Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Paleo Trial Month

A fellow trainer that I know has convinced me that I should at least give the Paleo diet a trial month. Coming from the last several years of pretty low carb I have to say that it is giving me some apprehension.

The basic premise of the diet is that we have not evolved to the point that we can thrive on the cereal based diet that we have created for ourselves.

The intriguing part of this plan is that there is no calorie counting. At each meal you eat all you want. Eat when you are hungry, stop when you are not.

Sounds good so far. I am not into all of this low calorie thing at all.

Basically, you should eat meat, fish, eggs (moderately) fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds. yep, that's it. No dairy, grain, salt, sugar, or vinegars.

After three days it is going pretty well and is very simple to follow. After 3 days I can definitely see a difference in the number of times I have heartburn which is normally quite a bit.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

What the heck is Jacob's Ladder


Jacob's Ladder is the newest piece of equipment at Springfield Health and Fitness Center. As simple as it looks, this is one butt kickin' , butt firming , training tool..
Soon, there will be challenges and prizes for climbing the Empire State Bldg. , Eiffel Tower, Mount St. Helen and many more.
Come by and try it out!