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Booty Building Secrets

Booty Building Secrets

Published by on March 15, 2015 | Leave a response

Booty Building Secrets

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Seems like everyone has been asking how to shape up their behind lately, so I’ve decided to let you in on a few of my closely-guarded booty-building secrets.

Most of my clients have one of the following things to say about their bum: 1) Help! My bum is too big; 2) Help! My bum is too saggy; or 3) Help! My bum is too flat.

Now let’s tackle each of these challenges with solutions that will give you the best booty ever!

I. Help! My bum is too big.
If you are suffering from an over sized behind then do the following 3 fat-blasting workouts to reduce, tighten and shape your bum.

Fat-Blaster #1: Run

Running is a great way to burn off extra body fat while developing strong glutes. Follow these 4 tips to target your glutes while running:

  1. To target your glutes focus on extending your hips and keeping your chest lifted.
  2. Roll all the way forward onto your toes with each step, in order to engage more of your glutes.
  3. Run up hills, stairs, or on the treadmill at an incline.
  4. Run on a sandy beach or gravel path – the uneven surface forces you to work harder to stabilize your lower body.

Fat-Blaster #2: Elliptical

The elliptical works well for streamlining your behind – but only when used properly. Follow these 4 tips to get the most from your elliptical workout:

  1. Posture matters. Don’t drape your upper body over the front of the elliptical machine – this will bring the focus to your quads and lower back instead of your glutes. Instead keep your back straight and posture good.
  2. Put the incline of your machine higher than seven percent. This will ensure that the emphasis is on your glutes instead of your quads.
  3. Push down with your heels with each stride. Also sink down into a squat for 30 second intervals while striding.
  4. Let go of the handles. This will force your core to stabilize you.

Fat-Blaster #3: Swim

Swimming laps is a sure way to burn tons of calories. Follow these 4 tips to get the most from your time in the pool:

  1. Start each lap with an explosive push from the wall. Place the soles of your feet flat against the side of the pool, bend your knees and explode forward with your legs.
  2. Use flippers. Sounds silly, but try a few laps with a kickboard and flippers and you’ll quickly feel the intense emphasis on your glutes.
  3. Vary your kick. Go from flutter to froggy kicks to target all of your glutes.
  4. Try some in-water squat jumps: stand in chest-level water with feet shoulder width apart, toes turned out. Bend your knees and lower your hips down then explode upward, pushing through your heels.

II. Help! My bum is too saggy.
The solution to a saggy bottom is to target your glutes. Try the following 3 bum-lifting exercises at home – these require no equipment.

Bum-Lifting Exercise #1: Hyperextension with leg curl
Lie facedown on the floor with your arms extended above your head and knees together. Bend your knees and curl your heels toward your glutes, contracting your glutes. Lower your feet back toward the floor, raise your chest and shoulders up and hold for one count before returning to the start position. Do 15 repetitions.

Bum-Lifting Exercise #2: Plank pull
Get into a plank position with hands directly under your shoulders and feet spaced shoulder width apart. Contract your core, lift your left leg with flexed foot, then raise your heel up in a quick motion for 15 reps. Keep your core contracted throughout the exercise and back flat. Repeat with right leg.

Bum-Lifting Exercise #3: Side-lying bicycle
Lie on your right side with your elbow directly under your shoulder and legs stacked on top of each other. Bend your right knee back slightly. Lift your left leg about 6 inches into the air, then draw it forward to a 90 degree angle, keeping your foot flexed. Swing your leg back, pointing your toe and extending your lower back. Do 15 repetitions and then repeat with right leg.

III. Help! My bum is too flat.
In order to build a shapely behind you’ll need to head to the gym. The following 3 booty-building exercises will give your bum a serious shape-changing workout.

Booty-Building Exercise #1: Dumbbell Squat
Place your feet wider than shoulder width apart, and turn toes out. Hold a dumbbell in each hand at your sides. Inhale as you squat down, keeping your back straight and tummy pulled in. Exhale as you press up through your heels and return to a standing position. Do 15 repetitions.

Booty-Building Exercise #2: Dumbbell Lunge
Stand with feet together and a dumbbell in each hand at your sides. Inhale as you lunge forward, keeping your lunging knee directly over your ankle. Exhale as you push off with your lunging heel, and return to the starting position. Do 15 repetitions and repeat on the other leg.

Booty-Building Exercise #3: Straight-legged Deadlift
Stand with feet shoulder width apart, a dumbbell in each hand with palms facing your thighs. Inhale as you bend forward at the hips, keeping your back flat. Lower the dumbbells down until you feel a pull in your hamstrings. Keep the dumbbells close to your legs as you exhale and straighten your legs, focusing on contracting your glutes. Do 15 repetitions.

