Does Your Weight Loss Plan Have a Solid Foundation?

Why do you think so many people fail when they try to get in shape or lose weight?

Innovative Results has developed their 5 Aspects of Fitness plan that allows clients to increase their chances of success.  It addresses all five aspects that affect someone’s ability to get in shape and stay in shape.  These are time tested practices that the world’s top athletes and competitors use to get in incredible shape!

Innovative Results 5 Aspects of Fitness

1.  Mental Fitness – This is commonly skipped, but is the #1 factor that will determine your level of success.  Knowing specifically what you are striving toward, why you are doing it and when it will be completed are incredibly important.  It allows you to determine where you are, where you want to go and how you are going to get there, so that when challenges arise, you are not sidetracked by the obstacles….and its not a matter of if you will be challenged, but when.  So make sure your goals are clear!  .  Check out this article to help get your goals dialed in.

2.  Nutritional Success – These days it seems like there is a new diet plan coming out every week.  Eat this, don’t eat that… How do you know how whats healthy and whats not?  Unfortunately, marketing has confused us all.  Innovative Results truly believes that healthy eating does not need to be complicated.  It is really very simple.  Here is our cardinal rule:  If God made it, eat it.  If it occurs in nature and hasn’t been altered by man, then it is good, healthy and safe.  It is really very simple.  Whole, natural foods provide everything we need and processed, manufactured foods do more damage than good.  Here are a few helpful sheets that can help you learn more and apply healthy eating habits into your life.  Drink plenty of Water,  Five Worst Foods, Healthy Shopping List, and track eating habits with our Food Log.

3. Exercise progress – The foundation of exercise is movement.  Everybody squats, lunges, pushes, pulls, bends, twists and walks.  That’s it, simple.  All the rest of the variables (what exercises/drills, how much, how often, how intense) depend on your ability level and specific goals.  One key point is to continuously challenge your body, keep it guessing and force it to change and adapt.   People’s biggest mistake is doing the same exercises every week, every year and then wondering why their bodies havent changed.  Our bodies adapt quickly, so it is important to challenge yourself with new routines every 3-6 weeks.  Work hard, mix it up and reap the rewards! More exercise articles here.

4. Increased Recovery – Most people live in front of a computer, driving a car or sitting in front of the TV.  So, when you start to move, you are going to have some soreness and minor aches.  If you are a more seasoned athlete, then you will need to learn recovery techniques to speed recovery and improve performance.  Some simple recovery techniques include proper warm up (preventative), corrective exercise, ice, massage, self myo-fascial release, contrast showers, time off, and proper nutrition.  Utilizing these techniques helps people progress faster than they ever thought possible.   Download our Recovery Techniques here.

5. Guidance and Accountability – There are very few people who can set a goal, execute and stay on track by themselves.  When you start a program it is important to get good advise and to have a support group that is dedicated to your success.  Most of us can be lazy, lose focus, and come up with a variety of excuses to stop, postpone or procrastinate.  A good trainer, coach or workout partner is there to hold you accountable to the goals that you have set.

So there you have it.  5 Proven techniques that are vital for any fitness plan.

We hope this helps you develop your foundation and makes this year your best ever!

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Corey Beasley delivered a power punch to the face of weight gain and unhappiness.

Through the Innovative Results’ 5 Aspects of Fitness, Corey Beasley and the IR Team helped their clients, client’s friends, and client’s family overcome obstacles and set goals in order to achieve success!

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Cut Up to 900 Calories With Simple Substitutions

Losing weight for most of us starts with making better choices throughout each day.

We are bombarded with calorie filled, sugary foods that lead to fat bellies and flabby buns.  Here is a example of our how small choices can lead to a big reduction in calories.  Check out this table.

Here are 5 tips to making better food choices:

1. Be conscious of what you eat
2. Go Grocery shopping
3. Keep good food available at home and at work
4. Don’t allow yourself to get really hungry
5. Stop drinking soda and drink plenty of clean water

There is not a magic diet.  Healthy eating comes from making better choices everyday.  Shoot for improving each week and you will be happy with the body you create over the next few months.

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Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills, Rancho Santa Margarita, Ladera Ranch, Foothill Ranch, Aliso Viejo,
Mission Viejo, Laguna Beach, Fountain Valley, Anaheim, Fullerton, Santa Ana, San Juan Capistrano,
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San Clemente.

Why Is Everyone So Concerned About Organic Food?

Ever wonder why people are so concerned about the food we eat? 

