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Issue: #49December 24th, 2010
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Pictured top is Santa after training at the X Gym. Looks like he will be getting down your chimney easier this year!

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Greetings!

Chow These Three Foods to Eat Yourself Thin!

Did you know that there are certain foods that make you leaner, the more you eat them? Yep, that's right. The more you eat, the leaner you get. Even if you tried to overeat these foods, you would just get leaner faster - especially in your belly. 

The top three are spinach, broccoli, and wild or grass fed meat. If you ate only these foods (and drank plenty of clean water), you would not only get lean faster than you ever thought possible, you would also thrive in your health beyond your wildest dreams.

X Gym Finally Gets Beat in a Stair Climb!

Well we've been saying we wanted some competition, and we got it. Congrats to Joe Gray, the US mountain running champ, and his friends for beating the X Gym team at the WaMu race this year! You guys are animals! Joe set the new course record, and with the help of his friends, his team Lucy beat the X Gym by 11 seconds to take the overall fastest team award and break the X Gym's 13 straight winning streak for US stair climbs.

The X Gym still did great though. We won fastest female (Jamelah), fastest gym, fastest relay, 6 of the top ten overall for men, 5 of the top 10 overall for women, and many of the age divisions. Our fastest male (Kevin) actually got 2nd and 4th place overall, because he ran for two different teams. Sheesh! Click here for full results.

X Gym started a new winning streak just two days later though. PJ and Brian (Kevin's twin) flew down to LA to join the WCL/X Gym team and win the 51 floor Figeroa race. Brian got first place overall and PJ got 2nd for males. Click here for full results and click here to see the videos.

Get X Gym Fitness Tips and Tricks Instantly on Your Phone!

Want to know the best food tips and exercise tricks as soon as PJ does? Well, you can get PJs latest tips immediately just by following following X Gym on Twitter. Here's how - follow @xgym, and select text updates on your settings. Go to Twitter.com/xgym to see the kind of tweets that are going out today!

Twitter is a great way to connect with PJ too. He finds the best tips from Twitter "followers" and X Gym members, so be sure to tweet him your ideas, recipes, challenges and suggestions! If it's a food you are looking for, or a substitution for something you know you shouldn't be eating, PJ might know the solution - but even if he doesn't, the knowledge pool of his Twitter followers probably do!

Train Your Brain Today

From last time, did you notice how fast you can snap out an angry state when you pretend you are answering the phone from a friend? Remember, you have that control available always, and you can use it any time you want to create a fat burning state in your body. That's right, good thoughts release the hormones and chemicals that burn fat and bad thoughts do the opposite!

Have you ever wondered why you decide to make a change and then regress or sabotage that change? It's human nature and we all do it, but to find out how to stop this cycle once and for all and welcome real change, check out the latest post at the PJFit blog.


Thanks,

PJ Glassey, CSCS
X Gym (www.xgym.com)
Author, Cracking Your Calorie Code (www.crackingyourcode.com)
Fitness blogger: www.pjfit.com
Fitness tweeter: www.twitter.com/xgym
Email: pj@xgym.com
P.S. The coupon below makes a great stocking stuffer! Give the gift of fitness this holiday season to someone you love! Gift cards and gift certificates are also available at any X Gym.

Is TV Making You Fat?
A new study suggests that time in front of the television may be partially to blame for weight gain, high blood pressure, and heart disease risk.

"For both men and women, people who increased their TV viewing similarly increased their waistlines. Meanwhile, women who watched more TV also developed higher blood pressure than women who watched the same amount as before. Interestingly, these factors were not affected by exercise". - FYI Living



A "Whey" to Lower Your Blood Pressure?
A study just published in the International Dairy Journal suggests whey protein beverages are effective at reducing blood pressure in people at risk for hypertension. A whey protein drink is also great at helping you build muscle and your metabolism! To optimize protein absorption, drink it in the morning and after each workout.

Today's Quote: "The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not" - Mark Twain.

Next issue: New brain training tips, interesting research, and more!
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