Archives for January 2019

January Member of the Month – Matt Lim

January 15, 2019 By

It is our pleasure to recognize Matt Lim as the CV Fitness Member of the month for January 2019.

Matt has been a member for a little over a year.  He found CVF through Yelp after “gym hopping” looking for the right gym close to home.  He was doing mostly HIIT workouts, but wanted to build his strength.  His goal was to gain muscle and look and feel good.  He works hard at every workout and it has paid off because you can see his progress.

He likes the quality of the programming and the variety of a new workout each month. He likes how the workouts can be adjusted to accommodate how he feels on any particular day. He feels it is well worth the investment in his health.  His workouts are also a stress reliever for him.  He likes the CVF community and felt “the love” as soon as he came through the door especially from familiar faces.

Matt is always in a good mood with a smile on his face.

His goals for this year are to continue building his strength and improve his body definition.

He finds CVF challenging, supportive and fun.

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5 Easy Ways To Get Better Results in 2019

January 8, 2019 By

Happy New Year everyone!! I hope you all had a great holiday season. 2019 is upon us!!!! I hope you’re looking forward to it.

I know this is the time of year a lot of people set their goals for the next 12 months, so I wanted to give you a few ways to help you achieve even better results in 2019.

Here we go!!

  1. Don’t use your age as an excuse. This is going to be a new rule we have at Castro Valley Fitness starting this year. If you keep telling yourself that you are going to feel lousy because you’re getting older than you will. If you tell yourself that it doesn’t matter and you can keep getting better than you’ll find that to be the case. Don’t make me write more about self-talk please!
  2. Be engaged. Don’t just go through the motions. Think about what you’re doing. Feel what you’re doing. Understand why you’re doing what you’re doing. Ask questions. I promise you that you’ll get so much more from an exercise if you do these things. Are you feeling planks in your arms or shoulders? Do you think rows are an arm exercise? If you answered yes to these questions then you need to engage.
  3. Understand that exercise has very little to do with weight loss. If you want to lose weight and you think that exercising alone will do it, I’m sorry to tell you that it won’t. Diet is AT LEAST 80-90% of weight loss. Exercise can be an important and very helpful component, especially in the long run, but please hear me on this. IF YOU DON’T WORK ON YOUR DIET YOU WILL NOT LOSE WEIGHT!!!!! 

    Weight Loss Is About Diet!!

  4. Be consistent. This is simple. You won’t get results if you don’t show up. I’d rather someone have ten “B” workouts than 3 “A” workouts.
  5. Work hard. You don’t need to work out like a crazy person to get results, but you do have to work hard. You know if you are or not. Don’t lie to yourself. Are doing 10 squats at a weight you could do 20 squats with? Are you taking 90 minutes to do a 60 minute workout? 

These are just a few ways to make sure that your 2019 is even better than your 2018. Some may apply to you and some may not but I hope that this at least gets your mind working a little bit.

Remember that 2020 is coming whether you like it or not so please don’t look back a year from now and regret not doing something.

Let me know how I can help.

Mitch Rothbardt, CPT, PN Level 2 Lean Eating Coach, Egoscue PAS, FMS
Castro Valley Fitness at 2861 Grove Way
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