I wanted to share with you today another great workout that’s a lot of fun to do.  Rock Climbing. 

This weekend I went rock climbing with my friend Jessi at an indoor rock climbing facility.  It really was a lot of fun, and it’s a great whole-body workout.  It uses a lot of your arms, since you’re holding your body up against the wall, but it requires your legs as well to push yourself up the wall and some core workouts to keep everything together.  There are a lot of places to go to do some indoor rock climbing, and for around $21 you can climb all day and have a great time. 

Here’s the skinny on getting skinny rock climbing:  they give you a harness and send you on your way to climb any and all of the walls they have in their facility.  They have shoes and chalk bags available also, which can be helpful to those of us that sweat a little when we workout.  You attach yourself to a rope and have your buddy attach themselves to the other end, which is roped up through some pulleys at the top of the facility.  Get the slack out of the rope, grab your first handhold and get started!  Scale the wall carefully and with concentration, work your way to the top, and be sure to hit the top of the wall (or at some places ring the bell) before you figure out which way to want to descend.  You can either climb back down, or you can rappel down, which is a lot easier.  Either way your partner needs to keep an eye on you and make sure not to let the rope slide out too quickly.  All in all it’s actually pretty safe, since everything is set up for first-timers.  Of course, they have some very difficult walls to scale as well, and I challenge those of you out there that think they’re in good shape to try some of the walls that are at a greater than 90 degree angle, because they’re not easy to do.  And if you can’t do it, then I know at least one girl that can show you how.  So go call a few friends, and bring a couple of protein waters with you to keep your energy levels up, and prepare for a really fun time of working out, because rock climbing isn’t easy, especially when you do it for 2 or 3 hours.  Go try it, and have some fun doing it! Until later, KEEP AT IT!

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Hey Friends!

Just got back from the gym, burned 812 calories. I had a friend ask me why I was not extremely sore for all I do. I said, “Well, after I work out I drink a bottle of Designer Whey Protein Water”. Generally when a person my size works out we are just about dying in pain the next day. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am achy but not sore. I contribute that to drinking the Protein Water and if I am out of the water I mix a 2GO pack in my water bottle. It really helps you recover.

The Biggest Loser show was a hoot this week! Some pretty thick tension on the ranch… ya think? I don’t know, I would do what ever I had to do to stay as long as possible on the ranch so GO RED! I really would not even care about the money. I would be more concerned with trying to get the most out of my time there so I could bring what I learned home to stay healthy. I get to the gym at least 5 days a week and at least 30 minutes up to 90 minutes each time. I really wished I had a home gym, then I could get in much more time when a moment was open like while dinner was cooking or after kids in bed or before they get up.

One of my faults is wanting to be too perfect. For example, I will draw up a schedule for eating, exercise, house work, my jobs etc. and when it does not go exactly the way I plan I give up. When the house is not perfectly clean (which is most of the time) I really get upset but because its not perfect I don’t do anything. I am typically an ‘all or nothing person’. So this time I am setting simple goals for my health.

A simple goal… eating enough calories at breakfast.

In Bob Harper’s book “Are you ready”, he says your breakfast calories should be between 400-600 calories. All meals should have protein, carbs and good fats. He also says to eat every four hours… have to work on that one!

My 17 year old daughter, Sue and I are really trying to get to the gym as often as possible. She has a goal. We bought her prom dress purposely a size too small. Her goal is to lose 15 pounds to fit in the dress. I as her mom have to encourage her and be a good example.

Take Care friends, remember to bring your Designer Whey Protein Water to the gym with you and when some one asks where you get it from…you say from the best protein makers in the world…Designer Whey!

Camille

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Well, today is a great day.  Even though it rained mostly all day, and has been raining for several days now, it’s a great day because my roommates and I are finally getting settled in to our new apartment.  Yeah, we spent all last weekend moving.  Which is quite the workout, let me tell you.  6am-10pm on Friday, followed by a couple of hours on Saturday and Sunday and about 10 hours on Monday left me feeling completely exhausted.  To be completely honest, the only thing that kept me going in those long hours of heavy lifting and continuous movement was Protein Water. With everything up in the air between the 3 apartments (my roommate’s girlfriend moved in with us into the new apartment) I never really knew where to get a great thirst-quencher.  So I would grab the one thing I knew would both cool me down and make me feel like a million bucks: Protein Water.  You know, moving can be a great excuse to not follow your diet.  It’s so much easier to just stop at some fast food joint and grab a couple of $1 double-cheeseburgers then to worry about something decent to eat.  But just because you’re really busy with something is no excuse to throw your diet and all your hard work away.  If your pots and pans are packed away, at least hit up Subway and grab a healthy 6″ sandwich.  That’s what I did, and they kept me energized until I could finally go to sleep.

