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Healthy, Happy and Ready for Her Wedding

April 27, 2010 by ptpt 5 Comments

A story about Courtney:

Before I started training, my goal was to lose weight for my wedding in September. I decided to train with IR because I was having a hard time committing to what I had to do to achieve my goals, and I thought having a motivator and being held accountable for my actions would help me. When I made my goals with IR, I decided to try to focus on my health and body image, rather than numbers, because I felt that I wouldn’t get discouraged as easily this way- even if your weight isn’t dropping, you are still doing something to become a healthier person!

Change is hard. Change takes patience. I just had to keep working and staying positive when I wasn’t losing weight at first- after 2 months, it started falling off.

Can you smell it?

I am almost at my goal! I can smell it. I have a couple more pounds to go before I reach my measurable goal of 125 lbs (my ideal weight).

Overcoming Obstacles

Learning to do what is best for me and not care what people think. There are a lot of people that try to bring you down when you are trying to become a healthier person, because they want to feel better about themselves. They mock you for ordering healthy food at restaurants, or not drinking as much as them. I found myself feeling like I was being a picky eater by asking for healthier alternatives, or feeling weird bringing my own lunch into an office lunch meeting. Then I realized that my friends and family should support my decision to become a healthier person! I started looking at it as what it was – nonsense – and laughing it off. Plus I had a great support system at home (my fiance).

Good Foods and Better Choices

For the past 2 years, I consider myself to be pretty healthy- I was exercising regularly and eating healthy. However, having an IR trainer has taught me even more about what good foods to eat, and what I can eat to help me see results with my fitness routine as well. I keep my good foods and bad foods list on the fridge as a reminder.

The exercise has helped me build confidence- turns out I am stronger and fitter than I thought! 🙂

Eco Mud Run – Irvine Great Park – Innovative Results

April 26, 2010 by ptpt 3 Comments

This year’s Eco Mud Run was an incredible event! The atmosphere was fun, costumes were hilarious and it was a great mix of singles, couples, families and friends. If anyone is not into racing, or you’ve never tried a race before, I think this would be a fun event to start with. Gather up some friends, be goofy and just enjoy the day.

Big thanks to everyone who participated, volunteered and organized the event.

Our team had a blast!

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Orange County Personal Trainer Reveals 8 Factors to Turbo Charge Your Workouts

September 23, 2009 by ptpt 2 Comments

No goals, no variety, no intensity!

Here are a few ways to help you change up your workouts to turbocharge your results!

Movements/exercise – Most people always do the same stuff. They run 2 miles everyday or they use the same machines at the gym or they take the same class for like 2 years. The bad part is that your body quickly adapts and stops really being challenged. When there is no challenge, the results slow to a hault and your body stabilizes leaving you frustrated. What most people need is a new workout and the first place to start is by the exercises you choose to do. So, switch it up, try new things, use new machines, try not to use any machines, use dumbells, kettlebells, squat, bodyweight exercises, sleds, sand bags, etc. There is a world of possibilities!

Load – how much weight are you using? Has it changed in the last few weeks? Months? Are you getting stronger? If not getting stronger every week, you are probably burnt out and need to change of some other variables.

Repetitions – everyone knows this one. How many times do you perform the exercise? This one is important. Most people do 3 sets of 10 reps, but there are a million variations. Low reps (1-5 reps, heavy weight), medium reps (6-15, medium weight), and high reps (15+, lighter weight). Most beginners should start with lighter weight, lower resistance and learn how to move properly. As you progress, get stronger and have more body awareness you can begin to use heavier weights and work in the lower rep ranges.

Sets – How many sets of a particular exercise depends upon your goal, experience and rep range that you a working in. A basic rule of thumb; the higher the rep range, the less sets you will perform. the lower reps, more sets. For example, a beginner may do 2 sets of 20reps, where someone more advanced may do 5 sets of 5.

