Posts Tagged ‘health’
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
We live in an unhealthy society today where the majority of us sit in front of computer all day and we feed ourselves to excess usually with foods that are filled with saturated fats, sugars and too much salt. The result is unhealthy habits that are leading to our rising obesity statistics and illnesses related to America’s new found lifestyle. Then on top of these horrible habits Americans are getting lazy. Now don’t get me wrong personal training and Illuminate Gym are built on building ‘liability’ into people’s pursuit of fitness. After all, 80% of all people who buy simple gym memberships will not return to the gym within 4 months.
Either way the point is with horrible eating habits and a lack of motivation for fitness it shouldn’t be a suprise that we could see the first generation who will have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. That’s a scary statistic to think about isn’t it? The point is that people need to start focusing on what they put in their bodies on a daily basis and also they need to get out of that chair they have grown so accustomed to sitting in and get active! It doesn’t matter what you do, but you have to make time to burn the calories your consuming and make sure you’re not taking in too many calories. It’s a very easy thing to take care of ourselves, yet for some reason we make it very hard for ourselves to take that step to ensure we have a healthy future. Instead we make investments for a healthy financial future, yet we don’t plan for a healthy future???? That doesn’t make any sense at all does it??
It’s time to get out there and start working out for a better future and start looking at the food you are eating and not just tasting it. Have a healthy day and check us out at www.illuminategym.com!
Tags: diet, fat, fit, Fitness, gym, gym membership, health, healthy, Nutrition, personal trainer, personal training, salt, sugars, unhealthy, www.illuminategym.com
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
As personal trainers we always hear women say one key thing, ‘I don’t want to build too much muscle while working out.’ This is a common concern of many clients who are interested in hiring a personal trainer and you can almost see it in their faces as they walk into the gym and they see weight equipment…. All of sudden their eyes open and they start to have visions of them walking on a stage in a string bikini looking like a professional bodybuilder. ‘I don’t want to build too much muscle… I don’t want to look like a man… I don’t want my arms to get bigger…’ starts racing through these women’s minds.
If you are a person who is thinking about hiring a personal trainer don’t be concerned about building muscle. Many people have no idea how hard it truly is to build muscle. Now there is some truth that some of us have more of a genetic disposition to build muscle. However, it’s still a tough for a woman, or anyone for that matter, to build a substantial amount of muscle tissue. You see the issue is that our society has been jaded by the use of steroids. Steroids have actually changed our perception of what the human body is really capable of achieving either through muscle growth or human performance. Many women and men have seen photographs of bodybuilders and athletes who have changed their body’s chemistry to obtain muscle mass and they are convinced that they could look like that by training with a personal trainer twice a week.
The honest truth is to build a substantial amount of muscle you need to make sure you are eating enough calories and the right sort of calories to gain muscle. To lose weight you obviously need to eat less calories than you consume on a daily basis and to build muscle you have to eat more calories than you are burning. That being said a ‘bodybuilder’ must make sure that he/she is getting enough calories from fat, carbohydrates, and of course protein. Then it just takes a lot of hard work and some help with some genetics. Some people struggle for years just to gain 5 pounds of muscle.
The other side of this argument is what the heck is so bad about gaining muscle? Did you know that muscle burns 10 calories a day by just living in your body? That’s right. You see fat is not a living tissue, it’s merely storage, but muscle on the other hand is a living tissue that burns calories every day. So in my mind gaining muscle is actually a good thing because the more you have the more efficient and thermogenic your body becomes. And don’t worry about gaining bulky muscles ladies. It’s really hard to do. Thanks so much for reading and have a healthy day!
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
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David Sedbrook
1-877-427-2615
Franchise@illuminategym.com
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Illuminate Gym Supports the Cancer Coalition
DENVER—July 9, 2010—Illuminate Gym, affordable personal training featuring unique High Oxygen Training (HOT), announced today that they have pledged to support the Cancer Coalition.