Want to get your best booty as quickly as possible? Call 612-454-6409 or email office@altmanfitness.com now to get started on a unique fitness program that will get you on the fast track to your best booty ever.

You can do it!  I believe in you!

Your Fitness and Fat Loss Guy,

Jay

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Altman Fitness Commits to “Burn the Fat, Feed the Hungry”

Published by on November 11, 2014 | Leave a response

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Jay and Kelly Altman, Owners, Altman Fitness, Fit Body Boot Camp, Edina

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Email:  office@altmanfitness.com

 

Altman Fitness Commits to ‘Burn The Fat, Feed The Hungry’

Eden Prairie,  MN  Jay and Kelly Altman of Altman Fitness &  Fit Body Boot Camp in Edina announces it’s 5th annual ‘Burn the Fat, Feed the Hungry’  Boot Camp aimed to raise money for  Second Harvest Heartland and to promote fitness as part of a healthy lifestyle.

“Although the current economic state has improved modestly, unfortunately there is still a drastically reduced amount of donations being made to charities and non-profit organizations. So we’ve decided to kill two birds with one stone. By encouraging local neighbors to come down for a (Thanksgiving day) 45 minute Boot Camp workout where 100% of the proceeds  will go to Second Harvest Heartland to help feed the hungry – “THIS  is fitness with a purpose,” says Jay Altman, certified fitness trainer and owner of Altman Fitness’ Fit Body Boot Camp, Edina.

There will be two separate 45 minute sessions that will take place at 8 AM and 9 AM on Thanksgiving Day at Altman Fitness located at 7417 Washington Ave South in Edina. Participants must sign up for the event and all fitness levels are welcome.  The family friendly activities include fun exercises in a group atmosphere designed to burn fat, firm and tone the entire body in a safe and entertaining way.

Every participant will walk way from this workout with a better understanding of fitness and weight-loss concepts, a feeling of accomplishment and knowledge they helped a worthwhile cause.

In addition, every participant will receive as a thank you gift the “Ultimate Nutrition Guide” designed to help make healthy dietary choices simple.

The “Burn the Fat, Feed the Hungry” Boot Camp will take place Thursday, November 27th, 2014 at 8 AM and again at 9 AM.  The early bird price is just $29.99 and is valid until midnight November 8th, the price will go up after that.  We encourage all participants to give more if they can because every dollar donated is equal to approximately $9 of groceries!  All participants will receive a t-shirt for there donation.  The workout will take place at Altman Fitness (7417 Washington Ave South, Edina).  Kelly and Jay request people sign up on their website at https://altmanfitness.com/burn-the-fat-feed-the-hungry/.

“This is just a fun and social way to introduce an alternative to boring gym workouts and at the same time help out a charity that does so much to feed the hungry, especially in these current economic times,” explains Kelly Altman. “Honestly, I can’t think of a better way to spend a Thanksgiving Day morning than having a fun and energizing workout and help people that are in need.”

Jay and Kelly Altman can be contacted at (612) 454-6409 for more information.

 

To learn more about Fit Body Boot Camp and Altman Fitness click here:  www.altmanfitness.com

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Do This to End Food Temptation Now

Published by on May 13, 2014 | Leave a response

The End of Food Temptation

You start each morning with the promise to be “good” today.

You’ll refuse the baked goods at the office. You’ll speed past that fast food place at lunch. You’ll turn a blind eye to the vending machine in the mid-afternoon. And you’ll pass on the ice cream after dinner.

But… you hadn’t counted on the fact that a box of your favorite donuts would be sitting in the break room. Or that co-workers would invite you to join them for fast food place at lunch. Or that Girl Scouts would come through the office after school with boxes of thin mints. Or that your special someone would come home with a pint of Coffee Heath Bar Crunch.

And as you get into bed each night you tell yourself that tomorrow will be different.

Tomorrow you will conquer temptation.

But tomorrow comes with its own set of special circumstances and temptation gets the best of you once again.

Why Does Temptation Always Win?

We live in society where food temptations are everywhere.

  • Walk through a store and you’ll see the unhealthy food items displayed front and center.
  • Turn on the TV and you’ll be assaulted with commercials for fattening foods.
  • Open a magazine and you’ll notice glossy pin-ups of sugary snacks.
  • Go down the street and you’ll have restaurant signs clamoring for your attention.

In addition to the abundance of tempting edibles, you also have deeply ingrained positive associations with indulging.

  • You treat tempting food as a reward.
  • You turn to tempting food for comfort.
  • You rely on tempting food as stress relief.
  • You allow tempting food to become a habit.

It’s Your Turn to Win

Temptation doesn’t need to have the upper hand on you anymore. It’s time to fight back using your most powerful asset: your brain.

Your mind is an amazing thing. Once it is made up about something it is nearly impossible to change it.

