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Issue: #51March 30th, 2011
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 X Gym wins the Stratosphere stair race (top) and then the Big Climb (bottom), the very next weekend! 

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Break out the cash and buy less junk  

Studies show that when people shop with cash, they are more likely to think through each purchase. Since most junk food is bought on impulse, people tend to choose healthier food when they pull bills out of their wallet than when they whip out the plastic. Sound too easy to be true? Well, most of the brain training techniques taught at X Gym seem that way too, but even so - they work!

X Gym is expanding your online experience! 

We are working hard on creating a huge online X Gym community with lots of resources and useful content. We need your help though, so will you please fill out a short 3 question survey? To help us create the best online system possible, just click here to get started. It only takes a couple minutes. Thanks! We appreciate and value your input. 

 

Come learn how you can increase your fitness FAST!  

Ellen Chow, a sports nutritionist from Endgame Nutrition is leading a seminar at the Alki club on Sunday, April 10th at 10 am. Come hear how to get that extra muscle definition you always wanted for the summer. Tickets are only $25 and seating is limited, so hurry! Contact her at ellenkchow@gmail.com to RSVP or for more details.  

 

X Gym is on another win streak...   

X Gym just won the Stratosphere climb in Vegas as well as the Big Climb here in Seattle this month! We set some serious new records as well. For all the details, click here for the Stratosphere climb and click here for the Big Climb post.    

If you want to know what tower running is really all about, click here to see the amazing 7 minute film by Greg Mushen.  

 

Train Your Brain Today 

Did you take a mental picture of the food you would like to stop craving and then fade the colors, texture and resolution in your mind's eye and then imagine it farther away and more distant? Did you do the opposite with the food you want to start eating more often?

If so, you learned a little bit about how the brain codes cravings. Knowing how this works can be an amazing tool to bust food cravings permanently. For another related technique, try the following. If you find yourself in a bad mood from a past memory, relive that memory in reverse and high speed, like you are rewinding a DVD movie. More on this next time...

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. Be sure to take the survey to shape your online experience! Without you, we are only guessing at what you might want...

Is cancer the fault of modern society?
Mummies seem to tell that tale. Despite closely examined tissues from hundreds of mummies and thousands of Neanderthal bones, only one example of "possible" cancer has been found. Is exercise and clean food the answer for you? Seems like a dumb question doesn't it?

Is TV fattening?
Of course it is. Recent studies however, showed just how fattening TV can be. People who increased their viewing time also increased their waistlines and their blood pressure. Interestingly, these factors were not affected by exercise. In other words, in this study, TV seemed to negate the positive effects that exercise normally has on the body! 

Today's Quote: "The self is not something that one finds. It is something that one creates." ~ Thomas Szasz"


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