Illuminate Gym pledged their support earlier this month to the cause of the Cancer Coalition to ensure that the journey to a cure for Cancer continues. Though the economy is poor Illuminate Gym has always believed that they shouldn’t lose focus that they are company built on the principle of helping people to a healthier future. “I think it’s fair to say that Cancer has touch everyone’s lives and here at Illuminate Gym we currently feel we owe it to our families, our clients in remission and our clients who are currently fighting Cancer to do our part to find a cure for this horrible disease,” CEO and founder David Sedbrook said.
Illuminate Gym was named because the founders wished to ‘light’ the way for people to a brighter and healthier future. However, though Illuminate Gym can help people lose weight and obtain their fitness goals, Cancer can be an unstoppable force that can leave all of us helpless. Because of this Illuminate Gym has pledged to support the research and treatment of Cancer as much as they possibly can. As a company Illuminate Gym also asks that you consider giving some contribution to help treat Cancer in the future.
If you have any other questions about Illuminate Gym and their franchise opportunities then please check them out at www.illuminategym.com/franchises.php. Thanks so much for reading and Illuminate Gym hopes you have a healthy day!
Tags: Cancer, Cancer Coalition, cure, Fitness, gym, health, healthy, illuminate gym, personal trainer, www.illuminategym.com, www.illuminategym.com/franchises.php
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
The 4thof July weekend is over and now it’s time to get back to work here at Illuminate Gym. Personal Trainers are meeting with their clients and helping them become as fit as possible. Now that your holiday weekend is over what do you have planned to help yourself become as fit as possible? Not sure huh? Well here at Illuminate Gym we are preaching to our clients that to honor your country this year why not make make sure that we make America a little healthierone person at a time. We think the best way to do this is to start with the person you see in the mirror. Maybe it’s time for you to hire a personal trainer at Illuminate Gym and make this the healthiest year of your life. Thanks so much for reading our blog here at Illuminate Gym and if you are interested in reading more about High Oxygen Training, Illuminate Gym, Personal Training, or our franchise opportunities then please check us out at www.illuminategym.com. Thanks for reading and have a healthy day!
Tags: fit, Fitness, franchise opportunity, gym, health, High Oxygen Training, illuminate gym, obesity, personal trainer, personal training
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
As the world follows suit and begins to advance itself with technology a few things are happening. Number one the world is becoming more sedentary and the other is they are learning more about lifestyles of others around the world. This has opened the door for fitness franchises to help new customers around the world with their fitness goals because health concerns will undoubtedly increase as individuals become glued to their computers n both their professional and personal lives. Also the interest in bodybuilding and body sculpting continues to grow across the world as the Internet has provided a way for international people to see the physical benefits of a hard fitness regimen. Because of this Illuminate Gym is open to the franchise opportunities and possibilities in the Middle East and Europe. Currently, Illuminate Gym has been in talks with an international franchisee in Cairo, Egypt for the past 6 months about the possibility of bringing High Oxygen Training and Illuminate Gym to the Middle East. We are hopeful in the next 5 years to take our franchise model abroad. If you are interested in hearing about the franchise opportunities here at Illuminate Gym please take a look at our website at www.illuminategym.com or contact us directly at 1-877-427-2615. Thanks so much for reading and have a healthy day!
Tags: abroad, Cairo, Egypt, Fitness, fitness franchise, fitness franchises, franchise, franchising, gym, health, High Oxygen Training, illuminate gym, international franchise, personal training franchise
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Monday, June 28th, 2010
Two clients at Illuminate Gym in Denver, Colorado are currently in the fight of their lives with Cancer but they have both made the choice to fight back with fitness. One of these clients has already beaten Cancer once, but this time she is fighting even harder by keeping her body healthy and lean before her chemotherapy treatments begin. The other customer has already gotten into the mind set that he will beat Cancer and he refuses to live a life without fitness. Both of these customers have made it very clear the Illuminate Gym helps them stay fit both physically and mentally because our personal trainers are committed to not letting our customers quit. We won’t quit on them and in turn, we ask them to not to quit on their fitness or their futures. These two customers of Illuminate Gym are extremely brave and though they’re letting Illuminate Gym help in the fight against Cancer we believe everyone needs to fight for a healthier future with fitness. Over 30% of the adult population in the United States is obese and these people are all at risk for diabetes, heart disease and other ailments that could lead to an early death. Fitness is an investment you have to make in your future and Illuminate Gym offers personal training at a very affordable rate to keep you focused on reaching your fitness goals and ensuring their is a healthy future in front of you. Thanks so much for reading the blog at www.illuminategym.com. Have a healthy day!
