“The SuperSlow Zone’s® clients are men and women because they feel comfortable with our professional service and the results they achieve. However, we are focusing on women as a special Summer 2008 initiative.

The message SuperSlow Zone® feels imperative to send women everywhere is that being strong…and I mean average woman of ALL ages – not just female athletes…is essential to our self-accountability. Strength is critical to a female’s health, beauty (inner and outer), and grace. By ‘grace’ I don’t mean being ‘Princess Grace’ I mean the grace embodied in our functionality – through living our daily lives, by caring for ourselves and for others.

If you don’t believe in or understand the importance of functionality, just try having your ability to move compromised or taken away from you…or think of a fragile person _ someone you have seen or someone you know …then you will recognize what I am saying about functionality. By ’self-accountability’ I mean what we pro-actively do NOW to invest in our strength, health and grace.

Allow it to sink in…’grace = strength = ‘functionality’; allow this notion to grow through you and guide your self-care. SuperSlow® strength training is a 20 minute work out, two times a week…and in your street clothes, if you prefer. For 26 distinguished years, SuperSlow® has been the leading and most viable option in safe, effective strength training protocols. SuperSlow® will positively impact your bones, heart, metabolism, neuro-muscular control, functionality and…of course, your physique. You get the most bang for your exercise buck in the shortest amount of time with SuperSlow Zone®. Period!

Americans already spend an astronomical $2 trillion dollars annually for health care…that is 16 cents out of every dollar; by 2016 it is expected to double to more than $4 trillion annually with the government share of the tab reaching 50 percent according to economists with the National Health Statistics Group. Translation: In 10 years, the total spent will be nearly 20 cents out of every dollar. Out-of-pocket consumer spending on health care will rise to $440 billion. Add that figure to the $50 billion Americans already spend on beauty alone, and it is clear that we each are going to reach deeper into our pocketbooks for our health and beauty costs. So I ask you, “What would you rather do, ’spend more later’ or ‘invest wisely now’ in your strength for health, beauty and grace?” Click on this link and listen to Strong SuperSlow Zone® Women.

Madeline Ross
Passionate SuperSlow Zone® Client
Founder & CEO
SuperSlow Zone, LLC®

P.S. And by the way, don’t forget about the men in your life (and even the boys!). SuperSlow Zone® is also perfect for them, but we won’t tell them that I chose to focus on you this month. I know Mother’s Day was in May, but hey, isn’t every day Father’s Day?!

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An argument supporting SuperSlow® exercise for a life time.

By Tim Rankin, SuperSlow Level I Certified Instructor
and owner of SuperSlow Zone centers in
Sterling, Virginia and Gaithersburg, Maryland

As a beginning SuperSlow client, you will progressively become more confident and competent in “how to exercise,” noticing results as weeks and months go by. First you may experience improved energy levels and “feeling stronger” in every day life. Soon, you may start to notice increased strength, improved definition in your arms, legs, shoulders, back and torso, and perhaps you may experience better endurance when you are out skiing, playing tennis, or just climbing the stairs, or just your dialing living. You are starting to achieve maximum results in minimum time.

Rapid Improvement Levels Off
After those first few months of rapid improvements and increased resistance levels each workout, gradual but continual gains level off and come more slowly over time. The cumulative effect, however, can be very dramatic. Strength improvements are possible of up to100% or more, other enhancements may include better balance, stability, and injury resistance, measurable increases in cardiovascular efficiency, improved pain-free performance in sports or other activities, and easier functioning in your day-to-day life.

Never Forget Your Pre-SuperSlow Condition
It is important at this stage, however, not to forget your pre-SuperSlow state of fitness, or rather lack of fitness like how weak you used to be, how injury prone and even flabby you were, and what your energy and stamina levels were. Without this reflection you may tend to discount some of what SuperSlow has done for you and how far you have come. The truth is, unless you experienced a vivid demonstrable change like losing a considerable amount of weight, it is easy to forget improvements you now take for granted.

Important Regular Check-Ins
Making sure you remember your pre-SuperSlow starting point and your reasons for beginning SuperSlow is one very important reason we perform regular check-ins with you – to track your fitness goals and objectives as well as subjective improvements over time. There are many reasons for initially trying SuperSlow exercise. Some of your motivating reasons may be on the following list:
1.Out of shape.
2.Look and feel better.
3.Overweight.
4.Exhausted at the end of the day.
5.Never quite recovered from that old sports injury to a knee or elbow.
6.Plagued with a weak back that goes out occasionally.
7.Just diagnosed with osteoporosis or osteopenia (beginnings of osteoporosis).
8.Aging … slowing your aging process.

Aging S-L-O-W down
It is not unusual at this stage to question if it is necessary to continue this challenging workout for what appears to be maintaining status quo, but consider first its true meaning. Status quo literally means “the condition that currently exists.” Pay particular attention to the word currently, which underscores that results are not a permanent state, but rather something that needs to be sustained. Why? Your body is in a constant state of change called aging! SuperSlow exercise is demanding physical work done for the sole purpose of stimulating fitness and health benefits. Without the continued stimulus the body slowly returns to the state from whence it came. Your aging process accelerates. Much like brushing your teeth to maintain those pearly whites, if you would like to keep your results or perhaps even more improvement, supervision by your SuperSlow certified instructor is even more important than ever to increase your focus and motivation.

SuperSlow Lifetime Benefits
In addition to lifelong strength and fitness, research is finding many other reasons to continue a safe and effective progressive weight training program like SuperSlow for a lifetime. The following is a partial list of possible benefits derived from strength training:
•Improved memory in older adults.
•Reduction of blood pressure in hypertensive individuals.
•Improvements in blood lipid profile in the elderly.
•A decrease in abdominal fat.
•Significantly improved insulin sensitivity in those with type 2 diabetes.
•Reduced risk factors for Coronary Artery Disease.
•Increased bone mineral density.

Strength Fitness Focus
According to the SuperSlow philosophy, clients should look for safe, efficient and effective workouts from their exercise program and save entertainment value for their recreational or leisure pursuits. Do not be distracted by enticing ads that you promise maintaining or even improving your level of fitness with emphasis on fun and enjoyment. Focus first on your effort that then makes the recreational activities you enjoy safer with your stronger, more-enduring body.

SuperSlow – Better at Every Age
SuperSlow exercise is an essential tool, not just for building up your fitness level, but for keeping your body at its best for an entire lifetime. Aging is a fact of life – unavoidable. SuperSlow helps you be better at every age. The benefits to strength, cardiovascular fitness, and many health related measurements are very clear. So, not only can you get to the top with SuperSlow exercise, but you can stay there and enjoy the view for a long time to come!

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In Search Of The “Perfect Workout”, Or Searching For The Motivation To Begin, What’s Diet Got To Do With It?

If you’re in search of the “perfect workout,” or just searching for motivation to begin working out, then your search is over. SuperSlow® strength training is the “perfect workout” with its 20-minute, twice-a-week workout …and the added convenience of exercising in your everyday clothes or workout attire making it easy to get in, workout, and get on with your life day.

Whether an exercise champion or still on the sidelines of contemplation, a common thought bubble may surface – should I modify my diet to optimize my workout to ensure that I lose body fat and add body-shaping muscle? Realize that it’s not about weight loss, although weight may be lost, but rather, will my workout regimen:

• Assure any weight lost is from stored fat.
• Stimulate muscular growth.

