| The UB Experience |
There are many reasons that people come to Ultimate Body for a Body Transformation. Some of them want to lose weight while others want to add muscle. Some people come to UB just to get in good health.
I realize that all of these things can be accomplished at nearly any fitness studio or gym in town. But, I hope that people who come to UB get more than what they came looking for. In a word, I hope that people get an "experience" at UB.
Accomplishing the goals of losing weight and getting fit are no small endeavors. In my mind, it takes a qualified, proven program along with a healthy dose of accountability to even start to make real progress towards these goals. Further, I think that having a strong support "team" around you is also important. At UB your support team is your class and your instructors.
People often write me after they leave UB and tell me that they took more than their goals with them when they left. Former UB'ers have told me that they not only lost weight and improved their health but that they also built lasting friendships with their team members that have lasted on long after their class was completed.
As a business owner, I am very happy that people come to UB and get what they were looking for. It just adds to my personal satisfaction to know that many of those people get more than what they came looking for. In a word, they get a life changing experience.
If you are a former UB'er, I hope that you enjoyed the UB experience. If you are in need of a life changing experience, come see what UB has to offer. I have assembled an incredibly talented team of trainers and administrators that are committed to your success.
There is a new cycle of UB starting soon. I would love to have you in it! Call me and we can talk about your goals then 20 weeks later you can email me and tell me how much more you ended up getting.
-Ron
972-712-2120
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10/8 and 10/9 Measure bodyfat for contest
10/27/07 In Frisco, UB Halloween Party
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| Welcome to another issue of the Ron Lyons Ultimate Body Newsletter. It is time for the seasons to really start changing and it is also a great time for you to start making changes in yourself! Really, think about it, if you start a clean diet and exercise program like the Ultimate Body Program, you can have a significantly different body in about 12 weeks. That means that by this holiday season you can look thinner, feel better and have a jump start on the new year. Beyond that, imagine finishing your final 8 weeks in the Ultimate Body Program which would have you looking incredible by Spring. What a great time to start getting fit!
If you are ready to do it -and I mean do it right, now is the time. You have every reason to do this program and no real reasons not to. Call me at 972-712-2120 or email me at ron@ultimate-body.com to find out how we can get you the new body that you want! |
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Recent UB Success Stories |
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Sherry and her husband Mark are two recent success stories. They joined the UB Program 20 weeks ago nearly to the date of this newsletter and have had tremendous success! Congratulations on two very good solid Ultimate Body Transformations! | |
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UB 10 Week Body Challenge |
| Starting Monday October 8th, each class at UB (Frisco and Plano) will be competing against each other in a race to lose the most bodyfat over the next 10 weeks. There is a specific trainer who is assigned to each class and Ron has his own "class" made up of the administrative staff at UB. The class that has the most bodyfat lost based on "averages" will win a free "cheat meal" with the entire UB staff at one of our favorite local restaurants. Even better, the trainer who's class loses the least average bodyfat will have to dress up as either a clown or something similar for a full day of classes at UB. So, be sure to get your bodyfat measured either Monday the 8th or Tuesday the 9th then work hard to win!!! |
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UB Halloween Party! |
| Mark your calendars and plan to join the UB staff and your fellow UB'ers for an evening of fun on Saturday October 27th. A separate email will be sent out to you with the details soon! |
| The Art of Life, Reducing Stress and Relaxing
by Joseph Scott |
Relaxation techniques are a great way to alleviate stress. Relaxation isn't just about peace of mind. Relaxation is a process that decreases the wear and tear of life's challenges on your mind and body.Whether you have a lot of stress in your life or you've got it under control, you can benefit from learning relaxation techniques.
Learning basic relaxation techniques isn't hard. Explore these relaxation techniques to get you started on de-stressing your life and improving your health.
Although taking relaxation classes can cost hundreds of dollars using a specialist, you can do some on your own. Relaxation techniques usually involve focusing your attention on something calming and increasing awareness of your body. It doesn't matter which technique you choose. What matters is that you try to practice relaxation regularly.
There are several main types of relaxation techniques, including:
Autogenic relaxation.
Autogenic means something that comes from within you. You use both visual imagery and body awareness to reduce stress. You repeat words or suggestions in your mind to help you relax and reduce muscle tension. You may imagine a peaceful place and then focus on controlled, relaxing breathing, slowing your heart rate, or different physical sensations, such as relaxing each arm or leg one by one.
Progressive muscle relaxation. In this technique, you focus on slowly tensing and then relaxing each muscle group. This helps you focus on the difference between muscle tension and relaxation, and you become more aware of physical sensations. You can start by tensing and relaxing the muscles in your toes and progressively working your way up to your neck and head. Tense your muscles for at least five seconds and then relax for 30 seconds, and repeat.
Visualization. Form mental images to take a visual journey to a peaceful, calming place or situation. Try to use as many senses as you can, including smells, sights, sounds and textures. If you imagine relaxing at the ocean, for instance, think about the warmth of the sun, the sound of crashing waves, the feel of the grains of sand and the smell of salt water. You may want to close your eyes, sit in a quiet spot and loosen any tight clothing.
Of course, one of the best ways to reduce stress and relax is to be physically fit and healthy. At Ultimate Body Studios, we specialize in getting you fit as fast as safely possible! Call us at 972-712-2120 to get started!
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Changing Intensity |
A few months back, I was assisting a client, "spotting" him as he was doing flat-bench two-arm chest presses with sixty-pound dumbbells, the heaviest ones in the gym. With his arms moving in unison, he was lifting flawlessly and experiencing intense muscle contraction. For the next set, he wanted to lift heavier dumbbells; however, none occurred at the gym, of course, so he was a bit disgruntled, telling me that UB should get sixty-five pound dumbbells so that next time he could perform the exercise with increased intensity! As a solution to his dilemma, I had him lift the same-weighted dumbbells in a different way, in an alternating-arm fashion. It completely "fried" his chest, and he was a little taken aback regarding how much more difficult, or intense, the alternating exercise was compared to the non-alternating one, even though he had not increased his weight setting at all from the first set. In other words, he indeed found the added intensity that he desired by simply doing the exercise in a more complex manner. Besides simply increasing or decreasing weight settings to vary exercise intensity, which is certainly fine, other ways exist to adjust intensity levels. These methods include upgrading or downgrading exercise complexity.
On the whole, an intensity continuum occurs, running from lower to higher in terms of how many muscles contract and how intense they fire during a lift. Stated differently, with a constant weight setting, working a certain body part, here is a simple rule: simpler techniques involving fewer muscles correspond to lower intensities; more complex techniques employing more muscle groups correspond to higher intensities.
To illustrate several ways to increase weightlifting intensity, let us use the chest press exercise as an example, and let us say that a client feels that her workouts have become stale, that she is just bored with doing seated machine chest presses, which has been the type of chest exercise that she has been doing ever since she started the program months ago. She desires a change, something more challenging and complex for developing her chest muscles. How can she increase her intensity besides simply keeping the exercise the same and increasing her weight settings? Here are several answers:
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Ron Lyons
Ron Lyons Ultimate Body Studios, Inc. |
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