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OC Fitness Top Reads This January 2012

Top Reads of the Week

This just stood out to me:

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Commercial gyms are busy this time of year don’t let that ruin your plans, heres a great program for those that requires less space and often less kit:

http://www.charlespoliquin.com/ArticlesMultimedia/Articles/Article/623/On_the_Spot_Mass_Gaing_Program.aspx

A little self help in 2012:

http://www.marcandangel.com/2011/12/18/30-things-to-start-doing-for-yourself/

For females looking to get lean and not ‘skinny fat’ have a read of this great blog:

http://womanincredible.com/most-popular-woman-incredible-blog-posts-of-2011/

Nice little review of the diet I suggest for most of my clients:

http://www.charlespoliquin.com/ArticlesMultimedia/Articles/Article/776/Poliquins_Bookshelf_The_Paleo_Answer.aspx

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Alicia Transformation! Warning Amazing Results!

This has to be one of our best transformations at OC Fitness, not just on the outside but mentally too, Alicia was compliant, worked hard, and she got the best results possible. Simply put it has changed her life for the healthier and I’m proud to say I helped her:

I'm Alicia and I'm 33 years old. I lived in Oxford for 5 years and of 4 1/2 of them I was a stressed out manager and obese. In the final 6 months of living in Oxfordshire I started working with Ollie, took his nutritional advice seriously and as a result got some serious results. I am very, very pleased with where my hard work has gotten me. The thing is, you can be a hard worker but you need experts to help you channel your efforts in the right places. And thats where Ollie comes in. He is an expert in reducing body fat %, radicalising body composition and optimising nutrition for health and fat loss.

Since the age of 16 I have yo-yoed in weight around 7 significant times. I've done all the diets and also done all the fitness classes (sporadically and not at the same time). At the age of 33 I realised that this is it, I need to do it right this time as it needs to be a life-long change. I didn't know what right was, but Ollie did. And I know that now I will always be the right size for me, for the rest of my life.

How long did it take me? Well, I was a size 22 and 14 stone in March 2011 and now I am 10 stone 2 in October 2011 and a UK size 10/12. 6 months to change not just how I move, feel, look - but 6 months to become the person I'll be for the next however many years.

I was very nervous about going to a personal trainer for the first time, but I did it. The best thing I've ever done. As an obese woman - going in to a weights room in a big commercial gym is the last thing you would do, but its not like that when you train with Ollie in Radley, Its a friendly environment where you can get on with training and not feel self conscious.

He inspired me so much, that I am now training to be a personal trainer in my hometown of Glasgow. This change is on the outside, the inside and in everyone that you meet. I now want to help as many people as possible feel amazing. You can too if you suck it up and do what Ollie says!! He is the perfect balance of approachable and no-nonsense. So if you bring your determination, he'll fast-track you to success.Alicia Before 1Alicia after 2
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Alicia Transformation! Warning Amazing Results!

This has to be one of our best transformations at OC Fitness, not just on the outside but mentally too, Alicia was compliant, worked hard, and she got the best results possible. Simply put it has changed her life for the healthier and I’m proud to say I helped her:

I'm Alicia and I'm 33 years old. I lived in Oxford for 5 years and of 4 1/2 of them I was a stressed out manager and obese. In the final 6 months of living in Oxfordshire I started working with Ollie, took his nutritional advice seriously and as a result got some serious results. I am very, very pleased with where my hard work has gotten me. The thing is, you can be a hard worker but you need experts to help you channel your efforts in the right places. And thats where Ollie comes in. He is an expert in reducing body fat %, radicalising body composition and optimising nutrition for health and fat loss.

Since the age of 16 I have yo-yoed in weight around 7 significant times. I've done all the diets and also done all the fitness classes (sporadically and not at the same time). At the age of 33 I realised that this is it, I need to do it right this time as it needs to be a life-long change. I didn't know what right was, but Ollie did. And I know that now I will always be the right size for me, for the rest of my life.

How long did it take me? Well, I was a size 22 and 14 stone in March 2011 and now I am 10 stone 2 in October 2011 and a UK size 10/12. 6 months to change not just how I move, feel, look - but 6 months to become the person I'll be for the next however many years.

I was very nervous about going to a personal trainer for the first time, but I did it. The best thing I've ever done. As an obese woman - going in to a weights room in a big commercial gym is the last thing you would do, but its not like that when you train with Ollie in Radley, Its a friendly environment where you can get on with training and not feel self conscious.

