/Run Only 2 Weeks Away!

Hey gang,

Don't forget to join us in Braintree on April 22nd for the Run for Charlotte 5k Walk/Run. You can sign up online at www.praryersforcharlotte.org. Join the runners and walkers or cheer on your favorite trainer (AKA JoJo) as we race through the streets to the nearest bar ummm.... I mean finish line!

Hope to see everyone there!

Joe

After Exercise, Relax

New research suggests that about 30 minutes of daily moderate activity can help you sleep better. Just don’t do it within three hours of bedtime, because the energizing effects of exercise might keep you up. For more information on physical activity for older adults, download: health.gov/paguidelines/pdf/paguide.pdf.       

Gentle activities an hour or so before bed — yoga, stretching — can also help relax the body: “It could be as simple as breathing slowly and deeply for 60 seconds,” said Michael Rogers, an exercise scientist and the clinical director at the Center for Physical Activity and Aging at Wichita State.

Establish a before-bed routine: “It could be taking a bath, reading, listening to soft music,” Mr. Rogers said. “I have even heard of people doing their diary entries before they go to bed.”

This is a good article because it’s really important to relax after working out. We harp on this all the time at Fitness Together for good reason.  If you can’t relax and fall asleep soundly, that can be detrimental to what you’re trying to achieve with the workout itself.

Brian Knowles

       

FT Belmont Food Drive

Help us to help the Belmont Food Pantry by donating to those in need in and around the Belmont area. Come by the Studio and drop off donations in our food drive box. The food drive runs from April 4th thru April 20th. Stop by anytime.


Paul Kostopoulos
FT Belmont

Stand Up: Your Life Could Depend On It

Standing up more often may reduce your chances of dying within three years, even if you are already physically active, a study of more than 200,000 people published in Archives of Internal Medicine shows.

The study found that adults who sat 11 or more hours per day had a 40% increased risk of dying in the next three years compared with those who sat for fewer than four hours a day. This was after taking into account their physical activity, weight and health status.

"These results have important public health implications," said study lead author Dr Hidde van der Ploeg, a senior research fellow at the University of Sydney's School of Public Health.

"That morning walk or trip to the gym is still necessary, but it's also important to avoid prolonged sitting. Our results suggest the time people spend sitting at home, work and in traffic should be reduced by standing or walking more."

The results are the first landmark findings to be published from the Sax Institute's 45 and Up Study, the largest ongoing study of healthy ageing in the Southern Hemisphere.

They showed physical activity is still beneficial: inactive people who sat the most had double the risk of dying within three years than the active people who sat least. And among the physically inactive group, those who sat the most had nearly one-third higher chance of dying than those who sat least.

The study's size and focus on total sitting time make it an important contributor to the growing evidence on the downsides of prolonged sitting. The average adult spends 90% of their leisure time sitting down and less than half of adults meet World Health Organization physical activity recommendations.
An accompanying editorial in the journal said the evidence was strong enough to support doctors prescribing "reduced daily sitting time" to their patients.

The research was commissioned by the Cardiovascular Research Network and supported by the NSW Division of the National Heart Foundation Australia. It is one of more than 60 projects underway using data from the 45 and Up Study, Australia's richest information source about the health and lifestyles of people 45 and over.

Heart Foundation NSW CEO Tony Thirlwell said being inactive was a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, which is responsible for more than 17 million deaths a year worldwide.

"Watching TV, using computers and electronic games can involve sitting for long periods and have become a big part of leisure time," he said. "But we know that people who spend less time on these things have better health than those who spend too much time on them."

A major five-year follow-up of 45 and Up study participants has just begun and will ask 265,000 men and women more about their health, lifestyle, and the medications and health services they use. Such large-scale research will help governments face the challenges of an ageing population.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/243427.php

This is a great article because it really hits home on how important it is to not sit for an extended period of time.  All things aside, if your over 45 and sit for more than 11 hours a day your chances of dying in the next 3 years increases by 40%. That’s astronomical!! So I implore you to get up and be active, it could save your life.

Brian Knowles