The Amazing Alan Low

Sometimes I don't feel like working out, I am tired or my old powerlifting injuries act up. Like most people I can find my share of excuses why I should not be working out this one time.

Then, someone like Alan comes along. When he was in High School he was a weightlifter and set some records. Life happened, he got a job and a family and let his fitness slide.

Then he lost his limbs in a motorcycle accident in 1987. The sedentary life after the accident and bad eating habits added on the pounds and made Alan dissatisfied with his appearance.

When his father of 82 renewed his own gym membership, this was the prompting that Alan needed to make changes in his life.

Two years ago Alan began to collect the apparatus he would need to exercise per his needs. He has problems with his grip and some nerve damage. Alan never really saw the obstacles and enjoyed the challenge of seeing the "un-obvious solutions."

Doing squats is difficult because his prosthetic leg bends at a different angle than his natural leg. He does his squats by putting 150 pounds on one shoulder!

Alan looks great and sure brought me back to the reality that my little aches and pains are nothing but excuses. Thanks Alan

Coming soon to Springfield Ohio!   Champion City CrossFit!
Details to follow.

The Underground Barbell Club

Be sure to watch for exciting news coming out of Springfield Health and Fitness Center
We have many new programs and classes starting at the first of the year along with some old favorites like boxing and weightlifting classes.

The gym will be the home base for the newest Powerlifting and Bodybuilding club "The Underground Barbell Club". Details coming soon, but for now, check out the cool LOGO. This will be for sale on Hoodies and T-shirts coming soon with the profits going to help pay training and competition costs for club members.

A week of almost Paleo

Week one done for the Paleo test. This was 6 good days of Paleo and one conventional day because of the lack of caveman food availability.
The one issue that I am having is wanting to eat A LOT of fruit. The years of eating lower carb fare makes eating all that yummy fruit irresistable. It isn't good to allow me something like that in unlimited amounts.
Still, even with eating tons of fruit my weight dropped 3 pounds. I would imagine if I had limited the fruit to something more reasonable like 2 or 3 servings a day it would have been quite a bit more.

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.

New Equipment is fun

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!