Popular, mis-guided recommendations for your health include “cardio” three times a week and strength training twice a week. We know, we know – how can you fit this into your busy schedule? Well, let’s prioritize based on the results…after all, you are doing this to achieve and maintain results otherwise, why bother?

Strength training is now recommended as the most important exercise for multiple reasons. Muscle loss begins as early as your 30’s, and you have to actively maintain it , let alone build muscle, to avoid sarcopinea (loss of muscle mass) & osteoporosis. Your heart and lungs exist to support or service the working skeletal muscles. When you increase your strength, your muscles work more efficiently, creating less demand on the cardiovascular system.

By stimulating the skeletal muscles, a growth mechanism activates that affects other biological systems, in particular your metabolism. Your body burns more calories – an increase by 4-8% in your resting metabolic rate which translates to burning more calories while at rest. Compare THAT to the incremental caloric burn you gain for traditional activities such as running, swimming, or biking.

Other critical improvements include cognitive benefits, cardiocirculatory fitness, improved aerobic capacity, helping to control diabetes, and enabling a quality of life that aging attempts to take away from us. From fitting better into your pants, to just being able to pull ON your pants, it’s a win-win.

So, where does SuperSlow® strength training fit into all of this? Well, let’s see. You want to look fitter because you are fit. Be more active, or at least support the lifestyle you want to live (now, and in the future). And avoid health issues that may have haunted you or your families in the past. We on track here? Sounds like you need to integrate strength training into your life. …ah, you say, “I don’t have the time!!” Not so with SuperSlow® .

At the SuperSlow Zone® you give maximum effort with a Zen-like focus in your short, 20 minute, supervised, all-body one-on-one session . Arrive at the SuperSlow Zone® in your work or day clothes, do your work out and on your way you go. SuperSlow’s high intensity strength training uses a proven, safe method to accomplish your strength training needs 50% faster than traditional resistance training with the effect of not just burning calories during the workout, but to burn them all the time.

Rest is important for building muscle, so your workouts require 72 hours to build more muscle – any less than that and you’re working against the muscle build process. In today’s time-crunched, environmentally conscious lifestyle that means that for just twenty minutes, twice a week, SuperSlow Zone is the ultimate prescription for fitness.

By Madeline Ross, CEO SuperSlow Zone, LLC and

Marie Ortiz, Owner SuperSlow Zone Silver Creek, CA & Certified SS Instructor

Weight loss (fat loss!) is a big, national…and might be a personal…issue.
In the first week of August 2008, a national headline was “A federal agency says a study from the journal, Obesity, predicts that the US is heading toward 100% overweight.” Yikes!

SuperSlow® strength training can promise that you will gain muscle and strength, when you apply your skill. Some clients ‘lose weight’ (meaning increase their muscle mass and lose fat) and inches without changing their eating…but this is rare.

80% to 90% of weight loss (fat loss) comes from changing your eating habits…and keeping them changed!

Several SuperSlow Zones® are now offering SuperSlow Zone® + Transitions™
for weight (fat) loss and optimal health.

Do You Have Any Of These Questions?:

1. Why can’t I lose weight (fat)?
2. When I do lose, why can’t I keep the weight (fat) off?
3. Why does it get harder to lose weight (fat)?
4. Will this program work for me?

SuperSlow Zone® is pleased to work with our strategic partner, Transitions Lifestyle System™, for the perfect combination of healthy eating for weight (fat) loss and/or optimal health plus SuperSlow® strength training….to achieve and maintain your ideal ‘muscle-fat ratio.’ [Click here to see/read client results.]

SuperSlow Zone® + Transitions™ is:

• SuperSlow® strength training plus a food-based, educational lifestyle change, which includes natural, non-caffeine supplements to kick-start faster weight (fat) loss.

What Is Transitions Lifestyle™?

