Fitness PR Division

The one thing I have noticed about fitness routines, is that you need to spice it up every now and again or else you'll find yourself simply going through the motions lacking motivation or the determination to continue forward to your goal. One such fitness regimen that just about guarantees you'll never proclaim boredom again is boot camp style fitness.

This unique fitness class draws its roots from military style strength training and cardiovascular techniques. It is designed to allow participants to get into the best shape of their lives without having to be in a traditional gym setting. The strategy combines strength training, cardiovascular exercises, balance, and coordination as well as modified Yoga and Pilates activities. Everyone begins with an acclamation period, so that everyone can work at their own pace and level.

Benefits of Boot Camp Fitness:

* Increased flexibility.
* Stronger core muscle to prevent back pain.
* A more sculpted butt, thighs, hips, and abs with lower body fat.
* Improved balance and coordination.
* Results usually seen quicker than gym workouts.

For Boot Camp style fitness in LA try Optimum Fitness or in NY try Pure Power Boot Camp.

Nautilus has found a way to combine the fitness benefits of stepping, walking and running into one innovative and integrative product. The TreadClimber TC916, found only in fitness clubs, helps the user burn twice as many calories than walking on a treadmill alone. Aside from burning more calories, the TreadClimber is also easier on the joints and is configured for novices, as well as experts, to use.

The revolutionary design of the Nautilus TreadClimber TC916 is what makes it so unique. A normal treadmill would have a track you would walk on, but the TreadClimber track is an treadmill whose track is an alternating stepper that combines walking with hill climbing. Typically you would walk or run on a treadmill, however the TreadClimber's stepper conforms to your steps with alternating motion while it is the falling treadles that absorbs the impact from your feet and not your joints. This makes for a low impact cardio workout that takes less effort to achieve greater results.

Have you had the opportunity to try this innovative fitness product?

With the guilt of holiday over-indulgence, people are pledging weight loss and hitting the gyms. In that spirit I have compiled a list of what everyone in the fitness industry is talking about as the hottest fitness trends for this year:

1. Technology Based Workouts. I've talked a lot about this over the past year. Some posts you may want to review: Garmin's Edge, Expresso Fitness's S2, Star Trac Elite and Video Game Fitness.

2. Express Workouts: Everyone is busy these days, which is why we have been seeing the programs that focus on 30 minute workouts become so successful.

3. Functional Fitness: Fitness programs tailor made to you through everyday activity.

4. Social Networking: Fitness enthusiasts find that there is strength and accountability in numbers. Posts I've written that discuss it are: Fitfiend.com

5. Fusion fitness: Blends of pilates, yoga and tai chi will all be popular. I also think the ever growing franchise of LA Boxing with its kickboxing and mixed martial arts programs will do very well this year.

There are plenty more forecasts for fitness trends floating around, but I would love to hear you give your forecast for fitness trends in the comments.

If there are things we all complain about when trying to lose weight, it's that diets are restrictive, we run out of creative ideas on how to prepare low fat meals that actually taste good or honestly, we are just plain lazy trying to figure out how to work a diet plan into our lifestyle. ediets new Deliciously Yours is trying to change the way you diet and it sounds very enticing to me!

The new Deliciously Yours diet plan involves freshly prepared meals that are not powdered, dried or canned, have no added preservatives, yet can stay fresh in your refrigerator for up to 14 days. It's a well balanced meal suited for your weight loss needs, calories counted and all. The ediets Deliciously Yours Meal menu contains 50 meals you can choose from for your weekly 4 meal a day plan. And that 4th meal? Dessert! I love that you don't have to give up eating dessert because certainly if you deprived yourself of a sweet each day you may just find yourself gorging yourself when the temptation cracks.

Being part of the plan you are given free access to ediets.com where you can work with a nutritionist and personal trainer to develop a plan that will fit your lifestyle. The Deliciously Yours plan allows you to choose two ways in which you want to tackle the program to lose weight--either utilizing the freshly prepared food menu 7 days a week or by doing the "weekends free" plan. If you are just beginning your weight loss, you'll want to go with 7 days until you feel confident enough with portion control and getting into the habit of healthy eating. That way when you switch to the weekends free version, you'll be able to confidently cook weekend meals that won't sabotage your weight loss goal.

Have you seen or tried Deliciously Yours? I'd love to hear your opinion on it.