Are you training the right way?

If you are working out on your own, are you doing the right exercises? Are you programming the best things to get you closer to your fitness goals? Do you have the right form on the things you are doing?

Schedule a 60 min eval with me and find out for sure. This is a comprehensive look at how you move assessing:

• Glute function
• Flexibility
• Core function
• Hip stability
• Shoulder mobility
• Postural position  
• Potential origin for
  aches and pains    
• Have you programmed the right things to do?
• Do you have good form on the things you are doing?

The eval also includes suggestions on how to make any adjustments your program needs. 

Send an email to info@integratefitness.com to set one up.

INTEGRATE Performance Fitness Receives 2013 Best of Mountain View Award

INTEGRATE Performance Fitness Receives 2013 Best of Mountain View Award

Mountain View Award Program Honors the Achievement
MOUNTAIN VIEW May 14, 2013 -- INTEGRATE Performance Fitness has been selected for the 2013 Best of Mountain View Award in the Health Clubs & Gymnasiums category by the Mountain View Award Program.
 
Each year, the Mountain View Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Mountain View area a great place to live, work and play.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2013 Mountain View Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Mountain View Award Program and data provided by third parties.

About Mountain View Award Program

The Mountain View Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Mountain View area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.

The Mountain View Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community’s contributions to the U.S. economy.
SOURCE: Mountain View Award Program

CONTACT:
Mountain View Award Program
Email: PublicRelations@awardprogram.org
URL: http://www.awardprogram.org
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Thanks for coming tonight!!

On behalf of Wayne, Hartmut and Steven I'd like to thank everyone for coming tonight! We enjoyed meeting you and hope you got a lot out of the seminar. 

Hopefully the next time you go on a ride, run or swim, you'll have a different perspective on:

1) How your breathing affects your performance.
2) The importance of thoracic spine mobility on shoulder health.
3) The importance of the glute on remaining injury free.
4) The need to do "anti-endurance sports" exercises in the gym to undo all of your training.
5) Your posture and how it may be affecting your performance.
6) The critical nature of strength training 2-3x/week to stay injury free.
7) How a change in one joint angle can affect an angle in another one from muscle imbalances.
8) The way your body is moving, and what you need to optimize your performance.

If you've got more questions, or you'd like to schedule some time with one of the strength coaches you worked with, here is their contact information:

Al Painter, NASM CES, PES, B.A., INTEGRATE Performance Fitness, LLC
Al is the founder and President of INTEGRATE Performance Fitness. He is a National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) certified Performance Enhancement Specialist as well as an NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist. He also holds a degree in Communications from Santa Clara University. His area of specialty is endurance athlete specific strength training.
Al is the Fitness Editor for VeloReviews.com, as well as the moderator for the Training forum on TwoSpoke.com. He also serves as a strength and conditioning consultant to the National Interscholastic Cycling Assoc which included writing the strength training chapter for their Coach's Manual.
He's been named "Best Bay Area Personal Trainer" by CitySports Magazine as well as being the recipient of a "People's Choice Award" from Palo Alto Daily News.

If you've got questions for Al from tonight, please send an email to info@integratefitness.com.


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Hartmut Broring, M.S., Back In Form, Inc.
BACK IN FORM, Inc. is an onsite provider of fitness, wellness and health educational services. Ever since BACK IN FORM, Inc. was established in 1996 we have been devoted to provide the residents and companies of San Jose and the surrounding South Bay Communities with innovative and customized solutions in fitness, wellness & health education. 

Over the past years our trainers and health-educators have helped many clients to make positive and lasting life-style changes making a great difference in the quality of their lives.  

For more information on Back in Form, please send an email to info@backinform.com.


Steven Rice, Steven Rice Fitness

Steven specializes in functional strength and movement- real physical fitness that applies to life outside the gym and as cross training for sports. His clients transform their bodies and develop the strength, mobility, and movement skills to improve their health and quality of life, increase athletic performance, and reduce the chance of injury. Workouts emphasize developing strength with full body movement in all directions, primarily using free weights and body weight. Proper technique and posture are always taught.

Corrective exercise is used as needed to help with chronic movement-based problems that may be causing pain or injury. Steven cares deeply about his clients, and gets great satisfaction from seeing them improve.

If you would like more information on training from Steven Rice Fitness, please send an email to steven@stevenricefitness.com.

Wayne LaCroix  C.K.T. , P.S.C.S.

Specializing in corrective strength and conditioning programs adapted from powerlifitng, Olympic lifting, kettlebell, and body weight training, to enhance performance, correct and rehabilitate structural imbalances,  and increase resilience to future injuries. If  you would like to contact Wayne to set up an appointment, please send an email to wlacroix@gmail.com.

SEMINAR: Why Endurance Sports Break Us and How to Prevent It

Join us for "Why Endurance Sports Break Us and How to Prevent It" on Wed March 6, 2013. This will be a learn by doing seminar that will include information on why running, riding and swimming create muscle imbalances that can cause you to lose performance levels and incur an injury. After the talk, we will show you four simple moves that will help keep you moving at your best!

