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January 5 – 18, 2013
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Leasure. “If you’re burning more calories than you’re taking in you’re going to lose weight.” Moving it is really the only way to lose it, according to Leasure. “You cannot starve fat off. You have to burn it off,” he says. Leasure suggests combining cardio exercise, resistance training and nutrition to get in shape. “Losing weight doesn’t have to be this hard struggle of seriousness all the time. It can be fun while you do it. That’s what keeps you going.” Tracy House is a freelance writer living in Ironwood Vistas with her husband and four children. She can be reached at Tracy@SanTanSun.com.
FIT AS FIDDLES: Spartan Training owners Robert Leasure and wife Vicki Manfredi, shown working the cable crossover curls, make fitness their lifelong passion. STSN photo
“What’s your vision of looking and feeling good?” Reavley asks. Whether it’s losing weight or inches, being active with grandkids without getting winded or slipping into a bikini in July, Reavley says you have to have a vision of what you want to accomplish. “How we measure our success is based off of us setting appropriate goals from the beginning. Results should be tied into how you want to look and feel.”
Fitness fads
This time of year people are turning to popular trends for getting in shape, from
flipping tires and fitness boot camps to intense video workouts, looking for easy and fast results. Reavley says people get confused by the new fads, gadgets and exercise programs. “The reality is the one that’s going to work is the one that you’re going to do.” Leasure says what people gravitate to and what they have success with are two different things. “To a degree anything you do to lose weight and get in shape is good, but what might be popular and entertaining
might not be the most effective.” In order meet your fitness goals, Leasure says to look for fact- and science-based programs proven to work. “Truth of the matter is, it’s hard to lose weight,” he explains. Indeed, there is no magic to fitness, concurs Reavley. “People are looking for an easy way to look good and feel good,” he says. “The reality is there is no easy way. It’s sound principle nutrition with sound principle exercise and activity.” “Calories in and calories out,” explains
DRIVING RESULTS: Mark Reavley, owner of StudioFIT, spent the last 10 years motivating his clients toward better health. Submitted photo
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