Tiger Fitness Los Angeles Blog

Team Liger have taken the May TigerBall Cup Championship with a 4-2 game win over a very competitive Team Anaconda! Way to go Team Tiger!

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Come Help Fight Autism While You Work-Up a Sweat with the #1 Boot Camp in Santa Monica—TIgerFit Boot Camp!

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DATE:
Friday, April 2nd,
9:30-10:30 am
(Please arrive at least 15 minutes early)

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LOCATION:
Santa Monica Palisades Park
(Ocean Ave & Alta Ave) Directions

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DONATION:
$20 Requested
(All Donations Go to “Autism Speaks”)

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EVENT DETAILS:
- Wear (BLUE) athletic clothing
(In Honor of World Autism Awareness Day)

- Wear good athletic shoes

- Please wear sunscreen

- Easy Parking

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INFORMATION:
Mike (877) 421-6682
Tiger Fitness Boot Camp

Hey Team Tiger!

The Mighty Mice and the Thundercats went head to head at beautiful Clover Park in Santa Monica, with the the Mice taking the APRIL Cup with a tie-breaker in overtime. What a competition, what a day—sweet! Afterward, good eats were had by all with a BBQ from Tiger Fitness. Great burgers Brian!

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Did you know that you could be losing more fat just by shaking up your workout a little?

The use of multiple exercise styles during a workout lets you get more done, pay attention to more parts of the body, and lose more weight more quickly.  This method is the cornerstone of programs such as TigerFit Boot Camp Santa Monica, and it’s worked for many people.  It allows an amazingly flexible work out that you can customize to meet your needs and fit your body, and it’s just about the fastest way to get in shape.  Let’s take a look.

Aerobic exercise is an important part of any multiple training style technique.  This type of exercise uses oxygen to produce energy, and helps improve our heart health.  There are many different kinds of aerobic exercise, including cycling, running, many different sports, dance techniques and much more.  This is one of the most common varieties of exercise that most people include in their programs, but it shouldn’t be the only one.  That’s where many people make mistakes.

Resistance training is another important element in a good exercise program.  This is also called strength training.  Every step is performed against an opposing force.  These types of exercise make skeletal muscles larger and stronger, and can even improve bone density.  The goal is to slow overload the muscles and skeletal system, allowing it to become stronger.  Just remember that while you can do resistance training as a part of body building, they aren’t the same thing at all.  There’s no need to fear “accidentally” bulking up during this kind of training.  Body builders have to try hard to reach their goals.

Interval training uses sets of high intensity and low intensity exercise to work many different parts of the body.  One subtype of interval training is called Tabata training.  It uses four minute intense interval training sessions.  For instance, if you tried using Tabata training for sprints, you’d sprint as quickly as possible for twenty seconds.  Then, you’d walk for ten seconds.  You’d do this over and over again until you’d reached eight sets, or four minutes of working out.  Sprints aren’t the only exercises that Tabata training is good for – many different options are available.

Circuit training is similar to interval training, in that it combines high intensity and low intensity exercises.  However, aerobics and resistance training are usually the focus.  The time between exercises should be short, and you should move quickly on to the next one.

Last, but not least, is the Pilates method.  This workout system attempts to keep the body properly aligned and help improve the core muscles.  That makes for better posture, less pain, and stronger bodies overall.  More and more workout plans are using Pilate’s principles.

While many programs use a one or two of these methods, or a few, not many of them are actually using multiple training styles.  That means that fat loss is just slower in these programs.  TigerFit Boot Camp Santa Monica is currently the only fitness boot camp making use of these multiple training styles.  That makes TigerFit Boot Camp Santa Monica one of the most effective fitness options for people who want to reduce.  Anyone who’s interested in finding the right workout for them should make sure they check out multiple training options.  It could make a huge difference in your workout.

Fitness Tip: Does FAT FREE really mean it’s good for you? – Many foods are touting that they are fat free and people are buying them left and right, but what lies beneath the hidden truths of these so called FAT FREE Foods…Fat free foods, when eaten in excess, will still be stored as fat!

Fat free cookies and crackers are made up of a whole lot of SUGAR! Yep, the secret is out! Sugar is just as fattening of a substance than fat itself, when eaten in excess.

Exercise of the day: The Band Front Raise Single Arm is a great shoulder isolation movement with the use of contraction generating exercise bands.

