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		<title>Lose Weight Faster With More Sleep</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Kusek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My partners over at Prograde just put an awesome new article up on their site. It&#8217;s all about the correlation between sleep and quick weight loss. I really think you&#8217;re going to love this one. It&#8217;s possible this may be a big problem for you or someone you know. http://capstone-performance.getprograde.com/lack-of-sleep-stops-quick-weight-loss.html Yours in health, Ron Kusek]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My partners over at Prograde just put an awesome new article up on their site.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s all about the correlation between sleep and quick weight loss.</p>
<p>I really think you&#8217;re going to love this one. It&#8217;s possible this may be a big problem for you or someone you know.</p>
<p><a href="http://capstone-performance.getprograde.com/lack-of-sleep-stops-quick-weight-loss.html">http://capstone-performance.getprograde.com/lack-of-sleep-stops-quick-weight-loss.html</a></p>
<p>Yours in health,</p>
<p>Ron Kusek</p>
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		<title>5 Steps to Maximizing Athletic Performance and Preventing Injuries among Young Antelope Valley Athletes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Kusek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increasing an athlete's performance takes planning, and proper education and training. In this article you will learn five crucial steps necessary to improving performance in sport and minimizing injuries.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So you’re looking to be a stud on the field, or maybe on the court, right? With summer here, there is a countless number of athletes out there working on their skills so they can come back the next season as the best athlete in the game. My question is however, how exactly do you get to become the best athlete you can possibly be? Should you rely on raw, natural talent? Let me ask you this? What is your training plan, do you have any direction, or are you winging it hoping that you land on the right path?</p>
<p>As an athletic development coach, my job has been to assist young athletes in training and developing their athletic skills to reach their full potential while minimizing injuries. Now isn’t that the goal of every athlete, coach, and parent? They want to be in the game, playing, winning, having fun, and growing into an athletic beast like Lebron James, or Adrian Peterson.</p>
<p>The problem is though; a lot of athletes are missing a key ingredient to a successful athletic career: <strong>appropriate aged based performance-enhancing programs that would help them increase their athletic strength and power, and would allow them to improve their game speed, agility, and flexibility</strong>. What’s most important to these young athletes is to implement a program that addresses their individual injury concerns.</p>
<p>In working with young athletes around the Antelope Valley, I have discovered that majority of the athletes playing sports today are just a hair line away from a season ending injury.  According to a three year study conducted by the National Athletic Trainer’s Association from 1995-1997, two players on any team in America, no matter the gender will be injured during the season. It showed us that the most common injuries were sprains (44.6% males, 44.2% females). Moreover, the most likely place athletes were getting injured was in the foot/ankle complex (38.0% males, 36.0% females)</p>
<p>In information I gathered from the National Center for Sports Safety, (http://www.sportssafety.org/sports-injury-facts/) there were over 680,000 injuries in basketball in 2001. This was over 200,000 more than the injuries that occurred in tackle football! Excessive injuries in sports are due to lack of proper training, repetitive muscle strain, and inadequate flexibility and control of the body.</p>
<p>What makes things worse is the fact most athletes do not have access to Injury Prevention and Performance Enhancement Coaches that could help these young athletes prevent injuries through sound training principles and proper education. And most head coaches just don’t have the skill, training or the time to address every athlete’s developmental needs. Most of these teams strength &amp; conditioning workouts come from other coaches they know or from the internet and is not individually based, so there is really no way of knowing what each athlete’s injury concerns are.</p>
<p>The need for injury prevention programs is obvious: An athlete’s history of injuries will spur future injuries. This is especially true when the injury that has occurred is improperly managed. These reasons should lead us to focusing on “pre-habilitation,” (addressing a weaker muscle before we actually injure the muscle or muscle group) rather than rehabilitation. Some simple steps may help these athletes prolong their athletic careers throughout high school, college, and even at the pro level for the very exceptional athletes.</p>
<p>Here are five steps to enhancing your performance and prolonging your career in sports for long lasting success:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong><em>1.      </em></strong><strong><em>Individually based programs start with the assessment. </em></strong><em>This is better done by a professional, but with a good mirror and little education you can determine where your weaknesses are. There are plenty of assessments that can be done; one in particular that we use as sports medicine and fitness professionals is the Functional Movement Screen created by Sports Physical Therapist Gray Cook. <strong> </strong></em></li>