• It is a food-based, educational lifestyle change, which includes natural, non-caffeine supplements to kick-start faster weight (fat) loss.
• A 6 week class follow by a second 6 weeks of either coaching or class.
• It is back by science and research.
• Transitions™ + SSZ = the results you want.
• Real people really do it!

Transitions™ PLUS SuperSlow®…Who Is It For?

• All ages.
• You have those pesky 5 to 10 pounds you want to get rid of…permanently.
• You have several pounds (moderate-to-a lot) you want gone.
• You have a medical or health concern that ‘getting the weight off’ will substantially help (benefit?).
• You have ‘no diet experience’…you have ‘too much diet experience’…either way, this is for you.
• You have ‘inches you want to lose’ and, short of sawing them off…you just want them gone so that your clothes fit better…and for you to feel better.
• You want a better ‘muscle-fat’ ratio = fit better in your clothes; feel better in your body.
• “Learn how to eat better…for life” has been whispered in your ear…by you!

If you have been desiring to…or perhaps struggling with how… to eat better, to be trim, strong and healthy, SuperSlow Zone® + Transitions™ might be for you.

The word ‘lifestyle’ is a common reference these days…what does it really mean to you? The simple truth is, what you do daily = your lifestyle. SuperSlow Zone® is a twice-a-week work out for you…or may become your work out. When you add healthy, balanced, eating daily, and combine it with SuperSlow®, you have simplicity and peace of mind because you are living well – living strong.

The Proof is in the Results!

Results #1: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words…

Deb Dereshkevich Certified Transitions Lifestyle Coach	Brenda & Gabor McLaughlin Before and After

Results #2: Deborah P’s Story…

Read below an unsolicited SuperSlow Zone® + Transitions™ story

[Deb is 45 years old, a CPA and a Winter Park, FL, SuperSlow Zone® client.]

Hi everyone! I had to tell you all about the new me! I am soooo excited about the way I look and feel that I felt the need to spread the good news about Transitions Lifestyles™ and SuperSlow Zone®.

I have tried many, many exercise programs and diets over the years, but I have never felt so healthy and looked so good due to my last 6 weeks in this program.

As you may know, I gained some weight after I quit smoking a year and 1/2 ago. I went from 140 to 165, gradually, even though I ran 5ks with Rhonda and was working out at home at least 4 days per week. My eating habits were not that bad – I had switched additions addictions from nicotine to sweets, but I didn’t eat a whole bag of cookies at one sitting! Nevertheless, the scale kept creeping up, and my clothes no longer were fitting. Yikes!

I was devastated! [Click here to read her entire message.]

Results #3: Two SSZ Owner and Client Result Stats…

SuperSlow Zone® Winter Park, FL
Client Results for Transitions™
Healthy Eating Program for Weight Loss and Optimal Health

SuperSlow Zone® Lone Tree, CO
Client Results for Transitions™
Healthy Eating Program for Weight Loss and Optimal Health

Ask your SuperSlow Zone® about their Transitions Lifestyle program. Soon to be available at most SuperSlow Zones®!

Our best,

Madeline

Madeline Ross – CEO SuperSlow Zone®, LLC

P.S. Click Here to Listen to Clients Results

Avoided A Total Hip Replacement Through SuperSlow Zone®

I recently attended a Florida Women’s Executive Luncheon and a woman across the table said, “SuperSlow…you saved me from having to have a total hip replacement!”

Avoided A Total Knee Replacement Through SuperSlow Zone®

When talking with SuperSlow® Zone owner in Longview, Texas, David Penn, a Doctor of Physical Therapy, I asked, “What good things are going on with clients?” He responded, “We have a client that was told by her Orthopedist that she would need a total knee replacement. She found us, started SuperSlow® Rehab and then continued with SuperSlow® strength training. She does not have any knee pain and does not need a total knee replacement.”

Gets New Limbs With The Help Of SuperSlow Zone®

Several months ago I received a call from a guy that said he was a quadriplegic, which occurred from a motorcycle wreck. After months of traditional rehab, he found SuperSlow® strength training and in his words, “I gained more strength and range of motion from SuperSlow® in 6 weeks than all of rehab…I am now ready for my new limbs!”

