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Total Gym Weekly Workout: GRAVITY Stars!

We are back this week with more from our GRAVITY Trainers. This week’s video comes from Lisa Herrington with her “Quick Fit with Lisa” workout. Lisa is a GRAVITY certified personal trainer and co-creator of “Miss Fit” boot camp in Davis, CA. She excels at leading her boot camps and personal training sessions with enthusiasm, which keeps her clients coming back for more!

Lisa Harrington

Thanks to our Certified fitness professionals that created these great workout tips.  Look for the GRAVITY workout on Total Gym in fitness facilities nationwide.

Total Gym User Testimonials – Thanksgiving Edition

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Our email inboxes continue to fill with inspiring Total Gym user stories, most recently this note from a customer in Utah:

“Just bought the Total Gym XLS…I will be using it to help in my rehab from getting hit by a car riding my bicycle. They turned left into me. I need to get ready to teach skiing here in Utah and need to get the old legs back in shape. Have started riding my new seven bike and will be using the Total Gym for the rest of my workout. ~ LS Bike, Utah.

We wish you a speedy recovery “LS Bike.”

Here’s another story from Total Gym user Keith in Tennessee:

“Thank you for making a product I truly believe in! Great product! Been using [Total Gym] for 8 years. Absolutely makes you stronger! Wonderful and easy to use. Way to go! A+ rating for your product.” ~ Keith, Oak Ridge, TN.

I look forward to reading more of our customer’s stories in the future. Please send your stories to TotalGymBlog@totalgym.com. We want to hear from you.

Cheers!

Tom C

Total Gym "Black Friday" FLASH Sale!!

You’ve been waiting all year for a deal like this! Get commercial quality Total Gym equipment at a stellar price. But you only have 12 hours this Friday, November 26 to snag these deals!

We’ve got a surplus of gently-used Total Gym GTS Commercial Models and new Total Gym Dual-Ring PlyoRebounders ready for the taking. This equipment has only been slightly used at tradeshows or photoshoots.

Total Gym GTS + Exercise Guide = FLASH Sale priced at $2,395!

Get the new dual-ring Total Gym PlyoRebounder for total body plyometric training + Workout DVD featuring Todd Durkin = FLASH Sale priced at $595!

Supplies are limited. Prices available during FLASH Sale times only – 6 AM EST to 6 PM PST. Add to cart buttons will be live during sale times only on November 26.

Happy shopping and seasons greetings from Total Gym!

Total Gym “Black Friday” FLASH Sale!!

You’ve been waiting all year for a deal like this! Get commercial quality Total Gym equipment at a stellar price. But you only have 12 hours this Friday, November 26 to snag these deals!

We’ve got a surplus of gently-used Total Gym GTS Commercial Models and new Total Gym Dual-Ring PlyoRebounders ready for the taking. This equipment has only been slightly used at tradeshows or photoshoots.

Total Gym GTS + Exercise Guide = FLASH Sale priced at $2,395!

Get the new dual-ring Total Gym PlyoRebounder for total body plyometric training + Workout DVD featuring Todd Durkin = FLASH Sale priced at $595!

Supplies are limited. Prices available during FLASH Sale times only – 6 AM EST to 6 PM PST. Add to cart buttons will be live during sale times only on November 26.

Happy shopping and seasons greetings from Total Gym!

Total Gym Weekly Workout: GRAVITY Stars!

Today starts a special 9-week video series featuring Total Gym workouts led by GRAVITY Trainers from across the country.

This year’s IDEA Fitness Convention in Los Angeles attracted thousands of fitness professionals from around the world … it also turned out a fine crop of GRAVITY Stars! Certified fitness professionals, who teach the GRAVITY workout on Total Gym in fitness facilities nationwide, auditioned for our “Be a GRAVITY Star” competition for the chance to win a trip to San Diego to participate in the taping of a GRAVITY workout DVD. What you’ll see over the next few weeks is their favorite 3 to 5 minute GRAVITY exercise routine on Total Gym, sure to meet every fitness goal.

