Take Charge Of Your Llife

My good friend and collegue Mike Mahler - expert strength coach, has posted a great article on how to take charge of your life! He did an outstanding job and it is well worth the read. Check out his article here on our Facebook page.

Decide to get off the fence and do something about your life. Make the changes you need to move forward and see where it takes you. I get asked all the time "How do you have all this energy to do what you do each day?" Well there are a few things I do to get me up and ready for my life.

1. Each day I arise I remember to give thanks to the universe that it has given me yet another opportunity to make a change.

3. Each day I start with an affirmation and a video I love to watch with Will Smith. See the post from February 13th below.

4. I remind myself "I don't know what I don't know!" Why? Well,then I am reminded that I need to know what I want to know and the only way is to get out there and seek and learn.

5. There will always be something that I just don't have the expertise to make a well rounded decision. It may be in my business, my children, my personal life or my relationships with those around me. So instead of trying over and over again to do it all myself.... I come to realize....I will at some point need someone to STAND BY ME! Click on STAND BY ME and Watch the video it's powerful!


6. If I ever get side track or lose my way. I always know I can Make A U-Turn to take me back where I started and try again. Never give up.

These are just a few things I do each day to help me out and make sure I stay focused on the path that I want to journey down. We will always have obstacles and we will always have those that come into our lives that seem to spread the negative energy. But in the final moment we and we alone have hold to the key to make the change.

Once big way I help myself stay clear and focused is by good nutrition. You can't beat it!

Adventure Boot Camp has finally come out with a great way to help not only it's campers but all those looking for an great guide to help you with healthy cooking and living for you and your families.

Adventure Boot Camp Cook Book Put together by many of the Adventure Boot Camp trainers from around the globe and our very own Master Trainer Kelli Calabrese.




CLICK HERE TO ORDER NOW!
Check it out and make sure you try it out! I am sure there will be something in there that can help you live healthy so your mind stays clear and focused.

Let me know what you think!

Live Aggresive, Strong & Healthy!

ALWAYS DO THE THINGS YOU THINK YOU CAN'T!

Deborah Sandoval, Owner/Lead Certified Adventure Boot Camp Trainer
www.trivalleybootcamp.com
deborah@trivalleybootcamp.com

Boot Camp 300 Workout and The Benefits of Organic Nutrition

Today in our Tri Valley Boot Camp we did one of the many variations of the 300 Workout! Boy have my campers rocked the house on this one!! Thought you might enjoy it. Like I tell them every day.... don't be afraid to make your body a little uncomfortable, challenge it and see the changes begin.

Once you do the work out don't forget to read the article below about Splenda and how it really affects your body. Stick to the natural stuff, cut the sugars, increase your water intake, increase your veggies by two fold and have a balanced healthy fresh nutrition plan to support your macronutrients- Protien ~ Carbs ~ Fat.

Have fun with the workout! Let me know how you do. If I can be of assistance in your health and fitness needs just let me know!

Each set is 100 reps. # of sets for time. They had 20 minutes to see how close they came to the 300 rep goal. They kicked some BUTT! My newbies completed 200 reps and my SUPERSTARS surpassed the 300!

Great job ladies! Way to work hard, agressive and strong!

Here it is try yourself and modify it for your own fitness level by adding more weight or more reps per set.

Have fun!

300 Baby!

* 20 Cross Countries with weights (basically reverse lunge with arm swings forward & backwards)
* 20 Squat with a hammer curl and press up
* 20 Quick Steps (switch lead leg half way) or 20 Stair/Box jumps
* 20 Push Ups (Spade, Spiderman, Negatives, Standard - you pick)
* 20 Bicep Push Outs & Ups

-After each set you jump rope 20-100 reps & 400 meter run. Then back for another set. Try to get through 3 sets for a total of 300 reps.


"EVERYTHING CAN BE TAKEN FROM MAN EXCEPT THE LAST OF THE HUMAN FREEDOMS, HIS ABILITY TO CHOOSE HIS OWN ATTITUDE IN ANY GIVEN SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES- TO CHOOSE HIS OWN WAY"
Victor Frankl
Relay for Life Book "Whatever it Takes"




This is an article that was shared with me by my fellow Adventure Boot Camp trainer Kelli Calabrese, is about Risky Foods regarding hormones, pesticides and carcinogens. I cover some of this in my camps about taking hold of your body and living healthy. I think you may be surprised at some of these findings.


Not Just HFCS and Peanut Butter: 10 Other Risky Foods
Is buying organic the answer to avoiding hormones, pesticides and carcinogens?
By Maura Judkis, U.S. News & World Report

As if we don't have enough to be worried about already. In the midst of food safety scares from salmonella in peanut butter and mercury in high fructose corn syrup, Sprig.com has produced a list of 10 other foods that can be dangerous. Their risks range from hormones to pesticides to carcinogenic substances. How to avoid many of these risks? Buy organic.


