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Health Risks Facing Couch Potato Teens

Category: Body by Becky  |  Permalink

Published: Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Sedentary Teens are More Likely to Have Hypertension
By Becky DeMeyer, Personal Training Manager - Affordable Fitness

Hypertension isn't only a problem facing our older, overweight community. A recent study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health may be a real eye opener. Researchers found that "couch potato" teenagers are more liekly to have higher blood pressure, regardless of whether they are overweight or not. Although the association between sedentary activity and systolic blood pressure is small NOW, interventions to decrease sedentary activities will have a HUGE impact on public health. Let's start trading some video game "bonding" with a game of sibling basketball, or a family hike. In the long run, wouldn't you rather see your children grow up to become healthy doctors, police officers, or teachers, rather than medicine-poppers that could have been avoided a long time ago?

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The Evolution of Personal Training

Category: Tom's Training Tips  |  Permalink

Published: Wednesday, March 03, 2010

"The Evolution of Personal Training":
By Tom Grindle: General Manager/ Trainer: Affordable Fitness

Personal Training has gone through a significant evolution during the past 10 years. Today, personal trainers must meet the mounting challenges of an aging and increasingly overweight population with a long list of special needs that include cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and a variety or orthopedic conditions, including oteoperosis, osteoarthritis, low back issues and post-orthopedic rehabilitation. The greatest impact a personal trainer can have on a client's "Life" is to help that person adopt new fitness-related behaviors and establish a positive relationship with exercise. 80% percent of all Americans do not have a "training /or exercise program".

More to come so stay tuned...

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Six Pack Abs

Category: Pam's Pearls of Wisdom  |  Permalink

Published: Tuesday, March 02, 2010

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Fitness Family

Category: Recent Articles  |  Permalink

Published: Monday, November 23, 2009

The website for Affordable Fitness refers to its members as being part of a "fitness family."  Well, I'm here to tell you that I signed up with Affordable Fitness a week ago, and today I wanted to go in and explore, and try out a class...except I forgot my gym pass!

No problem.  The staff recognized me, and not because they know I'm writing the blog.  The fftruth is, they don't know...yet.  I'm sure they will find out soon enough, but it's nice to be able to give you an uncompromised review.  No one is being extra nice to me because they know I'm watching.

Then why are they being nice?  It's just the way the gym runs.  It's big enough so that if you want to get lost, or go incognito, you can.  However, the staff will know you when you walk in the door.  I've only been there twice and even without my gym pass, I was greeted like I belonged and they knew me.  I wouldn't go so far as to say they greeted me like "family" because then somebody would have had to kiss me, and no one did that--thankfully!   

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Hello and Welcome to Affordable Fitness Gym In Murrieta

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Published: Thursday, November 05, 2009

Welcome to the Affordable Fitness Blog. My name is Natalie Rohwer, and boy, do I have a story for you! I was approached recently by Michael Julian, CEO of Affordable Fitness. He had read about my plight of having gained 15 lbs. when my daughter went away to college last year (The Freshman Fifteen). He needed a writer and apparently, I needed a fitness program.

I was hesitant about taking this job. I am a runner. Running (or loping along slowly) is how I’ve maintained my health and fitness over the last five years. I've never used a gym machine in my life. I've never picked up weights—free or otherwise. I’ve had gym memberships in the past, gyms with all of the amenities, and all I ever used is the treadmill. A couple of times, I used the bicycles. A few times, I played racquetball. That is the extent of my gym experience.

As far as nutrition goes, I always thought I was a pretty healthy eater. Simply put, I love food! It shouldn’t surprise me that I've gained fifteen pounds in one year. In the past, I was always able to eat what I wanted whenever I wanted. Running kept my weight stable. Then, last year, I turned 40. My daughter went away to college, and that was the end to that chapter in my life.

New day, new story. This blog will chronicle my experiences at Affordable Fitness for the next 90 days. Michael tells me that I am almost certainly going to safely lose the fifteen pounds. It’s going to take exercise and diet. Can you hear the tremble in my voice? I'm a little scared because I already work pretty darned hard. What more does a girl have to do to stay in shape? I'm also afraid because one of my freelance jobs is to go to happy hour. Don't laugh! It's true. I am the social columnist for Under the Sun Magazine (http://myunderthesun.com/). Once a month I visit a local happy hour, make new friends, eat some appetizers, try new drinks and then, write about it. Does this mean I can't drink wine, beer, or margaritas anymore? Eat artichoke cheese dip and sweet potato fries?

I’m going to find out tomorrow when I meet Tom Grindle, General Manager, at Affordable Fitness. Then I'm going to inform you of what to expect from a gym with NO CONTRACT and only $15/month. What does that look like? I’m going to let you know next week so stay tuned.