We’ll start with the Be a GRAVITY Star winner Peg Hamlett’s Booty Butt Blast workout. Peg is a GRAVITY Master Trainer and Fitness Director at the University of Idaho. Congratulations Peg!

Peg Hamlett

Tara's Friday Bite – What to Eat on Thanksgiving

Let’s face it, mashed potatoes are good, stuffing is good and some people even feel Tofurky is good – well, good for you that is. The point is that Thanksgiving is full of decadent indulgences and an excess of calories. A common practice is to offset this giant meal by not eating anything until the feast begins. I’m here to tell you that is absolutely wrong, so don’t do it!

From a science standpoint, when you don’t eat your blood sugar drops and your body goes into starvation mode. Then when you finally introduce food to your system your blood sugar is going to shoot through the roof, turning your body into a fat-storing machine. So not only are you eating an extraordinary number of calories, you have just ensured that virtually all of it will be stored as fat.

From a physical standpoint, if you don’t eat you will be freaking hungry. Often hunger leads to crankiness, which is then combined with the stress of the holiday and ultimately could lead to an emotional explosion. When you actually do eat, you are going to literally shovel the food into your mouth. It will bypass your taste buds and leave you feeling uncomfortably full. Now you are on the couch feeling nauseous and you didn’t even really taste all of your favorite foods.

So what do you do? Eat breakfast, and if you are an evening Thanksgiving kind of family, I would eat a light lunch, too. Your breakfast should be protein based because that will keep you full much longer with fewer calories. An example of this would be egg whites with some veggies and/or salsa. If you are anti-egg, go for a soy protein based breakfast. If you’d like more protein breakfast ideas, please e-mail me. Also, consider starting your Thanksgiving morning with some exercise to jump start your metabolism. You’ll feel refreshed, healthy and possibly less prone to over-eating later.

Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday full of family, fun and food. Start your day off right so you can enjoy every bite!

Tara Coleman www.taracoleman.com

Tara Coleman is a Clinical Nutritionist living in San Diego, CA. She blogs for Total Gym Inside twice a month with “Tara’s Friday Bite.” Leave us your comments with ideas for future topics or email Tara directly at tara@taracoleman.com.

Tara’s Friday Bite – What to Eat on Thanksgiving

Let’s face it, mashed potatoes are good, stuffing is good and some people even feel Tofurky is good – well, good for you that is. The point is that Thanksgiving is full of decadent indulgences and an excess of calories. A common practice is to offset this giant meal by not eating anything until the feast begins. I’m here to tell you that is absolutely wrong, so don’t do it!

From a science standpoint, when you don’t eat your blood sugar drops and your body goes into starvation mode. Then when you finally introduce food to your system your blood sugar is going to shoot through the roof, turning your body into a fat-storing machine. So not only are you eating an extraordinary number of calories, you have just ensured that virtually all of it will be stored as fat.

From a physical standpoint, if you don’t eat you will be freaking hungry. Often hunger leads to crankiness, which is then combined with the stress of the holiday and ultimately could lead to an emotional explosion. When you actually do eat, you are going to literally shovel the food into your mouth. It will bypass your taste buds and leave you feeling uncomfortably full. Now you are on the couch feeling nauseous and you didn’t even really taste all of your favorite foods.

So what do you do? Eat breakfast, and if you are an evening Thanksgiving kind of family, I would eat a light lunch, too. Your breakfast should be protein based because that will keep you full much longer with fewer calories. An example of this would be egg whites with some veggies and/or salsa. If you are anti-egg, go for a soy protein based breakfast. If you’d like more protein breakfast ideas, please e-mail me. Also, consider starting your Thanksgiving morning with some exercise to jump start your metabolism. You’ll feel refreshed, healthy and possibly less prone to over-eating later.

Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday full of family, fun and food. Start your day off right so you can enjoy every bite!

Tara Coleman www.taracoleman.com

Tara Coleman is a Clinical Nutritionist living in San Diego, CA. She blogs for Total Gym Inside twice a month with “Tara’s Friday Bite.” Leave us your comments with ideas for future topics or email Tara directly at tara@taracoleman.com.