Kiama's Metabolic Jumpstart

February 10, 2010 By Dave Lambert Leave a Comment

This week a group of keen Kiama residents have taken on the challenge of a Metabolic Jumpstart to coincide with their 4 week Boot Camp Exercise Program. The Metabolic Jumpstart is a Nutrition program that offers you clear advice and a diet plan to re-wire your metabolism and discover a new level of wellbeing.

The Metabolic Jumpstart

The Metabolic Jumpstart is created by Matt O’Neill, one of Australia’s top Nutritionists and a regular on Channel 7′s Sunrise and Morning Show Programs. He is also the Weight Loss Coach for Men’s Health Magazine (Aust). His trusted advice has helped millions of people enhance their diet, wellbeing and body shape. He has delivered over 1000 media interviews, hundreds of seminars and has presented in 8 countries.

Matt O'Neill

Matt is on a mission- Mission Metabolism – to Jumpstart the nation (and the world) to eat well, be active and maintain a healthy metabolism. Please join in… it’s the Jumpstart we all need! If you’re not on board yet, I encourage you to visit www.metabolicjumpstart.com and quote OXYGEN as your referral code. It’ll be the best $30 you could spend! Oxygen Health & Fitness is privileged to be working with Matt O’Neill as an Official Partner in Mission Metabolism.

Oxygen Health & Fitness

Why do we need it?

Because to truly get amazing results you NEED to combine a balanced exercise program with nutrient rich foods. How many people do you know that exercise all the time and have a fitness program but their shape and figure has barely changed? Conversely, how many people have you met that eat well or have been on this diet or that diet and still aren’t fit and healthy? The people who succeed at being fit, lean and healthy are those that combine both exercise and nutrition. If weight loss is your goal, it is NOT negotiable!

Effort and energy saving devices like remote controls, electric car windows and computer-bound jobs rob us of our calorie burning movement. Junk food fills us with nutrient-poor calories from bad fats, sugar and white, fluffy carbohydrates that don’t even fill you up.

And there’s information overload about health, nutrition and fitness. Eat this one day, drink that the next. Many diet and weight loss programs just add to the confusion, reduce your metabolic rate further and make matters worse. In fact, many so-called weight loss experts are simply lying to you about how your metabolism works.

Which Plan is right for you?

Metabolic Jumpstart is different because your diet plan is metabolically matched for your needs. You choose if you want to lose weight fast, take your time to drop a few kilos, maintain your figure and fitness or bulk up.

Nutrient-rich eating targets show you the correct amount of each food group to eat each day, so you can be confident you are getting all the nutrients to optimise your metabolic function.

You can ‘Mix & Match’ your foods using the simple guide and Ready Reckoner. This gives you the flexibility and know-how to Tune-Up your plan.

I encourage anyone who has questions regarding their nutriton program to add their comments to the bottom of this blog post so we can all learn together. Chances are if you have a question to ask, someone else is thinking the same question? Post your diet and nutriton questions below.

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6 Weeks til the Ultimate Xmas Gift

November 20, 2009 By Dave Lambert Leave a Comment
The Ultimate Xmas Gift

The Ultimate Xmas Gift

As it gets to that busy time of year, the “silly season”, and there are a million and one things to do, don’t forget that special person in your life who you need to make it all happen.

This is usually the person who goes above and beyond what they’re required to do. They look after everyone else’s needs first. What other people need done, what other people want for Christmas, what tasks need to be done before 2009 ends. It can be a stressful time of year.

And how do we look after this person’s needs? How do we help them manage all these tasks? Have the energy to complete these and life’s everyday tasks? What’s one of the best ways to counteract stress when it all seems too much?
You guessed it, exercise and healthy nutrition!!

It’s inevitable that we’ll snack on a few treats and indulge in a few celebratory drinks. After all, it’s Christmas and it would be un-Australian not to. But we don’t let it creep into our daily habits. It’s a “treat” not a habit.

Balance the Christmas parties and end of year lunches, barbeques and dinners with days full of fresh fruit and vegies, protein at every meal and plenty of water. The days are starting to heat up so water’s important to stay hydrated but it’s even more useful because it helps fill you up at meal times.

So it’s now more than ever that exercise and healthy eating are the most important tools we have to combat the challenges of life. And in case you haven’t realised It yet, the special person I’m talking about is YOU!

I have trained clients through some of the most stressful and traumatic times of their life. Divorces, business troubles, cancer and deaths in the family are just to name a few. We all have stresses and interruptions in our life but it’s the ones who prioritize what’s important that manage it the best.

“Success is measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed” Booker T Washington.

Christmas? That’s quite literally a walk in the park to manage.

Over 60% of the population are overweight or obese. A large percentage of them have too many excuses….I’m busy. I don’t have time. I don’t, I haven’t, I can’t.

Do the thing that most people won’t.

Say YES. I CAN. I WILL. I DO.

The silly season is upon us. Commit to being fit.

I guarantee in 6 weeks time you will have the best Christmas gift you could want.

A fit, lean, strong and healthy body.

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Choosing the Right Kiama Fitness Program to Meet Your Goals

September 23, 2009 By Dave Lambert Leave a Comment

Before embarking on a Kiama fitness program, it’s important to sit down and outline your goals. What do you want to accomplish with your fitness program? Are your goals to lose weight, or increase your strength, or simply to benefit from a healthier lifestyle? Knowing what you want to achieve before you start will start you on the path of choosing the right fitness routine to help you reach your goal. In this article, we’ll take a look a few different exercise routines, their pros and cons, and how a Kiama fitness trainer can help direct you on the path to reach your goal.

Walking Routines

Walking is a great, balanced exercise for people of all ages, but those that truly wish to benefit from this routine will have to do more than take a leisurely stroll around the neighborhood. Walking at a faster pace than normal will help burn calories and keep the muscles working. Picking up the pace can be as simple as lengthening the strides and keeping the arms moving – not necessarily swinging but by bending the arms at the elbow.

For older folks, walking is a great way to help keep the body in shape, but younger people may not gain as many benefits and might want to augment their Kiama fitness program with another exercise. Walking may also be difficult for those that suffer from joint or muscle problems.

Swimming Routines

Those with joint or muscle problems may benefit from a swimming routine, which works the entire body without putting undue stress on joints and muscles. Swimming is great for those that want to work at their own pace, and beginners can slowly build up their endurance and eventually be able to swim continuously for as much as thirty minutes at a time.

However, if the goal is weight loss, swimming may not be as affective as choosing a workout routine outside the water. One of the benefits of working out outside of water is that the body temperature rises and the metabolism is increased for upwards of eighteen hours after exercise, but exercising in water results in the water conducting the heat away from the body, which means that the body temperature will not be raised and neither will the metabolism.
Resistance Routines

If your goals include increasing strength and muscle mass, doing a resistance routine may be the best choice. Not necessarily the best choice for losing weight or improving cardiovascular fitness, resistance training can at least help maintain body weight, as the muscles will use more calories than the fat. Resistance training can also be increased in difficulty with added repetitions or less time between exercises.

Trying to decide the best path to take isn’t always as simple as choosing a favorite sport or routine. Consulting a Kiama fitness trainer, who can assess your present fitness, strengths and weaknesses, can be a valuable asset to any one seeking to improve their health. Not only can a Kiama fitness trainer set you on the best path to reach your goals, but he will be with you every step of the way, to make sure you work in the safest way possible and to encourage you.

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