Researchers followed 125 men and women, ages 18 to 35, who had lost more than 8 percent of their initial body weight and were trying to keep it off. They assigned them randomly to follow one of three diets.

The study received funding from a variety of sources, including The Danish Heart Association and the Danish Pork Council.

The findings weren’t all that surprising, experts said.

“We know that most dieters have some weight regain despite the type of diet they may have been on,” said Lona Sandon, an assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. “The trick to preventing weight regain seems to be more in increasing exercise rather than diet strategies.”

Connect with Kris Geier kgeier@sportsplex-ct.com Set your fitness course.

• Include Aerobic Exercise in your Routine:  Swimming, Group Ex
• Take advantage of the guidance Personal Training provides.
• Take up Sportsplex Squash

Burn More Calories When You are Not Exercising

You want your body to burn calories at the highest possible rate even when you’re NOT exercising when you’re at sitting at your desk, relaxing at home, even sleeping.

It’s called your resting metabolic rate (RMR), and you CAN increase it.

One of the surest ways is by building more muscle mass through strength training. Muscle can burn 3-5 times more calories than fat does. So the more muscle you have, the more calories you’ll burn. Even when you’re staying perfectly still.

And you don’t need to invest much time. Working with weights for as little as 20 minutes two to three days a week can be enough to crank up your RMR over time.

• There is a Variety of Fitness Options at Sportsplex
• Are you trying to Lose Weight? combine Nutrition with Personal Training
• Aerobic Exercise:  Swimming, Group Ex, Squash
  

Thanksgiving Day Classes

8:00AM  BodyPump-JOANNE

*8-10AM Harvest Day Charity Spin To benefit Feed the Children
-DAN & PENNY  $10 suggested donation
cash or checks made out to Feed The Children(will be collected the day of the event)

Feed The Children is an organization dedicated to providing food, water, clothing, medical help and hope to children worldwide in their struggle for survival!

9:00 AM Step Interval -AILEEN
10:00 AM Yoga -PAULA

Friday November 28th

9:00 AM   LesMill RPM Class
10:00 AM All Male Bodypump Challenge
with Guest Instructor Corey Smith

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• There is a Variety of Fitness Options at Sportsplex
• Are you trying to Lose Weight? combine Nutrition with Personal Training
• Aerobic Exercise:  Swimming, Group Ex

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Better Nutrition, Better Habits

Even if you’re not trying to lose weight, there are good reasons for eating 5 or more small meals daily rather than the traditional, larger 3 meals a day.

• Headaches, fatigue and even poor sleep can be signs of low blood sugar levels. By eating every 3 to 4 hours, you can keep your sugar levels steady and reduce these common health problems.

• Eating regular meals promotes better digestion and can reduce constipation and acid indigestion.

• Small frequent meals aid in weight loss because keeping blood sugar levels steady helps reduce food cravings, bingeing and overeating.

• There is a Variety of Fitness Options at Sportsplex
• Are you trying to Lose Weight? combine Nutrition with Personal Training
• Aerobic Exercise:  Swimming, Group Ex

Have you been lax about your exercise?

If you’ve been lax about about your exercise routine and aren’t sure what you should be doing, new recommendations give adults and kids specifics on what they can do to reap important health benefits.

Adults need a minimum of 2 1/2 hours of moderate exercise per week, or one hour and 15 minutes of vigorous activity. And kids should get an hour of activity per day, according to the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans announced earlier this month.

Those are the numbers the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services came up with after a two-year process that included having a 13-member advisory committee review scientific research on the effects of physical activity and health.

• Include Aerobic Exercise in your Routine:  Swimming, Group Ex
• Take advantage of the guidance Personal Training provides.
• Take up Sportsplex Squash

We are offering five week sessions of these NEW yoga classes.

OCTOBER 23-NOVEMBER 23rd
Come Join Us! 

Wednesday 12:15PM Open 30 Minute Meditation
Thursdays 8:30AM  Gentle Yoga w/ Paula
Thursday 7:30PM  Warm Vigorous Yoga w/ Penny
Sunday 4:00PM Warm Vinyasa Yoga w/Penny

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Get Healthy contact Penny Hoff, Group Ex. Director: phoff@sportsplex-ct.com

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Fitness Solutions:

• There is a Variety of Fitness Options at Sportsplex
  
• Personal Training - Get the knowledge, expertise and motivation you need to succeed
• Aerobic Exercise:  Swimming, Group Ex

Week of October 6th Class Changes
Group Fitness@ Sportsplex Stamford

Gwen’s M & W 7:15pm Yoga classes will be held in the Pilates Mat studio