ENERGY FITNESS by josh February Newsletter

ENERGY FITNESS by josh February Newsletter

Greetings Friends! I don’t know about you, but I am over the COLD weather. Thank goodness we only have another month or so of this ugliness! In the mean time, let’s keep those bodies warm and “ENERGY FIT!”
Take advantage of my “Group Fitness/Circuit Training” specials:
• $100 for unlimited classes for the month of February/$15 per class.

Location/Schedule:
Hardwick Activity Center; 15354 Old Hickory Blvd. Nashville, TN 37211
Monday: 9:30 am; 6:00 pm; Wednesday: 9:30 am; 6:00 pm; Friday: 9:30 am;
Saturday: 8:30 am.

• Group Fitness/Circuit Training Classes will be changing locations starting in March. We will be moving outdoors to welcome the spring weather. Stay tuned for more details/schedule in a future email.

ENERGY FITNESS by josh Presents…”NO EXCUSES!!!” Workout DVD $15
Do you find yourself making excuses for not having time to get a quick, effective workout in? Well, NOW it's time to cut out the excuses with this "quick fix" training program that can be performed in the comfort of your own home, or while traveling on the road and staying in hotels or tour buses with "NO EXCUSES!"
You only need tubing, an exercise ball, 5-8 lb. dumbbells, and a jump rope to work your way toward a happy and healthier "YOU!"

I am confident you will find a workout routine and level of intensity that will work best for you and your current fitness level.

"GET READY TO FINALLY ENJOY WORKING OUT WITH...NO EXCUSES!"

To order your copy of "NO EXCUSES!!" visit the website @ www.energyfitnessbyjosh.com

ENERGY FIT News:
• Pick up a copy of this month’s Nashville Lifestyles Magazine, “Single in the City,” and check out my new fitness column. February’s topic is “Solo in the Gym,” which focuses on the benefits of working out all by your lonesome. If you are not a subscriber, visit www.nashvillelifestyles.com to order your subscription.

• Join Pageant Veteran, Sarah McClary Glitzer of Spotlight Consulting, and “Trainer to the Stars,” Josh Rogers of ENERGY FITNESS by josh, as they team up and bring a one of a kind “ Kentucky Beauty Queen Boot Camp” to Lexington, Kentucky on March 6th. Fadil Berisha, renowned photographer and the official photographer for the Miss Universe Organization will also be on hand. The camp will focus on:
-Fitness Regiments and Nutrition Planning
-Goal -Setting for an upcoming pageant
-Mastering the Pageant Interview
-Writing a Bio that captures the Judges
-Runway Techniques and Stage Presentation
-Mental Strength and Confidence Building Techniques
-And MUCH MORE…
Space is LIMITED—REGISTER TODAY @ http://marchbqbc.eventbrite.com or contact Sarah Glitzer @ sglitzer@gmail.com or Josh Rogers @ energyfitbyjosh@yahoo.com.

• CONGRATULATIONS to Miss Kentucky America, Mallory Ervin, on her 4th runner-up finish @ Miss America; Stefanie Whitler, Miss Tennessee America, on her 2nd runner-up finish @ Miss America; and CC Barber, Miss Oregon, on her top 15 placement and preliminary swimsuit win.

• Please, please, please send me your favorite healthy recipes, success stories, funny quotes, etc. to share in my newsletters. After all, cooking is not my forte and I have searched the internet high and low for every healthy recipe known to man. However, I still manage to over-cook, burn, forget ingredients, you name it…I need some help here!!! Hint, Hint…

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In correlation with Valentines Day, I wanted to share a touching story that I came across on the internet, courtesy of www.neurotalk.psychcentral.com. Keep your tissue box close…
A Love Story: A Fitness Instructor and her Paralyzed Husband

It is, no doubt, a major act of love.

But I couldn't help wondering if it's not also a little cruel – dragging a paralyzed guy to an exercise class.

At the Lifetime Fitness in Plano, instructor Cheryl Pacinda leads her usual Monday morning spin class.

Some 50 people are arrayed in front of her on stationary bikes, all pedaling madly to the pounding music and Cheryl's peppy, nonstop encouragements.

And as usual, beside Cheryl at the front of the room is one small island of stillness in the whirring sea of hyperactivity.

It is Cheryl's husband, Mark, permanently stilled by ALS. Or Lou Gehrig's disease.

While everyone else in the room mops sweat with white towels, 45-year-old Mark sits in his wheelchair with two blue blankets pulled up tightly beneath his chin, protection against the gusts of air conditioning.

It is a scene almost too incongruous to comprehend: Cheryl's relentless, high-energy motion contrasted against Mark's placid immobility.

At times, Cheryl is on her stationary bike at the front of the room, calling the pace on a headset microphone. At other times, she flits around the room, exhorting the riders on.

And in the midst of it all, without missing a beat, she attends to her husband. "You OK, honey? You want a suction?"

He blinks out a "No." For the moment, the breathing tube in his throat isn't clogged.

Slight movement of the head is all the motion Mark has left. The scourge of ALS is that it leaves the brain functioning fine inside a body that quits inch by inch.

In a chat after spin class, I heard Mark and Cheryl's story.

Ketchup packets, of all things, first alerted Mark that something was going haywire. Suddenly he couldn't make his fingers tear them open.

This was in Houston in early 1997. Mark was a regional manager for Taco Bell. Cheryl was the fitness director at an exercise center. They were planning a November wedding.

The awful ALS diagnosis came in late May. They married a week later. "Because I love him," Cheryl said, simply enough.

Mark needed to immediately begin some experimental drugs – medicine that could be harmful to a pregnancy. "But we had wanted to have children," Cheryl said. "The doctor said, 'You have one month.' "

Mark gave me a sly grin when I turned to congratulate him on his virility. I had already heard they are parents of an 11-year-old son.

To better fight the coming paralysis, Mark and Cheryl moved to Carrollton and consolidated households with his parents.

Cheryl has been Mark's nearly sole caregiver from the start.

Mark can mouth a few words. Other words he blinks out, stopping Cheryl as she recites the alphabet.

"Most people have caregivers they do not know," Mark said. "It is better to have someone who loves you."

He smiled and cut his eyes toward Cheryl. "Aww," she said, giving him a tender pat.

Partly for the money, partly for her own health and sanity, Cheryl began leading fitness classes again. But Mark didn't like being left behind.

So contrary to my qualms about a paralyzed guy in an exercise class, Mark loves tagging along.

"I don't care what people think," he blinked. "It is better than being home in bed."

As it turns out, Cheryl's energetic style and Mark's quiet presence have made her classes very popular.

Several people in the spin class told me the same thing as Monday's session ended:

Cheryl works them. Mark inspires them.

Resource of the Month: (instead of a recipe—more fitting coming from me!!!)
This recommendation is courtesy of Kristie Koerner. Want to know the calorie count and nutritional value of your favorite recipe/dinner. Look no farther…You can just copy and paste ingredients from a recipe and it converts everything...
http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php
ENJOY…Thanks Kristie!!!

I want to wish everyone celebrating a birthday, anniversary, special event, etc. Congratulations and Best Wishes! And a Happy Valentines to you all!!! Thanks for being FABULOUS and “ENERGY FIT!!!”
Until Next Time…


COMMIT 2 BE FIT,
Josh Rogers
B.S., Exercise Science; NASM, C.P.T.
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