Farmed salmon. It's high in polychlorinated biphenyls, with 11 times more dioxins than wild salmon.


Conventionally grown bell peppers. They require more pesticides than any other vegetable—with as many as 64 being found on a single sample of pepper in one study.
Non-organic strawberries. Some growers of strawberries irrigate their plants with Nutri-Sweet-laced water. The sugar substitute is a probable carcinogen.


Chilean sea bass. The fish is high in mercury, and if eaten consistently over time, can elevate the body's mercury levels to dangerous amounts.


Non-organic peaches. Pesticides easily penetrate their soft skins and permeate the fruit.


Genetically modified corn. We still don't know the long-term effects of genetically modified corn, but it's been tied to an increase in allergies for humans.


Bluefin tuna. Not only is it high in mercury, but overfishing may drive the species to extinction and affect the sea's ecosystem.


Industrially farmed chicken. Arsenic has been found in conventional chickens, as has antibiotic-resistant bacteria.


Non-organic apples. When grown in humid Mid-Atlantic states, the crop uses more pesticides than California, Oregon and Washington states.


Cattle treated with rBGH. Recombinant bovine growth hormone has been traced to breast cancer and hormonal disorders.




So my suggestion when thinking about nutrition for you and your family if you stick to as much organic healthy fresh food as you can, your body will thank you in the long run. Treat it like the temple that it is.

Live Agressive, Strong & Healthy

Friday The 13th....Representing Possibilities

Here we are on Friday the 13th!!! Now there are a lot of people that I know and that are out there that make this day a day of gloom and doom. Well I am here to say "No Worries", it's just another day REPRESENTING POSSIBILITIES!

This year there are three Friday the 13th and it hasn't happened since 1998 and it won't happen again until 2015. Not that I really care about that, because anyone who knows me knows I don't, let's just think about this for a moment and see how you can turn things into a moment of success for you in your everyday life.

I watch a powerful video pretty much each day and each time I do I get all inspired and ready to go all over again. I have never really told anyone about the video but I am sure many many of you out there have already viewed it. Well for those that haven't I recommend you DO NOT pass up the opportunity.

Throughout my journey of life I have come across some great opportunities and have tried to make the right choices. But as we all know sometimes there are those choices that put us in a place that after the fact we wish we would have not chosen to make. As I always say, "would have, could have and should have, imply feelings of guilt". You already made the choice, you recognize the results did not put you in a favorable position, now make the choice to change your position.

I am a firm believer that no matter what the excuses or explainations we have for our good or bad choices, "We are who we CHOSE to be". This video confirms that there are others out there that agree that are making powerful choices to change not only themselves but the world around them.

Make a choice TODAY to live your life with the intent to rise again every time you fall and keep moving forward in the moment.

Hope you enjoy the video as much as I do ever day. If nothing else I certainly have no complaints viewing Will Smith's beautiful smile. It's just simply to die for! I will never be afraid to die on the treadmill again! SCROLL DOWN TO VIEW THE VIDEO!

MAKE THE CHOICE NOW AND KNOW YOU HAVE AN AFFECT ON WHAT HAPPENS....MOVE YOUR UNIVERSE

AND.....

Remember.............

"Always Do The Things You Think You Can't"

If I can be of assistance to you with your health and fitness goals please let me know. We have some great tools available online that will make you succeed.

Log Onto our website for more details! www.TriValleyBootCamp.com

Find out more about our FREE BOOT CAMPS!
ENJOY THE VIDEO!

Livermore Boot Camp - Free Saturday Boot Camp- Relay for Life Livermore Fundraiser

Livermore Boot Camp - FREE! Relay for Life Livermore Fundraiser ~Try out the Adventure Boot Camp Program for free!
Saturday January 24, 2009 from 7:30am - 8:30am
Plesanton, Livermore, Dublin, San Ramon, Sunol, Danville

Central Location for Tri Valley Area in Livermore

Come out and try our Adventure Boot Camp program! We will be sponsoring the Relay for Life of Livermore- American Cancer Society, while bringing you the best in outdoor fitness.

Been wanting to see what all the buzz is about outdoor fitness boot camps?

Here is your chance. Our Free Saturday camp is a FULL one hour of fun, energizing out of the box workouts. Combined with functional exercies, circuits, compound movements and much more to give you the best in outdoor fitness giving your metabolism a blast!

Adventure Boot Camp is a world class outdoor fitness program designed to give you great results. Taught only by Ceritified Adventure Boot Camp Trainers, we are the largest outdoor fitness program in the world. A proven program that is fun and delivers great results.

