Dan Cole won his first MMA (mixed martial arts) competition on Saturday, June 13, 2009! Dan competed in the heavy weight division and earned a second round TKO (technical knockout). This bout was held in Newark, Delaware and was promoted by Bentley Promotions and was called, "Combat in the Cage." Dan plans to compete again in October.
The Wall Street Journal questions today whether calorie counters are accurate.
I wear one often when I workout. I've always assumed as an article of faith that they were inaccurate. But who cares? I don't care if my scale is five pounds heavy or five pounds light as long as it is consistently five pounds heavy or five pounds light. Similarly, I think calorie counters measure effort and work, regardless of what that work is.
Calories burned is an unimportant statistic. But as the Journal article points out, they are good for motivation, citing a three-month study of 57 people trying to lose weight that was published in the journal Obesity in 2007. The study found that people who used the calorie counter with diet and exercising counseling
lost 13.6 pounds, compared with only nine pounds for a control group who
received only the counseling.
These mind games we all play with ourselves for motivation matter. Use any weapon you can find in your arsenal to get you to your most motivated place. For many of us, this includes inaccurate calorie counters.
People and their personal trainers love their ab workouts. "Core is key" you can hear your personal trainer saying. Medical experts, however, are not as convinced. This is underscored by a recent New York Times article that is worth reading if you are a ab guy or girl or if you have any problems at all with your back.
The Spring Shape Up was a huge hit in April and May! If you don't already know, the Spring Shape Up is a series of 3 clinics to help you get your body ready for spring! The first clinic was held on Saturday, April 18th at 11 a.m. and was led by personal trainer, Ghani. Last month, the Spring Shape-Up was led by personal trainer, Beth, ka "Beauty." The third clinic of the Spring Shape Up will take place on Saturday, June 27th at 11:00 a.m. and will be led by personal trainer, Erin! This clinic is limited to the first 20 people to sign-up, so sign up today! The best part is that this clinic is FREE...yippee!
This press release is for immediate release. Okay, not really, this is just a blog post, not an actual press release. But it sounded pretty cool!
Heather is the new face here at Club One! Heather has two small children, Lilli and Hunter. Heather is studying homeland security when not playing with her children. For fun, Heather likes to cook and bake! You can see Heather at the club most evenings and weekends! She is very friendly and can't wait to meet you!
Christine
Clements is another new part the Club One team. Christine attends
You're you starting to get confused by all of these similar names? We now have one Christina, two Christines, and one Christen. Here is a quick review of who is who... Christine Clements is in daycare in the evenings, Christina Woebkenberger is in the playroom in the mornings as well as a personal trainer, Christine Llano teaches pilates on Thursday, and I am Christen Jeter.
Congratulations to Derek Cannon, Charlie Wiles and Nick Kisner who all won their amateur bouts on May 23rd at the Laurel Ice House! The Laurel Ice House was a great venue! Tony Jeter and Coach Crawford will be hosting their next show on Saturday, July 25th! Please join me in supporting our awesome amateurs! Tickets will only be $20 for adults and $10 for children (under 18 years)! Come out for a fun night of boxing! Jessie Nicklow will be competing tomorrow (Thursday, June 18th at Michael's Eighth Avenue). He will be trying to bring his record up to 20-1! Nick Kisner will be travelling to Denver, Colorado on June 8th for the USA Championships. This is a national tournament and will go through the 14th. Good luck to Jessie and Nick!
A recently published study led by investigators at Mayo Clinic and University of Southern California looked the effects of traditional mental stimulation through classwork against mental stimulation from a brain fitness software program. The study concluded that simple mental stimulation will not bring about optimal brain fitness and that exercises that are scientifically designed are needed to drive clinically significant improvements in the brain.
The link for this article is to a PR release from a developer of brain fitness software which makes take this interpretation of the study with a grain of salt. They have an economic horse in the race. But it certainly makes sense that mental fitness means attacking learning and keeping your brain fit with many different types of weapons. When you think about it, there is a physical correlary: the training paradigm of muscle confusion.
I probably should have blogged about this sooner but mixed martial arts lessons are free to all Club One members in May!
Did you know that 84 year-old Jimmy Carter works out every single day?
Someone with discipline like that could become President of the United States.
Led by seniors Anna Patterson, Sam Ferrell and Kathleen Barranco, Severna Park defeated Dulaney's in Saturday 12-5 in the state 4A/3A semifinal at Arundel
High. Severna Park goes for the state championship on Wednesday against Westminster. A win would mean the third straight state championship.
