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The LA Boxing Transformation
Monday, April 30th, 2012
Amy Nix is the Accessories Editor at Gladys Magazine. She has a degree in fashion marketing and has been working in the fashion industry for over a decade. She has worked in film, TV, and other national magazines.
The summer of issue of Gladys Magazine is going to be so “HOT”. I will be sharing my journey to get in shape for summer. I have been so blessed to start on the Isagenix program. It is amazing and my coach Danielle Wasser is the best. She is such a huge help in my weight lose goals.
I have also added a fitness program to my road to get in shape. I have 2 weeks under my belt at LA Boxing. It is very tough but fun. Some days I really have to drag myself to the gym but I feel great when I leave.
I started the program about 6 weeks ago and I am down 12 pounds and 8 inches. This program is very easy and I feel so much better and I have a lot more energy.
Stay tuned for more updates. You will have to purchase Gladys to see my before and after pictures.
Best, Amy
Benefits of Exercising with Friends
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Exercising in a group environment offers benefits beyond those you get from working out individually. It provides you extra motivation, commitment and sociability that all contribute to you exercising at your full potential. Did you know that referring a friend to your LA Boxing gym can earn you rewards at participating locations? We offer a free month at LA Boxing, a free personal training session and discounts on memberships and merchandise.
MOTIVATION
Those who exercise individually may stop a workout short when it gets too difficult. The other people you exercise with provide an excellent source for motivation to make sure this doesn’t happen. With an intense workout like boxing, your workout partners will support and push you to continue when you need it the most. As you and your exercise partner are both working out, you might begin to compete in the workout, putting in more of an effort to keep up with or surpass your friend.
COMMITMENT
It is often easier to skip a day of exercising when you are only relying on yourself to get yourself to the gym. When you are working out with friends, you are both dependent on each other to go to the gym. This adds a sense of accountability now that your exercise partners expect you to show up during the scheduled workout. This commitment and accountability will maximize your workout each time you visit the gym.
SOCIAL INTERACTION
Another major benefit commonly overlooked when having an exercise partner is the social experience it brings. Some individuals may work in an environment with limited amount of social interaction and time for proper exercise. By exercising with friend, both of these needs can be met simultaneously. Exercising with a friend provides social benefits that makes the exercise more interesting than working out individually.
Are Multivitamins Good for us?
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
The effectiveness and safety of multivitamins have come into question on many occasions – so how do we know if they are good for us?
Over the past few years, consumer health organizations have done many studies on multivitamin labels and containments. In a test of 21 vitamins by ConsumerLab.com, just 10 met the stated claims on their labels or satisfied other quality standards.
Avoid the vitamins singled out by ConsumerLab.com, and stick with mainstream names such as Centrum Silver and One-A-Day Women’s, which were found to be free of impurities and accurately labeled. Also, check vitamin bottles for the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP), NSF International (NSF), or ConsumerLab.com (CL) seals. The USP and NSF are nonprofit groups that verify whether companies offer contamination-free products and use good manufacturing practices.
Vitamins are vital nutrients your body needs to function properly and help supplement your diet. If your diet is rich in fruit, vegetables, fiber and lean protein, you may not need to take a multivitamin and would be better off supplementing only the vitamins you don’t get through your diet such as vitamin D or anti inflammatory like fish oil pills.
Keep in mind – taking a multivitamin every day does not give you a “free pass” to eat a poor diet filled with processed, junk foods. And as always, it’s important to balance your diet with regular exercise. To get in the best shape of your life – try the LA Boxing workout and click here to find the gym nearest to you.
5 Tips For NOT Gaining Weight During the Holidays
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
The holiday season doesn’t represent one day of overeating. It’s the period that begins around Thanksgiving and extends through the new year where there’s more alcohol, snacks, finger foods and appetizers, which are typically very high in calories.
A big part of enjoying the holidays is bonding with friends, family, coworkers, etc. around a table of food –eating, drinking and being merry. For this reason, the social aspect and family traditions can make it very difficult to avoid overindulging. If you want to still have fun and eat what you want, without paying the price of gaining weight and feeling uncomfortable – follow these 5 tips:
- Eat what you want, just eat less of it. At parties, grab a small plate and arrange a few selections of your favorite things on the plate. Eat slowly, enjoy, and then get rid of the empty plate and grab yourself a beverage to cleanse your palette. The plate helps you see how much you are eating as opposed to grazing all evening.
- Drink a lot of water. Not only does drinking water help prevent hangovers, it also makes you feel fuller and lessens food cravings. Try alternating one alcoholic drink with one glass of water.
- Eat to fuel your body, and workout to stay healthy – don’t workout to eat. Many people think they need to exercise an extra 20 minutes because they ate a slice of pie, but by connecting food with exercise, you will miss the whole point. Food is fuel. Exercise keeps you fit and strong. A good workout routine is even more crucial during the holidays by helping you sleep, aiding digestion and reducing stress. Commit to exercise now – you will benefit from feeling and looking great while most people wait until January.
