Woodlands Fitness Centre

The Woodlands newsletter: Monday 20th August 2018

Monday 20th August 2018

Hi,

Do you worry about aging horrendously? You know when you meet someone who looks like Zelda from the Terrahawks and find out she's only 32. If you didn't experience 80's kids TV (arguably the best decade for kid's TV - prove me wrong!), then Zelda was the gargle voiced alien baddie with a walnut complexion and Tina Turner hair. A 3 pint maybe for some of you.

According to science (yes! SCIENCE!!!), there's a difference between your chronological age and biological age. This means you can be 50 years old and literally have a body of a 40 year old. Or vice versa. I'm sure you've met someone that not only looks 10 years younger, but has boundless energy and stamina. That being said, I'm sure you've seen the exact opposite as well, someone that looks and acts much too old for their actual age. A relic from a bygone era.

So what's the deal? Is it genetics? I know it sounds like the most reasonable answer. But genetics are not solely responsible for how fast or slow you age. Believe it or not, you have way more control over the aging process than you think.

This subject is explored later in our article: chronological age vs. biological age


We have 2 main membership options:

Gym Only:

Single: £23pm for 12 months, £25pm for 3 months and £27pm for 1 month.
Joint/Student: £22pm for 12 months, £24pm for 3 months and £26pm for 1 month.

Gym & Classes :

This membership includes:

✔ 139 classes every month.
✔ Classes include HIIT, Kettlebells, Body Conditioning, Pilates and more.
✔ Up to 8 people per session.
✔ Come to as many sessions as you like.

Gym & Classes membership prices:

Single: £32pm for 12 months, £34pm for 3 months and £36pm for 1 month.
Joint/Student: £30pm for 12 months, £32pm for 3 months and £34pm for 1 month.

Here is a list of our group training sessions:

http://www.woodlandsfitnessrowsley.co.uk/group-exercise

PT prices:

Here are a few examples of our most popular PT packages:

8 x 30 minute PT sessions
£112

4 x 45 minute PT sessions
£80

4 x 60 minute PT sessions
£107

All sessions must be used within 4 weeks. We use time limits with our personal training packages to encourage frequent and consistent training. Packages can be designed to your individual needs. We can adjust the time limits in advance to take into account holidays, business trips, etc.

All of our PT packages include full gym & classes membership.

Opening Hours:

Monday: 7.30am - 9.00pm
Tuesday: 8.30am - 9.00pm
Wednesday: 7.30am - 9.00pm
Thursday: 8.30am - 9.00pm
Friday: 7.30am - 8.00pm
Saturday: 8.00am - 2.00pm
Sunday 8.00am - 2.00pm


We always want to know what you think of the Woodlands Fitness Centre - the gym, prices, personal training, group personal training, and anything else. Please speak to us at the gym, email any feedback and suggestions to the email address at the end of this newsletter.

Thanks,

GW


Chronological age vs. Biological Age

Your metabolism slows down to a snail's pace as you age. This makes burning fat and losing weight next to impossible. The hormones responsible for all of your youth-like qualities such as healthy skin tone, strong lean muscle, robust energy and insatiable sex drive, start declining more and more each year that goes by. And if you're not proactive, your youth enhancing hormone levels may drop so low that there is no turning back.

Aging makes your bones weaker and more brittle by robbing your body of vital minerals that are essential for strong bones. This is why so many elderly people suffer from hip fractures that can lead to even more serious medical complications.

It's not just your physical qualities that get negatively affected by aging; your brain suffers as well. Your memory, your ability to solve problems, and your decision making skills all start to decline and worsen each year.

After 40, your biological age starts to speed up and age faster than your chronological age! In fact, for every year that passes you can age up to 6 months extra. That means when you turn 42, your body is essentially turning 43. If you keep this up, at 48 your body could be as old as 52!!

