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Social Media

2011-07-26T15:35:00.001-07:00

What is your favorite, Facebook?, Twitter, Linkend, Blogging, with all these choices how can you keep up?

What happens if I consume too much fructose?

2011-07-26T15:32:00.000-07:00

What happens if I consume too much fructose?

Most of the carbohydrates we eat are made up of chains of glucose. When glucose enters the bloodstream, the body releases insulin to help regulate it. Fructose, on the other hand, is processed in the liver. To greatly simplify the situation: When too much fructose enters the liver, the liver can't process it all fast enough for the body to use as sugar. Instead, it starts making fats from the fructose and sending them off into the bloodstream as triglycerides.

Why is this bad?

This is potentially bad for at least three reasons:

High blood triglycerides are a risk factor for heart disease.
Fructose ends up circumventing the normal appetite signaling system, so appetite-regulating hormones aren't triggered--and you're left feeling unsatisfied. This is probably at least part of the reason why excess fructose consumption is associated with weight gain.
There is growing evidence that excess fructose consumption may facilitate insulin resistance, and eventually type 2 diabetes. However, some of this effect may be from chemicals in soda which reacts with the high fructose corn syrup.

What are the major sources of fructose?

Fruits and vegetables have relatively small, "normal" amounts of fructose that most bodies can handle quite well. The problem comes with added sugars in the modern diet, the volume of which has grown rapidly in recent decades. The blame has often been pinned to high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which is made up of 55% fructose and 45% glucose. However, sucrose is half fructose and half glucose. So, HFCS actually doesn't have a whole lot more fructose than "regular" sugar, gram for gram.

2010-12-23T11:41:00.001-08:00

Get excited - Noel Bowman, the infamous kickboxing instructor will be guest instructing @BodyDynamx on Dec. 27th @ 9:30 AM.

A kick-butt workout like no other.

2010-12-23T11:40:00.001-08:00

Happy Holidays All - looking forward to a wonderful 2011.

Chatterbox Award

2010-11-22T12:38:00.000-08:00

Energy Gym Zumba Fanatic Award

2010-11-21T13:28:00.000-08:00

2010-11-16T12:15:00.000-08:00

TRX Training w/ Tony
Begins December 7th
8aM, 9AM, 10AM
2 session committment
$20.00 includes both sessions,
program Design & support
Find out how TRX can help you keep your workouts diverse using the TRX suspension system.
(limit 4 per session)

Metabolism Tips

2010-11-11T05:58:00.000-08:00

METABOLISM-101

WHAT IS METABOLISM AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

Well, one's metabolism is the rate at which your body burns calories while in a static or non-active mode. MOST of our calorie consumption, even for those of us who are active, comes about through the basic operation of bodily functions like breathing, circulating blood, keeping organs functioning, regulating body temperature, keeping our posture erect, etc.

When we exercise, we burn more calories. But these additional calories consumed (or burned) are a small percentage of what goes on in our bodies all day long.

So, it stands to reason that to help maintain healthy and optimal body weight, and help lose weight if/when we need to, we want to have a metabolism that is as high and as active as possible!

Imagine your metabolism is a "furnace" and the food that we eat (and the energy from stored food - i.e. fat) is fuel for that furnace. We want a furnace that burns as hot and as brightly as possible! We want that furnace STOKED UP and the "fire ROARING".

Here are the TOP FIVE WAYS to BOOST YOUR METABOLISM:

1. Eat Breakfast! After a night of "fasting", you need to prime the pump, stoke up the furnace, and re-awake your body into a fat-burning and calorie-burning mode.

2. Eat smaller, more frequent meals! Three big meals a day dumps huge amounts of fuel onto the furnace all at once. And what happens when you throw a bunch of wood on a fire? It smokes! We want this fire to have flames jumping HIGH, so we feed on the fuel, steadily, gradually, consistently throughout the day.

3. Consume some protein with every meal! This doesn't have to be a steak - whole grains, beans and legumes, especially soy, dairy and eggs also have protein. Fatty foods are like throwing a pile of green leaves on the fire. Simple carbs are throwing on really dry, brown, crunchy dead leaves on the fire. Protein is like feeding your fire split oak logs!

4. GET ACTIVE! Exercise and Move! Pumping the furnace with exercise helps it burn more fuel - and doing exercise that helps increase lean muscle mass (like strength training) changes your furnace into a small, slow burning economy model into a huge, roaring industrial model.

