Fitness, Gold's Gym, Health, Nutrition, Recipes


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February 19, 2010


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“Greek-Style Pasta” by Melissa Schwab, Gold’s Gym Challenge Participant

Who else watches the Biggest Loser? I love to watch that show. I call it my “motivation”. It makes me want to head to the gym in the morning. It’s so amazing to watch the transformations. I wish I could drop 10-15 pounds a week like they do! I’d be done already! But if you think about it, those of us on the challenge are doing our own “real life” Biggest Loser minus the giant scales. (Thank goodness!) I recently got the Biggest Loser Simple Swaps book and it has a lot of good ideas and recipes. Here’s one I tried and liked. I’d love to see what everyone else is eating, so feel free to share your favorite recipes in the comments.
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Classes, Fitness, Gold's Gym, Health


by Melissa

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February 18, 2010


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“Kickboxing” by Melissa Schwab, Gold’s Gym Challenge Participant

I love Tuesday nights, because it’s my kickboxing class. I was surprised to discover how much I enjoy kickboxing. Remember I’m the girl with the two left feet in class usually, but somehow I manage to survive and have fun in this class. I guess I can kick and punch just not dance or step on boxes. There is something really empowering about doing all the punching and kicking and blocking. It’s a great way to rid yourself of any aggression. Mary does a wonderful job of explaining the moves and makes it fun and easy. But by “easy” I don’t mean that you won’t feel it, you will definitely be sweating and burning lots of calories. It is an awesome full body cardio workout! The only problem is that the class is really full. Last week, I “literally” got kicked in the rear. So I’m holding out hope that more classes will pop-up on the schedule. (I loved Angela’s Wednesday night Turbo Kick too….please come back Angela!) If you’re like me and have a hard time finding your “rhythm” with your two left feet, maybe give kickboxing a try. Come join me in kicking and punching calories away!
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Fitness, Gold's Gym, Health


by Melissa

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February 15, 2010


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“Making Calories Count” by Melissa Schwab, Gold’s Gym Challenge Participant

So I survived Valentine’s Day without a single piece of candy.  YAY! I can’t say I wasn’t tempted though. (I even had a chocolate protein shake at the gym to try and curb some of the chocolate craving.)  I looked at how many calories were in a small piece of chocolate candy and was amazed that it was 45 calories for a quarter size piece of candy. Ugh!  My calories are too precious to me right now to waste them on candy.  Wouldn’t it be great if calories came off as easily as they came on?  You know…I just ate a cookie and BOOM a hundred calories would be gone.  I wish! Instead what takes you mere minutes to eat, can take hours to burn.  A nibble here and nibble there adds up quickly.  I was reading Aron’s post on Calories vs. Cardio, http://www.goldsgym.com/healthy/newsletter/2009-10/calories-vs-cardio.php?ref_id=2374&ref_t=Z&originid=54711880,  and about died. It’s amazing to look at things in that perspective. So instead of grabbing that candy, I think I’ll head back to the treadmill…
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Polls


by Will

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February 12, 2010


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Fitness, Health, Workouts


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Body Weight Workout

Here is a good workout that can be done in about 30 minutes and best of all it requires no weights or equipment. All that is needed is your own body and determination. This is for those of you that have a busy work schedule that might want to sneak in a quick workout during a break at work.
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