Tempo – This is one of my favorites! Most people just lift and drop weights, not paying any attention to the speed at which they lift. Without getting into to much detail or scientific reasoning, vary the speed at which you lower, raise and hold each movement. Slowing an exercise down and making it explosive will dramatically change how your body is stressed. For example, a simple squat to a chair is easy, but squatting down, then jumping is much more difficult. Start slow, keep good form, develop a foundation of strength, then start experimenting with different tempos. Your body will respond quickly!

Rest – This is another powerful factor. Most people do an exercise, then talk for 5 minutes, then do another, etc etc. If you are looking to make significant changes to your body, then you need to pay attention to how much you are resting. One of the easiest ways to shock your body is to reduce and monitor your rest intervals between sets. Keep track and only take 30 sec-1 min between sets. The time will fly by and you will be surprised how much more intense your workout gets.

Recovery – listen to your body. If you a stressed, tired, have poor nutrition and try to workout 6 times per week, you will not get the results you desire. In fact, you will probably just end up burning out and falling over. Make sure to give your body time to recover, at least a day or two each week. Also use ice, massage and other therapy techniques to help speed your recovery. Read more about recovery here.

Intensity – This is #1 most important factor. Do you walk in the gym with purpose, focussed on your goals for that day and mentally ready to work hard and make things happen? You should be aggressively attacking your goals and focussed on making progress during each workout.

Goals – why do you go to the gym? Is it some general “wish”, like I wanna lose 20 lbs or get bigger arms? Those arent bad goals, but they are fague and lack any real commitment or vall to action. I believe that every goal needs to be specific, measurable, written as if its already occurred, realistic and timed. For more information, check out our blog on writing goals.

SO, there you have it. Hopefully you have some new ideas and can go into next week with a renewed vigor and excitment about the changes that are about to occur. Remember, the best workout for you is a new one! Shake things up and shock your body into changing!

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Irvine Personal Trainers are loaded with fun fitness solutions!

January 29, 2009 by ptpt Leave a Comment

Forget boring hours on the treadmill!

Irvine is loaded with fitness options.

Health clubs, Mega Clubs, Boot camps, Yoga, Pilates, Fitness meetups, healthy restaurants, specialty stores and, of course, personal training.

But how do you choose an activity?

Which style of training is best for you?

Well, in my opinion, it all starts with your personality and goals. For example, I am a very competitive person that thrives on challenges and pushing myself. If I’m not a little bit nervous before a workout, then it won’t hold my focus and I get bored. So, for me, traditional gyms or slow yoga classes are like pulling teeth.

I need something new, something that pushes me, and I prefer to have a crew of people that I can workout with, that push me and be in an environment that has lots of energy.

After 3 years in Irvine, I wasn’t happy with the gyms that were available, so I opened my own. Its raw, exciting, and challenges people’s bodies and minds. You can feel the environment! Its not a place for people looking for a quiet place to do cardio. This place was built for people looking for a challenge, people looking for real change, people looking to get strong and for people looking for an environment that feeds their need for team and change.

I think that anyone that’s competed in the past, misses the days of practice, working hard and going through tough times in order to attain something great! Innovative Results has created that environment again!

Check out more of our videos here:

Irvine Personal Trainer Shows some Unconventional Workouts

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For more information, give us a call

866.243.4472

…and rest assured, we aren’t about high pressure sales tactics. We want people in our gym that want to be there. So, give us a call, come in for a FREE trial, and if you like it, great. If not, we will help you find another place that fits your needs.

Have a great day!

Aaron Guyett’s 6 Weeks to Ultimate Explosive Power, Strength, and Hot Body.

November 25, 2008 by ptpt Leave a Comment

This stemmed from an idea Corey Beasley had. “If we could show the clients and potential clients what can happen when someone focuses all of their efforts towards a clear goal, and make it real, maybe the people we care about will have an easier time doing the work.”