Topics included in the seminar:

• How breathing affects performance
• The importance of thoracic spine mobility
• Where "swimmer's shoulder" and "runner's knee" aren't knee and shoulder issues
• What happens to joint angles from muscle imbalances
• The importance of a strong posterior chain
• The best ways to stabilize your lumbar spine
• The best exercises to increase performance and reduce your chance of getting injured

You are also invited to take our Monday and Wed 6:30pm core strength class prior to the seminar as well! Please let us know by March 1, 2013 if you are planning to attend either of the group strength classes before the talk.

Date: Wed March 6, 2013

Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Cost: $0
Location: INTEGRATE Performance Fitness
SEMINAR RSVP DEADLINE: Thursday Feb 28, 2013

Please send an email to info@integratefitness.com to RSVP for the seminar.

JAN 19, 2013 SEMINAR: Biomarkers for Improving Cycling Speed, Power, and Aerodynamics

Cycling has keys which when unlocked are at the core of powerful and healthy cycling. Some of these include a proper bike fit, training smart & resting smart, good nutrition, flexibility, core & extremity strength, and many others.

In this active workshop we will ride, stretch, and strengthen while you learn about these foundational principles.

Join the experts in this fast paced doing and listening workshop.

Speakers:
Curtis Cramblett, LPT, CFMT, USA Expert Cycling Coach, CSCS; Dr. Katie Kennedy, DPT; Al Painter, NASM PES, CES

Come with bike and trainer, rested and ready to ride, to do some off-bike strength and flexibility, and to learn. Snacks & water will be provided.

Date: January 19th, 2013
Time: 8 AM - Noon
Cost: $100/prepaid; $130 day of event, space allowing

Location: Integrate Performance Fitness, 2426 Fayette Drive, Suite D, Mountain View, 650-941-9148

IPF is on the 4th driveway on the right side after you turn onto Fayette Dr., back of the complex; red door, navy blue awning.

Reserve your spot today by contacting Revolutions In Fitness Menlo Park, (650) 260-4743.

The Winter Fruits

Have you ever heard of the Santa Claus Melon? Didn’t think so. Just because it’s the winter doesn’t mean we should stop eating fruit! In fact a lot of delicious fruits just came into season! A Santa Claus Melon is very similar to a Honeydew Melon, but even sweeter. 

Clementines are one of the most popular winter fruits, they’re easy to eat, and provide many health benefits for your body. Clementines are like mini oranges, making them easier to peal, and the perfect snack! These small fruits are packed with vitamin C! They also offer you more potassium than most other fruits, which helps promote healthy function of your nerves and muscles, and can help you fight muscle cramps. However the citrus fruits aren’t the only winter fruits you should be paying attention to!

Kumquats are fantastic winter fruits! They’re itty-bitty citrus fruits that are great source of fiber, which helps control the glucose and insulin in our bodies. Not only are they a great source for fiber, but like all other citrus fruits, Kumquats are a great way to get more vitamin C into your body!

The Star Fruit is one of the funnest fruits, and it happens to be one of the best winter fruits! First of all, they are delicious. Secondly, they are one of the fruits with the smallest amount of calories, but with the protein and healthy sugar they hold they offer your body a surprising amount of energy. Most large Star Fruits are about 28 calories, that’s almost nothing for such a delicious little snack! It is even believed that the Star Fruit can help prevent Kidney Stones. 

Pomegranates are known as a “Superfood” because they offer many different benefits for our bodies. They contain a large amount of vitamin C, fiber, and potassium, and the juice also carries tannins that act as antioxidants. The antioxidants are important for your body’s immune system, it helps your body’s natural process which fights “free radicals” which could attack your cells. And an added bonus is they’re fun to eat and easy to throw into almost any salad!

So, just because it’s winter time does not mean you should be skipping out on eating fruits! It just means there’s a new variety of fruits for you to try! There are plenty of fruits around in the winter, it’s just gives you a chance to try some new and interesting fruits!

IPF Community Spotlight Member of the Year!

Within the red painted walls of INTEGRATE you'll find a unique group of people. Across their diversity in gender, age and fitness levels, they share a single commonality; they are athletes. INTEGRATE clients train like professionals, and as soon as you walk through the INTEGRATE doors we consider you one of us. 

You belong to our community. We are a group of recreational athletes who train, compete and enrich our lives through fitness and we love working with all of you. 

With that being said, each week highlight one of our community members for exercise achievements, goal obtainment or just because we like them! And now, we will have for the first time in IPF history, the "Community Spotlight of the Year!"

This is the highest level of recognition we can give out at the studio. The following nominees exemplify what it means to INTEGRATE through their effort, attitude and approach to training. So please cast your vote be sending an email to info@integratefitness.com and help us select our 2013 IPF Community Spotlight of the Year!

Jeff Raddick
By far one of the greatest people you will ever meet. In 2012 he's lost over 75lbs and is still going. His incredible attitude is only matched by his herculean effort when he trains!

Debbie Young
From having never ridden a MTB to 2012 NorCal Cat 3 Women's State Champ, in only about eight months! She's got an incredible attitude, works her tale off and is always a blast to train.

Heather Savage
10 months at IPF, 21.75 inches and over 25lbs lost. She trains as hard any professional or collegiate athlete whose ever come through IPF's red doors, and she keeps us in stitches every time she comes in.

Joan Deitchman
She finished the 2012 Race Across America and FINALLY did a MTB race and lived to tell about it.

OK people, there are your three nominees for IPF's 2012 Spotlight of the Year. Please send your vote to info@integratefitness.com and help us pick our winner!!