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<p><em>In using the FMS, we can see through simple, yet effective testing where an athlete may be prone to injury, thus allowing the performance coach the opportunity to develop a proper training protocol for that athlete.</em></p>
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<li><strong><em>Begin a corrective exercise program. </em></strong><em>Now that you have determined where your weaknesses are, you must start with the corrective process. A corrective exercise program addresses concerns of overactive muscles versus underactive muscles and attempts to strengthen the underactive muscles while relieving the excessive tension found in overused muscles. </em></li>
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<p><em>This validates the reason for having coaches who specialize in youth performance training and have vast knowledge in corrective exercise programming. No athlete likes sitting on the sideline, but with overuse injuries and improper training; this is surely what will happen! Plus, adding in the fact that most injuries are improperly managed, the athlete is almost guaranteed to re-injure the muscle or joint in the future.</em></p>
<p><em>A corrective exercise program is especially important after your season is over. Spend a good 4-6 weeks in the corrective exercise phase fixing your muscle imbalances and your body (plus your coach) will be thankful for it.</em></p>
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<li><strong><em>3.      </em></strong><strong><em>Always do a proper dynamic warm-up. No matter what! </em></strong><em>When you have tight muscles, they tend to pull the joints out of proper alignment. Couple that with enormous demands of sprinting up and down a court, cutting, jumping for rebounds and you have a recipe for disaster. I see so many people neglect to stretch properly and go through a joint by joint dynamic warm-up. This alone will go a long way into enhancing your game performance. A good dynamic warm-up should include exercises that will stretch and strengthen your muscles at the same time. It should also address hip and ankle mobility. This will help to prevent knee sprains, hamstring pulls, low back pain and shoulder injuries. It should also raise your core temperature and increase blood flow. Fact is, failing to take this step is a crucial mistake in athletic development.<strong> </strong></em></li>
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<li><strong><em>4.      </em></strong><strong><em>Add some balance and stability training to your routine. </em></strong><em>In dynamic situations, an athlete is almost always on one foot. So improving an athlete’s balance is imperative for injury prevention and athletic development. Exercises like squats can be done on one leg to enhance athletic strength. Pushups with one leg up will help develop hip, core, and shoulder stability.<strong> </strong></em></li>
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<li><strong><em>5.      </em></strong><strong><em>Focus on deceleration. </em></strong><em>A Ferrari going 160 miles/hr without good working brakes is a catastrophe waiting to happen. The same is true for athletes who run fast, but don’t know how to properly slow down from a sprint or a cut properly. This is a common reason for ankle and knee sprains. An athlete who cannot sprint and cut with good form is asking for a sidelining injury. Before working on your speed and agility you need to work on “hitting the brakes” first. The same goes for jumping as well; do you “stick the landing,” or are you falling on your butt every time your feet hit the ground. It is a must that you learn proper jumping and landing technique. <strong> </strong></em></li>
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<p><em>If you would like more info on proper training for athletes and how Ron help, he can be reached by email at <a href="mailto:capstonefitnessgroup@gmail.com">capstonefitnessgroup@gmail.com</a> or you can request a free consult online at www.capstonefitnessgroup.com.</em></p>
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<p>Ron Kusek is an Antelope Valley youth performance coach and owner of Capstone Performance &amp; Fitness LLC. He specializes in the athletic development of young basketball and football athletes’ ages 8-18 years old. He holds several certifications through various organizations such as the National Strength &amp; Conditioning Association, the International Youth Conditioning Association, and the National Academy of Sports Medicine. He has worked with athletes from the 3 time championship winning Lancaster Jets Junior Midgets team to athletes from all over the Antelope Valley.</p>
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<p><strong><em>His training programs which include speed &amp; agility development, proper sprinting mechanics, and athletic strength training has helped a number of young athletes achieve athletic success through education, and sound coaching principles. Leaving no stone unturned, Ron’s goals are to help A.V. athletes reach the pinnacle of success in their athletic careers. </em></strong></p>
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		<title>Antelope Valley Personal Trainer Shares His Top 5 Diet Tips for Fat Loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron Kusek is an Antelope Valley personal trainer and body transformation expert. Today he/she shares the top 5 diet tips for Antelope Valley community.]]></description>
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<p><em>EAT to Elevate Metabolism and Lose Fat (NOT Weight)</em></p>
