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Get Fit Newsletter - June 14, 2019

Get Fit Newsletter June 14, 2019 Once overweight, always overweight? While many people are able to lose a substantial amount of weight, very few keep the weight off for more than a year. In fact, less than 1% of the formerly obese will maintain their weight loss for more than a year, according to a study conducted in the UK in 2015. Specifically this broke down to just 1 man out of 210 and 1 woman out of 124. Does this mean that once overweight we are all doomed to stay overweight? Participants in the study were told to eat less and move more, a method that failed to deliver long-term results. Clearly this sound bite advice wasn’t enough. Now I ....
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Get Fit Newsletter - May 24, 2019

Get Fit Newsletter May 24, 2019 Look Your Best for Summer With vacation and beach days quickly approaching, most of us are now thinking about looking our best while dressed in our finest. Too bad that losing body fat is a slow and steady process, rather than an instantaneous fix. However…I do have an extremely effective 2-step method for losing belly fat faster than ever, and I’d like to share it with you today so that you can utilize it to look and feel your best this summer. Look Your Best for Summer. This deadly, fat-incinerating method fights fat simultaneously on two separate fronts for maximum effectiveness: your sugar intake and ....
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Get Fit Newsletter - May 17, 2019

Get Fit Newsletter May 17, 2019 4 Easy Steps to Quit Junk Food If only junk food didn’t taste so good, then it would be easier to resist. The reason for its craveable flavor is a specialized balance of sugar, fat and salt. But while it tastes phenomenal…it’s detrimental to your fat loss results. Wondering what exactly classifies as junk food? You’re not alone, especially now that many junk foods are being cleverly marketed and packaged as healthy choices. Here’s what classifies junk food:
Junk food has little to zero nutritional value
Junk food is processed and packaged
Junk food is high in sugar, fat and salt
Junk food ....
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Get Fit Newsletter - May 10, 2019

Get Fit Newsletter May 10, 2019 Get what you really want Have you ever acted against your better judgment? Ummmm, of course you have. We all have. Sometimes you do things that you later regret. And this keeps you from achieving that lean, sexy body that you want.
You hit snooze rather than waking up early to exercise before work.
You blow off your healthy eating plan to indulge in a hamburger and fries.
You start an exercise program only to drop out two weeks into it. These regrettable actions prevent you from achieving your goals and keep you stuck. Most of us are all too familiar with this frustrating paradox. It’s almost as if there are two ....
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Get Fit Newsletter - May 3, 2019

Get Fit Newsletter May 3, 2019 Better than crunches Your basic ab crunch isn’t the most effective way to get toned abs. It simply doesn’t activate your core muscles to the extent that other exercises do, it can hurt your back, and the small motion doesn’t do much by way of calorie burning. So why are you still doing crunches? What the basic ab crunch does have going for it is its no-equipment, on-the-go nature. You could plop down onto the ground in a park, a hotel room, at the beach or at the gym to crank out a round of crunches wherever you happen to be. Not the most effective, but, until now, the most convenient. It’s time ....
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Get Fit Newsletter - April 26, 2019

Get Fit Newsletter April 26, 2019 Ditch these 5 sweets How often has your sweet tooth ruined your clean diet? Yes, sweet are delicious and tempting, but will get you into pants that are another size larger. And into your doctor’s office for another lecture. And into a body that you are ashamed of. The life-long repercussions of a diet filled with too much sugar far outweigh the momentary pleasure. To help you conquer your sugar craving once and for all, I’ve identified 5 sweets you should ditch, and a healthy substitute for each. 1. Ditch this Sweet: Candy Nothing gets refined sugar circulating through your body quicker than a fistful ....
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Get Fit Newsletter - April 12, 2019

Get Fit Newsletter April 12, 2019 When you fail to see results from diet and exercise I saw an infomercial the other day for a weight loss solution targeting the frustrated people who, “fail to see results from diet and exercise.” Had to scratch my head on that one. When does diet and exercise fail? This, of course, is a trick question. Diet and exercise don’t fail. The only way for diet and exercise not to work is if you fail to stick with it long enough for the results to show. Plain and simple. End of story. I’ve seen more clients than I can count transform their bodies through the power of diet and exercise. Without ....
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Get Fit Newsletter - April 5, 2019

Get Fit Newsletter April 5, 2019 You’re 5 feet from gold… There is one reason why most people haven’t yet reached their goals, and it’s a simple one. It’s something that I’ve struggled in the past, and it just may be the one thing that’s holding you back from your big breakthrough. That one thing is consistency. Think about it. The difference that separates a fitness star from a couch potato is the consistency with which the former applies to their diet and exercise routine. That’s it! Look, I know you can exercise and eat right. You’ve done it before! But a fitness plan only works when you ....
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Get Fit Newsletter - March 29, 2019

Get Fit Newsletter March 29, 2019 The madness has to stop. I’m here to warn you about 5 fat loss myths that most people fall for. This might come across as a soapbox rant, and for that I apologize, but trust me when I say that this is a message that needs to be spread. Your fat loss depends on it. Don’t waste your time on these: This is a Myth: Diet pills will help you lose fat. It’s so tempting! The commercials make compelling claims about the power of diet pills, but don’t fall for it. The ‘magic pill’ has yet to be discovered (it has been discovered – exercise. It’s just not in pill ....
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Get Fit Newsletter - March 22, 2019

Get Fit Newsletter March 22, 2019 Use this to achieve ANY goal We are living in a have-it-all, have-it-now world. Access to anything you desire is literally a keystroke away. There’s one-click ordering. There’s food delivery in 30 minutes or less. There’s credit available with the swipe of a card. More so than any time in history, we have forgotten the art of sacrifice. Can you blame us? Mainstream marketing tells us hundreds of times each day that we should have it all , and that we should have it right now . The problem with this have-it-all-right-now mindset is that real accomplishments require sacrifice and delayed ....
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Victoria Herrera; June 5, 2017

If you are looking for a place that offers great training through "tough love" then this is the place to be young or old. Stephanie and Vic make an awesome team and go above and beyond for youth and their community. South Paw teaches more than just skills and fundamentals of the class but also lessons that can be used through out life through encouragement, empowerment and positivity.

Pedro Maldonado; March 21, 2017

Met Coach Vic and Stephanie when I was in a very Dark place in life and I thank the Lord for putting them dead smack in my path. Not only the training that Coach offers at Southpaw gym is on point but he and his wife treated me and my sons like straight up family from day one. Definitely recommend it for 1on1 private training or a family thing . Check them out you'll see.

Dwinel Belfort; January 12, 2017

I had a flashback of the first week I worked out at the gym in Ocean with Vic Lashley. I skipped the second week and came back the third week and told coach Vic I couldn't even sit on the toilet my legs hurt so bad lol. Some of the best workouts I ever had. I'll be traveling from Edison to bring my kids to work with coach Vic.

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