- Divert your attention. Holiday celebrating goes beyond just food. Focus on enjoying the people in the room and having great conversations and dancing.
- Start today. Be firm with yourself and don’t make excuses. There are many things in life we can’t control, but you do have the power to get in shape. Start today.
The LA Boxing Workout is an ultra calorie burning, complete workout experience that incorporates cardio, strength training, toning and techniques that mimic real fighting. Group classes are taught by professional fighters and can burn 800-1,000 calories in one hour.
Voices of LA Boxing: Abel
Friday, July 29th, 2011
Weekly Links Round-up: May 9 – May 13
Friday, May 13th, 2011
Every week we gather a list of articles related to health, fitness, MMA, boxing and kickboxing for our readers as a one-stop shop for helpful tips and tricks when it comes to working out. Enjoy!
Top 10 Foods Good for Both Low-Fat and Low-Carb Diets:
http://nutrition.about.com/od/diets/tp/toptendietfoods.htm
How Exercise can Boost your Energy Levels:
http://www.lifemojo.com/lifestyle/how-exercise-can-boost-your-energy-levels-126455315
Gilbert Melendez:
http://mmaweekly.com/gilbert-melendez-looking-outside-strikeforce-for-next-challenge
The Paleo Diet
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
This one has been coming up a lot lately.
According to Wikipedia, The Paleo Diet, also known as the Caveman or Hunter-Gatherer Diet, is an eating plan based on the presumed ancient diet of wild plants and animals that humans consumed during the Paleolithic era—a period of about 2.5 million years in duration that ended around 10,000 years ago with the development of agriculture. It consists mainly of meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, roots, and nuts, and excludes grains, legumes, dairy products, salt, refined sugar, and processed oils.
Image from of thelazycaveman.com
From a scientific perspective, the argument is that our bodies have still not adapted to our agricultural practices and that things like gluten, dairy and refined sugar are wreaking havoc on our bodies and exposing us to all kinds of disease. We were originally introduced to Paleo via The Blog of Tim Ferriss, when he featured a chapter from The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf, a former research biochemist and current provider of Revolutionary Solutions to Modern Life. We’re no experts on the matter so check out RobbWolf.com to learn more. There you’ll find plenty of info as well as recipes for Paleo versions of some of your favorite foods from beef jerky to banana bread.
Some other great resources we’ve come across:
- Mark’s Daily Apple – Mark Sisson will school you on Primal Living in the Modern World.
- Hunter-Gatherer – John Durant is in search of progress in human health from an evolutionary perspective.
- Modern Paleo – Diana Hsieh provides an objectivist approach to the principles and practices most conducive to human flourishing.
Interesting stuff. What do you think? We would love to hear any Paleo stories in our ranks?
Weekly Links Round-up: May 2 – May 6
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Every week we gather a list of articles related to health, fitness, MMA, boxing and kickboxing for our readers as a one-stop shop for helpful tips and tricks when it comes to working out. Enjoy!
Salt and Your Health:
http://www.lesliebeck.com/page.php?id=3244&type=art
Motivation for Exercise:
http://www.dietriffic.com/2011/05/06/motivation-to-exercise/
MMA or Boxing?:
http://www.mmaonline.com/headlines/boxing-or-mma-why-not-both/
Cleanse at Home
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
You might have seen different programs offering natural techniques on detoxifying your body at affordable rates. There are thousands of websites that are offering such supplements and natural cures to detox your body. The question whether to sift through and spend the dough on a program out of the box or figure out how to detox your body naturally.
If you choose the former, more power to you. There are plenty of great cleanses out there. If you want to do it yourself, here’s an easy method you can do at home, courtesy of the good people at eHow Health:
Drink Water
http://www.ehow.com/about_5563279_much-need-drink-clean-system.html
Eat Your Veggies
http://www.ehow.com/way_5471497_raw-vegetable-cleanse.html
Avoid Sugar, Dairy & Processed Foods
http://www.ehow.com/how_2166348_live-processed-food.html
Weekly Links Round-up: Apr. 18 – Apr. 22
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
Every week we gather a list of articles related to health, fitness, MMA, boxing and kickboxing for our readers as a one-stop shop for helpful tips and tricks when it comes to working out. Enjoy!
Foods for Heart Health:
http://healthnews.ediets.com/diet-weight-loss/foods-for-heart-health.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dietfitnessblog+%28Diet+Blog%29
Exercise to Drink More Water:
http://fitho.in/2011/04/22/exercise-to-drink-more-water/
UFC 129:
http://mmafrenzy.com/18293/ufc-129-primetime-st-pierre-vs-shields-episode-2-full-video/
