FitMania Boot Camp Specialists presents: Lean for Life 90-day Challenge #1 Results (Check back soon. More to be added!) Grand Prize Andy Prater First Place Male Body Building First Place Female Figure Building First Place Male Fitness First Place Female Fitness First Place Inspirational Second Place Male Body Building Second Place Female Figure Building Second [...]

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.  -Buddha Back in the late 80’s when the “fat free” weight loss trend was just starting to get a good hold my sister-in-law said to me, “Fat makes you fat.  You can’t get enough fat out of your diet.”  It sounded so logical [...]

  FitMania’s LEAN for LIFE 90 day Challenge Final Judging in Progress Challenge Celebration Sat June 1 at FitMania Attend the Challenge Celebration Sat June 1 at FitMania to: – Find out winners in multiple categories – Enjoy a FREE all-comer’s boot camp outside at 9am. Bring shoes! – Enjoy FREE food Friends and family [...]

The best kept secret to losing weight is to eat.  For decades we have thought to lose weight you had to eat less. That is a bad idea.  If it worked everyone would be thin because everyone has tried cutting calories at least once right? The real secret is not how much you eat but [...]

“All of us are self-made, but only the successful are willing to admit it.”   Earl Nightingale All food falls into one of the three macronutrients :  protein, carbohydrates or fats.  Today’s topic is protein, whey protein in particular, but I want to be clear about carbohydrates first.  Vegetables are carbohydrates as well as fruits and [...]

  Diets* don’t work.  We know it and yet they are ubiquitous.  It seems that every other person you know is dieting and the book stores always have a new program on display.   Let’s look at why they don’t work and offer an easier alternative. Main Reason Diets Don’t Work:  Going without enough food is like [...]

“Nothing great has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances.” – Bruce Barton 1. DO NOT DIET!  Finding and maintaining a healthy weight is not about eating less, it’s about eating more—more nutrition-dense food, to crowd out the empty calories and keep you full all [...]

Dieting? One of every four pounds you lose is probably muscle. Studies show that this is what happens to people who just cut calories as well as people who cut calories and do cardio exercise (you know, walking, running, cycling, hiking, etc). Not dieting? You still may be losing muscle. Adults lose 1/4 – 1/2 [...]

“A man’s health can be judged by which he takes two at a time – stairs or pills.” – Joan Welsh When was the last time you climbed a tree? Got down on the floor and crawled on you hands and knees?  Skipped? Ran across the grass – just for fun? Balanced on one foot? Climber [...]

  “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”  Jim Rohn This boot camp program is the best in Boise!  Here are 14 reasons why. This boot camp is metabolic training and most boot camps are not. It’s a metabolism builder. We do High Intensity Interval [...]

As I counsel with people and their eating habits one of the most surprising things I have learned is that most people are not getting enough protein. Especially people who are very active and/or are trying to lose weight.  Let me see if I can convince you to step it up.  CONVINCER #1 Protein has a [...]