Sunday, July 15, 2007

What to do, what to do.....


Sunday evening is a great time to survey your schedule for the week and figure out what is in store for the days to come. Looking at my schedule, I am excited about working with Peter from Locke St. Bakery tomorrow afternoon. Peter comes in, gets warmed up, gets it done and gets out! A great guy, but when he is with us, it's all business. Pete is in the second week of what we call a "Conditioning Phase" of training. To be able to really build muscle and become leaner, we like to start people with a style of training that they are probably unaccustomed to. For Peter, this means doing circuit style work with very little rest and emphasizing athletic moves that require balance and coordination. Following that, he will experience "Strength and Growth", "Muscle Building", "Endurance Training" and then "BURN" training to lose fat.

I am also REALLY excited about seeing Shelley Thorsen again tomorrow. Shelley has lost 50lbs. since training with us and after a little bit of a plateau is again moving in the right direction. Recently, she has experienced a couple of really neat things. She was able to walk to the top of the escarpment stairs on Dundurn St. for the first time ever (see picture above) and she performed a set of deadlifts with 175 pounds for 6 repetitions! Wow. Tomorrow will be "fun" :).

I am also excited to watch Adam continue to change before our eyes as he gets ready to leave for Japan. Matteo is also fun to watch right now as he prepares to leave for a month in Europe travelling and training. He will be posting videos at his blogspot which should be cool to see. I am also looking forward to hitting the track again this week to continue running which is something I have really missed while recovering from knee surgery.

Hope you all have as much fun this week as we will be at All Canadian Fitness!

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