You have the power to slow aging and prolong your youth. You can reverse the aging process by greatly slowing down your biological aging well below your chronological aging. To slow down the aging process you need to increase your metabolism to burn fat, boost your youth enhancing hormones to get more energy & stamina, and build a lean, strong, healthy body:

Exercise was once considered the most effective way to look younger, get leaner and fitter. But it depends on how you exercise. Too many people think that cardio is the answer to everything related to weight-loss and fat-loss. And although cardio can be helpful (if done properly), it does nothing to slow the aging process. In fact, it does the exact opposite!

Long frequent cardio sessions will break down your muscles and increase the production of free radicals. These free radicals will damage the cells in your body and accelerate aging.

Don't worry if you're concerned about your heart health. There is a much more effective way to improve your cardiovascular health, which I'll cover in just a minute. And here's the best part: it takes only 1/3 the time of a conventional cardio workout and it also triggers your youth enhancing hormones instead of those nasty free radicals that age you faster!

If you want to reverse the aging process, you need to know how to trigger your youth-enhancing hormones to destroy dead cells while elevating your metabolic process so you can burn away stubborn, flabby fat and develop lean muscle tissue.

The answer is metabolic training, which involves doing certain types of exercises that involve your entire body, so you can activate as many muscles as you can in a short amount of time. It's completely different from doing traditional isolated body building exercises (like biceps curls or leg curls) where you're only using one muscle at a time. This form of exercise takes way too long and doesn't stimulate enough muscle fibres to increase your fat-burning and youth-enhancing hormones.

Metabolic training involves completing compound exercises with little rest in between exercises in an effort to maximize calorie burn and increase metabolic rate during and after the workout. Here's the key: the more muscles you're able to activate at the same time, the more you'll be able to trigger your youth-enhancing hormones.

Exercises that involve your entire body (upper body and lower body) at the same time will trigger your most effective fat burning hormones, so you can burn off excess fat. You can burn fat whilst developing lean, toned muscle by simply following these exercise protocols, because they will trigger your youth-enhancing hormones and fat-burning hormones. They will also boost your testosterone.

Testosterone is your ultimate lean-muscle building hormone for both men and women. And much like other hormones, your testosterone levels naturally start to decline after the age of 30, which is why it's so difficult to gain lean muscle and maintain that youthful body tone as you get older.

Turning back the clock is easy when you know how to trigger the right hormones in your body. Adjust how you train to trigger your youth enhancing hormones, along with your fat-burning and lean-muscle building hormones so you can defy the aging process and look and feel 10 years younger!

In next week's newsletter, I will elaborate on metabolic training. I'm sure all of the above makes sense but any questions just ask me.


Slow Cooker Brisket and Onions

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 1/2 pounds yellow or red onions (about 2 large onions), sliced into half moons
3 1/2 pounds beef brisket
Coarse kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups beef broth
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce

Method:

Heat a deep sauté pan or cast iron skillet over medium heat with the olive oil. Add the onions and cook on medium-low to medium heat, stirring frequently, for about 20 minutes or until the onions have caramelized lightly.

While the onions are cooking, take the brisket out of its packaging and pat it dry. Season the meat generously with salt and pepper. Heat a large skillet or sauté pan over medium-high heat and turn on your vent or fan, if you have one. Sear the brisket until a golden brown crust appears on both sides of the meat. Remove and place in a slow-cooker insert, fatty side up.

Sprinkle the minced garlic over the meat. When the onions are lightly browned, pile them on top and around the meat. Mix the broth, Worcestershire sauce, and soy sauce, and pour into the slow-cooker insert.

Cover and cook in the slow cooker on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or until the brisket is very tender. Let rest for at least 20 minutes before serving in the slow cooker set on WARM.

If your slow cooker doesn't have a WARM setting, transfer to a baking dish and cover tightly with foil while resting.

The brisket can be sliced or shredded immediately and served with the onions and juices. Or let the meat cool then refrigerate overnight. Before reheating, scrape away and discard the layer of fat that has formed around the meat.

Enjoy!


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The Woodlands Fitness Centre Ltd
A: Unit 27, Molyneux Business Park, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, DE4 2HJ
T: (01629) 733 123
E: woodlandsfitness@yahoo.co.uk
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