What A Morning

Our first day of winter greeted us with one frosty morning. The official temperature at dawn in Melbourne was 3.4 degrees C, although my car claimed that at 7am in Fairfield Park it was a chilly 2 degrees C. We didn’t get the worst of it though, Ballarat apparently hit -2.8 degrees C just after 7am. Special T-Shirts if we hit a below zero morning!

Next Bootcamp Start Dates:

Monday 4th July – Friday 29th July

Monday 8th August – Friday 2nd September

Monday 12th Sep – Friday 7th October

Salomon Trail Run

Cam has discovered this great fun run that is running on July 3rd just near were we train.

It starts out from Studley Park Boathouse and heads off on a 5km and 10.8km trail. We want to put together a team so hit either Cam or I up to let us know if you are interested via email or in the comments below. For more info check out this link:

Salomon Trail Running Series – Race 1

Client Profile – Liz Bottomley

Liz is one of our awesome evening bootcampers. She has gone from strength to strength with her training with us both with running and strength. More recently she progressed to doing push ups on her toes which is a huge achievement for anyone. Well done Liz!

1. Favourite quote: ‘Worry is money paid in advance for a debt you may never owe’ – from a fortune cookie
2. Most hated bootcamp exercise: Lunges
3. What is your greatest achievement? Having an exhibition a few years ago of photos I took in Iran (& selling 15 prints)
4. My favourite things are… Music.. art.. family/friends.. nature.. travelling.. sharks.. obsessively watching HBO tv series.. etc!
5. If only… I could do stained-glass work full time!!

 

Client Business – Animatica

You may have seen Gabe’s car in the parking lot with Animatica plastered across the side. And you may have thought ‘What is this funky business?’.

In it’s simplest form Animatica make costumes. They make party costumes, mascots, costumes for theatre and even inflatable costumes. Check out her gallery for some of her previous accomplishments. I love the M&M’s costumes.

Gabe has an amazing talent for not only designing costumes but actually making them as well.

So if you need a costume made or know someone who does, support a fellow bootcamper and recommend Animatica.

Oh and as a bonus Gabe shared this awesome tip with us this morning for washing your new Boxing Wraps. Here is my summary:

Fold the Velcro back on itself so it doesn’t grip on any clothes. Or if you have a dedicates bag, pop them in there and then wash.

Things to Read This Month

Here are a couple articles that caught my attention this month:

Sitting Is Killing You - This pretty diagram will explain to you how sitting may be shaving years off your lives. The solution: Try to stand and move as much as possible. If your job involves a lot of sitting, try doing it standing. Check out these photos of people who have created standing work stations here, here, here and here.

Two-Thirds of Australians Overweight – These grim facts from the ABS have shown that our BMI has gone through the roof since 1995. It is interesting to note that lack of education is often linked to obesity. While of course this wouldn’t always be the case it’s never-the-less important to pass on good habits to the more impressionable young people in your lives.

Monthly Recipe – Choc Chip Almond Meal Cookies

These cookies will rock your socks. Low GI, no grains and seriously yum. Sorry I don’t have any photos of them yet. It’s adapted from The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook. Visit the author Elana’s blog for more great GF recipes.

Ingredients:

• 2.5 cups blanched almond meal
• 1/2 tspn sea salt
• 1/2 tspn baking soda
• 1/2 cup coconut oil (butter works too)
• 2-3 heaped Tbspns honey
• 1 Tbpsn vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup chopped dark chocolate (75% or higher)
• 1/2 cup chopped cashews (roasted)
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grab two baking pans and line them with baking paper.
2. In one bowl mix together the almond meal, salt and baking soda.
3. In another bowl mix together the coconut oil (melted), honey and vanilla extract.
4. Make a hole in the dry ingredients, pour in the wet ingredients and stir together.
5. Add in the chocolate, cashews and shredded coconut.
6. Spoon the dough onto the pans in individual dollops and flatten with your hand. Be sure to leave space between dollops as they can get quite large when baking.
7. Pop the pans in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
8. Allow the cookies to cool for 20 minutes before devouring.

This Month’s Poll

Disclaimer:

Please note that Kyle Wood, FFS PT or See Change PT does not endorse or warrant the contents of any articles. Articles are provided as a source of information only and should not be not relied upon nor treated as a replacement for consulting a medical practitioner or specialist.