Tags: Cancer, clients, Colorado, Denver, Fitness, gym, health, illuminate gym, personal trainer, personal trainers, personal training, www.illuminategym.com
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
So the question on every one’s mind is how do I stay fit? And what is fit to you? Is being fit looking a certain way? Is being fit avoiding the health concerns that usually follow obesity and poor eating habits? Whatever fitness is for you it’s important that you stay focused on making it a priority no matter what life throws your way. As time as evolved humans have become much more dependant on technology and their minds rather than their bodies. Because of this change in lifestyle we have become a much more sedentary species that has sacrificed a lot to become more ’sophisticated’ and ‘complex’. Today manual labor continues to shrink and our ability to find food around every corner is so simple that we’re becoming fat. It’s important no matter what your lifestyle consists of that you make sure that you are active for at least 20 minutes a day and also watch your diet as closely as possible because you don’t want to be another obesity statistic.
Today Illuminate Gym is committed through personal training and diet guidelines to help our customers live healthier and more fit lives. If you or someone you know needs help with your fitness before you cross a line of no-return please find a fitness/nutrition professional who can help you conquer your fitness goals or you can contact us here at Illuminate Gym at www.illuminategym.com. Thanks so much for reading and have a healthy day!
Tags: eating habits, fit, Fitness, goals, gym, health, illuminate gym, Nutrition, personal trainers, personal training, www.illuminategym.com
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
As the new year approaches many people are looking to make a life change for the better and why not it’s been 10 years since brought in the year 2000 and are you where you want to be in life? At illuminate gym we see a resurgence of people every new year who are looking to make the new year a little more healthy than the year before. Some will succeed in their journey to becoming a better version of themselves and others will fall into the same patterns of the year before only to find themselves in worse shape than they were the last time they made the failed new year’s resolution.
The question we should all be asking ourselves is what is our new year’s resolution this year? Is it to become a little healthier this year? Is it to become more successful in our professional lives? Or maybe it’s your goal to become and entrepreneur. Here at illuminate gym our goals for 2010 are to introduce our business model across the country with franchise opportunities. Here at illuminate gym we are in the business of changing people’s lives for the better. If your new year’s resolution in 2010 includes getting healthier or starting your own business then illuminate gym can help. Our franchise opportunity has never been more affordable than it is today and we also are looking to invest in qualified franchisees. The new year is right around the corner and 2010 is ripe for change for all of us. So make goals for your health, your future, and your career path. The find a way to align yourself with people who can help you achieve your goals and start moving forward. Don’t waste another year on hollow promises and resolutions to yourself. Make this year different by living the life you want to live. If that means you want to look a certain way, live a certain way, or find that career that really fulfills your life then make it happen. At illuminate gym we can help with any of these requests. So why not make a commitment to yourself and your future and check out illuminate gym either for a personal trainer of for a future career.
We look forward to hearing from you soon and please check us out at www.illuminategym.com/franchises.php. Have a healthy day.
Tags: 2010, Fitness, fitness franchises, franchise, franchise opportunity, franchises, gym, health, illuminate gym, new year, new year's resolution, New Years
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
“Is this a good time to buy a franchise… and start a business??” is a question we have been hearing from perspective franchisees at illuminate gym for the past 6 months. People are concerned about the economy and the buying power of America as the long recession continues to carry on. In Colorado, we have plans to open at least one more franchise unit by early 2010 and we continue to speaking with people across the United States. However, it’s the question that lingers on which is making people hesitant to become entrepreneurs…. ‘the economy??’ …. ‘it’s the economy stupid!’ , we heard from Bill Clinton in the early ’90’s and we have come full circle again. I can appreciate people’s fears as they look into opening a franchise and the fear that goes into investing money at a time when Americans are not spending as much money. However, at the end of the day starting a franchise during any economic climate is always going to be a risk you have to be willing to take to be a business owner. Today there are some definate pro’s to starting a business during these times….