<p><em>Have you ever heard that before? Most people tend to do the opposite. They eat once or twice a day with a bunch of random snacks throughout the day. There is no plan or consistency, no timing at all. This method doesn&#8217;t work for fat loss, which is different from weight loss.</em></p>
<p><em>Fat loss is the reduction of fat mass or better yet the reduction of that ugly flab that just doesn&#8217;t seem to want to leave. You know, like that cousin that no one likes, but always wants to  hang around. In order to rid yourself of  excess fat, you need to starve it out.</em></p>
<p><em>You starve fat by eating. Sounds crazy doesn&#8217;t it? Eating properly balanced, well timed, nutritious meals every 2-4 hours feeds your muscles which is key to maintaining a high metabolism. Bottom line, you must EAT TO SHED FAT!</em></p>
<p><em>By following the tips below you change your body forever! No need to go on countless diets to keep your weight down. Just five simple tips that can rapidly shed fat and help you look your best for every occasion</em></p>
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<p><strong>Tip#1- Stay Hydrated:</strong></p>
<p> -       Drink at least 2-4 cups of water immediately upon waking and then drink at least 1-2 cups of water every 2 hours you are awake. A dehydrated organism cannot effectively lose body fat!</p>
<p>-       Drink 1-2 cups of water for every 15 minutes of vigorous activity to maintain optimal performance and to prevent dehydration during your workouts.</p>
<p>-       Consume at least 3 servings of antioxidant-rich green tea per day to boost your immune system and accelerate recovery from exercise.</p>
<p> <strong>Tip#2- Eat Early and Eat Often:</strong></p>
<p> - Eat immediately upon waking and then again every 2-4 hours after that for a total of 6-8 feedings per day. This is a staple for any solid fat loss nutrition plan because it allows your body to starve the fat and feed the muscle, optimizes performance, and prevents your body’s starvation signals from going off- signals that will slow fat loss to a snail’s pace.</p>
<p> - The dietary breakdown is 3 total meals per day consumed at breakfast, lunch, and dinner time, 3 total snacks/day consumed between meals and before bed, and workout nutrition in the form of a protein or amino acid supplement consumed around your training sessions. Snacks are typically half the caloric value of meals.</p>
<p> <strong>Tip#3- Focus on the Essentials:</strong></p>
<p> -       Consume a wide range of organic lean proteins of animal origin at each feeding. A great rule of thumbs is to consume at least a fist-sized worth of anything that had a face or a mother and ran, fly, or swam at some point (sorry, doesn’t sound as appetizing this way, ha).  Protein is not only the only macronutrient responsible for building and repairing that lean, sexy muscle tone but it also allows your body to best starve its ugly, unwanted fat stores. In addition, the sheer consumption of protein elevates metabolism and burns calories through the thermic effect of feeding since protein is more than twice as energy costly for your body to digest than fat or carbs.</p>
<p> -       Consume a wide range natural fats at each feeding (olive oil, coconut oil, beef, salmon, whole eggs, avocado, mixed nuts, flax, full-fat cheese, etc.). Sufficient dietary fat intake is critical to beneficial hormone production, which allows for optimal fat loss. Furthermore, your body cannot optimally burn stored body fat without a sufficient amount of healthy dietary fat.</p>
<p> -       Consume a wide range of fruits and veggies at each feeding (with a special emphasis on green veggies). A great rule of thumb when it comes to produce is to consume at least one green item AND as many other colors as possible at each and every meal to get the most health benefits.</p>
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<td width="119" valign="top">Breakfast- 6am</td>
<td width="462" valign="top">Scrambled Omega-3 Eggs, Greens, and Turkey Sausage or Bacon</td>
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<td width="119" valign="top">Lunch- Noon</td>
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<td width="119" valign="top">Mid-Afternoon Snack- 3 pm</td>
<td width="462" valign="top">Full-Fat Cheese and Fruit/Veggies of Choice</td>
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<td width="119" valign="top">Dinner- 6 pm</td>
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<td width="119" valign="top">Pre-Bed Snack- 8 pm</td>
<td width="462" valign="top">Wonder Bowl:</p>
<p>Mix of Full-Fat Cottage Cheese, Protein Powder, Flax Meal, and Raw Nut Butter</td>
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<p><strong>Tip#4- You NEED These 2 Supplements:</strong></p>
<p> -       Take a daily whole food based multi-vitamin for your gender. Ensuring adequate intake of vitamins and minerals is essential for your body to function optimally, especially for people who struggles to get at least 8-12 servings of fruits and veggies per day.</p>
<p> -       Take a high quality essential fatty acid (EFA) or fish oil supplement. Omega-3 fats found in fish oil are scientifically proven to increase metabolism and generate increased fat burning, besides having a host of other benefits like preventing cancer, reducing inflammation and joint pain, enhancing skin and hair quality, etc.</p>
<p>I am a proud partner of Prograde Nutrition; they have by far the best supplements based on my recommendations above. You can find them at <a href="http://www.capstone-performance.getprograde.com">www.capstone-performance.getprograde.com</a> today!</p>