5. Drink plenty of water! This one isn't as intuitive, but is just as important as all the others when it comes to metabolism. Proper hydration levels help keep all of our organs, especially the kidneys, liver and pancreas doing what they are suppose to do. Without enough water, these organs struggle to keep up with processing of fats, sugars, etc. and bad things happen - the fire dims and fat gets stored.

Energy Gym 24/7 Awards Party

2010-11-05T16:52:00.000-07:00

Where: Mio Fratello’s, Route 54

When: November 20th 2PM - 5PM

$12.95 All You Can Eat Buffet
Baked Ziti / Meatballs / Chicken Genovese
Anti-pasto Salad / Rolls / Soft Drinks
Happy Hour Drink Prices

Celebrating our members and their extraordinary accomplishments!

Bring a friend and you will be entered into a raffle to win a $50 shopping spree at Harris Teeter with a Registered Dietitian to help you make healthy food choices.

Coping With Grief And Change After Loss

2010-11-03T11:42:00.000-07:00

Energy Gym is hosting a special event for members and their guests!

November 16^that Noon or November 19^th at 6:30pm

This powerful outreach program is an extension of an ongoing workshop offered by Natural Soulutions and The Spirit Organization, which focuses on wellness, grief and life changes.

The classes will be lead by Sharon Welch, Founder of Natural Soulutions Inc and The Spirit Organization. Sharon is a Grief and Wellness Specialist, Author and Teacher. She offers private grief therapy and spiritual advisory and coaching sessions. These techniques help others process their grief, so they are able to move forward in a positive way.

Coping With Grief And Change After Loss

Join us to discover the many false beliefs surrounding grief and learn valuable tools and information that will help you when you experience changes that are beyond your control.

Grief is universal, it does not discriminate and it knows no boundaries. Its affects are felt by every race, culture and religion. It has now become an epidemic, yet it is the least addressed health concern in our world today. Even though grief is universal when we experience it we feel isolated in our sadness and pain. You will learn valuable tools and information that you can use to help and support yourself, loved ones and friends.

Coping with Changes and Grief During the Holidays and Specials Occasions

Come discover how to cope with grief during special moments while also learning to celebrate the life of those who we have lost and love.

Presentation Outline;

Death and/or Chronically Ill or Sick Family Members

Separation/Divorce/Absent from Family During Holidays

Self Care, Understanding and Nurturing

Helping A Friend In Need

Professional Help-Grief and Support Programs

Open Forum Questions and Answers

November 16^th at noon

http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=a8iqeqcab&oeidk=a07e33xsu6p65d5e951

November 19^th at 6:30

http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=a8iqeqcab&oeidk=a07e33xto3781a4580a

2010-10-28T12:04:00.000-07:00

2010-10-28T12:03:00.001-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zFuPQjcWEE

BodyDynamx Group Fitness Schedule - November

2010-10-27T17:32:00.000-07:00

awesome Group Fitness schedule - November

Try Before You Buy - One Week Free Membership

2010-10-27T17:30:00.000-07:00

Check out our free week trial membership online. For "locals" only. Try Before You Buy.

SS YouTube Contest - "Nobody Talks, Everybody Dances"

2010-10-24T13:19:00.000-07:00

2010-10-23T18:32:00.001-07:00

2010-10-22T05:29:00.001-07:00

Look forward to news, events and tips on our new Energy Gym blog.

2010-10-21T18:36:00.000-07:00

EnergyGym 24/7

2010-10-21T18:35:00.001-07:00

This is the new Energy Gym 24/7 blog!

Energy Gym 247

Social Media

What happens if I consume too much fructose?

What happens if I consume too much fructose?

Why is this bad?

What are the major sources of fructose?

Chatterbox Award

Energy Gym Zumba Fanatic Award

Metabolism Tips

Energy Gym 24/7 Awards Party

Coping With Grief And Change After Loss

Energy Gym is hosting a special event for members and their guests!

November 16th at Noon or November 19th at 6:30pm

Coping With Grief And Change After Loss

Coping with Changes and Grief During the Holidays and Specials Occasions

BodyDynamx Group Fitness Schedule - November

Try Before You Buy - One Week Free Membership

SS YouTube Contest - "Nobody Talks, Everybody Dances"

November 16^that Noon or November 19^th at 6:30pm