M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio Hosts Third Annual

Our next mission here at M.E.L.T. is to help spread Holiday Joy to Kids this season. We are teaming up with Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and collecting unwrapped, new toys up until Tuesday December 21, 2010. We will transport all the toys to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and they will distribute the toys to kids whose parents cannot afford to buy them anything this holiday season.

For the third year in a row M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio is hosting a toy drive for kids this holiday season. Owner of M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio Joe Carabase believes that giving back to the community is important. “Every child deserves a gift this holiday season. If we can give some joy to a child this year it would bring a smile to our faces”. M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio has already collected over 40 toys from their three locations in South Windsor, Glastonbury, and Harwinton. South Windsor personal trainer and manager Aaron Granahan is overjoyed by the amount of participation in this event. “Our clients really took to this event. They are awesome people who love to give back”. 

If you wish to help M.E.L.T. spread some holiday cheer this year please drop an unwrapped toy to one of their three locations; South Windsor, Glastonbury, and Harwinton. Toys will be accepted until 12/21/12. Thank you in advanced for helping M.E.L.T.'s Mission Bring Joy to Kids!

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Have a good morning boost!

Good morning MELTer's, 

So I get some questions about if a shake is good to have in the morning for breakfast and my answer to this is yes!

Your body is in a type of starvation state because you have been sleeping for 8 hours, hopefully, and you want your metabolism to start working right away.

Now here's the best part and it's something Ive been doing to give me a little burst.

Instead of using water for my shake in the morning, I use coffee. Right, sounds good!

You can play around with this recipe to your taste but I suggest you use:

• Ice
• Coffee
• 1-2 scoops of protien
• I drink my coffee black but if you need it lighter, almond milk or if you have have to milk

And there you go! You now have breakfast and your coffee all in one shot!

Play around with your options and let me know what you think on our Facebook page!

Have a great day!-cs

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Should You Workout When Sick? Advice from South Windsor & Glastonbury Personal Trainer

My rule of thumb is that YES you MOVE when sick unless you are suffering from food poisoning (that could get ugly), bronchitis, a fever or a sinus infection. 

Those things take a lot out of your body and exercises could actually be detrimental. Other than that, get it in baby! 

When you start moving and sweating, you:

- Flush out toxins

-Get your body metabolizing, digesting and eliminating 

-Boost your positive hormonal flow

All things that WILL make you feel better. 

What do when:

a. Sick from food poisoning (that could get ugly), bronchitis, a fever or a sinus infection: 

-Rest your body

-Take in LOADS (massive loads, yup just got British on ya) of fluids i.e. WATER

-Drink white or green tea (white has higher antioxidants) 

-Eat spicy food; hot peppers and pepper seeds

-Eat mostly  greens & fruits: When you are sick, typically you don't have the stomach to eat normally. In this case, blend together greens, fruits with a few shots of protein. 

b. Sick from anything else: G.O.Y.A - get off yo ass!

Sometimes good is just good enough

If you would like to get out a free session at m.e.l.t. Workout for our bootcamp (aka a group personal training experience) OR personal training at one of our locations in Glastonbury or South Windsor, contact info@meltifntessstudio.com asap!

#getafterit

JC

Givin' you something to think about

Hey MELTer's,

I wanted to talk about the speed of your work outs today.

What I mean by this is, are you benefiting from going as fast as you can?

In a sense yes you are, as long as you are performing the exercise correctly!

I say it all the time, I would rather you do 2 great reps, than 100 incorrect ones.

The reason I say this is because it doesnt matter how heavy the weight you use or the speed of the rep but how you fucntionally do that rep.

Sometime slower is better!

You can always pick up the speed once you get your form down first!

Form is the most important aspect because without it, certain stabilizers are not active, you could be compensating for weaker muscles and worst of all without good form thats when injury happens.

So next time you go to grab the heavier weight or do the level 3 exercise, think about this and apply it!

The safer you lift, the longer you will be able to lift and the healthier you will be!

Have a great day!-cs




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The Monday m.e.l.t.: Its Okay to Be Imperfect

A few months ago I wrote you about The Fear of Effort or failing to take action towards something because we are afraid that if we do, and do not succeed, that we will fail. The reality is there is NO such thing as failure if YOU take action towards whatever it is you want to achieve. 

 

In working with a lot of type A personalities (including myself), I find that we often have a hard time doing things we aren't great at and can sometimes avoid doing those things because we are not perfect at them. 

 

The reality is there is NO such thing as perfect, in anything. If you want to do something, don't worry about getting 100% ready and prepared to do that thing, take imperfect action towards that thing...JUMP in the water, don't just dip your toe. 

The problem with dipping your toe in the water is that you are waiting for the perfect temperature, the right time. You will not have all the answers and things to best prepare you to do anything, until you DO.

 

This is not to say you should try to barbell clean n press 135 lbs as many total reps as you can, when you never did a clean n press before or something extreme like that. If you wanted to clean n press, you would take imperfect action by seeking out a coach to help you learn the movement correctly then try the movement with little or no weight. 

There is no perfect time. 

 

Take imperfect action TODAY and get better as you go. 

 

#imperfectaction

 

JC

 

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Mentally Tough

Hey MELTer's,

So I tried the all fruit fast yesterday, and if anyone else tried it let me know how you did and felt, it was hard!

Nothing but fruit and water for 24 hours didn't seem that bad and it wasn't until about 1 pm. I opened my fridge and caught a smell of all my chicken and not fruit related food and I almost caved.

The point of my story is that you can do anything you set your mind too! As bad as I wanted to say "forget it" and dig right in to some protein I held back. Why? Because I'm stronger than that and so are you!

Anything you want to accomplish you can. At times yes it will be hard and the easy way out is right in front of you but how bad do you want it!

NOTHING in life worth wild is easy! Remember that next time you feel like giving up, don't, keep pushing forward take what you want!

-CS

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4 Major Points to Remember When Your Goal is to Lose Weight.

 Are you struggling to see results around your waistline? Chances are your neglecting one or more of these key points. For those who are trying to lose weight here are some tips that you should adopt and use. We preach this to our South Windsor bootcamp clients all the time, because it works! 

1.       It’s a cheat meal, not a cheat day! – To many times when I look at people’s food log book, I see more than one cheat meal. The cheat meal has purpose and that to change up from your diet and reset your metabolism.  Enjoy that cheat meal and be done with it, you have the self control to not have more than one cheat meal.

2.       Small meals, 5-6 times a day for a turbo charged metabolism – You want a faster metabolism, you need to eat more meals. It keeps your body constantly digesting food so therefore your burning calories. Small snack include and apple with peanut 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, or greek yogurt to name a few.

3.       Water intake is just important as anything – Water is essential on so many levels. It has so many functions; hydrates, keeps muscles loose, flushes toxins out, keeps you body temp down especially while your working out. Drink more water for better results.

4.       No matter what get a workout in – Here at M.E.L.T. we provide in home workouts, as well as short 4 minute workouts. Everyone has 4 minutes to workout! Anything is better than nothing, remember that.

Try these tips and I guarantee you will see fast better results.

~AG

    

 

M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio is Connecticut's #1 Fat Loss Solution! M.E.L.T. helps clients drop body fat throughout the Hartford County and Farmington Valley through bootcamps, personal training, semi private personal training, youth fitness, sports specific training, bridal bootcamps and corporate fitness. For a free trial, email meltfitness@gmail.com or call (860)372-4887
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