So think about that the next time you’re moving, or your friend asks for help moving.  Moving is a LOT of exercise and is great for your whole body, utilizing a lot of different muscles as well as a very decent cardio routine.  So don’t waste the money on expensive movers, call up a couple of friends, make sure you have a case of Protein Water to keep you hydrated and energized the whole day, and do it yourself! In the end you’ll feel so much better because you accomplished everything all by yourself, you didn’t pay someone else to do your work for you, and you got a really great workout out of it too.  Just keep at it, even when it’s physically and mentally draining.  You CAN finish that project, you just have to keep pushing yourself.  That really goes for everything in life.  That extra mile you want to walk or run? YOU CAN DO IT! Just push yourself a little harder, and when you succeed (yes, WHEN you succeed) you’ll be so proud of yourself, even through the pain.  Thanks for joining me again, and until next time, keep at it!

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I wanted to say a couple quick things while it was on my mind, so I figured I’d send you a quick blog.

So today I had my best workout to date.  I wanted to share this with everyone because if even my workouts are getting better and easier, then yours can too.  First of all, let me share the workout routine I do (now for all you hardcore athletes/gym fanatics, this workout isn’t for you, it’s for me!).

I start every workout with a quick stretch, mostly of the legs since my primary exercise is running.  I run 1 mile at 6 miles per hour with a 0% incline, which is a 10-minute mile.  Not terribly fast, but fast enough that if your 260+ lbs and haven’t ran in a year you’ll be out of breath in the first 1/10 of a mile. I power through that mile and slow it down typically to 3 mph, where I briskly walk to catch my breath while still burning some calories.  Now lately I’ve been adding an incline to this, at 3%.  It’s not much, but it works your calves more and it hurts just a little bit more, burning a few more calories.  I usually walk for about 5-6 minutes.  If you have the time, feel free to walk longer, because you’re still exercising.  After my walk I’ll take a breather and drink some Protein Water, then I’ll get on the Swiss Ball and do some crunches, right now I’m at 50 straight through.  After that I’ll pump out 20 push-ups.

Today was my best workout because I didn’t have to grab at the handrails to help catch my breath during my run, my run was a little easier than it has been, I walked at 3.2 mph with an incline of 3.5%, and my crunches and push-ups were easier, even with a chest workout yesterday with my personal trainer/roommate Sergio Sobrino.  And with all the work I’ve been putting in and the help of Designer Whey Protein Water and The Biggest Loser Protein Powder Chocolate Deluxe I’ve managed to shed 4 pounds, bringing me down to 259! Yeah for me! So for everyone out that that’s getting discouraged because the workouts hurt, just keep at it, because it’s GOING to get better!

Also, I’d love to plug Protein Water just one more time.  I drink one of these during/after every workout.  They’re absolutely delicious (today I had Cranapple, which tastes like a juicy, delicious Fuji Apple), and with only 60 calories to a bottle (YES, the entire 16-oz bottle has only 60 calories) and 12 grams of protein, 5 grams of fiber and only 1 gram of sugar, they blow Gatorade and Vitamin Water out of the competition for your daily thirst quencher!  My favorite is Pomegranate Fruit.  I could drink these all day.  Literally, they’re good for you!  So pick some up, take it with you on your next workout, and enjoy the fruity goodness while you get healthy.  Take care, until next time!

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Hey everyone, thanks for joining me again.  Today I would love to talk about motivation and the pitfalls we face.  If there is one thing I’ve learned about losing weight, it is that it’s really hard to keep going, especially in the long run.  Sure, you finally buy the running shoes and the workout clothes and you hit the gym with the vigor of a young buck, but after a few days and exhausting workouts, you look in the mirror and realize that it’s going to take a lot more than 2 workouts to get that six-pack and it starts to weigh down the soul.  You might go one or two more times, telling yourself “I bought all this stuff, and I’m going to use it” but after that it’s just easier to sit in front of the TV and watch your favorite episode of whatever than it is to hit the gym and embarrass yourself to the really pretty girl that lives down the hall from you.  This is that moment, when you look back 6 months from now, that you realize you should have kept going because you would look awesome if you hadn’t quit way back when.  Trust me, I was there.  I went from 250 down to 209 in 6 months while forward deployed, only to start eating fast food again and not working out, whereas had I kept at it I would have been at that svelte 175 I’m dying for.  But such is life.  I was always told “Hindsight is 20/20, but your screwed now”.