Remember, our bodies require fuel and, if our goal is to use excess fat stores for any calorie deficit, we must understand the body’s rule book. Otherwise, being constantly at odds with what we want vs. what we get will cause constant frustration.

Let’s consider a few scenarios:

1. Drastic Calorie Restriction (<800 calories is classified starvation), No Exercise: Extreme dietary restriction triggers your survival mechanism to kick-in, dictating resources available FOR fuel. When failsafe is activated, the body indiscriminately draws from all tissues – except fat. Put a big X by this plan!
2. Normal Daily Calories (1500 – 2000 calories), No Exercise: Without exercise to preserve your muscle mass, the body indiscriminately draws from both fat AND muscle stores, as well as bone and organ tissue to satisfy fuel needs. Put a big X by this plan!
3. Normal Daily Calories (1500 – 2000 calories) Plus SuperSlow® Exercise: SuperSlow® Exercise signals the body that muscle reserves are off limits; preserve current muscle mass; and create new muscle, with the result of discriminate fat loss for additional fuel requirements. Bingo – this plan is the winner!

Now, let’s consider the roles diet and exercise play in attaining and maintaining desired results. Initially 80-90% of FAT loss comes from dietary changes; we have established that losing the FAT you WANT from your excess fat stores requires exercise – not just cutting calories. Here, exercise means SuperSlow® Strength Training to build muscle – not just expending calories during an activity (which will contribute to your fat-loss program), but primarily your focus should be on SuperSlow® Strength Training results:

• Selectively use excess fat stores for fuel requirements.
• Increase caloric needs through creation of additional muscle.

On the more excessive side, body builders, looking for leanness and muscle definition, adhere to extreme dietary regimens to produce those Mr. America results: low- to no-fats, leafy greens, and lots and lots of protein. But dietary sacrifices to achieve the right “look” may result in long-term, negative effects.

Basic considerations for the average person to achieve a balanced workout and diet approach are:

1. Protein: “building blocks” of muscle required to build or repair muscle; excess protein does NOT build MORE muscle. Not all sources of protein are equal, so focus instead on “complete” proteins more easily absorbed by the body from lean, high-quality protein sources such as chicken, fish, lean meats and beef, and egg whites. Incomplete proteins [lacking one or more "essential" amino acids, which the body can't make or create by modifying another amino acid] usual sources include: fruits, vegetables, grains, and nuts.
• The Institute of Medicine recommends adults consume 8 grams of protein/20 pounds bodyweight/day to prevent slow breakdown of tissues. Athletes may require more protein, because of extreme demands placed upon their bodies, but for most of us, seeking to achieve a “balance” in our mix should be our paramount goal.
2. Carbohydrates: fuel NEEDED for muscular system energy, usually requiring combination of healthy protein/fat/mineral/vitamin ratio. Low glycemic index choices like sweet potatoes, brown rice, green veggies, carrots, some fruits, and low-fat dairy choices are best. Carbohydrates are in almost everything we eat and drink. About 40% of each meal should come from favorable carbohydrates to maintain blood sugar levels to promote efficient fat burning.
3. Fat: Saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated dietary fats are biologically active molecules that play a key role in both positive and negative effects on, blood pressure, weight gain/obesity, and how muscles respond to insulin resistance/ glucose metabolism. [Researchers report: losing fat stored around belly/thighs/ buttocks requires consuming "new" fat or making new fat in the liver; small amounts of dietary fats: fish oils more effectively activate fat burning pathways in the liver.] Western culture challenges center less on fat quantity and more on the KIND of fat –mistakenly avoid eating fats whether good or bad for the heart .
• The “Mediterranean Diet” recommends the healthiest – Omega 3’s and mono-unsaturated fats – instead of saturated fats, which are probably over consumed eating beef. Many seeds, nuts, olive oil, fatty skin fish (salmon, trout), and avocados are all healthy ways to integrate fat into your plan.
4. DHEA (delivered in the 7 Keto method): Kick you’re health and strength gains out of the park!

   Mother nature is in love with the young. She turns their food into energy and gives them the ability to recover from exercise at an insanely quick rate. SuperSlow Zone® uses Univera products, and in particular their DHEA product called Prime, because they are designed to put those of us past 25 years old in a similar state of rapid recovery and increased performance – it’s not theory, its scientific fact. If you want to guarantee results in a person over 30, putting their muscles under load while ensuring the body has the essential ‘muscle stimulating chemistry,’ Univera’s Prime will astound you.

   Univera Prime teaches the body how to replicate the repair signals of a healthy 29 year old. Look at the 3,000+ studies on performance and the body’s natural ability to produce DHEA, the master repair signal in the body.

   A healthy 29 year old has DHEA levels between 250 and 400, while a 65 year old woman can be in double digits. Strength training is, by far, the best method to get DHEA levels to naturally begin to rise, Prime just finishes the job – offering SuperSlow Zone® clients the opportunity to knock their strength gains out of the park.

5. Water: essential for the majority of important body functions – regulate/maintain body temperature, transport nutrients/oxygen, remove waste products and moisten mouth, eyes, nose, hair, skin, joints and digestive tract. Water is, quite simply, the purest and most caloric-free way to fill needs without diet sweetener negatives. Aspartame-laced drinks work against diet goals – increasing your appetite. Load up instead on good old H2O to cleanse your inner body and help you control that appetite.

Don’t think you can do it all at once? Take small “bites.”

Focus on changing the TYPES of fats you consume. Change portion sizes/content ratios. Eat slowly– give your brain time to feel full – listen to your body. Drink LOTS of water. Small, manageable behavioral changes integrated gradually often “stick” better than extreme modifications, with healthier outcomes. It’s a beautiful cornucopia of food choices – have fun, and begin building a healthier YOU!!

Authors: Brenda Hutchins, Co-Founder of SuperSlow® & Marie Theriault-Ortiz (SuperSlow Zone® in San Jose, CA)

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Two Houston Surgeons, With Mangled Legs, Strengthen Their Stamina

“We have two wonderful surgeons as clients in our SuperSlow Zone® in the Bunkerhill area of Houston. They come in together two times a week in the early morning. Then off to surgery all day they go.

This does not sound very extraordinary but…they had an accident with an 18 wheeler about two years ago. It left their legs…well…badly mangled. The wife was headed towards leg amputations. They are determined to be focused and pro-active in their health and fitness no matter what!

If you can believe this…they used to get up at 4:00 am and drive 1.5 hours to a sister SuperSlow Zone® in College Station/Bryant, Texas owned by SuperSlow® Master Ryan Womack. They would do their workout, drive back 1.5 hours and then perform surgeries all day! The early morning dawn patrols were a testament to how important SuperSlow® personal strength training is to their thriving.

With our first SuperSlow Zone® now open in the Bunkerhill area of Houston, TX they have a local place to do SuperSlow®.

They are an inspiration to our SuperSlow Zone staff! The wife literally cries at times during her workout or feels pain post workout due to the injuries with her bones, scars, etc. But doing SuperSlow® IS what enables her to keep her legs…and strong legs and flexible at that!”