Is it really that bad?

Well, here are some statistics that opened my eyes: 

• Over 80% of Americans are overweight
• 76% increase in type 2 diabetes since 1992
• Incidence of cancer is up over 85% since 1950
• Heart attack is the #1 killer of Americans

Why is this happening so quickly? 

Well, many people believe it starts with our poor diets and quality of our food.  Check out this article that talks about how many of our foods are processed and how it adversely affects our health. 

Eating healthier food is the foundation of a healthy life.  It provides our bodies with stuff we need to fight off disease and the energy for thinking and performing at our best. 

Here are some basic articles that may help get you on the right track. 

5 Worst Foods You Can Eat 

Healthy Grocery Shopping List 

Is Water Really that Important? 

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Doctors Blast KFC’s Grilled Chicken as Dangerous

These days over 50% of American’s food budget is spent on dining out.  The majority of those dollars are spent at fast food restaurants.  As America gets heavier and less healthy, restaurants steer their marketing toward creating healthier menu items, but are they really healthier?

Recently, KFC released their grilled menu items as a healthier alternative to their fried chicken.  Is it really healthy?  The truth may surprise you.  Check out this article.

Finding healthy foods has become increasingly difficult.  Our advise is to stick to the basics:  If it occurs naturally, eat it.  The more man touches it, run!  Avoid fried foods, sugary drinks/sodas and tons of starchy foods (breads, potatoes, etc).

The majority of your foods should consist of vegetables, healthy proteins, good fats, fruits and other naturally occurring foods.

Here are a couple tools that may help you make better choices:

5 Worst Foods You Can Eat

Healthy Grocery Shopping List

Remember, its not all about fad, drastic diets and going without.  Its about making continuous improvements to your eating habits and learning how to incorporate better choices into your crazy schedule.

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How Do I Prevent Migraine Headaches?

Over the years, so many women and men have complained about getting migraine headaches.  It literally puts em out of commission for days.  Unfortunately it seems like this is affecting more people each year.  .

I truly believe that migraine headaches are linked to our poor lifestyle habits, including poor nutrition, lack of exercise, stressful living conditions and poor thinking.

Here are some other key basics that may affect your migraines:

As our diets become more processed, people develop deficiencies of vital minerals, enzymes and other imbalances that affect various aspects of our health.  Here is a great article about how nutrition may trigger your headaches.

Do Enzymes Help Migraine Headaches?

It has also been documented that drinking plenty of water plays a huge roll in preventing migraine headaches.

Food allergies, including intolerance to wheat and dairy may also be a factor.  I would recommend having a food allergy test done, but here is a grocery list that will help you navigate thru the grocery store.

Hopefully some of these habits, articles and tools will help you feel better quickly.

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including Costa Mesa, Irvine, Newport Beach, Corona Del Mar, Tustin, Huntington Beach, Lake Forest,
Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills, Rancho Santa Margarita, Ladera Ranch, Foothill Ranch, Aliso Viejo,
Mission Viejo, Laguna Beach, Fountain Valley, Anaheim, Fullerton, Santa Ana, San Juan Capistrano,
Dana Point, Long Beach, Placentia, Brea, Anaheim Hills, Yorba Linda, Seal Beach, Westminster and
San Clemente.

Gym Memberships Are a Scam and Workout Videos Are for Suckers

About 90% of people that I’ve seen over the years never change.

They show up a few days a week, some more, but their bodies don’t change at all.

Why do they keep coming in?

Are they wasting their time?

I’m sure most of them figure that they are earning points for showing up to the gym..points with the doctor, their wife/husband, status among friends or whatever..some probably just show up out of habit or guilt.  Most of these reasons deal with other people…the ‘feeling like I have to go’ motivation, which is very weak in most cases.  but most people’s motivation really stems at their own self esteem and ego about looking better.

Tell a woman that she has to put on a bikini in front of 600 people and she will make the change. There is major motivation there.  But if someone just feels like they need to lose some weight and buys a gym membership, there is no connection or deep seeded motivation to create the discipline and consistent effort that is needed.

In order you to get the fast, jaw dropping results,  that we all desire, you are going to have to work…work hard…work consistently and probably gonna have to make some serious lifestyle changes to make it happen.  So here are 5 things you will have to think about.

1. Write down the Desired Result! If you are gonna bust your ass for three months in the gym, what do you wanna do it for?  What is your desired outcome?  How do you want your body to look? What will change?