We all know there are obstacles, pitfalls, and life that happens on the way to our goals, and I will be sharing that as well. I run one of the most busy lifestyles I know. Very little sleep, a lot of social interaction, merging businesses, training clients, donation of time and money to the needy, and general help for friends. That being said, I know I have to make time to keep up with the latest and greatest on the single market. I not only want the physical edge, but the mental, emotional, and spiritual edge as well. Therefore, I work for it. Here is how it goes.

Week 1- November 16 – 22

Aaron out and ready for the 6 weeks to start!

The workout is a 6 day progression that I have never tried before. I start the week with Explosive Power (this is mostly form and nervous development), move into Pure Power (this is bio-chemical body enhancement through true physiological stress), and then I continue stress, overreaching/overtraining for a purpose through isolated muscular development. Everyday I work my full body, and the stress comes in twos. Monday and Tuesday-Explosive Power (Olympic lifts and plyometrics), Wednesday and Thursday-Purified Power (Basic Squat, Deadlifts, Bench, Pull-up, Lunges, etc.), Friday and Saturday-Isolated Antogonist (Bicep-Tricep, Quad-Ham, Back-Chest, Calves-Shoulders, Abs-Low Back/Butt) All of this is progressively overloaded.

Recovery is the most important aspect. Sleep when I can, eat as much as possible, and monitor weight and strength often.

After the week is over, I realize…I need more sleep, I need to eat more, and I should drink less coffee.

Week 2-

The above lighting is crappy, not a true pic.

I need more food! Sleep is way better. This week is crazy hectic! I am training 90 clients. I am training Jesse Sadoff’s clients, and Michael Foster’s clients while they are on vacation. Overall great week! I ate everything I could on Thanksgiving Day, and gained a couple of useful pounds. I haven’t been keeping up with the calorie intake, so I am weighing in at 205 solid. I am working for 210 solid and a power clean of 315 pounds. My sleep is very consistent and helping me with my soreness, which is out of control. Looking forward to killing it in business and the gym next week. Only 4 more left until the beginning of a New Year!

Week 3- November 30 – December 6
My week started with not enough eating and no working out; however on Tuesday eating went as it should (about 3000 calories), but my scheduled got a bit tweaked and the workout fell to the wayside. I really wanted that workout too! Wednesday I will kill it. Explosive start and Power finish! Picture time Wednesday as well!

Dang! Sarah ran me through a pretty good workout! I don’t think she realizes how far I can be pushed; however, I will be very sore tomorrow! Thank you, Sarah. Here is the pic. My weight is 206 and I haven’t maxed my Power clean yet. 3 more weeks!

Lighting is better, but overhead lighting makes me look huge!

December 7th through the 14th – I just spent 20 minutes writing this and my computer took a shit on me….Well I am back. Got sick this week, but it was just a sore throat, so I figured as long as it wasn’t strep the only problem I would have is talking loud, and eating. No worries, right? My workouts went well. I killed all of them but Tuesdays. Pussed out a bit from the sore throat, and soreness from Mondays killer explosive workout. Progressively overloading my power days is paying off. I am much stronger and my weight has hardly gone up. I am at 208 solid and it looks like my goal weight of 210 to 215 will be easily reached. I was a bit pissed at the beginnning of the week because of personal, physical, and mental problems, but perserverence of my positive perception took over, and Saturday I was so pumped up I couldn’t settle down. I kept yelling out loud, running around, and smiling. I would have punched the devil in his face had I saw him…didn’t see him, but check out the results of the week in this pic. (bad lighting again, but my definition is coming out a bit, and this is after Anne fattened me up for the kill all day Sunday!)

Thanks for all the food Anne...Does my butt look big?