Chris Opel
Co-Owner
SuperSlow Zone® Bunkerhill Area, Houston, TX
(281) 914-4494
copel_usa@superslowzone.com

Two Well Known Houston Attorneys –SuperSlow Zone® Die-Hards!

“We have the pleasure of two Houston attorneys as clients. She works for a large, international attorney firm and he is a Attorney for the US Department of Justice. Yes…they are busy!

They had done SuperSlow personal strength training® in Louisiana for about 8 years. Now living in Houston, our location opening in the Bunkerhill area enables them to be one committed couple! Within their hectic schedules they don’t miss their SuperSlow® workout…but hey…it’s only 20 minutes, 2 times a week!

You know they are “SuperSlow Zone die-hards” when every time we have a prospective client in the reception, and they are entering or leaving their workout, you will hear them say…totally unsolicited by our staff, “You must do this…it is simply the best and IT WORKS!”

Chris Opel
Co-Owner
SuperSlow Zone® Bunkerhill Area, Houston, TX
(281) 914-4494
copel_usa@superslowzone.com

A Beautiful Houston Socialite –”I hate to exercise. Period!”

“So…this is a joke, right?” Those were her first words. We responded, “Why don’t you find out.”

She then made sure that we understood that she does not exercise…does not want to exercise and in fact, hates to exercise.”

We thought she made herself pretty clear.

Well, two months later, she is a firm believer…and I mean that with a pun intended! While she is thin…too thin…she had no muscle and you know what is most likely happening to her bones as a result of this…on the path to Osteoporosis.

Her friends are now telling her how different she looks…more tone because of muscle!

Our keystone “20 minutes, 2 times a week…and the option to exercise in whatever you have on for the day”…fits her style perfectly…and for the first time, now fits her health and fitness lifestyle.”

Peter Opel
Co-Owner
SuperSlow Zone® Bunkerhill Area, Houston, TX
(281) 914-4494
popel_usa@superslowzone.com

Two Busy Houston Professionals Who Converted “From The Gym” – To SuperSlow Zone®

“Everything is pretty…very, very pretty there…but in 6 months with a personal trainer, I haven’t seen any results!” This is how our busy female professional talked about her gym membership.

She had to find something that worked; her gym membership and personal trainer weren’t cutting it.

“At SuperSlow Zone,” she said, “You are half the cost, a quarter of the time and finally, results I could never achieve.”

Our second busy professional is very particular and meticulous…about everything. His standards are very high. After attempting to achieve a high level of conditioning at a local gym, he decided to give us a try. He was pretty much in disbelief at first…how could 20 minutes, 2 times a week enable him to achieve and maintain a high level of conditioning?

Not only is he achieving the standards he wants for his conditioning, he works out in jeans, tennis shoes and T-shirt. This is hard for him to believe…but believing it he is!”

Chris Opel
Co-Owner
SuperSlow Zone® Bunkerhill Area, Houston, TX
(281) 914-4494
copel_usa@superslowzone.com

Super Strength Started For an 80 Year Old….And He Has Feeding Tubes

“We have a new client in his 80’s that has been in a deep depression since suffering a stroke that has completely ended his ability to swallow anything and is tube fed. He refused to get out of bed for an extended period.

A friend and client of ours talked him into trying SuperSlow® personal strength training.

I was surprised he got out of bed to come, but he is coming and has had a great improvement.

The first thing he did that excited his wife was he sat up in bed and read the paper. He is improving so much his wife cannot stop thanking us for helping him. This is what makes SS so great and so worth doing.”

Joy & Mike Carruth
SuperSlow Zone Waco, TX
(254) 235-4279
ssz@grandecom.net

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Diabetes – A Silent Storm

According to the American Diabetes Association, 23.6 million people in the US have diabetes, or about 7.8% of the population¹.

What Does Diabetes Cost The US…Cost You?

The American Diabetes Association reports: www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics/cost-of-diabetes-in-us.jsp

• The total annual economic cost of diabetes in 2007 was estimated to be $174 billion.
• Medical expenditures totaled $116 billion and were comprised of $27 billion for diabetes care, $58 billion for chronic diabetes-related complications, and $31 billion for excess general medical costs. Indirect costs resulting from increased absenteeism, reduced productivity, disease-related unemployment disability, and loss of productive capacity due to early mortality totaled $58 billion. This is an increase of $42 billion since 2002. This 32% increase means the dollar amount has risen over $8 billion more each year.
• The 2007 per capita annual costs of health care for people with diabetes is $11,744 a year, of which $6,649 (57%) is attributed to diabetes.
• One out of every five health care dollars is spent caring for someone with diagnosed diabetes, while one in ten health care dollars is attributed to diabetes.

What Is Diabetes Type II?

Type II is the most commonly diagnosed form of diabetes. This is when insulin resistance develops, meaning the cells’ ability to take glucose from insulin decreases. As a result, more insulin is produced, blood glucose levels rise, and if it isn’t addressed soon, the individual may develop type II diabetes. Type II diabetes is one of the major heart disease risk factors.

Ideally, the excess blood sugar (glucose) will go to extra storage space in the cells of the liver or muscles. The liver is typically filled, and the muscle cells mostly contain glycogen (the stored form of glucose) for energy use. If the muscle cells are filled, then insulin will go to its third and undesired destination, adipose (fat) tissue. This is when insulin resistance develops. In essence, glucose is either brought to fat cells for storage or left in the blood…neither of which is desirable.

SuperSlow® Strength Training Is THE RIGHT CHOICE!

How can SuperSlow® strength training play a role? Studies show strength training to increase insulin sensitivity ^{2 3}(the condition where cells are more able to take glucose from insulin) and decrease blood glucose levels³.

Strength training is mainly fueled by an energy cycle called anaerobic metabolism. The higher the intensity, the more frequently this cycle occurs. What is the material used at the start of this cycle? Glucose.

In addition, muscle tissue is the major desired storage space, holding roughly three times the glycogen that the liver can. High intensity strength training, such as SuperSlow®, leads to the production of the stress hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine. When this emergency preparation response occurs, muscles release significant amounts of glycogen, which can then be used for energy. In addition, high intensity strength training produces enzymes that remove molecules of glucose from muscle stores. These enzymes activate other enzymes at an exponential rate, meaning tens or hundreds of enzymes will each be removing glucose⁴.

While this breakdown and removal of glycogen from muscles occur, enzymes block the creation of more glycogen. Basically, glycogen is being released but can’t be synthesized⁴.

Muscle Loss – Sarcopenia

Finally, consider this: We lose muscle as we age…a lot of muscle. The Mayo Clinic reports that we lose about 1% of our muscle mass every year after 30⁵.

How does this relate to diabetes? Less muscle means becoming less adept at storing blood sugar. It’s no wonder that type II diabetes is known as “adult onset diabetes”. The good news is that this loss can be stopped and reversed with a small amount of high intensity strength training every week.

Rebuild your muscles to a youthful state. Keep glucose away from your fat cells. Keep your blood sugar at a healthy level. Do SuperSlow® strength training!