1. I have never seen landlords so willing to negotiate with franchises on price per square foot because many centers are only partially filled and some money is always better than no money. When the economy turns for the better these same landlords will be less likely to negotiate with such aggressive demands by franchisors and their franchisees.
2. If your business is successful during these tough economic times then you should find your business or franchise flourishing when this economy turns around.
3. At illuminate gym we have also found that some of our preferred vendors are much more likely to offer deals to our franchisees on such things as, exercise equipment.
I personally think right now is wonderful time to start a business and really to start laying the ground work to be very successful in the next few years. You have to remember as an entrepreneur that their is always risk involved with starting your own franchise or business. That risk is what separates entrepreneurs from employees or leaders from soldiers. You have to be willing to take that risk on yourself. As a business owner myself I know that owning your own business can be very challenging but it can also be the most rewarding adventure of your life.
Also as a side note we would like to let you know that we also understand that every franchise opportunity is different but illuminate gym continues to prosper during these tough economic times because we offer incredible service from our personal trainers and the results we obtain with ‘High Oxygen Training’ is really second to none. We have also found in a tough economy that people are still focused on their over all health and fitness. People understand the importance of feeling and being healthy as it pertains to their quality of life. Working out at a place like illuminate gym with a personal trainer is good for people’s physical and psychological well being. At illuminate gym we have found that over the past 6 months we have had an influx of clients who are even out of work right now, yet they still find a way to take care of themselves physically and mentally with future success on their mind. Maybe it’s time you think of your future success! If you are interested in illuminate gym’s franchise opportunities then please give us a call or check us out at www.illuminategym.com/franchises.php. Thanks so much for reading and have a healthy day!
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
We understand here at illuminate gym that not all franchises are selling a healthy product or service. In fact, I would venture to say that most franchises sell unhealthy products because the purpose of franchises are to make money rather than help people’s lives. At illuminate gym we feel we can do both by helping people become the best they can be with our ‘High Oxygen Training’. However, today I found an unnamed tanning salon franchsie that is trying to sell tanning as if it was a healthy thing that we all should be doing. The slogan literally said get your Vitamin D for the day here. I was shocked to see the a company literally was trying to sell cancer causing ultraviolet rays as something healthy for the human body. It’s true that we can get Vitamin D from ultraviolet rays from the sun. However, scientific studies show that spending 15-20 minutes outside during the day gives you enough Vitamin D for an entire day.
Please don’t misunderstand me because I do think it’s fine that this company is selling tanning salons as a franchise. I just think it’s rediculous to sell their product as if it were healthy. What if MacDonald’s started using the slogan ‘Eat a Big Mac a day to get a portion of protein your body needs’. What MacDonald’s would be failing to tell you is all the sodium, cholesterol, sugars, and saturated fats that come along with that Big Mac. And MacDonald’s knows how rediculous this is as well so they stick to making food that tastes good rather than acting as if it is healthy. Maybe cigarette companies should hire this tanning salon franchise to help them with a new pitch to sell their poduct. I can see it now… ‘Cigarettes are committed to fighting the obesity in America because they are in fact an appetite suppresent.’
At illuminate gym we understand that it must be hard to package a product or a franchise concpet when your product or service could cause cancer, heart disease, obesity and even death. However, a tanning salon should not act like sitting in a tanning bed is in some way a daily vitamin because it’s just not. At illuminate gym we’ll continue to grow our franchise concpet around health, fitness and helping people become a better version of themselves. After all, there is no excuse to not be the best you can be. Have a healthy day.
Tags: Big Mac, Fitness, fitness franchise, franchise, franchise concept, health, healthy, High Oxygen Training, MacDonald's, tanning, tanning salon, tanning salons, Vitamin D
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