<p> <strong>Tip#5- Think Fiber First When It Comes To Carbs:</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p> -       It is critical to focus on carbohydrate quality first AND then quantity second. In terms of quality, all carbohydrates (outside of dairy) that you eat should contain AT LEAST 3 g of fiber per serving and offer LESS THAN 10 g of sugar per serving. In terms of quantity, we have found most people achieve the best fat-burning effects by limiting their total daily carb intake to 50 g or less, NOT including their unlimited daily fibrous carb intake from green veggies (fruit can be used in moderation) nor the trace carbs from protein and fat foods.</p>
<p>-      <strong> Use The Carb Reduction Blueprint: Use the following step-by-step process in the exact order listed to breakthrough any plateaus in your quest to look absolutely awesome:</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Step#1- Replace all white carbs with 100% whole grain carbs and all refined sugars with natural sugars found in food choices with ONE ingredient (e.g. fruit, honey, etc.). This will results in much more stable blood sugar levels, the key to maintaining high energy levels and burning fat.</p>
<p>Step#2- Limit all 100% whole grain starch and natural sugar consumption to within 1-2 hours post-workout or immediately upon waking for breakfast. Your body best handles these types of carbs at these times without excessive risk of this energy being stored as fat.</p>
<p>Step#3- Replace all starches and sugars with fruits and veggies. Fruits and veggies are the most nutrient dense carbs loaded with tons of vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, antioxidants, and stomach-filling fiber, making them the staple of any good fat loss meal plan.</p>
<p>Step#4- Replace all fruits with green veggies (or any other veggies BESIDES corn, peas, carrots, and potatoes) to weed out any remaining dietary sugar (fructose- fruit sugar) that will prevent your body from maximally using stored body fat for fuel. Green veggies like broccoli, spinach, dark leafy lettuce, green beans, asparagus, etc. have the most figure-friendly benefits of any carbohydrate out there and can be consumed in an unlimited amount throughout the day to keep you full and satisfied.</p>
<p>Step#5- Use strategic carb and calorie cycling to take your body to next level (my clients and I have had great success with this but it is beyond the scope of this article).</p>
<p>Well, those are my top 5 diet tips to help you look your best for the rest of your life. When it comes to nutrition, keep it simple and stay the course. And remember, it’s not about weight loss- it’s about being as visually stunning as possible via losing inches in all the right places <img src='http://www.leanandsexyfitness.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Local Antelope Valley Personal Trainer Gives His Top 5 Exercise Tips for Fat Loss and Wellness</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron Kusek is a local Antelope Valley personal trainer and corporate boot camp instructor specializing in fat loss, performance, and corrective exercise. Today he shares his top 5 exercise tips for local organizations.</p>
<p>Ron Kusek is a certified personal trainer in the Antelope Valley who specializes in fat loss and provides work-site fitness programs to organizations wanting a healthier group of employees and to lower health care costs. Today he shares his top 5 exercise tips for businesses ready to take action for a healthy workplace.</p>
<p>According to Kusek, the following guidelines are the exact tips he has used to help people burn off ugly unwanted fat and lose 1-2 clothing sizes per month. Many people who have worked with Kusek have seen both body and life changing improvements in their self-confidence and physique in just a short amount time.</p>
<p><strong>Exercise Tip #1- Strengthen Up to Lean Up: </strong>Resistance training allows people to build strong muscles and bones that increases your resting metabolism, thus decreasing unwanted body fat much faster than ordinary cardio. You’re resting metabolic rate (or RMR) is the number of calories needed to live regardless of activity; by increasing this through strength training, your body will become a fat burning machine 24-7 365. For optimal results, aim for three total body strength days a week, with one day of rest in between.</p>
<p><strong>Exercise Tip #2- Interval Cardio Burns Up to Nine Times More Fat than Ordinary Cardio: </strong>Interval Cardio is alternating bouts of high intensity effort with an active recovery period. By focusing on the intensity of the workout rather than the duration will lead to greater fat loss in a less amount of time than ordinary cardio. An example of intervals would be a 5min warm-up on the elliptical, following by 30 seconds of high intensity work, with a recovery period of 60 seconds. Aim for two-three days of intervals for up to 15-30 minutes each in between strength days.</p>
<p><strong>Exercise Tip #3 Use Stubborn Fat Cardio to Accelerate Results: </strong>Five minutes following high-intensity exercise like strength training and cardio interval training, your body dumps stored triglycerides (fat) into your bloodstream, making it the perfect time to do some low to moderate intensity aerobic training to eat up that fat before it gets re-stored.</p>
<p><strong>Exercise Tip #4- Always Use Whole Body Movements for a Quick and Time Efficient Workout: </strong>For maximum fat loss, use exercises that will train your lower body, upper body, and core all at the same time. Isolating each muscle during a workout is not as effective as whole body movements. Use this five exercise circuit using bodyweight and dumbbells that works your body in this sequence:</p>