You know what I say? I say that in the end the best you can do is push yourself.  You HAVE to think, everyday, about WHY you want to lose weight.  Is it to look attractive to the fairer sex in order to find a girlfriend? Is it just because you feel that you’re not healthy enough and you want to lead a better life? Did you look into your future and realize you want to live to 110 years old, and that triple whopper with cheese isn’t helping?  THAT’S your motivation, right there.  The very reason you decided to lose weight in the first place still exists.  Think about that reason every single day, even if you don’t work out that day.  When you go to get a bite to eat, or are about to make dinner, think about that reason before you hit up Burger King instead of Subway.  And speaking of Subway, thank you for you.  Those sandwiches are delicious, and much lower fat than the burgers I typically would eat.  Not a cheap plug (I’m not paid by them!), but it is the truth.  They have me eating a little better, which is great for me.

Next, when it comes to motivation, you have to have something to pump you up.  For me, I have several playlists on my iPod to exercise to.  I have my “Running Mix” which consists of songs that help me push myself while I’m running my one mile a day (or my 11 miles a day, like I did during that famed deployment).  I have my “Workout Mix” which is geared more for lifting weights, consisting of a ton of great adrenaline-rushing songs that force me to put that bar up just one more time.  And, most important of all, is my “Motivational Mix.” Nine songs that truly speak to my core, that make me want to be the better person I know I can be.  I listen to this playlist and it’s almost a guilt trip to be better at everything I do.  If I haven’t been a good boy that day, I’ll know it when I listen to this playlist.  But beyond that, it makes me strive to be better.  A little to lazy to hit the gym? By the end of the first song I’ve got my running shoes out of the closet, headband on my head, and I’m out the door.

So, the next time you feel just a little too tired, or “you’ll hit the gym in a few hours, right now I just want to play some video games”, think about that reason you wanted to better yourself, think hard on it, then put down the controller, grab a Protein Water, and go hit the gym.  Then do what I do and play video games AFTER THE GYM!

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About a year ago, I made a commitment to myself to get back into shape and start running again, so I signed up for the Carlsbad Half Marathon and joined a running club to help me train for the race.  I did not know what I was getting myself into at the time but now racing is my new addiction!  After running the Carlsbad Half Marathon, I signed up for more races!  I signed up for La Jolla Half Marathon, after I finished that race I decided to top it off with America’s Finest City to get my Triple Crown medal!

The first race was difficult, but was more of a mental challenge than anything. You have to tell yourself that you can do it and find your motivation to keep going.  There is so much excitement throughout the race!  You are surrounded by so many great people!  There are so many people along the way that motivate you in so many different ways.  You are surrounded by runners, all of who are running for different reasons.  As I run each race it feels like it is getting easier.  The miles start to drop like flies as I start getting closer and closer to the finish line.  My biggest challenge is the hills, I have to mentally overcome running up hills.

The most beneficial thing that I did was join a club to train for the half marathons.  The club holds me accountable for getting in my weekly miles and workouts.  It was especially helpful for the long runs.  It helps me so much to be running with other people to make the time fly by and for the support to keep going.  I highly recommend joining a club if you are interested in running long distances.

I ran most of the America’s Finest City race with my co-workers. It is nice to have running partners to keep you company, entertain, distract, and motivate you to keep going during the race.  The last two miles I got into the zone and decided to pick up my pace a notch.  My biggest motivation is seeing my Fiancé towards the end of the race; seeing him made me so happy and excited.  I also knew that the end was near after I saw him, so I started to book it!  The last part of the race is so exhilarating with so many people cheering you on and getting to run through the finish line.

After the race was over I got both of my medals and headed straight over to the Protein Water booth.  I needed protein after my long run!  It was so refreshing and just what I needed after the race.  Protein helps your muscles recover after workouts and boy, do I need that once I am finished with my runs!  I was sore for a few days after the race.  I had a hard time walking downstairs for the 2 days after the race, but it was well worth it!

I am going to sign up for the Triple Crown next year!  My new goal is to finish each race faster than the previous races that I have ran, versus my goal of finishing each race this year.  I would definitely recommend the Triple Crown to anyone that is up for a mental and physical challenge.  Not only are you doing something great for yourself, you are also raising money for a plethora of good causes!

by Jessica W, Designer Whey Employee

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Mindi Smith gives us some great advice on making the most out of your cardio by using a jump rope every time you take a break. Enjoy!

Remember: ALWAYS be safe and cautious when exercising and to make the most of it drink a PROTEINWATER or PROTEINBLITZ after!