A Matter of Perspective

Imagine for a moment that you’re peacefully floating down a river in an inner tube. The sun is out, the birds are chirping, and you are having a wonderful time. You feel great about the river because it is making you feel good.

Now imagine that you are in a plane flying over the river. Your eye is immediately drawn to an enormous rocky waterfall. You look up the river and just around the bend is a person floating in an inner tube, having a wonderful time, headed straight for the treacherous falls.

Do you think that after your plane ride you’d be happy to get an inner tube and float down the river? Of course you wouldn’t. You’ve seen that the river spells disaster.

You now have a negative association (watery death) with the river rather than your initial positive association (relaxing fun).

Overcoming temptation is all about building negative associations in place of existing positive ones. Use the 2 steps below to harness the power of your mind to become stronger than any temptation.

Step One: Create a Strong Negative Association with all the BAD STUFF

  • If cookies and chips and burgers are put on a pedestal in your mind as your favorite things to eat, then you will always eat unhealthy and will continue to gain weight.
  • What do you dislike about tempting food?
    • It makes you unhealthy.
    • It causes weight gain.
    • It drains your energy.
    • It kills your confidence.
    • It degrades your quality of life.
    • It hurts your love life.
  • Every time that you encounter tempting food items focus on your list of negatives. It’s time to kick those cookies off the pedestal and to put something healthy in its place.

Step Two: Create a Strong Positive Association with all the GOOD STUFF

  • Now that your mental pedestal has been cleared, put healthy food items on it. Juicy fresh fruit, crispy vegetables and savory lean meats are a great place to start.
  • What do you love about healthy food?
    • It makes you healthy.
    • It causes weight loss.
    • It boosts your energy.
    • It builds your confidence.
    • It improves your quality of life.
    • It enhances your love life.
  • Immerse yourself into the world of healthy food. Browse the aisles of a natural food store. Walk through a farmer’s market. Bring healthy snacks to work. Clear your kitchen of anything unhealthy.

Using the technique above, you will soon find that healthy food is your favorite food.

And temptation will become a thing of your past.

 

Your Fitness and Fat Loss Guy

Jay

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3 Proven Tips to Make More Time

3 Proven Tips to Make More Time

Published by on April 11, 2013 | Leave a response

So how do you make more time to exercise, cook, and carve out some extra ME time? After interacting with thousands of clients, I’ve simmered it down to 3 high impact proven tips to get you exercising and moving more consistently than ever.

But first, allow me to go off on a brief one minute love rant on how some people complain about not having enough time in a day, but even if they did have a 25-hour or even a 30-hour day, they still wouldn’t get it all done….

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And now that’s off my chest, let’s move forward with how to break the old cycles of time lack and invite the new cycles of time abundance.

More Time Tip #1: Go to Bed Earlier

“Wait a second! If I go to bed earlier, I have less time!” – Anonymous

On the contrary, by going to bed earlier and being more in line with your natural circadian rhythm, you have more energy during the day and therefore more QUALITY time.

Early to Bed Early to Rise

Quality time is really what you want, isn’t it? Not more mid-afternoon brain fog time.  Not more time reading the same thing over and over because you’re so tired you can’t even think.  Not more time with your family where the only thing you can do is exist with them while in zombie mode.

How about more ENERGY to get done with your work earlier and have a better workout, clearer thinking, and real quality family time?

And by getting to bed earlier, you are more likely to wake up earlier (probably without an alarm clock) to get a better start to your day and maybe even get that extra hour you are looking for.

“Oh but now I don’t have time to watch a movie every night.” – Anonymous

Yeah well, some people prefer watching movies about other people being successful, while others prefer living successful lives worth making movies out of. After all, the most successful people are the early risers.

 

More Time Tip #2: Make an Appointment with Yourself

Imagine that critical appointment that comes up that you are willing to drop everything for because you just have to do it.

Time For MeNow imagine what it would be like to treat your exercise time or any “ME time” with this same level of importance and urgency.

Remember, you cannot give to others what you don’t already have.

Take care of yourself first, and you will have much more to give to others.
So right now, schedule a 1 hour appointment with yourself for tomorrow, and the next day, and the next and the next.

Yes, you are worth it, and you owe it to yourself and everyone else.

 

More Time Tip #3: Trust the Process!

Trust the Process Calm DownAbove all else, trust the process. Trust that creating a new routine can be challenging at first as you are essentially taking that road less traveled. But once you start traveling it, the path does get easier.

Momentum is built. You start craving exercise like you were once craving sweets. You start enjoying getting the extra rest at night because getting stronger happens when you sleep, and you actually FEEL the difference.

Some say it takes 21 days to form a new habit. Others say 30 days.

But one thing is certain good new habits are totally worth it: and it all starts with Day 1.

And that day is today.