*the key when writing your goals the to use the SMART method. It needs to be specific, measurable, ‘as if now’, realistic and time based.  For example: Today is December 31st, 2009 and I, Corey Beasley, can squat 400lbs.  Now think about it, write them all down and we can move onto step 2.

2. Nutrition is the most misunderstood, most important factor you will deal with. People are seriously emotional when it comes to eating and most think of dieting as some torturous, agonizing penalty that forces them to eat salads everyday of their life.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  When you really learn what is healthy and how to properly integrate new foods into your lifestyle, you will be surprised how good food really is.

* The most simple way think of healthy eating is this: If GOD made it, eat it.  or If it occurs in nature, eat it. The more we (man) touches it, RUN!  Man has taken naturally occurring, amazing foods and has ruined it.  Processing, pasteurizing, refining, adding to, preserving, genetically modifying, adding chemicals to and basically screwing it all up! The best cooks in the entire world only work with top quality ingredients and you should too.

3. Movement is the basis for exercise and most people spend their life at a desk, in a car and in front of the television.  Gee, I wonder why everyone’s back hurts…hmmm. Most people just need to blow their ass off the couch and go for a walk.  Others may belong to a gym, but either never go, are inconsistent or they have no intensity when they are there.  I think this comes from a lack of motivation and knowledge.  If you are uncertain about starting to workout or how to change up your current plan, ask for help!  There is information all over the place!

*If you do look to hire a professional trainer, please take the time to investigate a good personal trainer or strength coach.  Every local bodybuilder, gym rat or newbie fitness trainer does not understand the body, much less your body.  If you look for advise, make sure the person is qualified and has experience dealing with people like yourself.

4. Recovering from your newly found lifestyle.  If you go from sitting behind a desk to working out 3-5 days per week, you are going to encounter some minor aches and pains.  Working hard in the gym may create some soreness, muscle tightness and other aches and pains.  There are a variety of recovery tactics that have worked wonders for myself, like massages, ice, heat, contrast showers and many more.

* remember to start slow and listen to your body.  Please take the time to learn movements correctly and consult a physician if any pains last more than a few days or swelling occurs.

5. Guidance during your new program is essential. Having someone that can teach you, motivate and push you during your program will be a huge factor in your success.  It is proven that working out with a partner increases your chances for success significantly!  It always makes you work harder, spot, correct and make sure that you are doing things safely and properly.

* Find someone who will hold you accountable so that you don’t get off track.  You have proven up to this point that you don’t have the self discipline to do it on your own, so find somebody good and have them keep you focused this time.

So, why is it that you go to the gym?  Do you have it written down?

I truly hope that it motivates you more than the obstacles or temptations you may have. Cuz, believe me, when you work hard and make huge progress, people WILL notice.  They will be motivated and will look to you as an example.  You will earn an kind of instant respect from people that know you.  It will help you stand out from the crowd and you may start to carry yourself more confidently.  Who knows, maybe you’ll even get a new job or even a raise!

Now go out there, kick butt and make something great happen this week.

109 Ways to Radically Improve Your Health, Happiness and Productivity

Everyone these days is talking about losing weight and getting healthier, so I decided to compile a list of healthy habits and tips to help you get back on track.  Below is a list of 109 simple tips for you to implement into you and your family’s life.  I’d recommend reviewing the list and then starting to implement a habit or two per week. This will keep you and your friends busy for the rest of the year!

Every tip is a link to a helpful article, enjoy!