December 14th through the 21st – Week started lame…I missed my Monday workout. Busy isn’t a good excuse (more like shitty time management). Tuesday, Corey told me the news…I am changing my routine! I was going to do this routine in the New Year, but he said Iwould be too grouchy and pissy if I did it and I need 100% of my focus on THE BIG DAY as well as the changes Innovative Results is going through. I concur! This program is hard, shitty, and most people can’t do it…mainly becasue they lack the balls, intestinal fortitude, and stupidity to try it. For those of us dumb enough to give it a go (it is Charles Poloquin’s Super Compensation Program) it is hell. 9 workouts per week in 6 days, losing weight, battling overuse and overtraining injuries. But at the end, the 5 days of rest bring you past any plateaus and push your strength, weight, power, and size through the roof. It is not a body building program though. More for the performance enthusiast, such as myself. Here is my Wednesday pic after only 2 days….so far so good! Food is my best friend and sleep even better.

Brutish, let's see the final 2 week transformation Mr. Polliquin. — Brutish, let

Best Personal Trainer in Orange County Can Help With Your Marathon

November 25, 2008 by ptpt Leave a Comment

Aaron, I need your advice…I am increasing in my milage like a crazy women, but I feel good about it and I am doing great…except one thing…my long run today was 20mi =) in 3hrs, it was a great run except, my legs were giving up on me…I had enough energy to keep going but once I slowed down it was like, holy crap this freaking hurts, I will tell you though the pain was in my quads and hip flexors…is there anything I can do in my training to strengthen my legs…I feel like I am doing great runs thruout the week…maybe more sprints? or try to incorporate more strength training…if that is the case, then what can I do? I appreciate your help! Oh and the count down begins…4 weeks till the big day…26.2!!!

P.S. I hope you are doing great!

Hello!

Here is a little help from the best personal trainers in Orange County!

This has little to do with muscular strength and almost everything to do with stamina. There are three components to your stamina. The first is muscular development, the second is energy conversion, and the last is mental ability.

Let’s talk about the most important in any competition first, mental ability. Your mental ability to continue when it is painful and finish what you have started. The continue when you are in pain will come from deep within–maybe even a spiritual level. The finishing what you have started may be helped by visualizing the whole race and specifically the finish line. Keep watching yourself cross that finish line in a happy, winning state of mind.

Now for the first part, muscular development. You should now have a plethora of Type 1 muscle fibers. These red, oxygen fueled, muscle fibers are smaller and become less fatigued, while working for longer periods of time, because they are fueled by oxygen instead of your other muscle fibers which are Type 2a and b, which are non-oxygen utilizing muscle fibers. My suggestion would be to spend less time in the gym and more time on the road to create less use of your anaerobic muscles and more use of your aerobic muscle fibers. You may only spend one or two 30 min sessions in the gym, just to work speed and technique and still be able to perform huge on race day. The closer to race day the more you want to train for a race not a body-building show. ( make sense?)

The last part we will go over is your energy conversion. There are three issues here: lactate threshold, oxygen assimilation, and glucose usage (catabolism and anabolism). The lactate threshold can be trained through hill repeats until you think your legs are going to fall off and then continue to eek out a couple more, training your mind, body and spirit to adapt to the chaotic stress through its physiology, biochemistry, mental capacity and spirit. The oxygen assimilation is done through progressive overload and breathing techniques while you run and when you visualize your run (meditation). The glucose usage may be your biggest barrier, because of the distances and times you are running. Anything longer than an hour and a half is sure to bring about a catabolic state (this is where your body feeds off of its muscles, fat, and stuff because there are no glucose or glycogen reserves left). My recommendation would be to consume something with sugars, electrolytes, and water every 30 min. Something I have used in the past is Accelerade. I have also used goo, cliff bars, and powerade. One time I was hard up and cramping so I went to a corner store and put salt, sugar packets and water into my bottle and kept making it and drinking it until I was good again.

I hope this helps! 🙂

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Join the Movement Revolution!

November 25, 2008 by ptpt Leave a Comment

Stand up and fight back!

Join me in the movement revolution…we are strong and we move all day every day. We win because we are the confident, courageous, unstoppable, healthy, and well!