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Works Wonders!

Last week I was working out with one of my clients. He mentioned that he didn’t feel very mobile and his elasticity just wasn’t there.

We were about twenty minutes into the workout doing our usual warm up and stretches. Now, I’ve been working with this client for the past two years and know him very well. Not very often do I hear him say this to me. So, I decided to give him drink some Protein Water and regular H2O during the rest of his workout.
In the next thirty minutes he was very pleased at how much better he felt and was able to finish the workout. He was able to complete his hour and half workout with success and felt great afterwards!
A couple of days later we worked out again and again, I had him drink Protein Water during his workout. Not once did he say that his elasticity ‘just wasn’t there’. What a great product to be able to work so fast and digest really well!!!
The next time I have a client say that their elasticity isn’t working or they feel sluggish, I’m going to give them Protein Water and see what happens. Hopefully, I will have some great results in the next few weeks!

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Pat from HereandThere.us (http://hereandthere.us) Gave us a great review and I thought you would like to see it:

With all the medical experts stressing that water plays a big part in any weight reduction, I decided to try Designer Whey Protein Water, a relatively new product on the market. The drink is supposed to help burn fat as it curbs appetite. Since I am ALWAYS hungry, I really wanted to give this one a try a try. After all, what did I have to lose besides weight?

I took a cold 16 ounce bottle of the orange mango out and looked at the liquid. It color was clear orange–natural enough since both oranges and mangoes are just that. Next I smelled the beverage. It was pleasant enough reminding me of the tropics, clearly citrus with a generous hint of almost peach, right on target again. After I took a few sips, I decided that the orange mango flavor was real. True to the label so far.

I took my time consuming the bottle.  It tasted so good that I had to stop myself from gulping it down. It isn’t tasteless like most flavored waters. It contains no juice. It is a gentle bend, rich, sweet, but not overly sugary. Big plus is that there is no unpleasant or bitter aftertaste. I’ve also had the Designer Whey Pomegranate Fruit 60 Protein Water and enjoyed it just as much. Now I can hardly wait to try the blue raspberry and cranapple varieties.

The bottle label (both flavors) for Designer Whey Protein Water shows 12 grams of whey and 5 grams of fiber for its 60 calories. It also shows 25 mg sodium, 40 mg potassium, and 6 grams of carbohydrates. These numbers are ideal for either a planned snack or between meals pick-me-up. It does not smack of artificial flavorings and/or preservatives. Its ingredients are purified water, whey protein isolate, phosphoric acid, prebiotic fiber, natural flavors, scrawls, sucralose, malic acid, annato powder, and believe it or not–milk.

This product sells for about $2.89 at convenience stores where available. Presently it is available only in Colorado and Texas. Soon all 24Fitnesses will also be carrying this protein water too. GNC is putting this product in all its stores as well as on line in the near future.

I think the best thing about Designer Whey is that it helped with my pangs of hunger. Now I understand why it advertises itself as “Research Proven America’s #1 Protein” since 1993.

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"hangover cure?"

Protein Water…A Hangover Cure?
It hasn’t been scientifically proven or anything even close but Protein water is a life saver from that dry nutrient deprived hangover feeling that you get from drinking too much beer or wine the night before. And while it certainly doesn’t revive me enough to want to go work out afterwards, it does however allow my body to withstand the realities of a day after drinking in a more than coherent and functional demeanor. I’ve drank protein water after every night of debauchery for about the past four months and I’ve been able to hang with the rest of society and not be forced to curl up in a ball on my couch and wish the sun had burnt out, because of it.  Designer Whey’s 60 calorie protein water has a sufficient amount of nutrients in it to lay down a solid foundation for recovery and it also helps control your hunger which allows you to ease into your first meal of the day instead of just ravishing through the first piece of fried greasy food you can get your hands on – and we all know how that pans out in the midst of a hangover. For me it’s refreshing because it is the first step in getting my life back on the right balanced track after completely destroying it 5-12 hours prior.  And because it is Whey Protein and not just regular protein it enters your system quicker and it’s nutrients are digested by your amino acids at a faster rate than water or other refueling drinks. Also, the sharp sweet bite it has to its taste that is pleasing to the senses, makes it harder to chug, and therefore easier to healthily intake – it also kind of wakes you up a little bit. Like I said, this hasn’t been clinically tested and proven by any nutritionist, just an avid gym “goer” who parties and is always looking for new methods of recovery. But those who I have had try this method, really found it beneficial and quite helpful in their road to joining the rest of society in the middle of a hangover.

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