<p>1) Squat to Shoulder Press</p>
<p>2) Squat Thrust to Pushup</p>
<p>3) Reverse Lunge w/ Bicep Curl</p>
<p>4) Bent Over Alternate Arm Row</p>
<p>5) Side Plank w/ Leg Lift.</p>
<p>Perform this total body circuit for 3-5 rounds on strength training days.. Doing this will definitely decrease cancerous fat, lower blood pressure and LDL cholesterol, and increase the health of each employee, making them a more productive, happier employee for the good your business.</p>
<p><strong>Exercise Tip #5- Have a Recovery Day: </strong>Everyone who is active should always spend at least one day out the week focusing on recovery. High intensity workouts are not easy by no means, especially for those who may be new to exercise and may have existing muscular and joint issues they’re dealing with, having a recovery day can help alleviate many muscular and structural issues through self massage and corrective flexibility. Pay particular attention to your hip, knee, and mid/upper back areas. You want to massage your muscles using a foam roller, follow up with corrective stretches for your problem areas; do this before and after each workout and on your scheduled recovery days. This helps to speed recovery, and reduces aches and pains resulting from sore muscles.</p>
<p>For more information on the Capstone Fitness Group program, a highly advanced work-site fitness boot camp, please contact Ron Kusek by email at capstonefitnessking@yahoo.com or by phone at 760.902.9721. This elite fitness program guarantees to help your employees feel and look their best while increasing your company’s bottom line. To decrease health care costs and improve the morale, health, and wellness of your employees please visit <a href="http://www.antelopevalleycorporatefitness.com/">www.antelopevalleycorporatefitness.com</a></p>
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		<title>A Dose of Enthusiasm Helps You Lose Weight</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Kusek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends, I hope this message reaches you in good spirits. For those of you shaking off the flu right now, I hope you have a quick recovery. The subject of today is Enthusiasm: Do you have any? When it comes to fitness, you really need a big helping of enthusiasm to maximize your weight [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Friends,</p>
<p>I hope this message reaches you in good spirits. For those of you shaking off the flu right now, I hope you have a quick recovery.</p>
<p>The subject of today is Enthusiasm: Do you have any? When it comes to fitness, you really need a big helping of enthusiasm to maximize your weight and fat loss results.</p>
<p>Those of you who lack enthusiasm will not go very far because all you&#8217;re going to do is &#8220;wing it&#8221; when you exercise, just going through the motions just to say you did something. That my friend, just will not do. How can you expect to lose 30, 40, or 50+ pounds if you don&#8217;t feel good about what you&#8217;re doing? I can promise you that you won&#8217;t lose an inch from your waist if you are not enthusiastic about adopting an active lifestyle. And unless you want to go under the knife, don&#8217;t expect to lose 30 pounds in 2-3 months without being excited about what the future holds for you. Focus your efforts on the future and what you could look like if you were motivated, accountable, and enthusiastic about looking better, feeling better, and being fit.</p>
<p>In my professional experience as a fitness coach, my clients who were truly commited, excited, and positive achieved the most. They always lost the most inches, they lost the most amount fat within the shortest amount of time.The others always found better things to do, didn&#8217;t eat right because of this or because of that, but at the same time they still wanted to see massive changes.</p>
<p>You have to make a positive change to see a positive change, and you have to stick with the changes to see a positive result. You wanna lose weight? Lose the excuses today; continue to find ways of bettering yourself for the long term. Stop giving in to your negative self-talk. Don&#8217;t be discouraged so easy; don&#8217;t be made of glass, but be made of stone. Stay strong in your efforts to lose weight, and become healthier. It will pay off for you, but you must give it chance. You owe it to yourself don&#8217;t you think?</p>
<p>I think that every single one of you has the opportunity to achieve your greatest body ever. Are you willing to make the necessary sacrifices to achieve your greatest body? What are you willing to give up to lose 20, 30, 40 or more pounds.</p>
<p>Try doing something out of the norm, break out of your comfort zone. To see a difference in your weight, you have to do something different. Your body responds to new stimulus. Are you expanding your mind and body on a continual basis? Or, are you doing same things you&#8217;ve always done?</p>
<p>Doing the elliptical for 30 minutes every day at the same speed, with no changes, nothing different is not going to cut it. Walking two miles all the time with no change in pace, speed, or intensity just will not work out, but yet I see people still doing the same things over and over, but are frustrated about their minimal results. I want to see you all successful; you can make this happen. You can achieve with courage, belief, and perserverance</p>
<p>Have a positive mindframe. Do away with negativity. Stop looking for excuses. Focus on the positive at all times. Stop focusing on how hard an exercise is, and starting focusing on what the exercise can do for you. Focus on how an exercise program is going to shape your body. Focus on how you will look in the near future. Focus on buying new clothes because your jeans are too big now. Focus on all the compliments you will receive from the opposite sex, and your close friends and family that love you and want to see you happy with yourself.</p>