Sean Preuss
Certified SuperSlow Instructor, LMT
SPreuss40@yahoo.com
(480) 305-4981
SuperSlow Zone
7585 E Redfield Road, Scottsdale, AZ, Suite 112

1 “All About Diabetes.” American Diabetes Association. 22 May 2009 http://www.diabetes.org/about-diabetes.jsp

2 Cauza, E., Hanusch-Enserer, U., Strasser, B., Ludvik, B., Metz-Schimmerl, S., Pacini, G., Wagner, O., Georg, P., Prager, R., Kostner, K., Dunky, A., Haber, P., “The relative benefits of endurance and strength training on the metabolic factors and muscle function of people with type II diabetes mellitus.” Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 88, no. 3 (March 2007): 397

3 Holten, M. K., Zacho, M., Gaster, M., Juel, C., Jorgen, F. P., Wojtaszewski, Dela, F., “Strength Training Increases Insulin-Mediated Glucose Intake, GLUT4 Content, and Insulin Signaling in Skeletal Muscle in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.” Diabetes 53, no. 2 (February 2004): 294-305

4 McGuff, Dr. D., Little, J. “Global Metabolic Conditioning.” Body by Science. McGraw-Hill, 2009. 20-34.

5 “Sarcopenia.” Mayo Clinic Health Letter, February (2002): page 7.

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Do your cardio. Aerobics three times a week. No, wait – is it five? Walk, don’t run. Walk for 30 minutes a day…or is it five hours a week. Get out and do SOMEthing. Conflicting messages abound -how do you sift through this? And, what’s this about strength training on top of it all?

Popular, mis-guided recommendations for your health include “cardio” three times a week and strength training twice a week. We know, we know – how can you fit this into your busy schedule? Well, let’s prioritize based on the results…after all, you are doing this to achieve and maintain results otherwise, why bother?

Strength training is now recommended as the most important exercise for multiple reasons. Muscle loss begins as early as your 30’s, and you have to actively maintain it , let alone build muscle, to avoid sarcopinea (loss of muscle mass) & osteoporosis. Your heart and lungs exist to support or service the working skeletal muscles. When you increase your strength, your muscles work more efficiently, creating less demand on the cardiovascular system.

By stimulating the skeletal muscles, a growth mechanism activates that affects other biological systems, in particular your metabolism. Your body burns more calories – an increase by 4-8% in your resting metabolic rate which translates to burning more calories while at rest. Compare THAT to the incremental caloric burn you gain for traditional activities such as running, swimming, or biking.

Other critical improvements include cognitive benefits, cardiocirculatory fitness, improved aerobic capacity, helping to control diabetes, and enabling a quality of life that aging attempts to take away from us. From fitting better into your pants, to just being able to pull ON your pants, it’s a win-win.

So, where does SuperSlow® strength training fit into all of this? Well, let’s see. You want to look fitter because you are fit. Be more active, or at least support the lifestyle you want to live (now, and in the future). And avoid health issues that may have haunted you or your families in the past. We on track here? Sounds like you need to integrate strength training into your life. …ah, you say, “I don’t have the time!!” Not so with SuperSlow® .

At the SuperSlow Zone® you give maximum effort with a Zen-like focus in your short, 20 minute, supervised, all-body one-on-one session . Arrive at the SuperSlow Zone® in your work or day clothes, do your work out and on your way you go. SuperSlow’s high intensity strength training uses a proven, safe method to accomplish your strength training needs 50% faster than traditional resistance training with the effect of not just burning calories during the workout, but to burn them all the time.

Rest is important for building muscle, so your workouts require 72 hours to build more muscle – any less than that and you’re working against the muscle build process. In today’s time-crunched, environmentally conscious lifestyle that means that for just twenty minutes, twice a week, SuperSlow Zone is the ultimate prescription for fitness.

By Madeline Ross, CEO SuperSlow Zone, LLC and

Marie Ortiz, Owner SuperSlow Zone Silver Creek, CA & Certified SS Instructor

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Meet Dale Nelson.

Dale is a grandmother.

She does SuperSlow® strength training with Pam Kirscher, owner of SuperSlow Zone® in Sarasota, FL. Pam is thrilled with Dale and Dale is having a blast!

What Dale Did – Not For Any ‘Ol Sissy Granny!

Dale did SuperSlow® strength training for only 8 months to get ready for her Mexico adventure: adventure accomplished…see below

fly on a zip line over the mountains of Puerto Vallarta propel down waterfalls, climb rocks like a 20-year-old and go from a size 14 to a size 6

Dale said, “I could never have done that before”…that is, before SuperSlow® strength training.

Dale Before

Dale had trouble walking up the stairs to her condo. Combine this with poor posture and backaches and the idea of sporting in the outdoors in Mexico seemed impossible.

How Did She Do It?

SuperSlow Zone® helped Dale get ready for her dream adventure to Mexico and she proudly credits SuperSlow Zone® for this. Dale say there was “absolutely no way” she could have had the muscle power to grip the cables or the stamina to hike and climb without SuperSlow Zone®. And, she adds, without “so much as a sore muscle.”

Dale’s story was recently featured in WQ Magazine, Spring ‘09 Quarterly Edition, Sarasota, FL.

“Dale states, “I built muscles where I didn’t know I had muscle. I have so much more strength in everything I do.” In eight months time, she has increased the weight she can lift by 80 pounds. She’s also reduced from a size 14 to a size 6. The workouts have made such a difference in her life that she says “I’ll be coming here when I am over 100!”

Besides the improvements in her body and her strength, time is a huge factor in why Dale feels SuperSlow® works better for her than any other exercise regimen.

Like most of us, Dale doesn’t have a lot of free time. The dramatic results only require one-to-two 20-minute workouts per week.

She doesn’t have to worry about warming up or cardio, it’s all inclusive. What makes this workout so fast is that muscles are working the entire time. As all three groups of muscle fibers are utilized to the point of fatigue, the development of lean muscle mass is stimulated. The use of the highest quality equipment available and the assistance of a Certified SuperSlow® Instructor ensure that every workout is a success.”

Whatever age you are, and whatever level of conditioning you may have, you gotta give it to Dale for
s- t- r- e- t- c-h- i- n- g and fulfilling her dream. Through SuperSlow®, her every day quality of living and her energy and health are vastly improved…not to mention a granny in a size 6! In the Welcome part of this month’s Ezine, I mentioned…

Live Happy, Healthy, Wealthy & Strong

So…our hat’s off to you, Dale, for reminding all of us to
Live Happy, Healthy, Wealthy & Strong.

My best to you,

Madeline Ross
Founder and CEO
SuperSlow Zone®, LLC

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Jaw-Dropping PERMANENT Weight Loss Results – Clients From SuperSlow Zone® Lonetree, CO ctaylor_usa@superslowzone.com

When my client was leaving last week sincerely apologizing to me for not believing me when I promised her success, I realized right then how much I love my job!

(See my client’s picture, below, click here.)

“I cannot believe that I’ve lost 20lbs in 7 weeks,” she said with the largest smile imaginable on her face. “I am wearing clothes I haven’t worn in years, and I’m not buying new clothes, because I’m not where I want to be yet, but now I know I can get there!!”

Lexi was so defeated when I met her just a couple months ago. She had tried many other programs, so when she came in to SuperSlow Zone® she was in total disbelief. I felt like she was on the verge of tears during our consultation. I was telling Lexi, who has tried every workout and listened to every diet plan that we can do even better with a work out that is 20 minutes 2 x a week, and a 12 week nutrition plan (Transitions Lifestyle Systems™)…you should have seen her response! Not only did Lexi not have success with the other plans, but she never wanted to stick with them, because she felt like every single one of them had made empty promises.

