Train with Chelsea: What can your body do?

Train with Chelsea: What can your body do?

Fitness to me is not just what we look like but more about what our bodies can do. How much weight can you squat? How many pushups can you do? Can you do a pull up unassisted? How far can you run? How fast can you run? Do you desire to complete a triathlon? Or run a half marathon? Or maybe it's just about fitting your workouts in your busy schedule? If you believe you can't then you are right. It is my purpose to provide a comfortable training environment to enable you to push pass what you think you can do and show you how far you can truly push your body to achieve the goals you set.

Training openings:

Town Lake:
Monday: 6am, 9am, 2pm
Tuesday: 7am, 11am, 12pm
Wednesday: 6am, 10am, 1pm, 2pm, 4pm
Thursday: 8am - 1pm
Friday:8am, 12pm
Saturday: 11am, 12pm

Quarry Lake:
Tuesday: 4pm, 5pm
Thursday: 4pm, 6pm

Classes that I teach:
Monday: Pump Raw - 12 noon, Cardio Core - 4:30pm
Friday: Cardio Core - 6:30am, Pump Raw - 5:15pm

Upcoming Clinic: Urban Adventure Training: March 7th - March 30th, April 4th - 28th, May 2nd - 25th
M and W 6:15pm - 7:15pm

"TAKE IT TO THE STREETS & FIND YOUR STRENGTH!" Urban Adventure Training is a fast-paced, dynamic total body workout that uses the streets as our exercise playground. Burn fat, gain strength & increase endurance with this progressive workout that integrates a variety of calisthenics, plyometrics, core exercises, sprinting, hill running, and urban obstacle courses. Cardiovascular and strength assessments will be measured at the beginning & end of each month. Homework given each week. Opportunities to compete in upcoming adventure races i.e. MUDDY BUDDY, TEXAS QUEST, SPREAD YOUR WINGS.

Chelsea's blog: http://chelsea-paul.blogspot.com

Delicious dip + 14 lbs lighter!

Check out this great, healthy dip recipe given to our dietitian Laura CaJacob by one of our new members, Julie. She is kicking butt at Pure Austin, and has lost over 14 pounds since joining!

2 cloves garlic
2 (15-oz) cans cannellini beans, drained & rinsed
1 T fresh parsley leaves, chopped
¼ C fresh lemon juice*
¼ C olive oil
Salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste

1. In a food processor, pulse the garlic cloves until finely chopped.
2. Add beans, parsley, lemon juice, & olive oil; process until smooth.
3. Add salt & pepper adjusting to taste.

*You might need to add a little more than ¼ C of lemon juice; taste & add more if needed.

NOTE: Dip can be made up to one day ahead and chilled.

Serving Suggestion: Serve with baby carrots, sliced red bell pepper, pita chips

YIELD: 2 cups

Take home Message: Get some SLEEP to LOSE FAT

Our owner, Beto Boggiano, likes to send us peer-reviewed journal article studies that will keep us abreast of the latest research. This came through today:

We know that thin people sleep more and overweight people sleep less
(strong correlation) but here, two groups of people were put on a
restricted-cal diet to lose weight, both ate the same amt and lost
the same amount of weight but the ones that got more sleep (8.5 hrs)
lost FAT weight; the ones limited to less sleep (5.5 hrs) lost muscle
weight.

If you're trying to reduce fat mass, get your sleep.

MMB

Brook's January Jams for Monday 5:30 pm Core Cycling at Quarry!

January jams! Check out these specialty themed rides for the 5:30-6:30pm Core Cycling classes at Pure Austin Quarry Lake!
Mon, Jan 3, 5:30pm: 90s Ride: Coolio, Beck, Metallica, “Hamma Time,” etc!
Mon, Jan 10, 5:30pm: Rap/Rock: Eminem (clean), Snoop, Eve 6, Kevin Rudolf, etc!
Mon, Jan 17, 5:30pm: Positive Vibes: “Feel Good,” upbeat songs across genres!
Mon, Jan 24, 5:30pm: Country: Johnny Cash, Dixie Chicks, Robert Earl Keen, etc!
All rides will be instructed by Brook Benten. You'll experience 50-minutes riding hard on the bike through intervals of fast flats, heavy hills, and everything in-between. The last 10-minutes of class will be devoted to core strengthening exercises on the mat.

Tanning Special

Eli's New Years Resolution Tip!

We all want to keep our fitness resolutions, but sometimes it's hard with our busy schedules. On days when you can't make it to the gym, don't call it a loss. Use this workout tip from Eli and get more done at home!

Eli says:
When you have too much to do around the house, do a little something to keep yourself active. Try this:

Set a timer between 5 to 10 Minutes. When it goes off, set aside what you are doing and do an exercise to your personal max. For example: the timer goes off and you knock out 20 push ups or 25 jump squats. Then, reset the timer, keep going with your task until the next set.

If you do this often enough, your max will build and you'll improve your true workout at the gym.

Don't rely on this as a substitute to your full workout, but it will help you multitask and shake a bit of that holiday guilt! :)

Shoot Pure Austin Fitness Specialist Eli an email if you want to get hooked up with one of the best and brightest trainers around! Eli@PureAustin.com