Choose the Diet Strategy that Helps You Lose Weight and Feel Great!

Both a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet such as the popular Atkins program and a low-fat, high-carb diet appear to help people lose pounds over the course of a year.

But as for mood? Only the low-fat diets will result in long-term improvement in mood.

People on both diets consumed roughly the same number of calories.

Both an energy-reduced, very low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet and a conventional high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet are equally effective for achieving weight loss in overweight and obese individuals, a research scientist

Both dietary patterns also had similar effects on the cognitive domains assessed, which were working memory and speed of processing. However, the conventional high-carbohydrate, low-fat weight-loss diet was shown to have more positive effects on mood compared to the very low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet.

The study was the first to show both long-term weight loss and improved mood.

This study looked at one factor, and prior studies haven’t focused on psychological factors. This is a great study focusing on something very important.

Other studies have found short-term improvements in mood in people who lose weight on different diets. And the new study also found such improvements over the first eight weeks of dieting.

But few studies have looked at long-term mood changes among people who lose weight.

Health organizations, such as the American Heart Association, tend to advocate higher-carb, low-fat diets. But many overweight and obese people are propelled toward the high-fat diets such as Atkins, “Livin’ La Vida” and “Good Calories, Bad Calories,” perhaps because of quick initial weight loss.

For the new study, 106 overweight and obese adults, who averaged 50 years old, were randomly assigned to one of two diets — a low-calorie, low-carb, high-fat plan or a high-carb, low-fat diet — for one year. Both diets restricted calories to about 1,433 to 1,672 a day.

A year later, average weight loss was about the same in each group: 30.2 pounds.

After the first eight weeks, participants in both groups showed mood improvements, but that lasted only in the low-fat group. After a year, the mood of those in the high-fat group returned to what it had been before they started dieting.

The exact mechanism for the observed effects on mood still remains largely unknown. However, if the mechanism for the return of mood toward more negative baseline levels following weight loss with a very low-carbohydrate diet is related to this diet being so far removed from normal dietary habits, then a very low-carbohydrate diet may be best recommended for individuals who habitually consume low amounts of carbohydrate foods in their diet.

More carbs can increase serotonin concentrations in the brain, whereas added fat and protein can reduce concentrations. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter involved in mood.

Altered mood has been shown to influence interpersonal behavior and, therefore, the consumption of a very low-carbohydrate diet may have psychosocial consequences for interpersonal behavior and relationships. I am not entirely clear as to the effects of mood on long-term weight loss; however a recent review article … suggested that one of the factors that may pose risk for poor long-term weight maintenance may be ‘eating in response to negative emotions and stress.’

Therefore, since negative mood may promote overeating, this suggests that consumption of a very low-carbohydrate diet over an even longer period beyond one year may have implications for maintaining dietary habits and weight loss maintenance.

Fitness Tip: At The Restaurant – While it can be very tempting, ask that the bread basket be removed from the table. You don’t want to know how many calories are in one slice slathered with butter.

Exercise of the day: The Ball Band Upright Row Intermediate is a more advanced shoulder exercise utilizing the flexibility of fitness bands.

Fitness Tip: Flax Seed Fitness – A great way to maintain a healthy cardiovascular system is by adding flaxseed to your healthy meal plan. Flaxseed contains what is called alpha-linolenic acid, which is a fatty acid essential in controlling blood pressure. They have a benefit of helping with digestion; just make sure the flaxseed is crushed for easier consumption and absorption.

Exercise of the day: The Ball Waist Rotation Stretch will help you tone and tighten your oblique abdominal region with the support of your fitness ball.

Fitness Tip: A Work Sheet That Works – Keep a work sheet on your fridge and use it to write down every item you eat during the day. Most of us have no idea how much we are consuming. We often take a bite here and there without even noticing.

Exercise of the day: The Band Lunge is your effective lower body leg exercise move that allows you to perform the ultimate exercise while on the road.

Fitness Tip: Sugar, Sugar, Sugar – Often people think by drinking fruit juices or eating low fat fruit made snacks, that they are cutting out or eliminating sugar in their diets. The facts are that some fruit juices have more sugar than a soda. Reduction of sugar is important for good quality health and weight management. Always check out the sugar content of anything you put in your mouth; even if you think it might be healthy for you.

Exercise of the day: The Band Reverse Wood Chop is an awesome full body exercise movement with the use of your exercise bands.