Lexi’s success, along with many others who combine SuperSlow Zone® strength training and Transitions Lifestyle Systems™ (weight loss / healthy eating program), is what gives me so much gratification for what we are doing. Combining these two extraordinary systems enables our clients to change their lives every day, and it is absolutely the coolest thing in the world to watch and help!! I can’t think of anything better than doing exactly what we are doing for people!

If we can help our clients…one important person at a time…improve health, energy and self image, meaning you feel better, you look better, then think about this for a second: When you feel good about yourself, then aren’t you happier? And then don’t you become a better wife/husband, daughter/son, mother/father, employee/employer, and FRIEND when you’re happier? And when you’re happier, aren’t the people around you happier with you? So your relationships get better and stronger and you can focus on the more important things. Then you’re more successful in everything you do and your quality of LIFE is GREAT! I have to believe that we have something to do with that, and I just love it!

Weight Body Fat% Waist Chest Hips	Before 177.2 36.6 36.5″ 41.5″ 42″		After 159.3 30.8 34.25″ 37.75″ 38.5″

Holy Crap! I look so different! I can’t thank you enough for all of your help. I owe you everything for helping me regain my life back!- Lexi

About 80 Lbs Lighter – Skeptics Rich and Lisa Feel And Look Great – SuperSlow Zone® Hyde Park, FL Alli@SSZHydePark.com

SuperSlow Strength Training And The Clients Changed Their Eating Habit (Did Not Particpate In An ‘Eating Program’)

About a year ago, Rich came into SuperSlow Zone® for his initial consultation and sample workout. He was very skeptical of the 20 minute workout and probably didn’t think he would still be with us a year later – but he is, and so is his wife, Lisa. Rich complained of knee pain and elbow pain, low energy and endurance, and extra weight. Today Rich has no problems with his knee or elbow, has increased levels of strength, energy, stamina, and the body he never thought he would have.

Lisa came to SuperSlow Zone® about a month after Rich started, she couldn’t believe the results Rich was getting in such a short amount of time, she decided there was no excuse- she could find 20 minutes 2x/ week to exercise, even though she hated to workout. A month later, Lisa was seeing amazing results too. A year later both Rich and Lisa look 10 years younger, have lost about 80 lbs. combined, and have better relationship because of their new found health and vitality.

Rich and Lisa are just two of the extraordinary clients I see on a weekly basis. It brings me such a sense of accomplishment and happiness when I see my clients transform their lives from the inside-out, just by adding strength. I have a deep respect and gratitude for each of my clients, everyday they teach me something new, the best way I can return the favor is to give them 100% in each workout ….that means assisting them to give 100% to themselves.

BEFORE		AFTER
When Rich and Lisa Cadieux look at pictures from a year ago, they hardly recognize themselves. “We never felt that heavy,” says Lisa. “It’s shocking.” That’s because the couple is about 80 pounds lighter, with Lisa having lost 35 pounds and Rich 42 pounds, over the past year. “We had tried fad diets, gym memberships, you name it,” Lisa says. “Nothing worked, and we would get bored or frustrated.” Then they heard about SuperSlow Zone and its 20-minute workouts, just twice a week. “We were really skeptical,” says Rich, “but we started seeing results within the first month.” The workouts involve four to six Nautilus weight machines, each targeting a specific muscle group. Weights are slowly raised and lowered in 10-second, non-stop increments until the targeted muscles reach a total momentary fatigue—about one-and-a-half to three minutes per machine. This slow motion method almost instantly improves muscle tone, cardiovascular fitness, stamina, energy and bone strength. “I’m in better shape now at 37 than I was at 22 in Air Force Training,” says Rich. Lisa adds, “I feel so much better about myself. And it’s brought Rich and me closer—it’s our Saturday morning date. We’re happier than ever.”

Alli Markow – De Jesus,
Co-Owner and Certified SuperSlow Instructor
SuperSlow Zone® Hyde Park, Tampa

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Do your cardio. Aerobics three times a week. No, wait – is it five? Walk, don’t run. Walk for 30 minutes a day…or is it five hours a week. Get out and do SOMEthing. Conflicting messages abound -how do you sift through this? And, what’s this about strength training on top of it all?

Popular, mis-guided recommendations for your health include “cardio” three times a week and strength training twice a week. We know, we know – how can you fit this into your busy schedule? Well, let’s prioritize based on the results…after all, you are doing this to achieve and maintain results otherwise, why bother?

Strength training is now recommended as the most important exercise for multiple reasons. Muscle loss begins as early as your 30’s, and you have to actively maintain it , let alone build muscle, to avoid sarcopinea (loss of muscle mass) & osteoporosis. Your heart and lungs exist to support or service the working skeletal muscles. When you increase your strength, your muscles work more efficiently, creating less demand on the cardiovascular system.

By stimulating the skeletal muscles, a growth mechanism activates that affects other biological systems, in particular your metabolism. Your body burns more calories – an increase by 4-8% in your resting metabolic rate which translates to burning more calories while at rest. Compare THAT to the incremental caloric burn you gain for traditional activities such as running, swimming, or biking.

Other critical improvements include cognitive benefits, cardiocirculatory fitness, improved aerobic capacity, helping to control diabetes, and enabling a quality of life that aging attempts to take away from us. From fitting better into your pants, to just being able to pull ON your pants, it’s a win-win.

So, where does SuperSlow® strength training fit into all of this? Well, let’s see. You want to look fitter because you are fit. Be more active, or at least support the lifestyle you want to live (now, and in the future). And avoid health issues that may have haunted you or your families in the past. We on track here? Sounds like you need to integrate strength training into your life. …ah, you say, “I don’t have the time!!” Not so with SuperSlow® .

At the SuperSlow Zone® you give maximum effort with a Zen-like focus in your short, 20 minute, supervised, all-body one-on-one session . Arrive at the SuperSlow Zone® in your work or day clothes, do your work out and on your way you go. SuperSlow’s high intensity strength training uses a proven, safe method to accomplish your strength training needs 50% faster than traditional resistance training with the effect of not just burning calories during the workout, but to burn them all the time.

Rest is important for building muscle, so your workouts require 72 hours to build more muscle – any less than that and you’re working against the muscle build process. In today’s time-crunched, environmentally conscious lifestyle that means that for just twenty minutes, twice a week, SuperSlow Zone is the ultimate prescription for fitness.

By Madeline Ross, CEO SuperSlow Zone, LLC and

Marie Ortiz, Owner SuperSlow Zone Silver Creek, CA & Certified SS Instructor

Source: Super Slow Zone - Silver Creek » Articles

Everyone at the SuperSlow Zone® thrives….gets really really happy when our CLIENTS ARE HEALTHY AND HAPPY!!!

Weight loss (fat loss!) is a big, national…and might be a personal…issue.
In the first week of August 2008, a national headline was “A federal agency says a study from the journal, Obesity, predicts that the US is heading toward 100% overweight.” Yikes!

SuperSlow® strength training can promise that you will gain muscle and strength, when you apply your skill. Some clients ‘lose weight’ (meaning increase their muscle mass and lose fat) and inches without changing their eating…but this is rare.

