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.

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.