Focusing On Helping Others

Is what we do at the SuperSlow Zone® cool or what! I hope whatever you do in your life, that you get as much joy and satisfaction as we do helping others.

While the stories listed above may sound extraordinary, just think how SuperSlow Zone® helps folks that have lesser challenges than they do…we have the opportunity to serve almost everyone, and for this, all SuperSlow Zone® staff throughout the country gives thanks daily through very rewarding work and service.

Thursday we are celebrating Thanksgiving! We take time to set aside an entire day for giving thanks. This is a time usually steeped in tradition and a special time for sharing a meal with family and friends served with all the blessings, hopes and dreams we enjoy for what happened in the past year. We dust off family favorite recipes, polish the silver, set the table with festive arrangements, and really take time to spend time with those we hold so dear. It is a good time to reflect on the past and create memories for the future.

We have much to be grateful for, even in these tough economic times, and we at SuperSlow Zone® Corporate want to acknowledge our gratitude to you as part of the SuperSlow Zone® family, for allowing us to work you as a colleague, and if you are a client of SuperSlow Zone®, to helping you sustain better health and fitness.…and if you are not our client (yet!) we extend the offer of helping you as we grow.

It is hard to imagine a people more blessed than we are here today. We truly enjoy a bounty unimaginable to most throughout the places and ages of the world. This is something worth recognizing and considering. And during the coming holiday season to remember to share the goodness in our lives with those who have less of it than us. Focusing on helping others is one of the best ways to truly appreciate what we do have.

Spend time discussing, not the things which separate us, but the things that bring us together. It is a time to acknowledge the good things of life. It is a time of introspection, a time to forget strife and struggle, time to celebrate that which is worth celebrating. While thanksgiving is wonderful as an event day, one of the most important things worth giving thanks for is our daily health … how wonderful then it is to be dedicated to helping clients work toward achieving healthy daily goals. How then do we give thanks for how far we’ve come and then look forward to what is yet to come?

The Extraordinary In Everyday Life

Capturing the extraordinary in everyday life is one of the best ways we know to share our gratitude for what we do each day to touch lives. This is why we led off with some of the extraordinary client stories of personal accomplishment through SuperSlow Zone® for which we thankfully share.

Health and Fitness In 2009 – What Is Your Choice?

Now let’s turn toward our thanksgiving for hope for 2009 by reading the article from Financial Week, because investing in personal health and well-being remains high on everyone’s to do list. Encouragement for growth in the business sector is very inspiring for things to come.

On Nov. 23, 2008, Financial Week reported that, as the U.S. economy spirals deeper into an abyss, researcher Ibis World has identified a handful of industries it believes will actually grow in 2009—as well as sectors it thinks will suffer in the months ahead (not included are the obvious candidates for “worst year ever”: financial services companies and automakers). “The current economic downturn is indeed pervasive in terms of both geographic spread, industries affected and even consumer segments,” said Ibis senior analyst George Van Horn. “As such, in some cases, being a winner may simply mean that revenue growth expectations have been lowered, yet still remain positive.”

Coming in at number 5, health and fitness clubs with more people focusing on achieving healthier lifestyles, this industry is expected to increase 2.2% in 2009. As baby boomers pass through their 40s and 50s, health-care costs are forecast to rise dramatically, creating an incentive for insurers to promote preventive practices, like hitting the gym. Corporate fitness programs are also expected to become more popular, further driving growth in this sector.

I mention the article above, because it clearly indicates that, as the US economy realigns itself, each person may be re-prioritizing what they care about or deepening a commitment to their current priorities…which ever it may be, your health, fitness and well-being MUST be at the top of the list…and we at the SuperSlow Zone® hope that we can serve you in this.

