Thursday, April 29, 2010

Our Core Values!



The question we ask ourselves before making any decision at Results Fitness is: "Does this fit into our core values?" Our gym is our home, our members are our family, our guests. They deserve nothing less than the absolute best from each and every one of our team. These core values ensure that we are being the best part of our members' day every day.

Friday, April 16, 2010

CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM BAM-B!!!!!


1st place $5000 winners of the New Year New You Transformation Contest is Team BAM-B!!!!! These ladies lost a combined total of 68.6lbs. of fat in 6 weeks! They absolutely rocked it! Congratulations to the 5 of you!!! Enjoy the your new physiques and the extra $1000 each.


This is how the Top 5 teams looked:

1. Team BAM-B - lost 68.6 lbs. of fat
2. Team Hines 57 - lost 61.8 lbs. of fat
3. Team The Wright Stuff - lost 56.8 lbs. of fat
4. Team King - lost 49.5 lbs. of fat
5. Team For Better or Werts - lost 46.5 lbs. of fat

Congratulations to the Top 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome job!!!!!!

6-WEEKS; 125 CONTESTANTS; 682 TOTAL POUNDS OF FAT LOST!!!! IMPRESSIVE!!!

Congratulations to all of the New Year New You Contestants!! We loved having you as part of the Results Fitness family!

Thanks to all of you,

The Results Fitness Team

Monday, April 5, 2010

A couple of new studies just released (thanks to Adam Campbell for forwarding):

STUDY 1 – The first one compared traditional weight training doing a set of one exercise, then resting and then repeating to a superset workout similar to the ones we use at Emerge Fitness Center (where you perform for example one set of presses, rest a period of time and then perform one set of rows before repeating). The researchers concluded that the superset group burned more calories per minute than the traditional weight training group and yielded more fat reduction. So if workout time is limited (which it is for most of us), and the goal is to drop some excess fat, a superset based workout may be superior.

STUDY 2- Taking that one step further, another study looked at three groups – a low intensity circuit training group, an endurance (cardio) only training group and a high intensity circuit training group. This study concluded that among the three groups, the high intensity circuit training showed the greatest reductions in body weight, percentage of fat mass , waistline, blood lactate (produced at 100 Watt during submaximal test) and greater improvement in 6RM in horizontal leg press and underhand cable pulldowns.
Both of these studies show that pairing or setting up a circuit of exercises using high intensity exercise, will be more effective for fat loss and weight reduction than doing pure endurance training. When we combine the two above studies – we can conclude that using a program like the ones at Emerge Fitness Center using supersets, within a circuit format will be the most effective fat loss strategy within the weight room.
Bottom Line: If your goal is to lose fat, set up all your resistance training in superset, triset or circuit (a term we use to describe 4 or more exercises) fashion to really maximize your results. If you add in some interval training (which is metabolically similar to the above type of training – high intensity work followed by a rest period) and clean up your diet, you’ll make great progress.

Results Fitness Team