He inspired me so much, that I am now training to be a personal trainer in my hometown of Glasgow. This change is on the outside, the inside and in everyone that you meet. I now want to help as many people as possible feel amazing. You can too if you suck it up and do what Ollie says!! He is the perfect balance of approachable and no-nonsense. So if you bring your determination, he'll fast-track you to success.







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Biosignature not long to go!!!

In April i do my first official Biosignature course with the infamous Charles Poliquin very excited at the prospect and cant wait to learn learn learn!!!

In a nutshell what it is:

Every caliper site in the body relates to a different hormone, they all interact but each site shows a certain hormone imbalance... so what does that mean? It means if a hormone is out of sync, you will store excess bodyfat in that area. I'll give you an example:

If you store fat on your hip, it means your insulin hormone levels are imbalanced, insulin is the hormone regulated by your carbohydrate intake, thus if you overeat on the simple carbs, you will develop insulin sensitivity issues and end up storing fat on your hip. Its a complex course but one of the most valuable investments i could make!

For more information on Biosig go to http://www.charlespoliquin.com/TheBiosignatureMethod/TheMethod.aspx

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Dont forget to have a look at the new site too if you haven't already!

http://www.ocfitness.co.uk


Thanks
OC


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Sponsorship for Real Tennis British Under-24 Champion!


OC Fitness Sponsored Athlete

Paul Knox- Real Tennis

Tournament

Round

Opponent

Result

The French Open Doubles 2010

Quarter Finalist

Seigneur, Marc, Woodman, David

4/6 6/5 6/5

The French Open Singles 2010

Quarter Finalist

Sayers, Bryn

6/2 6/2 6/1

Under 24 Open Singles 2010

Winner

Weaver, Tom

6/5 6/3

Under 24 Open Doubles 2010

Finalist

Dodgson, Josh, Weaver, Tom

6/3 6/3

The Taylor Cup 2009

Winner

Chapman, Chris

6/1 1/6 6/2

The IRTPA Championships 2009

Last 16

McNaughtan, Rod

3/6 4/6 6/2 4/2 ret.

The British Open Doubles 2009

Last 16

Woodman, David, Jones, Dan

6/2 6/4 0/6 6/5

OC Fitness is proud to announce they are officially sponsoring Real Tennis player Paul Knox. Some of you may not be familiar with the game of real tennis, or court tennis. For more information on the game please look at http://www.irtpa.com where you can find all the information about Paul and the other professionals of the game.

Paul started playing the game at school aged 13 but it was not until 16 when he started to take the game more seriously. He then went to University at Loughborough and turned professional after University where he took up his first post under Chris Ronaldson, 3-time world champion, at Radley College.

He stayed there for a year and since then Paul has been working in Bordeaux in his first head-professional post. An experience no one could turn down, he is now returning to the UK to concentrate on his playing career and will come under the training guidance of Ollie of OC Fitness and Chris Ronaldson


Paul is British Under 24 open champion who has also made it on numerous occasions into the top 8 in the men’s Open tournaments. In the coming 18 months his aim is to make it to his first senior Open final and to cement his place in the top 4 of the world rankings. In partnership with OC Fitness this dream could become a reality. Paul’s improvement in fitness levels and strength became apparent in 2009, when after 3 months of solid training with OC Fitness he made it to the quarterfinals of the US Professionals Singles 2009. He narrowly lost out on a place in the semi-finals. In that tournament everyone was commenting on his strength and fitness on court and how he looked ‘different’. His body had changed and his game had vastly improved.

Over the coming months Paul will be training with the World Championships in mind in 2012. He will focus on his strength and his ability to endure the sometimes 2 hour (often longer) games; it’s not an easy sport to train for due to the technical and mental elements which makes the game unique. As his training goes on we will update you on his progress and his tournament results. This exceptionally talented sportsman has big ambitions and with OC Fitness behind him he will succeed!

For more information on how you can become a sponsored athlete or for more information on sport specific training please contact OC Fitness:

Email: Ollie@ocfitness.co.uk

Mobile: 07779 991354

Landline: 01235 548565

For information on Sports Therapy at OC Fitness please contact:

Emily@ocfitness.co.uk

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Sponsored Athlete info coming today!