The article enumerates Medical Doctors and PhDs who strongly endorse the benefits of strength training…in fact, 10 key potential benefits are listed in the article. I added an additional six benefits. What was fantastic about this endorsement is that the medical world is finally taking a strong, public stand for strength training. [Link to AMA article and Muscles Matter FAQ are at the end of this article.]

And speaking of ‘the public,’ if you are going to take on the mission of being able to strength train ‘the public’ (and this IS the mission of the SuperSlow Zone®), you better have a way to help the entire spectrum of ‘the public’ from kids, to the medically fragile, to high performing athletes, to seniors, to busy people 40 – 69 years old, and, of course,…all ages of people who pay attention NOW – regardless of how “in condition” they are or are not – to preserving the muscle they have now and for the future.

Historically, the majority of medical professionals have recommended ‘walking’ as a main form of exercise to their patients. However, walking will never, ever maintain the muscles you have now, nor build new muscles as you age. Three of my favorite ‘jaw-dropping examples’ from the article are:

1. How weak women ages 55 to 64 are;
2. The dreaded ‘ending up in a nursing home’ scenario, and,
3. Your brain – what does muscle have to do with it?

Regarding ‘weak women,’ the article sited Barbara Bushman, PhD, Professor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Missouri State University,

“…In one study, 40% of women ages 55 to 64 said they couldn’t lift 10 pounds. We suggest that people get a dog and walk the dog for exercise, but then they can’t even lift a 10 pound bag of dog food into their car. The numbers are even worse for women 75 and older – 65% said they couldn’t handle that amount of weight. To me, that’s pretty frightening. They couldn’t even lift a grand child or respond to an emergency situation.”

I love dogs…but walking Chopper, my buddy, will never enable me to easily lift 10 pounds or more. Strength training…and SuperSlow Zone® in particular… will enable me to left that type of weight, and more!, now and as I age.

As for the nursing home…I don’t know anyone who aspires to live in a nursing home! I know that today there are many forms of these, from high-end to low-end versions, BUT regardless of which one…you still want to be 100% functionally independent. Period! Tony Marsh, PhD, Associate Professor of Exercise Science, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, North Carolina, said it best:

“The one thing people are most fearful of losing is the ability to function independently. The strength of your muscles is fundamental in maintaining your independence.”

Jeff Williamson, MD, Clinical Director of the J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation Wake Forest University School on Medicine put it this way…and he should know…after all, the aging ARE who he works with…

“I’d like to say there are really only two reasons older people end up in a nursing home. One is that their brains stop working, and the other is that their muscles stop working. Especially their leg muscles.”

…And speaking about your brain, “Neurological loss is another factor that seems to be at work,” said John Faulkner, PhD, Research Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology University of Michigan Medical School (82 Years Old). Dr. Faulkner is referencing how our brain and body communicate when it comes to doing what we want to do. Faulkner’s research has focused more recently on the role played by motor units that send signals from the brain to the muscles.

And you got it, strength training is critical, once again.

Faulkner stated,
“The [neuron-muscular] loss begins to occur in the major weight-bearing muscles between ages 40 to 50. From there it’s a pretty linear decrease until the end of the road…Although muscle fibers can’t be preserved, the ones that remain can be made more effective. The size of the fibers can be increased by lifting weights.”

It is very clear from these four renowned university researchers, the overall impact to your physiological system from using strength training to minimally retaining, let alone stimulating the growth of your muscles, is critical whatever age you are NOW and even more essential as you age.

There is only one convenient, safe, efficient, and effective way to get the many benefits from muscles:

• …that has a distinguished 26 year history and is IACET-accredited,
• …that is in a beautiful, clinically controlled strength training environment,
• …that will serve the spectrum of people comprising ‘the public,’
• …and that will meet you at your level to help you feel and look good, do what you want to do…and increase your energy.

That way is through SuperSlow Zone® strength training.

Madeline Ross
CEO
SuperSlow Zone®

P.S. Click On Article To Read in PDF Format – AMNews Article and SSZ FAQ Muscles Matter