80% to 90% of weight loss (fat loss) comes from changing your eating habits…and keeping them changed!

Several SuperSlow Zones® are now offering SuperSlow Zone® + Transitions™
for weight (fat) loss and optimal health.

Do You Have Any Of These Questions?:

1. Why can’t I lose weight (fat)?
2. When I do lose, why can’t I keep the weight (fat) off?
3. Why does it get harder to lose weight (fat)?
4. Will this program work for me?

SuperSlow Zone® is pleased to work with our strategic partner, Transitions Lifestyle System™, for the perfect combination of healthy eating for weight (fat) loss and/or optimal health plus SuperSlow® strength training….to achieve and maintain your ideal ‘muscle-fat ratio.’ [Click here to see/read client results.]

SuperSlow Zone® + Transitions™ is:

• SuperSlow® strength training plus a food-based, educational lifestyle change, which includes natural, non-caffeine supplements to kick-start faster weight (fat) loss.

What Is Transitions Lifestyle™?

• It is a food-based, educational lifestyle change, which includes natural, non-caffeine supplements to kick-start faster weight (fat) loss.
• A 6 week class follow by a second 6 weeks of either coaching or class.
• It is back by science and research.
• Transitions™ + SSZ = the results you want.
• Real people really do it!

Transitions™ PLUS SuperSlow®…Who Is It For?

• All ages.
• You have those pesky 5 to 10 pounds you want to get rid of…permanently.
• You have several pounds (moderate-to-a lot) you want gone.
• You have a medical or health concern that ‘getting the weight off’ will substantially help (benefit?).
• You have ‘no diet experience’…you have ‘too much diet experience’…either way, this is for you.
• You have ‘inches you want to lose’ and, short of sawing them off…you just want them gone so that your clothes fit better…and for you to feel better.
• You want a better ‘muscle-fat’ ratio = fit better in your clothes; feel better in your body.
• “Learn how to eat better…for life” has been whispered in your ear…by you!

If you have been desiring to…or perhaps struggling with how… to eat better, to be trim, strong and healthy, SuperSlow Zone® + Transitions™ might be for you.

The word ‘lifestyle’ is a common reference these days…what does it really mean to you? The simple truth is, what you do daily = your lifestyle. SuperSlow Zone® is a twice-a-week work out for you…or may become your work out. When you add healthy, balanced, eating daily, and combine it with SuperSlow®, you have simplicity and peace of mind because you are living well – living strong.

The Proof is in the Results!

Results #1: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words…

Deb Dereshkevich Certified Transitions Lifestyle Coach	Brenda & Gabor McLaughlin Before and After

Results #2: Deborah P’s Story…

Read below an unsolicited SuperSlow Zone® + Transitions™ story

[Deb is 45 years old, a CPA and a Winter Park, FL, SuperSlow Zone® client.]

Hi everyone! I had to tell you all about the new me! I am soooo excited about the way I look and feel that I felt the need to spread the good news about Transitions Lifestyles™ and SuperSlow Zone®.

I have tried many, many exercise programs and diets over the years, but I have never felt so healthy and looked so good due to my last 6 weeks in this program.

As you may know, I gained some weight after I quit smoking a year and 1/2 ago. I went from 140 to 165, gradually, even though I ran 5ks with Rhonda and was working out at home at least 4 days per week. My eating habits were not that bad – I had switched additions addictions from nicotine to sweets, but I didn’t eat a whole bag of cookies at one sitting! Nevertheless, the scale kept creeping up, and my clothes no longer were fitting. Yikes!

I was devastated! [Click here to read her entire message.]

Results #3: Two SSZ Owner and Client Result Stats…

SuperSlow Zone® Winter Park, FL
Client Results for Transitions™
Healthy Eating Program for Weight Loss and Optimal Health

SuperSlow Zone® Lone Tree, CO
Client Results for Transitions™
Healthy Eating Program for Weight Loss and Optimal Health

Ask your SuperSlow Zone® about their Transitions Lifestyle program. Soon to be available at most SuperSlow Zones®!

Our best,

Madeline

Madeline Ross – CEO SuperSlow Zone®, LLC

P.S. Click Here to Listen to Clients Results

Source: Super Slow Zone - Silver Creek » Articles

Avoided A Total Hip Replacement Through SuperSlow Zone®

I recently attended a Florida Women’s Executive Luncheon and a woman across the table said, “SuperSlow…you saved me from having to have a total hip replacement!”

Avoided A Total Knee Replacement Through SuperSlow Zone®

When talking with SuperSlow® Zone owner in Longview, Texas, David Penn, a Doctor of Physical Therapy, I asked, “What good things are going on with clients?” He responded, “We have a client that was told by her Orthopedist that she would need a total knee replacement. She found us, started SuperSlow® Rehab and then continued with SuperSlow® strength training. She does not have any knee pain and does not need a total knee replacement.”

Gets New Limbs With The Help Of SuperSlow Zone®

Several months ago I received a call from a guy that said he was a quadriplegic, which occurred from a motorcycle wreck. After months of traditional rehab, he found SuperSlow® strength training and in his words, “I gained more strength and range of motion from SuperSlow® in 6 weeks than all of rehab…I am now ready for my new limbs!”

Focusing On Helping Others

Is what we do at the SuperSlow Zone® cool or what! I hope whatever you do in your life, that you get as much joy and satisfaction as we do helping others.

While the stories listed above may sound extraordinary, just think how SuperSlow Zone® helps folks that have lesser challenges than they do…we have the opportunity to serve almost everyone, and for this, all SuperSlow Zone® staff throughout the country gives thanks daily through very rewarding work and service.

Thursday we are celebrating Thanksgiving! We take time to set aside an entire day for giving thanks. This is a time usually steeped in tradition and a special time for sharing a meal with family and friends served with all the blessings, hopes and dreams we enjoy for what happened in the past year. We dust off family favorite recipes, polish the silver, set the table with festive arrangements, and really take time to spend time with those we hold so dear. It is a good time to reflect on the past and create memories for the future.

We have much to be grateful for, even in these tough economic times, and we at SuperSlow Zone® Corporate want to acknowledge our gratitude to you as part of the SuperSlow Zone® family, for allowing us to work you as a colleague, and if you are a client of SuperSlow Zone®, to helping you sustain better health and fitness.…and if you are not our client (yet!) we extend the offer of helping you as we grow.

It is hard to imagine a people more blessed than we are here today. We truly enjoy a bounty unimaginable to most throughout the places and ages of the world. This is something worth recognizing and considering. And during the coming holiday season to remember to share the goodness in our lives with those who have less of it than us. Focusing on helping others is one of the best ways to truly appreciate what we do have.

Spend time discussing, not the things which separate us, but the things that bring us together. It is a time to acknowledge the good things of life. It is a time of introspection, a time to forget strife and struggle, time to celebrate that which is worth celebrating. While thanksgiving is wonderful as an event day, one of the most important things worth giving thanks for is our daily health … how wonderful then it is to be dedicated to helping clients work toward achieving healthy daily goals. How then do we give thanks for how far we’ve come and then look forward to what is yet to come?

The Extraordinary In Everyday Life

Capturing the extraordinary in everyday life is one of the best ways we know to share our gratitude for what we do each day to touch lives. This is why we led off with some of the extraordinary client stories of personal accomplishment through SuperSlow Zone® for which we thankfully share.

