RESOLUTE Free Studio Sessions

This is a FREE to-the-public in-studio Q and A about stress, metabolism, and health. It is the live discussion portion of our RESOLUTE online program and takes place on the first Saturday of each month at 10am at Taiso Fitness.

Stress, Metabolism, Health

Why stress, metabolism, and health? Because stress and metabolism effect every measure of health.  And stress, as the brain experiences it, comes from a lot of places other then the mental stress that we normally consider.

We each have a personal threshold for stress, and when that threshold is exceeded we experience negative effects on our health and performance. This is one of the reason the same diet and exercise program does not work for everyone.

We can experience stress from a variety of sources. In the body it may come from posture, movement, sleep, balance, vision, diet, breathing, etc… Now add to that all the outside sources that we would normally consider such as work, relationships, traffic, bills, etc…

As an example, lets say my posture stress is 10% of my threshold. I had a past injury to my back so lets call that 20%. I use a computer all day so my eyes contribute another 25%. I have a big deadline at work so that is 30%.

Right now I’m at 85% of my stress threshold. If I have a good diet with enough nutrients and calories, I may be ok and never experience performance crashes or chronic pain.

But if I cut calories because I am too busy to eat or because I’m on an extreme diet that’s going to add more stress. Or if I am eating enough calories but I’m busy and eating fast food that’s lacking the nutrients I need that’s […]

By |2017-09-06T15:55:46-07:00April 27th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on RESOLUTE Free Studio Sessions

Kickballerz

Thanks to everyone who came out Saturday to play kick ball. Penny and November led a great warmup with some quality movement and a little skill building. Then it was time for us to release our eight year old selves and enjoy the game.

The great thing about kick ball is that no expects to be awesome. Its a great way to just have fun for a while and remember what it’s like to play. Very often we get caught up in being serious adults, who do serious things. When we do play as an adult it usually revolves around machines or electronics. Be sure to take time to just relax and chase a ball. Laugh. Have fun.

Chasing a ball, any ball kick ball or not, is a great way to get our eyes out of the cages our society puts them in. We normally see the world through a framed experience. The frames may be glasses, or windows, or screens, or windshields. But they all limit the movement of our eyes and contribute to atrophy of the eye muscles, certain types of tracking, and peripheral vision.

Besides, when else does sprinting in one direction while looking in another sound safe?

Taiso Fitness and Nutrition

If you are looking for a unique gym experience try Taiso Fitness and Nutrition. We are Tacoma’s fitness and nutrition gym for people who want to get out of pain or improve performance, who need immediate, measurable results, and want to make educated decisions to take control of their health.

Ready to get out of pain or improve performance? Looking for a gym, personal trainer, or unique boot camp experience? Set up a complimentary consultation, or start a 21 Day Risk Free Trial. Stay […]

By |2017-09-06T15:55:46-07:00April 20th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Kickballerz

Tactical Strength Challenge Spring 2015

This past weekend we tried out the Tactical Strength Challenge. It consists of deadlift, pullup, and kettlebell snatch. It was a fun, well run, and friendly event. We really enjoyed it and will definitely attend the next one on October 3, 2015.

It is held internationally on the same day, and the closest location for us was Kettibility in Seattle. The staff and participants were were all great. Everyone was very supportive of each other. When people asked about your results, the next question was most likely, ”was that your personal best?”

Tactical Strength Challenge

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We arrived a half-hour before the event, signed our releases, got our t-shirts and started warming up. As soon as I picked up the first kettlebell to do some swings, I felt a strain in my right adductor. I strained this same muscle about four months ago testing a narrow deadlift stance.

Jennifer put me in a quarter squat to activate the muscle, covered my dominant eye, and did drills with my non-dominant eye to lower my overall stress. At this point I was able to squat with full range of motion but was still aware of the strain.

The first event was the deadlift.

Jennifer’s personal record was 210. So we planned her lifts to be 190, 200, 210. But we had been training to drop the bar after the lift, but the rules required we lower the bar with control. Not knowing if that would have any effect on her lifts, Jennifer decided to go for 200 on her first lift. She successfully pulled 200, then 210, then set a new PR with a 220. All lifts were nice and smooth and she probably could […]

By |2017-09-06T15:55:47-07:00April 13th, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on Tactical Strength Challenge Spring 2015

RESOLUTE Course Launch

Low metabolism? Gain weight easily, cold hands and feet, energy crashes, hair loss (especially outer eyebrows). These are the problems our clients were seeing with traditional weight loss.

After years of working one-on-one with clients, months typing away in front of a computer, building modules and doing voice-overs, the RESOLUTE program has launched.

The idea for an online program started in the fall of 2014. Each time we have held or twice a year in studio program, we limited the amount of participants. After the fall class we decided that an online program would give us more options to share information while allowing us to continue the course longer then the eight week studio course.

Here are the problems we were seeing with traditional dieting:

•Dieting only leads to short term success.

•The weight always comes back, and then some.

•When people are dieting their energy is low.

•They are tired all the time.

•They are less creative and productive.

•Sex drive is non-existent.

•and lets be honest, they are kind of a bear to be around.

We ended up with an eight module course, with several lesson per module in a short video format with worksheets, exercises, experiments, and habits. Some of the foundational topics are:

•Stress and the Brain

•Stress and the Body

•Respiration and Carbon Dioxide

•Repair and Restoration

•Movement and Exercise

•Diet and Nutrition

•Stages of Change

•Step By Step Habits for Stress, Hormones, and Weight

The course is concerned with raising and repairing your metabolism by focusing on and controlling stress. When most people hear stress they only think about mental stress, but there are also a variety of physical stressors that effect the body. It is designed to walk you through from “thinking about thinking about it” all the way to maintenance.

To give you an idea of the topics […]

By |2017-09-06T15:55:48-07:00April 8th, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on RESOLUTE Course Launch
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