I am talking about no more illness, crippled, obese, overweight, or sedentary humans. We were not here to be stagnant, rotting, sorry beings. We are here to MOVE!

Join me in the movement revolution. We will take a stand by being the example to all of those who are just merely desiring loss of fat, six packs, improved performance, reduced stress, hot looks, and sexy asses! We will overcome! We will be the action needed to manifest our success!

For more information call 714-469-9338 and say you are here to join the movement revolution!

What is the Current Innovative Results Special for Personal Training in Orange County?

November 25, 2008 by ptpt Leave a Comment

Can you feel the economic regression?

You deserve fat loss, a six pack, and/or performance improvements, and a break in your budget.

Innovative Results was voted best personal trainers in Orange County because we offer:
Free nutrition guidelines, coaching, and accountability with our personal training
The most comprehensive and practical workouts for fat loss, six packs, and performance improvement
Good-looking trainers who walk the talk in the fitness industry
Support and service with patience and a positive attitude

We will remain the number one trainers by adhering to the above while making smart business decisions.

So we have decided to initiate a holiday price which cuts the clients or potential clients a break in this economic trend while stimulating the growth of our company (and economy). If a client or potential client who desires fat loss, a six pack, or performance improvement brings a friend who desires the same thing(s), he or she is entitled to the price cut per session. This price can be further taken advantage of by signing for any desired amount of months, up to 24 months and no less than 1 month.

Enjoy the price break, and like always we will donate 1% to charity.

Our goal is to have 250 clients by New Year’s Eve. We will then be able to donate a minimum of $2,500.00 to a charity for the Month of November and December.

Get rid of your bodyfat before the Holiday’s ambush you.

WE are thinking this would be a nice Holiday gift for those in need.

Message From The Crossing’s Time Celek Hits Home For Innovative Results

November 25, 2008 by ptpt Leave a Comment

He said the difference between a dangerous church that really puts the love of Christ out there and a church that just follows the norm to barely get by is this: pain, risk, and loss.

Amazing message Tim! He captured my heart spiritually and motivated me in my business.

It is the same with a person who needs to lose weight, get healthy, and look good. There are a few ways you will know you are well on your way to the body, mind, and spirit you desire. The first is PAIN.

It will take some work, as well as it will take someone with the will to overcome obstacles, challenges, and uncertainty. In other words when the pain comes, you can either endure it, fix it, or run away, but let it be known if you run away it will only be more painful the next time. Worse yet, it will hurt a lot worse when you die physically, mentally, or spiritually from not changing. After pain is dealt with, it must also be known that risk is a huge part of the change.

Risk is when you go out on a limb to try something you have never done before to get something you’ve always wanted, you’ve never had, or you are trying to earn back. For some this means a coach, trainer, program, etc, and for all it means changing a lifestyle. Now the only thing left is loss.

Not only the loss of weight, but the possibility of losing a lifestyle, some friends who really weren’t friends, or worse yet your precious desserts (insert most desired lifestyle that currently keeps you down). These seem like good things and good loss, but I have witnessed many people revert back to their old ways, allowing the weight, low self-esteem, and lack of positivity creep back into their life. This is perhaps the worse of the three ways you know you are on the right track.

Get ready for some PAIN, RISK, and LOSS, and take the next step to get what you have always desired.

Thank you Tim and The Crossing for placing fruit in my life

Tim Celek working through his pain, risk, and loss.

Healthy, Happy and Ready for Her Wedding

Eco Mud Run – Irvine Great Park – Innovative Results

Orange County Personal Trainer Reveals 8 Factors to Turbo Charge Your Workouts

Irvine Personal Trainers are loaded with fun fitness solutions!

Aaron Guyett’s 6 Weeks to Ultimate Explosive Power, Strength, and Hot Body.

Best Personal Trainer in Orange County Can Help With Your Marathon

Join the Movement Revolution!

What is the Current Innovative Results Special for Personal Training in Orange County?

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