<p>Now let&#8217;s get enthusiatic and start losing some fat.</p>
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		<title>The Five Characteristics Fit People Don&#039;t Possess</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Kusek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi there, Ron Kusek back again with another great post for you to help you get in the best shape possible in minimal time. Today I&#8217;m going to share with you my top 5 traits that will absolutely kill any chances of you getting into the best shape of your life. These are the worst [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there, Ron Kusek back again with another great post for you to help you get in the best shape possible in minimal time. Today I&#8217;m going to share with you my top 5 traits that will absolutely kill any chances of you getting into the best shape of your life.</p>
<p>These are the worst characteristics you can have and if you recognize any of these in yourself, you had better do everything you can to shake these habits as soon as possible if you aspire to improve your health, self-image, and muscle tone.</p>
<p>My top 5 fitness killers are listed as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li>The &#8220;Denier&#8221;- People who are in denial always struggle to lose weight because they can never face the music. They always overestimate their compliance with the exercise and nutrition plan set before them. They&#8217;ll never admit to overeating, skipping workouts, or anything else that will force them to accept responsibility for their lack of results. Recognizing where you fail is key to getting fit permanently. Admit where you are wrong and work to change it.</li>
<li>The &#8220;Procrastinator&#8221;- This one is obvious. These people are always &#8220;getting ready&#8221; to start something, but can never get around to it. Procrastinators know they are overweight, out of shape, and unhealthy, but always find a reason to not to start their exercise plan. They are dreamers (another bad trait); people who want to be in shape, be attractive and have an extremely awesome body, but they never start anything to reach that goal. They constantly complain about their weight and how they can find clothes that fit, and that they feel so depressed about how they look. The problem is they can never get anything going, it&#8217;s always &#8220;I&#8217;ll start on Monday&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;ll start my diet in two weeks&#8221;, but when the time comes they have better things  to do. If you want to make changes to your health and appearance you cannot fall into the trap of tomorrow. You&#8217;ll be getting heavier and heavier and your self esteemwill continue to dwindle down.</li>
<li>The Follower- Followers allow others to influence them into doing things outside of their best interests. Instead of them worrying about disappointing themselves, they are more worried about what someone will say about them if they don&#8217;t follow the crowd. You must be resilient in accomplishing your fitness goals despite what others think. If anybody pressures you into falling off the wagon, they obviously are trying to sabotage you into being overweight and out of shape just like they are. STAY AWAY from saboteurs who want to see others fail.</li>
<li>The Sometimer- The sometimer is totally motivated to start exercise program for all of but two seconds, then they suddenly become disinterested in anything that has to do with fitness. This hot-cold behavior will leave you frustrated, overweight, and just plain sad over time. Find ways to stay motivated and perservere through any of life&#8217;s struggles.</li>
<li>The Needy- Needy people can never do things on their own. They always need someone to workout with, and to eat healthy with. As soon as their buddy gives up so do they. They will use the excuse that they don&#8217;t have a workout partner as a reason why they are overweight, but you&#8217;re not getting in shape for social reasons are you? If you depend on your friends you are in for a tough ride. Find your own internal motivation to continue and if your friend decides they want to give up then that&#8217;s fine, you&#8217;ll just look that much better when you hang around them. Always stay strong.</li>
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<p>I would love to hear your opinion on this article. Please leave a comment about your own personal experiences, be sure to let us know which traits you possess and what you&#8217;re doing to break them.</p>
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		<title>Antelope Valley Personal Trainer Shares His Top 2 secrets for Getting Lean &amp; Sexy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Kusek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron Kusek is a local Antelope Valley certified fitness professional and boot camp instructor. Today he will share with you his best kept secrets for getting lean and staying lean permanently. Here is the secret: Fitness is easy. What? Fitness will be simple if you allow it to be. Here&#8217;s what you need to do. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron Kusek is a local Antelope Valley certified fitness professional and boot camp instructor. Today he will share with you his best kept secrets for getting lean and staying lean permanently.</p>
<p>Here is the secret:</p>
<p>Fitness is easy.</p>
<p>What?</p>
<p>Fitness will be simple if you allow it to be. Here&#8217;s what you need to do.</p>