Today OC Fitness will announce an exciting prospect, our first sponsored athlete! Our athlete plays a sport many of you may not be aware of. He will be training to become world champion in a sport that has been controlled by 1 person since 1994, its time for a new champion and OC Fitness will be there in the background training and overseeing this athletes development!

All will be explained and an article posted some time today so keep your eyes peeled!!

OC
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Poliquin International Certification Program Level 1

So for the last 4 days i have been in Copenhagen, Denmark. I have not seen the city as i have been studying hard!

The Level 1 has been all upper body structural balance, that in basic terms means if your upper bodies ratio's of strength in different lifts is wrong there isnt a hope in hell of you reaching your potential 1 Rep Max in your upper body lifts.

Charles Poliquin has many examples of this on his website, including Adam Nelson increasing his Bench Press from around 300lbs up to 520lbs..... quite impressive huh!

We each has our structural balance tested and interestingly my limiting factor is not my pec power but actually my lower traps and scapula retractors that are limiting my bench press. This basically means for the next 4-8 weeks there is not a barbell in sight and im on a strict remedial program for my upper body to bring my 'trap 3' test score up! Once i have done this my bench press will make all sorts of gains. I was actually quite happy with my 1 Rep Max close grip bench press of 112.5kgs and Incline Bench Close Grip press of 97.5 kgs.

I passed my technical and practical exams on Lv 1 no problem and we started Level 2 today with a lower body structural balance assessment. Its complicated but makes perfect sense and luckily 'most' people have similar problems across the board, i think alot of these problems could potentially be solved with a good stretching and remedial program for the lower body. We went through a host of these remedial exercises for the lower body today and let me tell you it certainly doesnt feel like a remedial workout, Im gonna be sore tomorrow! And were training legs for 5 days in a row! Think i will need a wheel chair to the airport!

More info as it happens!


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Tip 2: Eat Protein at Every Meal!

Protein increases muscle mass, without you cant grow or get lean!

Heres a few reasons why you should be consuming it:

It keeps the insulin levels of the bloody regular. Erratic blood sugar level lead to energy dips...

It fills you up quicker and therefore prevents over eating...

It helps your gut regulate the speed at which food passes through it...

Most importantly it raises your metabolic rate, this then can lead to keeping your bodyfat LOW!!!!

So chow down that meat and fish, there a huge variety of different sources avaliable, make friends with your butcher and they can suggest unusual cuts to you...

OC
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Tip 1: Get your body fat measured often!

Weight loss in terms of pounds or kgs on the scales doesnt always reflect on progress!

On a very restricted calorie diet the initial losses are glycogen and water. Losing too much can have a negative effect. Bodyfat should be your preferred method of understanding your goals and challenges.

To accurately measure body fat % you should go and see a skilled practitioner with access to QUALITY calipers, not those white plastic things!

Make sure they take measurements from all over the body.... only take them from the 4 upper body sites and you dont get a true representation... you just have to look on the high street to see people with huge thighs and bums and a small upper body.... how would they score on a body fat % test that was only taken from the arm, back and hip?

The 10 sites OC Fitness test from are: tricep, bicep (the arm), subscapular (back), supra-illiac (hip), pec (chest), mid-auxillary (halfway between hip and armpit), umbilical (stomach), patella (knee), calf, quadriceps, hamstring (legs) and finally the cheek and chin. I think you'll agree thats alot more comprehensive and potentially more accurate...

Come and get your body fat measured and then remeasured regularly to see that the gains or losses you are making are the ones your after!

OC
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My Next Qualification- oh yes another one!!!

Soooo its that time again, im craving something...

KNOWLEDGE!

So i decided its time to start forking out big money and getting myself on the best courses money can buy!

Ive researched high and low and came up with only one option:

Charles Poliquin. His CV speaks for itself, hes trained over 15 Olympic medal winners and has one of the most successful world wide training companies.

What am i doing? Im taking the Poliquin International Certification Program Levels 1 & 2 in Sweden in October. I simply cannot wait. Level one will concentrate on Upper Body and Level 2 Lower Body. The theory manuals have arrived and ive started the note taking already. Just by the way its written and the facts within the material i can tell that i will enjoy this course and will gain multiple skills from it. Already ive introduced pieces of it to my clients training and low and behold there results are showing it!

Look forward to telling you more about it the further into the theory i get!
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