109 Ways to Radically Improve Your Health, Happiness and Productivity

1. Drink a glass of water when you wake up
2. Believe in yourself
3. Take 10 deep breaths
4. Take a siesta in the afternoon
5. Eat every 3 hours
6. Simplify your nutrition
7. Eat a handful of raw nuts everyday
8. Use organic coconut oil for cooking
9. Figure out what YOU are good at
10. Eat organic, free range meats
11. Eat a rainbow of vegetables throughout the day
12. Get out of the house
13. Go for a walk
14. Break a sweat
15. Read a book
16. Write down your goals
17. Review your goals every morning and evening
18. Smile
19. Give a sincere compliment everyday
20. Look people in the eye
21. Think positively
22. Take action
23. Go grocery shopping
24. Learn to cook a few good meals
25. Keep good food around
26. Get bad food out of the house/office
27. Sit up straight
28. Get a massage
29. Warm up before you exercise
30. Laugh
31. Take some time for yourself
32. Save some money
33. Surround yourself with like minded people
34. Find a coach
35. Delegate tasks
36. Take a vacation
37. Don’t bust the budget
38. Don’t drink too much alcohol
39. Don’t snack too much
40. Stop drinking calories
41. Eat some healthy fat (avacado, raw nuts, seeds, flax oil, olive oil, olives, coconuts)
42. Drink a shot of apple cider vinegar before lunch and dinner
43. Stop drinking soda
44. Stop smoking
45. Give someone a hug everyday
46. Turn your tv off
47. Don’t eat diet food
48. Drop the fast food
49. Take some time to plan
50. Say Im sorry
51. Dont hold grudges
52. Visualize your success/goals
53. Serve other people
54. Stop thinking about yourself
55. Stop using negative words
56. Stretch
57. Get the tv out of your bedroom
58. Do something that makes you nervous
59. Learn something new
60. Say hello to someone you don’t know
61. Don’t quit on your dreams
62. Be where you are right now.
63. Turn your cell phone off
64. Turn the computer off
65. Learn to budget your money
66. Expect the unexpected
67. Enjoy the world around you
68. Learn a new hobby
69. Go see the world
70. Meet people that different than you
71. Try new foods
72. Dont use the microwave
73. Reduce the amount of dairy you eat and drink
74. Reduce the amount of wheat you eat
75. Do a workout that makes you nervous
76. Use an infared sauna
77. Take a fiber supplement
78. Take probiotics and digestive enzymes
79. Take fish oil or krill oil everyday
80. If you cant pronounce it, don’t eat it
81. Learn to move your body
82. Don’t think too much
83. Reduce or eliminate caffeine
84. Be excited to see people – dog joy
85. Control your thoughts
86. Get a good night’s sleep
87. Spend time with people you love
88. Never stop learning
89. Get better at your trade
90. Ask for people’s point of view
91. Ask questions
92. Don’t talk about yourself
93. Keep it simple
94. Overwehlm people with gratitude
95. Say thank you and mean it
96. Write thank you cards to friends, family, clients and anyone else that impacts your life.
97. Keep a food journal
98. Write a wish list of things you wanna do, accomplish or have before you die.
99. Eliminate your back pain
100. Learn to focus
101. Learn to plan your day
102. Be proactive, don’t be a victim
103. Use momentum in your favor
104. Make a to do list everyday
105. Turn off the news
106. Don’t doubt yourself
107. Listen to people with fruit and their tree
108. Walk without your shoes
109. Clean out your liver

So, there you have it.  109 ways to help you live a better life.  I hope you enjoyed this list.

Did I forget something?

Please leave me a comment and bookmark this article, if you found it useful.

Innovative Results Personal Training has been voted #1 Orange County Personal Trainer
for ’08 and ’09 by FOX LA’s Hotspot. Their personal trainers service all of Orange County, CA
including Costa Mesa, Irvine, Newport Beach, Corona Del Mar, Tustin, Huntington Beach, Lake Forest,
Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills, Rancho Santa Margarita, Ladera Ranch, Foothill Ranch, Aliso Viejo,
Mission Viejo, Laguna Beach, Fountain Valley, Anaheim, Fullerton, Santa Ana, San Juan Capistrano,
Dana Point, Long Beach, Placentia, Brea, Anaheim Hills, Yorba Linda, Seal Beach, Westminster and
San Clemente.

A Personal Trainers Experience: Holistic Nutrition

The majority of my journey in Holistic Nutrition happened by chance. I was always aware of “organic” food and the fact that fast food was bad for your body,

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 but I never really understood the effects of what certain types of food actually did for your body.

In December 2007 I traveled out of the country and due to the changes in climate, travel, sleep time and food, I got extremely sick when I came back to California. This scared the hell out of me because I didn’t have health care insurance and I’ve never in my life felt so sick and terrible before. Fortunately, with the guidance of some vegan/macrobiotic friends and some studying I followed some simple steps that not only had me rebound in a few short days, but helped me lose a lot of weight and feel absolutely incredible!

The 5 Steps to eating healthy were:

1. NO refined sugar;

2. NO dairy;

3. NO meat;

4. NO caffeine; and

5. NO processed foods.

After how incredible I felt it was hard to go back to my old diet, and even on some occasions, I tried to and my body made sure to tell me! The best part about eating like this was in just a couple weeks I lost 8lbs of fat and 2 inches off my waist! Though I currently eat fish and egg whites, I firmly stick to this plan. It was a simple, easy-to-remember start to my incredible journey and creativity with nutrition!

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