<p>Train your body to work together as a unit- By training your whole body rather than individual muscles, you will prime your body to maximize fat loss and lean muscle. After your warm-up, perform this 5 exercise circuit cardio blaster doing each exercise for 30-50 seconds with 10 seconds rest in between each exercise:</p>
<p>-Speed Squats=Squat down as quickly as you can, swinging your arms back, then explode back up while pushing off on your toes. Then drop back down</p>
<p>-Front Planks=Hands to Forearm up and down</p>
<p>-Lunge Runs= Get into a lunge position with your right leg forward and your left arm forward with both elbows bent at 90 degrees. Lunge up and down while forcefully swinging your arms in a running motion.</p>
<p>-Cross body Mountain Climbers= Drop down into a pushup position. You are going to tighten your abs and squeeze your butt tight. While keeping your back straight, pull your right knee towards your left elbow. Extend your leg back out then alternate to the left leg back and forth for the duration of the exercise.</p>
<p>-Run in Place= Don&#8217;t trot! Swing your arms forcefully and punch your knees in a rhythmical fashion as fast as you can control.</p>
<p>Repeat this circuit up to four times with a 1 minute recovery between each circuit for an awesome cardio workout.</p>
<p>Eat nutrient rich meals every three hours- Having a small portioned well balanced meal every three hours will turn your body into a fat burning furnace. When you have regular meals every day your body is more likely to shed fat and build and maintain lean muscle. Have some lean protein, whole grains, and vegetables each meal and I can guarantee you&#8217;ll lose weight and fat consistently.</p>
<p>Alright, let&#8217;s get lean &#038; sexy!</p>
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		<title>Air Force Implements New Fitness Requirements; Top Antelope Valley Personal Trainer Extends A Helping Hand</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Kusek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top Antelope Valley Personal Trainer Ron Kusek was serving his country in Air Force when I decided to dive into becoming a Fitness Professional. With the Air Force implementing new fitness requirements this year, Ron Kusek hopes to offer his expertise and services in providing a tactical fitness and nutrition plan to help our Airmen truly become "Fit To Fight"]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a personal trainer and former airman himself, Ron Kusek knows the value of a great fitness program.<br />
He commends the evolution in the culture of fitness in the Air Force and hopes to be of value in helping<br />
other airmen get &#8220;combat ready&#8221;<br />
Ron Kusek, top personal trainer at Edwards Air Force Base in California applauds the new fitness program<br />
being implemented by the Air Force and commends the evolution of the culture of fitness within the Air<br />
Force as a needed change. Ron Kusek hopes to be of value using his experience as an airman and as a<br />
personal trainer specializing in tactical fitness for military, police, and firefighters.<br />
Ron Kusek truly believes his skill sets can be a valuable asset to an Air Force that gave him what he lacked<br />
as a teenager. &#8220;Back when I was growing up, I never knew what I wanted to do. I never felt really good at<br />
anything. Until I enlisted in the Air Force and found my love for fitness and a want to help others,&#8221; said<br />
Ron Kusek.<br />
It was then he that he realized the need for change in the structure of fitness programming for the Air<br />
Force. &#8220;We should not just be fit, but operationally fit&#8221;, Says Ron. Being fit for battle takes on a whole new<br />
meaning, and requires a different approach to fitness. Ron believes being operationally fit includes not just<br />
training for endurance, but total performance should be included. Total performance means training for<br />
strength, flexibility, mobility, speed, power, and agility. Overall health, disease prevention, and injury<br />
prevention are major benefits towards a structured operational fitness program.<br />
In battle, a person must be able to move quickly and swiftly. Individuals must break the idea of just<br />
training muscles and must shift their focus into training movements instead. The better an individual can<br />
move, the more capable that individual will be in completing their mission. They are also less likely to be<br />
injured when their bodies are trained to work together and not isolated as is the case in traditional<br />
bodybuilding programs.<br />
To truly be &#8220;Fit to Fight&#8221;, total performance, tactical fitness, and anaerobic conditioning should be a<br />
mainstay within the fitness curriculum of the Air Force. 21st century fitness training must go beyond the<br />
traditional means of being fit. No longer is pushups, situps and jogging enough to ensure today&#8217;s airmen are<br />
operationally fit to do what is required of them.<br />
Ron Kusek is offering Air Force leadership at Edwards Air Force Base his services and expertise in<br />
providing today&#8217;s Air Force with a structured operational fitness program that is efficient, progressive, and<br />
combat specific. It also integrates tactical nutrition plan with a revolutionary fitness program designed to<br />
increase the functional performance, productivity, and decrease injuries, thus making our Airmen ready to<br />
deploy when our country calls.<br />
On September 24, Ron Kusek will be speaking to the 95th Mission Support Group at their Commander&#8217;s<br />
Call in regards to developing an operational fitness plan to revolutionize the fitness programming of<br />