Health and Fitness In 2009 – What Is Your Choice?

Now let’s turn toward our thanksgiving for hope for 2009 by reading the article from Financial Week, because investing in personal health and well-being remains high on everyone’s to do list. Encouragement for growth in the business sector is very inspiring for things to come.

On Nov. 23, 2008, Financial Week reported that, as the U.S. economy spirals deeper into an abyss, researcher Ibis World has identified a handful of industries it believes will actually grow in 2009—as well as sectors it thinks will suffer in the months ahead (not included are the obvious candidates for “worst year ever”: financial services companies and automakers). “The current economic downturn is indeed pervasive in terms of both geographic spread, industries affected and even consumer segments,” said Ibis senior analyst George Van Horn. “As such, in some cases, being a winner may simply mean that revenue growth expectations have been lowered, yet still remain positive.”

Coming in at number 5, health and fitness clubs with more people focusing on achieving healthier lifestyles, this industry is expected to increase 2.2% in 2009. As baby boomers pass through their 40s and 50s, health-care costs are forecast to rise dramatically, creating an incentive for insurers to promote preventive practices, like hitting the gym. Corporate fitness programs are also expected to become more popular, further driving growth in this sector.

I mention the article above, because it clearly indicates that, as the US economy realigns itself, each person may be re-prioritizing what they care about or deepening a commitment to their current priorities…which ever it may be, your health, fitness and well-being MUST be at the top of the list…and we at the SuperSlow Zone® hope that we can serve you in this.

Source: Super Slow Zone - Silver Creek » Articles

Muscles Matter was a lead article in the September 15, 2008 American Medical News; it is published by the AMA.

The article enumerates Medical Doctors and PhDs who strongly endorse the benefits of strength training…in fact, 10 key potential benefits are listed in the article. I added an additional six benefits. What was fantastic about this endorsement is that the medical world is finally taking a strong, public stand for strength training. [Link to AMA article and Muscles Matter FAQ are at the end of this article.]

And speaking of ‘the public,’ if you are going to take on the mission of being able to strength train ‘the public’ (and this IS the mission of the SuperSlow Zone®), you better have a way to help the entire spectrum of ‘the public’ from kids, to the medically fragile, to high performing athletes, to seniors, to busy people 40 – 69 years old, and, of course,…all ages of people who pay attention NOW – regardless of how “in condition” they are or are not – to preserving the muscle they have now and for the future.

Historically, the majority of medical professionals have recommended ‘walking’ as a main form of exercise to their patients. However, walking will never, ever maintain the muscles you have now, nor build new muscles as you age. Three of my favorite ‘jaw-dropping examples’ from the article are:

1. How weak women ages 55 to 64 are;
2. The dreaded ‘ending up in a nursing home’ scenario, and,
3. Your brain – what does muscle have to do with it?

Regarding ‘weak women,’ the article sited Barbara Bushman, PhD, Professor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Missouri State University,

“…In one study, 40% of women ages 55 to 64 said they couldn’t lift 10 pounds. We suggest that people get a dog and walk the dog for exercise, but then they can’t even lift a 10 pound bag of dog food into their car. The numbers are even worse for women 75 and older – 65% said they couldn’t handle that amount of weight. To me, that’s pretty frightening. They couldn’t even lift a grand child or respond to an emergency situation.”

I love dogs…but walking Chopper, my buddy, will never enable me to easily lift 10 pounds or more. Strength training…and SuperSlow Zone® in particular… will enable me to left that type of weight, and more!, now and as I age.

As for the nursing home…I don’t know anyone who aspires to live in a nursing home! I know that today there are many forms of these, from high-end to low-end versions, BUT regardless of which one…you still want to be 100% functionally independent. Period! Tony Marsh, PhD, Associate Professor of Exercise Science, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, North Carolina, said it best:

“The one thing people are most fearful of losing is the ability to function independently. The strength of your muscles is fundamental in maintaining your independence.”

Jeff Williamson, MD, Clinical Director of the J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation Wake Forest University School on Medicine put it this way…and he should know…after all, the aging ARE who he works with…

“I’d like to say there are really only two reasons older people end up in a nursing home. One is that their brains stop working, and the other is that their muscles stop working. Especially their leg muscles.”

…And speaking about your brain, “Neurological loss is another factor that seems to be at work,” said John Faulkner, PhD, Research Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology University of Michigan Medical School (82 Years Old). Dr. Faulkner is referencing how our brain and body communicate when it comes to doing what we want to do. Faulkner’s research has focused more recently on the role played by motor units that send signals from the brain to the muscles.

And you got it, strength training is critical, once again.

Faulkner stated,
“The [neuron-muscular] loss begins to occur in the major weight-bearing muscles between ages 40 to 50. From there it’s a pretty linear decrease until the end of the road…Although muscle fibers can’t be preserved, the ones that remain can be made more effective. The size of the fibers can be increased by lifting weights.”

It is very clear from these four renowned university researchers, the overall impact to your physiological system from using strength training to minimally retaining, let alone stimulating the growth of your muscles, is critical whatever age you are NOW and even more essential as you age.

There is only one convenient, safe, efficient, and effective way to get the many benefits from muscles:

• …that has a distinguished 26 year history and is IACET-accredited,
• …that is in a beautiful, clinically controlled strength training environment,
• …that will serve the spectrum of people comprising ‘the public,’
• …and that will meet you at your level to help you feel and look good, do what you want to do…and increase your energy.

That way is through SuperSlow Zone® strength training.

Madeline Ross
CEO
SuperSlow Zone®

P.S. Click On Article To Read in PDF Format – AMNews Article and SSZ FAQ Muscles Matter

Source: Super Slow Zone - Silver Creek » Articles

Avoided A Total Hip Replacement Through SuperSlow Zone®

I recently attended a Florida Women’s Executive Luncheon and a woman across the table said, “SuperSlow…you saved me from having to have a total hip replacement!”

Avoided A Total Knee Replacement Through SuperSlow Zone®

When talking with SuperSlow® Zone owner in Longview, Texas, David Penn, a Doctor of Physical Therapy, I asked, “What good things are going on with clients?” He responded, “We have a client that was told by her Orthopedist that she would need a total knee replacement. She found us, started SuperSlow® Rehab and then continued with SuperSlow® strength training. She does not have any knee pain and does not need a total knee replacement.”

Gets New Limbs With The Help Of SuperSlow Zone®

Several months ago I received a call from a guy that said he was a quadriplegic, which occurred from a motorcycle wreck. After months of traditional rehab, he found SuperSlow® strength training and in his words, “I gained more strength and range of motion from SuperSlow® in 6 weeks than all of rehab…I am now ready for my new limbs!”

Focusing On Helping Others

Is what we do at the SuperSlow Zone® cool or what! I hope whatever you do in your life, that you get as much joy and satisfaction as we do helping others.

While the stories listed above may sound extraordinary, just think how SuperSlow Zone® helps folks that have lesser challenges than they do…we have the opportunity to serve almost everyone, and for this, all SuperSlow Zone® staff throughout the country gives thanks daily through very rewarding work and service.

