Generally we exercise to stay fit and to lose weight, right? Drinking slushie on the other hand means gaining back the calories we lost from exercising. However, in the article “To Beat the Heat, Drink a Slushie First” written by Gina Kolata in New York Times, it features that pre-cooling effect which you get from drinking slushie before exercising can delay exhaustion.

If you are hitting the park for rigorous outdoor sports or exercise during a hot day, then take time first to read the article “To Beat the Heat, Drink a Slushie First”. Although you may wonder how you can put in vain the burned calories by sipping ice slurry, it is worth to find out and understand that sipping slushie can be beneficial to you too.

Read the full article ‘ To Beat the Heat, Drink a Slushie First ‘ from NYTimes.com Fitness and Nutrition.

There is an interesting article written by Tina Haupert in Health.com entitled “3 Ways to Eat Slowly (and Lose Weight!)”.

Eating slowly is quite a classic advice for those who want to shed extra pounds though oftentimes we do the contrary. We rush for breakfast meal to catch the bus or take a quick lunch to be on time for the next meeting. We live in a fast pace and demanding world which most of the time leads us to ignoring a scrumptious meal.

Then in return we are hungry later in the afternoon or in the evening. Hence, it is quite common that we storm our fridge the moment we reach home to satisfy our hungry stomach. Read more…

Manchester FitParks has opened. Damian Gilder is the park trainer and the sessions are run every Tuesday and Thursday. The sessions start at 6.30pm and all girls meet in St Mary’s Car Park, Prestwich. The cost of the training sessions are £35 per month. Please call the office on 0800 634 3070 to reserve your space or register by visiting www.fitparks.co.uk.

Our residential FitFarms courses are becoming booked up quickly. The next available course is 26th March at our Exmoor site. We are still offering the return rate of £300 off the advertised price. This brings down the cost of the single room to £1195 and the shared room to £795.

Visit FitParks Weight Loss Boot Camp Website for more information about the programme.

November was the busiest month of the year for FitFarms. We ran three fitness and weight loss camps on 13th, 20th and 27th November. We are closed for the month of December and we’re back in action on 22nd January.

Julie and Stephen have started to plan the Advanced FitFarms programme. We will be running two in 2010 one in March and the other in September. FitFarms will send a newsletter to everyone with full details of the course.

We will also send a newsletter informing you of which parks FitParks will be opening in next. It will probably be Battersea in London followed by the other London parks.

We wish everyone a Happy Christmas and Julie (health manager) has a special Christmas message.

“Remember the 80% - 20% rule over the festive season and don’t forget to carry on exercising Happy Christmas to you all” - Julie

Visit our Weight Loss Programme websites:
UK Fat Camp | UK Fitness Boot Camp | UK Children Weight Loss

By Julie Brealy

Have you watched the biggest loser? Is it amazing to see their body transformation from obese to healthy and well toned physique? You witness how they train hard and are challenged to take their body’s limits in weight loss and fitness boot camps.

These rigorous physical activities s are indeed effective in shedding unwanted pounds and building fitness fast. So if you consider this option to get fit, here are at least the five things you can expect in any fitness or weight loss camps.

Varied Activities. The exercise activities are varied because a fitness boot camp aims to break the boring and monotonous routines in the typical gym.

Spirit of Teamwork. It is more motivating to workout with people who shared the same goals as yours. Also, your group and instructor can be source of inspiration and support to help you continue with your fitness program. It will be a teamwork motivation and effort for a common goal.

After-Program Support. It is easy to workout if you are surrounded with motivated individuals however the greater challenge awaits after you finish the boot camp program. It is important that your boot camp has support group or person you can contact after the program is over.

In this way, you can rely for support and find a source for motivation in situations where you are discouraged to continue keeping a healthy lifestyle.

Educational. As part of your training, it is expected that your trainers will impart you with tips and information about health, weight, fitness and nutrition. These are valuable information that you can use particularly once the fitness or weight loss program is over.

Qualified Personnel. It is not only about the trainer’s qualification. There should be qualified nutritionist and dietitians too. A long term weight loss is sustained through proper balance in nutrition and exercise.

These are at least the five things you can expect from a weight loss or fitness boot camp. You pay to get fit so make sure that it happens and you get back your money’s worth.

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FitParks has opened in Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham.

The FitParks trainer is called Wendy and her first session was brilliant. Twenty of the women who arrived at the park for ‘the first session is free’ had an hour of Wendy’s intense but fun workout. All the women have signed up for the month where they will receive two one hour training sessions per week, nutritional advice from Julia FitzGerald the nutritional thereapist from The Daily Telegraph, exercise reminders and access to a forum where you can receive support from trainers and friends you meet in the park training session. The Sports Science boot camp approach creates a more caring enviroment than the military boot camp approach. The FitParks trainers will give you better results short and long term due to sports science that they have studied. Training sessions are fun, varied and results driven.