February 2009

Tis the Season to Detox!

Now that you’re done pounding champagne every night for a month, it is suddenly a great time of year to reset the odometer, wipe the slate clean and purify, purify, purify. The Firm now has Detoxification kits that will help you go through a detoxification process efficiently and safely. Additionally, Bobbi Horner, LRD, is available to test your level of toxicity, provide meal guidelines and ensure you are using the necessary supplements correctly.

Don’t let “Detoxification” scare you. It’s simple! During detoxification, your body transforms icky toxins (champagne, nicotine, cocktail weenies, a month’s worth of shame) into harmless molecules that can be excreted. It’s a very cinchy process of eliminating foods in a certain order, eventually adding supplements and finally adding healthy foods back into your diet.

You will shine! It will be a new you! And you might also finally kick that cold you’ve been dancing around all winter.

30-minute Detox coaching Is $40. (Does not include cost of supplements or food) Read about the progam in the brochure.

For more information contact bhorner@thefirmmpls.com or 612-377-4006.

Viva la SAMY!

If you have been to The Firm in the past 10 months you have surely seen the The Brazilian Cha-Cha-Cha named Samy Matos running around Personal Training and teaching CORE on Monday and Wednesdays at 9:30AM and Thursday nights at 5:15pm.

It’s hard to miss her: She’s suuuuuper hot! But while she may look like a Hottie Tottie with a Naughty Body, she has got a punch that could knock you into next week. She is a Russian Kettlebell Challenge Certified Instructor, which means that she’ll guide you through a workout with weighty objects that resemble old cannonballs with handles on them. These funny little blobby things pack an intense workout and, if done right, will deliver some extreme all around fitness. They incorporate strength, and flexibility, and are a powerful tool for fixing your body composition, whichever way it needs fixing.
http://www.smfitsolutions.com/russian_kettlebell

Samy is available for training with Kettlebells either one-on-one, or small groups and she will be teaching a workshop on Satuday, February 14th at 11:00 am at The Firm. Class is limited to 6 people so sign up at the front desk ASAP.

Valentine's Day Pinch of Love

Fitness is for Lovers. Or Lusters. Whatever.

Here’s a clever relationship building opportunity: Now you and your “friend” can get a fitness assessment, which includes body-fat testing, daily calorie information, an optimum heart-rate training chart and two additional training sessions, for one low price (pricing is trainer specific). And if you’re still looking for an –ahem- “friend,” no biggie, just use this great deal on yourself and you may find a “friend” shortly thereafter.

Valentine's Day Blowout

Is it hot in here?

You know how hard it is to think of something wonderful to do on Valentines day. There’s so much pressure, and it’s so hard to think of something clever: movies aren’t that special, dinner can be done any night, horse drawn carriage with roses is kinda played out… omg, I’m bored.

Heads up, Lover! Here’s a super cheap date idea, and it’s soooo sexy! Kick your V-Day off with a cardio striptease class. Is there any better way to get the juices flowing early and without breaking the bank? No, there isn’t.

Brad and Doug make it hard. Also easy.

OMG If you haven’t heard about it already I am sure you have seen pics on Facebook from Doug and Brads charity classes on Saturday. They teamed up to raise money for The MN AIDS Project. Doug wore the latest in Minne-so-tah red carpet fashion and Brad was none other than the Queen of Soul herself. Atta Girls.

And speaking of a couple of queens going Hollywood, The Oscars are coming up on February 22nd, people. Recognize. The Firm is proud to be a sponsor of the MN AIDS Project and DIVA-MN OSCAR NIGHT 2009.

Hang out with all the local hipsters at The Chambers Hotel and witness not only the Academy Awards on the big screen but also food, fashion, and Wanda Wisdom! This is the night that Minneapolis doesn’t seem like Minne-NO–place anymore. Holla!

Ass Kickin' Water Makes You Cool

Did you see that we got our very own FIRM water bottles? We had been resisting because we don’t want to seem like some of the other giant corporate clubs in town that have escalators to the locker room and like fifteen urinals in every bathroom. We are still, and we will be for evermore, the “Cheers of Fitness.” But now we gots us some sweet tricked out water bottles with our ass kickin’ logo on the label so you can casually show off to everyone where you work out without shoving it down their throat. So shove our water down your throat and show everyone how cool you are.

Thanks a million to our totally cool friend and client Ben Hertz at Custom Water Works. www.jaythewaterguy.com

Snow Blows

We all are so over the snow. It’s cold, it’s wet and it’s dirty but not in a good way like a dogs nose or your butt after a long run outside. It’s more like you just want it gone. Which it is…until it snows again, but it’s not gonna snow again is it?

Until then, here is a rule to live by (and you may live by this rule year-round, not just when it’s dumbfoundingly cold outside): you know the IMS parking lot across Aldrich Avenue from our front door? Whenever the arm is up you can park there. We have requested that the arm be raised Monday – Friday, 4:45 pm - 5:54 pm and Saturdays from 8:00 am -10:00 am. But even if it’s 69 degrees outside and the arm is up you can still park there. Thanks, guys. You rock and snow blows.

The Firm F.I.T.

You know what's dumb? Working yourself into the ground, needing 6 weeks or more off work for double-bypass heart surgery and then returning to work at half-speed for the following three years. You know what's smart? Managing your day to include a healthy breakfast and lunch, and leaving work on time to get a workout in. There are those who would cite the latter option as not performing like a "team player" but those people are jerks. Enough is enough!

Stephen Covey talks about taking the time to keep your "saw sharp" so that work and relationships are done better, cleaner, more precisely and with half the effort. This is your chance to sharpen your saw, improve your eating habits, cardio vascular condition and overall health while building good life-long habits and breaking bad habits.

The best way to educate yourself on saw sharpening is by doing Firm FIT. The next Firm F.I.T. starts March 28th. Space is limited, sign-up today, and get sharpening. More Info.