Thursday we are celebrating Thanksgiving! We take time to set aside an entire day for giving thanks. This is a time usually steeped in tradition and a special time for sharing a meal with family and friends served with all the blessings, hopes and dreams we enjoy for what happened in the past year. We dust off family favorite recipes, polish the silver, set the table with festive arrangements, and really take time to spend time with those we hold so dear. It is a good time to reflect on the past and create memories for the future.

We have much to be grateful for, even in these tough economic times, and we at SuperSlow Zone® Corporate want to acknowledge our gratitude to you as part of the SuperSlow Zone® family, for allowing us to work you as a colleague, and if you are a client of SuperSlow Zone®, to helping you sustain better health and fitness.…and if you are not our client (yet!) we extend the offer of helping you as we grow.

It is hard to imagine a people more blessed than we are here today. We truly enjoy a bounty unimaginable to most throughout the places and ages of the world. This is something worth recognizing and considering. And during the coming holiday season to remember to share the goodness in our lives with those who have less of it than us. Focusing on helping others is one of the best ways to truly appreciate what we do have.

Spend time discussing, not the things which separate us, but the things that bring us together. It is a time to acknowledge the good things of life. It is a time of introspection, a time to forget strife and struggle, time to celebrate that which is worth celebrating. While thanksgiving is wonderful as an event day, one of the most important things worth giving thanks for is our daily health … how wonderful then it is to be dedicated to helping clients work toward achieving healthy daily goals. How then do we give thanks for how far we’ve come and then look forward to what is yet to come?

The Extraordinary In Everyday Life

Capturing the extraordinary in everyday life is one of the best ways we know to share our gratitude for what we do each day to touch lives. This is why we led off with some of the extraordinary client stories of personal accomplishment through SuperSlow Zone® for which we thankfully share.

Health and Fitness In 2009 – What Is Your Choice?

Now let’s turn toward our thanksgiving for hope for 2009 by reading the article from Financial Week, because investing in personal health and well-being remains high on everyone’s to do list. Encouragement for growth in the business sector is very inspiring for things to come.

On Nov. 23, 2008, Financial Week reported that, as the U.S. economy spirals deeper into an abyss, researcher Ibis World has identified a handful of industries it believes will actually grow in 2009—as well as sectors it thinks will suffer in the months ahead (not included are the obvious candidates for “worst year ever”: financial services companies and automakers). “The current economic downturn is indeed pervasive in terms of both geographic spread, industries affected and even consumer segments,” said Ibis senior analyst George Van Horn. “As such, in some cases, being a winner may simply mean that revenue growth expectations have been lowered, yet still remain positive.”

Coming in at number 5, health and fitness clubs with more people focusing on achieving healthier lifestyles, this industry is expected to increase 2.2% in 2009. As baby boomers pass through their 40s and 50s, health-care costs are forecast to rise dramatically, creating an incentive for insurers to promote preventive practices, like hitting the gym. Corporate fitness programs are also expected to become more popular, further driving growth in this sector.

I mention the article above, because it clearly indicates that, as the US economy realigns itself, each person may be re-prioritizing what they care about or deepening a commitment to their current priorities…which ever it may be, your health, fitness and well-being MUST be at the top of the list…and we at the SuperSlow Zone® hope that we can serve you in this.

Source: Super Slow Zone - Corporate » Articles

Muscles Matter was a lead article in the September 15, 2008 American Medical News; it is published by the AMA.

The article enumerates Medical Doctors and PhDs who strongly endorse the benefits of strength training…in fact, 10 key potential benefits are listed in the article. I added an additional six benefits. What was fantastic about this endorsement is that the medical world is finally taking a strong, public stand for strength training. [Link to AMA article and Muscles Matter FAQ are at the end of this article.]

And speaking of ‘the public,’ if you are going to take on the mission of being able to strength train ‘the public’ (and this IS the mission of the SuperSlow Zone®), you better have a way to help the entire spectrum of ‘the public’ from kids, to the medically fragile, to high performing athletes, to seniors, to busy people 40 – 69 years old, and, of course,…all ages of people who pay attention NOW – regardless of how “in condition” they are or are not – to preserving the muscle they have now and for the future.

Historically, the majority of medical professionals have recommended ‘walking’ as a main form of exercise to their patients. However, walking will never, ever maintain the muscles you have now, nor build new muscles as you age. Three of my favorite ‘jaw-dropping examples’ from the article are:

1. How weak women ages 55 to 64 are;
2. The dreaded ‘ending up in a nursing home’ scenario, and,
3. Your brain – what does muscle have to do with it?

Regarding ‘weak women,’ the article sited Barbara Bushman, PhD, Professor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Missouri State University,

“…In one study, 40% of women ages 55 to 64 said they couldn’t lift 10 pounds. We suggest that people get a dog and walk the dog for exercise, but then they can’t even lift a 10 pound bag of dog food into their car. The numbers are even worse for women 75 and older – 65% said they couldn’t handle that amount of weight. To me, that’s pretty frightening. They couldn’t even lift a grand child or respond to an emergency situation.”

I love dogs…but walking Chopper, my buddy, will never enable me to easily lift 10 pounds or more. Strength training…and SuperSlow Zone® in particular… will enable me to left that type of weight, and more!, now and as I age.

As for the nursing home…I don’t know anyone who aspires to live in a nursing home! I know that today there are many forms of these, from high-end to low-end versions, BUT regardless of which one…you still want to be 100% functionally independent. Period! Tony Marsh, PhD, Associate Professor of Exercise Science, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, North Carolina, said it best:

“The one thing people are most fearful of losing is the ability to function independently. The strength of your muscles is fundamental in maintaining your independence.”

Jeff Williamson, MD, Clinical Director of the J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation Wake Forest University School on Medicine put it this way…and he should know…after all, the aging ARE who he works with…

“I’d like to say there are really only two reasons older people end up in a nursing home. One is that their brains stop working, and the other is that their muscles stop working. Especially their leg muscles.”

…And speaking about your brain, “Neurological loss is another factor that seems to be at work,” said John Faulkner, PhD, Research Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology University of Michigan Medical School (82 Years Old). Dr. Faulkner is referencing how our brain and body communicate when it comes to doing what we want to do. Faulkner’s research has focused more recently on the role played by motor units that send signals from the brain to the muscles.

And you got it, strength training is critical, once again.

Faulkner stated,
“The [neuron-muscular] loss begins to occur in the major weight-bearing muscles between ages 40 to 50. From there it’s a pretty linear decrease until the end of the road…Although muscle fibers can’t be preserved, the ones that remain can be made more effective. The size of the fibers can be increased by lifting weights.”

It is very clear from these four renowned university researchers, the overall impact to your physiological system from using strength training to minimally retaining, let alone stimulating the growth of your muscles, is critical whatever age you are NOW and even more essential as you age.

There is only one convenient, safe, efficient, and effective way to get the many benefits from muscles:

• …that has a distinguished 26 year history and is IACET-accredited,
• …that is in a beautiful, clinically controlled strength training environment,
• …that will serve the spectrum of people comprising ‘the public,’
• …and that will meet you at your level to help you feel and look good, do what you want to do…and increase your energy.

That way is through SuperSlow Zone® strength training.

Madeline Ross
CEO
SuperSlow Zone®

P.S. Click On Article To Read in PDF Format – AMNews Article and SSZ FAQ Muscles Matter

Source: Super Slow Zone - Corporate » Articles