Trust the Process It will make sense

Your Fitness and Fat Loss Guy

Jay

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Try This Body Weight Workout Challenge and Let Me Know What You Think

Published by on September 10, 2012 | Leave a response

Body Weight Workout Challenge

This workout is from my good friend and fitness expert Shawna Kaminski.  I was just in Las Vegas with her and I can tell you that Shawna really knows her stuff.  And in addition to that she is a lot of fun to hang out with and learn new ways to help people live better lives.   Anyway here’s a great workout from Shawna.  Click on this link to check out an interview I did with Shawna a couple of days ago:  https://youtu.be/dPUPa_T_Kg4

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Hey, I’m Shawna Kaminski, AKA ‘the Pull Up Queen’. I love to do challenging workouts, especially when they include pull ups.

Bodyweight workouts are super fun. They’re a great way to kick your own butt and you really have no excuse NOT to get in a workout when all you need is your own body as a tool.

I’ve got a cool workout for you to try. I like to do timed sets because once the workout is set up, it’s on auto-pilot and it goes by fast. I get so conditioned to hearing a ‘beep’ with timed sets that sometimes if I’m in a grocery store and hear someone’s watch go off I feel like hitting the floor for some push ups.

It’s pretty hard to train your back with any kind of intensity without a pull up bar of sorts. In this workout, I’ve added pull ups. If you can’t do pull ups, you can do inverted rows or assisted pull ups (or any number of modifications I give in my program).

If you have no pull up bar, you’ll just have to go drag your car by it’s bumper to hit your posterior chain (fancy words for you back, bum and hamstrings). Basically, you need to be pulling to be working your back. You push to work your chest. The pull of gravity with your body weight is your resistance. Anytime you can find something to hang off, you’re all set for a back workout. I’ve been known to hang from the rafters in an airport, off a lifeguard tower on a beach, off a low bridge over a creek. Geesh, just look up and you’re sure to find something…but safety first, make sure whatever you grab onto can hold your bodyweight 😉

Here’s the workout:

Set your timer for five sets of 1 min with a 10 second transition time. A gymboss timer works well for this.

Burpee
Pull ups
Squats
Push ups
Box jumps (or bench step ups)

Count your reps for each set and record (during the 5 second transition).

Rest 2 minutes between sets.

Repeat up to 3 times trying to match your reps from the first set.

This is a quick 15 minute workout, but trust me, it’s a tough one. I was totally toasted when I did it.

The next time out when I repeat the workout, I’ll try to beat the number of reps in each set. At least now I have a benchmark.

Now pull ups are a tough move. They’re one of those things that you either CAN do or you just CAN’T. I have some ways to help you achieve your pull up best, it’s not like you can ‘change’ your body weight, so a few tricks are in order. You can find them in my Challenge Workout program.

Shawna Kaminski is a retired schoolteacher of 20 years who’s found her passion in the fitness industry. She’s been a competitive athlete all her life and has competed nationally in three sports. She’s parlayed her ability to teach and her love of training into programs that you can directly benefit from. Shawna is in her late forties, is a mother of two teenagers and understands how busy life can be. Her workouts are short and intense and often can be done anywhere. She’s always up for a challenge and shares her fitness challenges with you. Currently she runs her own fitness boot camps and coaches clients in person and online with her amazing result getting programs.

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1 degree of change can make a huge difference in your life. Check this out…

Published by on June 11, 2012 | Leave a response

Think about hot water.
At 211 degrees Fahrenheit you can make a good cup of tea.
But one degree more – 212 Fahrenheit – and you create steam….that can power a 100 ton train!
That’s why in life it’s vital you seek out the one extra degree of difference that…
• Makes a ‘good’ body…a great body you love
• Turns your current health….into the best health to last a lifetime
• And your ‘good’ mindset….into an unstoppable mindset that you can do anything

Kaizen (???), Japanese for “improvement”, or “change for the better” refers to philosophy or practices that focus upon continuous improvement of processes in manufacturing, engineering, game development, and business management. This same concept can be easily adapted to fitness and weight loss. Just one percent of change can be the difference between that hot cup of tea and the steam that can power that 100 ton steam engine.
Small daily changes allow you to achieve a boiling point…and power ahead.
Meet Cara, an Altman Fitness Bootcamp member for the last 16 months.
One of the little shifts that allowed Cara to go from 255 lbs, pre-diabetic, joint issues, and literally at rock bottom to losing 90lbs and 80 inches, no longer pre-diabetic and feeling unstoppable….was transforming her ‘self-image’.
Cara found that even though she had left behind her ‘old life’….she still had old beliefs dragging her down…
“I am not smart enough”…”I am no good” ….’I am a loser’ etc.
Cara changed these beliefs by immersing herself around inspiring influences.
• She listened only to the positive people in her life…
• She spent time with high achieving people…
• She ridded her life of toxic relationships…
• And she took new positive actions each day!

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