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Adventure Boot Camp End of Week Three

Ladies you have come so far in three weeks.  How long are you doing those planks for?  Who can crank out some push-ups?  Please know that you are changing your future which each day of camp.  You are getting stronger mentally and physically and we are proud of you all.  As promised here is a video to view to celebrate the end of week three.  ENJOY:

Boot Camp End of Week Three Message

Have you made some progress that you would like to share?  Please share the positive changes you have experienced in the comments.  It helps everyone - so please share if you feel comfortable.  Go Packers!

Jane

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Did you do your homework?

Who out there watches the Biggest Loser?  A couple weeks back Jillian was being “bleeped” out because she was so frustrated when her clients didn’t “do their homework”.  What Jillian was referring to was their extra cardio that trainers ask clients to do outside of their resistance training sessions.  As a trainer, a coach, and a fitness expert she was trying to make her team understand the importance of extra cardio and holding themselves accountable for the assigned homework (extra cardio).

Many times I have personal training clients who quit or fail and it is because as trainers we can only do so much.  When we ask you to do “Homework” - extra cardio or eating healthy - it is for reason.  Jillian yells and screams and at Fitness Together we can’t get away with that but know that we are thinking what she is yelling.  You see - we can’t do it for you.  Get your homework done, and be proud of yourself!

Jane

P.S.  Many of you haven’t heard from me in a while but I am making an effort to share more and I am planning on posting a -  Bring It Home Exercise - every week.  Please watch for these at my blog www.milwaukeefitnessblog.com.

P.S.S.  If you are interested in information about our new semi-private training please visit :

Fitness Together Semi-Private Training

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Adventure Mequon Boot Camp - Congrats Ladies

Hello Ladies,

Halfway there Adventure Mequon Boot Camp ladies!  How does it feel?  I hope you are inspired and are starting to feel change because you are on your way. 

I recognize that some of you have missed some days of camp and I want you to remember the theme of this camp - “someone busier than you is working out right now”.  Don’t get me wrong sometimes as we all know life gets in the way but look at how far you have come with each day and let that drive you. 

This week we would like to have “Bring a Friend Day” on Wednesday.  As many of you know we are just beginning our camps.  Our main source of advertisement is our campers talking about their experience and sharing it with friends.  We would like to offer you an opportunity to bring some friends to see what it is like.  If Wednesday is not your normal day let us know and we can make arrangements for you to pick a different day to share with a friend (or two).

 

As promised, Dominic has a message for you.  Enjoy.  We taped this on Friday after our workout, I think you will enjoy.

 

Dominic Mequon Adventure Boot Camp Message

 

Post a comment if you feel like it ladies and keep your head high.

 

Be Stong,

 

Jane

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Fitness Performance Goals - 21 Day Quest For Success TV

Hello All,

Everyone needs fitness performance goals, even fitness professionals.  As many of you know I have four kids and my youngest is now 15 months old.  It is time for me to kick off this excess “baby” stuff I gained.  No more breast feeding for me so I don’t need the extra LOVE.

One of my trainers, Dominic, and I have been cranking out the workouts and he and I have made the decision to establish some GOALS to achieve by Thanksgiving.  Thanksgiving happens to be 21 days from when we started so we have decided to call it our “21 Day Quest for Success”.  Don’t get me wrong….come Thanksgiving…we will set new performance goals and may get some others to join our future quests?

So….take our lead and make some goals.  Set a date - post them in your car, on your fridge or where you will see them, live them and be them.

Check out the video and let me know what you think.  I will be trying to do more video to keep it real.  You can only see what our performance goals are by watching the video - enjoy.

 

Jane and Dominic Set Fitness Performance Goals after Assessment Workout

Enjoy this fun look at Dominic and Jane and how they are setting GOALS.  What are your performance goals?  Post a comment and make it real.

Thanks,

Jane

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Love The Boot Camp

How fun is exercising in the great outdoors?  SO FUN.  We have a fun group of ladies getting outside and getting in some serious calorie burning.

We started a three week boot camp at Rotary Park in Mequon with my man Dominic leading the ladies of the North Shore.  We push one another and do stuff we would never do on our own.  Thanks Dominic.

One thing that Dominic insists on which, is great for me with a bad hamstring, is stretching after a dynamic warm-up.  With a five days per week boot camp it is so important to make sure you maintain or improve your flexibility to keep yourself healthy.

The mentality of more is better is not always a good one girls.  The stretching and core is as important as the huffing and puffing ladies!  Some of you who follow sports (not you Ashley) will remember that Warren Moon played quarterback in the NFL longer than even Brett and he attributed his never getting injured to his flexibility.  Getting injured is no fun and can really set back your metabolism and goals.  So smile and enjoy the flexibility that Dominic is teaching in Boot Camp.

That’s it for now.  Interested in Boot Camp?  Email me at jane@brewcitybootcamps.com and I will invite you to come for a class to see what it is like and laugh with all of us fun ladies of the North Shore.  You ladies rock!  Thanks for the music Leah!

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Need a Vacation?

It’s almost September.  Soon all the mosquitoes will be replaced with annoying bees and the kids will be back in school.  I’ve decided that I need a vacation from life to get caught up - what an idea.  A vacation to just give you time to get off the hamster wheel and knock out some serious work.  One of the things that I would do with this vacation is get started with the fitness blog that has been on my to do list for a while.  So now it begins - milwaukeefitnessblog.  An opportunity for me and my staff to keep you in touch with “what’s up” with each of us as we try to get Milwaukee in shape and what’s new in the health and fitness industry.  It also might be an opportunity for you to see that we all have struggles fitting fitness and clean eating  in our life sometimes too!  So here it is … my first blog entry.

Many of you know that July was a very tough time for my family has we had to say good-bye to our dear friend and neighbor Dr. Brad Mays.  Brad left our lives too early at age 44 with no chance to say good-bye to his wife Carrie and three young girls Audrey (7), Anna (5) and Kate (2).

Losing Brad was such a hard time for my family and I truly felt like I had checked out of life.  Brad and his family were and continue to be the first thing I think of when I wake up or go to bed.  Summer, and events like this that make you check our of life can seriously effect your sleep, energy and health and fitness regiment.

That is when it is OK to take some time off and adjust things to make them “fit” into your life.  In fact, during stressful time of your life it can be helpful to check out of the stress by taking a walk or doing something else physical.   It may sometimes seems like the last thing you can “fit” in but it is the quality not the quantity that counts.  By quality I mean the time for both your physical and physchological parts of you to get a needed boost.

The day after Brad died I was scheduled to play a State League tennis match.  That morning I missed my early a.m. workout because I barely slept.  When I stepped on the court that evening my body and brain focused on tennis and nothing else.  It was like a 2 hour vacation from reality.  It was a needed vacation.

Do you ever need a vacation from your life?  No need to jump on plane or drive in a car to each your vacation destination.  Jump on a bike, a treadmill, a weight machine or a sidewalk.  Take a mental and physical vacation with exercise.

Check out of life for an hour ——–EXERCISE!

Jane

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