Edwards Air Force Base, and hopefully the entire Air Force.<br />
If you would like to speak further in this matter, Ron Kusek can be reached by email at<br />
capstoneperformance@verizon.net or through his website at www.capstonefitnessgroup.com</p>
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		<title>Healthy Pizza Thats Burns Fat!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, I&#8217;m Ron Kusek, a fitness professional serving Edwards AFB and the Antelope Valley. My specialities include fat loss programs, and performance enhancement programs for youth and tactical athletes. I want to share with a go-to recipe my family uses to enjoy a great tasting pizza without burning a hole in your wallet and without [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, I&#8217;m Ron Kusek, a fitness professional serving Edwards AFB and the Antelope Valley. My specialities include fat loss programs, and performance enhancement programs for youth and tactical athletes.</p>
<p>I want to share with a go-to recipe my family uses to enjoy a great tasting pizza without burning a hole in your wallet and without the unneccessary calories.</p>
<p>Great for parties, great for a quick meal, this pizza recipe packs nutritious punch surely to help you get the body you want.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what you need:</p>
<p>100% Whole Wheat Pizza Crust</p>
<p>2 Roma Tomatoes</p>
<p>Red Onion</p>
<p>Green and Red Pepper</p>
<p>Mushrooms</p>
<p>1 Can of Pizza Sauce or Tomato Sauce</p>
<p>Baby Spinach</p>
<p>Cilantro</p>
<p>Canadian Bacon</p>
<p>Light Mozzarella Cheese</p>
<p>For seasoning you&#8217;ll need crushed red pepper, Rosemary, Oregano, and Garlic Pepper</p>
<p>Preheat the oven to 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cut up all your vegetables and canadian bacon to small pieces. Spread your sauce evenly over your pizza crust, then sprinkle your cheese lightly over your pizza. Sprinkle the seasonings listed above over the pizza, but do take care not to over do it. Now go ahead and spread your spinach first over the pizza, followed by the tomatoes, onions, green and red peppers, then mushrooms and cilantro.</p>
<p>From here your pizza is ready to go into the oven. Bake for 14-16 minutes depending on how you want your crust. After it&#8217;s done, let it cool down for 2-3 minutes. Now go ahead and enjoy your day with an awesome pizza that&#8217;s great for any occasion.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local Antelope Valley fitness pro and creator of the Lean &#38; Sexy Ladies Fitcamp Ron Kusek speaks on fitness and the one thing  that has plagued Antelope Valley residents and lets them know how to get lean for life! As a fitness pro, I spend a lot of time talking to my clients about self [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Local Antelope Valley fitness pro and creator of the Lean &amp; Sexy Ladies Fitcamp Ron Kusek speaks on fitness and the one thing  that has plagued Antelope Valley residents and lets them know how to get lean for life!</p>
<p>As a fitness pro, I spend a lot of time talking to my clients about self sabotage. Self-sabotage has got to be one of the worst things people do to themselves when it comes to getting into ultimate shape. We give in to our temptations with no regard to what it will do to our body, but then we scratch our heads when we gain five pounds.</p>
<p>We give to the donuts sitting in the break room at work. We give to the ice cream our significant other has brought home. We give in to the sweets, the soft drinks, and the high calorie meals at the fast food and sit down restaurants on a daily basis, but we still scratch our heads when we gain ugly fat.</p>
<p>We want the weight off, but yet we still eat the foods that have made overweight and obese. We want to look good, but yet we don&#8217;t want to sacrifice our comfort foods in return. We want a great body, a healthy body, but yet we do things that deter us from being healthy, and looking great.</p>
<p>Have you ever asked yourself why? Why do you continously stop yourself from reaching your goals? What can you do stop jumping on the merry-go-round and move forward in reaching your fitness goals?</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s my top 2 tips on getting fit and staying fit.</p>
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<li><em><strong>Change Your Mentality on Fitness-</strong> Think of fitness as a journey and not a destination. Don&#8217;t treat being fit as something you do before a wedding or a cruise. Waiting two months before an event then doing a crash diet and burning yourself out with exercise is only going to make you miserable, and possibly injured. Make fitness a part of your lifestyle if you want to live longer and happier.</em></li>
<li><em><strong>Good Nutrition Can Save Your Life- </strong>By eating foods that you are supposed eat; things that were made from the soil of the Earth and not in a factory or a lab can improve your health drastically. Focus on eating a colorful diet full of a variety of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and lean proteins sources. Each food source has different nutrients that serve a specific function to the body. So don&#8217;t be a picky eater. Every person that I have met who didn&#8217;t like vegetables or didn&#8217;t like one thing or another has always been overweight.</em></li>
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<p>Has anything I said hit home? Take a good look at yourself and your life and make the necessary changes so you can look great, feel great, and live a great life.</p>
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