Our FREE SATURDAY BOOT CAMPS are open to New Campers and Current/Past Campers! Come by and say hi, let me know how I can assist you with your health and fitness goals. With over 20 years of experience in the health, fitness and medical fields I have the experience and knowledge to give you the results you need.

I look forward to seeing you in camp! Bring a friend to camp and get started on your fitness program together! It's fun, energizing and you will be glad you did!

ALL participants must email us with your confirmation @ [masked] and register online at our website www.trivalleybootcamp.com

SPACE IS LIMITED SO REGISTER NOW!

We will be taking donations for American Cancer Society - Relay for Life Livermore. I am the Mission Delivery Chair on the Committee for Relay for Life Livermore. My mission is to make sure the message of the American Cancer Society is relayed to our surrounding community.

A donation is not requried to attend the Free Camp but is appreciated. I participate in Relay of Life Livermore as a dedication and honor of my nephew Nicolaus Sandoval, he passed away in January of 2008 from bone cancer, he was only 17. We appreciate any donation you can make but it is not required to attend. You will get a receipt for your contributions. Thanking you in advance!

Location of EVENT will be given to you once you have registered for the camp. It will be held at a central Livermore location. Bring a mat, water and a set of free weights (dumbells -average camper can do between 3-5 lbs for women, 5-15 lbs for men).

Always Do The Things You Think You Can't

My Reason for Relay.... My Nephew and Hero Nicolaus Sandoval


Committed to your well being.....
Deborah Sandoval,
Owner/Certified Adventure Fitness Trainer
Mission Delivery Chair ~ Relay for Life Livermore

12 Things to Accomplish by Christmas 2009

I know, I know, how can I already be talking about Christmas when we just left the dead tree at the curb for the boy scouts to take? Well here's my thought.. If I can get you to make one goal each month a reality for you then yes I will talk about Christmas already.

So here we are in 2009. I have one question for you....What are you going to do to make 2009 your year to SHINE?

I have a challenge for you. Each month at the beginning of each month I will post a new goal setting homework assignment. All you have to do is pick one and go for it. By the time you reach the end of the year you will have 12 new goals accomplished for this year. I think that it's worth the efforts on my part, now show me what you can do.

Need accountability? Then email me your goal and let me know if you reached it or if you need help in the process. It has been proven that if you tell someone your goal it will make you more accountable in the long run.

So here we go....now it's up to you.

I would like to suggest that you start slow but start right now and set your first goal of the year 2009. Pick one thing you'd like to accomplish by January 30th. Heck it can be anything you want. But of course it has to be related to making your life that much more healthier and fun. Did you expect anything else?

Here is your homework for today:

1. Pick one goal you want to achieve by the end of January 2009.
2. Write it down and post it somewhere you can read it each morning when you arise
3. Visualize yourself each night before bedtime, successfully achieving your goals
4. Tell someone about your goal. This makes you accountable to someone else other
than yourself.

Try not to make it too complicated. Make it fun and realistic. Here are some examples of what you may think about doing for yourself. Now you have no excuse...just get up and get ready for your day.

* Try 3 new fruits or veggies
* Lose 5 pounds
* Start making bedtime earlier and get more rest on two specific days a week
* Increase your water intake by 1 extra 8oz glass of water
* Make your lunch every day from something healthy and nutritionist

What do you need to guard yourself against when making goals for yourself? Well it's Complacency. That is hearing something so many times that it no longer makes an impact. Complacency happens to all of us, unless we guard against it. This tends to happen with things we are comfortable with, things that are around us every day.

So live on the edge a little, challenge yourself and make yourself uncomfortable so you move forward in your change. Once you reach your goal you will wonder why you didn't make the decision long ago.

So stay focused, live aggressively and....

Always do the things you think you can't!!

Here is a great recipe for some great all time snacks without all the bad stuff. My friend, Dr. Chris Mohr, RD makes Sweet Potato Fries not only scrumptious but healthy too!!

Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries

serves 4-6
1 - 1 1/2 lb sweet potatoes
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp cinnamon

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil
(preferably the easy release kind).

• Peal the sweet potatoes. Cut into strips that are about 1/2 inch wide on
each side.

• Place the sweet potatoes into a sealable plastic bag. Add oil, salt, paprika
and cinnamon. Seal the bag and shake well to thoroughly coat the fries.
Spread the potatoes out onto the baking sheet in a single layer.

Cook for 30 minutes, turning every 10 minutes. Transfer immediately to a paper towel lined plate and serve warm.

There you have it -- a healthy alternative to regular fries and a darn good one too!! If you don't like the heat, leave out the paprika.

Make it a Healthy Day!