Easy Way to Lose At LEAST 10 Pounds in the Next 30 Days (meal planning guide, print this out!)

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Well, we officially opened up registration for the 30 Day FVT Rapid Fat Loss / Performance Nutrition Challenge yesterday … sign ups are brisk, and we’re SO excited to get this thing going … and to help you lose fat, gain lean muscle and feel great!

=> Grab your spot here (registration closes soon)

We’ve been getting a lot of questions … but the most common ones seem to be based around the meal plan we’ll be using.

Now we are NOT a fan of “diets”. In fact, the goal of the challenge is to help you make LASTING changes to your eating habits – not lose weight quickly, just to gain it all back.

That being said, we also recognize that you want some guidelines … a “done-for-you” meal plan to follow, if you will … to make it easy for you to lose fat fast.

SO … I am going to share with you the meal planning guide we’ll be using for the Challenge.

Feel free to use this, whether you sign up for the Challenge or not. The POWER and VALUE of doing this Challenge, is, quite frankly, NOT getting access to the meal plan – and that’s why I’m okay with sharing it with you. The power of the Challenge is the motivation, the accountability, the coaching that you’ll get both from us – the FVT Team – and the rest of the group that is doing the Challenge together.

(After all, you probably know what you SHOULD be doing when it comes to eating healthy … you just aren’t DOING it consistently … which is why you’re considering doing a Rapid Fat Loss Challenge!! Just giving it to ‘ya straight 🙂

Without further ado, let’s get to it –

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The FVT 30 Day Performance Nutrition Challenge Meal Planning Guide

The rules of the Challenge are simple. If you follow the meal planning guidelines outlined below for a full day, you get one point. If you do NOT follow the guidelines, you get zero points. You need 27 points to complete the Challenge.

This is a simple, VERY do-able meal plan plan … for the 30 days of the Challenge AND beyond!

The FVT 30 Day Performance Nutrition Challenge Meal Planning Guide

DO eat:

— lean proteins like beef, chicken, pork, and eggs
— lots of vegetables
— some fruit
— nuts and seeds
— healthy fats

Do NOT eat:

— Refined carbohydrates – bread, pasta, cereal, etc
— Processed foods
— Refined sugars
— Liquid calories (fruit juice, soda, and alchol) (you CAN have an optional glass of red wine in the evenings) (you can also have a cup of coffee or two in the morning)

Additional Considerations:

— For the purposes of this challenge, we are going to eliminate dairy. You can re-introduce it at the end if you can tollerate it … but you might be shocked at how great you feel after you cut it out for 30 days! 🙂 Have a teaspoon or two with your coffee in the morning if you must, but no more.
— Same goes for grains. No bread, pasta, cereal, etc. You can re-introduce it at the end if you can tollerate it … but you might be shocked at how great you feel after you cut it out for 30 days! 🙂
— You CAN have legumes … taking out grains and other carbohydrates you are likely eating a lot of now, can make it tough to get ENOUGH calories … so adding legumes is a fine way to add some “bulk” to your diet.

More details:

— Log your food every day using MyFitnessPal. Shoot for about 10 calories per pound of body weight per day to start, and adjust up or down as needed as you go. (Example – 150 person would eat 1500 calories per day to start.)
— Shoot for a mix of about 40% carbohydrate, 30% protein and 30% fat. A simple way to do this is think about building each meal with 1) a protein 2) a carbohydrate (veggie or fruit) and 3) a healthy fat.
— Keep it simple. Plan out your days / weeks ahead of time, and eat the same meals most of the time.
— Eat four to five times per day – whatever fits your schedule and total calorie target best.
— Drink half of your body weight in oz of water per day. (Example – 150 pound person would drink 75 oz of water each day.)

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That sums it up! You can take this simple meal plan and lose TONS of body fat – and feel great! – in just 30 days.

If you want to get the BEST results, sign up for the FVT 30 Day Performance Nutrition Challenge, and you’ll get the motivation, the accountability, the coaching that you’ll need to reach your goals and stay there.

=> Grab your spot here (registration closes soon)

Train hard, and talk soon –

– Forest Vance, Owner, FVT Boot Camp and Personal Training

MY Kettlebell Story + Last Chance for FVT RKC Early Bird Discount

I had this insane workout partner at one of the “big box” gyms I worked at when I first got into the personal training world. He was an ex-marine, and we would do these ridiculously hard workouts every day, and always compete with each other.

One day, he brought his kettlebell with him to the gym, and we mixed it into one of our training sessions. I was instantly hooked. It was just about the coolest thing ever. The shape of the weight, how you could do things with it that you couldn’t do well with other training implements, just the flat-out uniqueness …

Problem was, we didn’t know what the hell we were doing 🙂

I figured that since I was a trainer, I could figure out how to use kettlebells properly on my own. BOY was I wrong!

I started to get a bit of back pain (turns out it was from doing swings and snatches incorrectly). I also could NOT get the hang of the Turkish get up … everyone said it was such a great move, but it just didn’t feel right, and it hurt my shoulders every time I did it.

So, I bit the bullet and signed up for an RKC certification. I trained for about three months leading up to it … with a local RKC trainer, and of course lots of practice on my own … and turned out to be a LIFE CHANGING experience.

The three eight-plus hour days of KB instruction was more intense than anything I had ever experienced from a “certification”. This was the REAL deal … deep learning about kettlebells, but also being TESTED physically and mentally … I loved it! 🙂

Like I said, the experience was life-changing. I’ve learned most of all I know about kettlebell training from the RKC and the folks involved in / with it … I’ve since attended and assisted at multiple different RKC events over the years … and frankly, I owe a good portion of my business success to our focus / local “expert status” on kettlebells.

That’s why I’m SUPER excited that things have come a bit “full circle” … and we’ll be hosting an RKC certification at our gym in September!!

If you are an instructor looking to learn how to use kettlebells the RIGHT way, I highly recommend you sign up and start training for it right away.

And if you’re an avid kettlebell trainee who wants to take their kettlebell form and knowledge to the highest level, I also recommend you attend the event and get your KB certification.

Get all the details on the event and register HERE … and be sure to do it by Friday, Feb 13th 2015 if you want to get the best “early bird” price.

As far as I know, this is the first time the RKC has come to the Sacramento area … exciting stuff!

Plus, it’s a great opportunity to come and check out our new facility, and get a little bit of the FVT experience over the weekend as well 😉

Thanks, train hard, and talk soon –

– Forest Vance, MS, RKC II
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FVT 30 Day Nutrition Challenge – Registration Open Now

Registration is officially open for the first EVER 30 Day FVT Nutrition Challenge.

Details and reserve your spot at the link below:

=> First EVER 30 Day FVT Nutrition Challenge

 

A bit more about the Challenge:

— The challenge will run Wednesday, Feb 18th to Friday, March 20th

— This is a personal challenge to help you dial in both your workouts AND your nutrition for 30 days … and in the process, get results you never thought were possible in such a short period of time!!

— Instead of this being a “most weight / body fat / inches lost” competition (OUTCOME driven), this challenge will be based on a daily points system (PROCESS driven):

You’ll get points for both working out (at FVT and/or on your own) AND for ‘eating clean’ and logging your food. Hit your target points (and your weekly check – ins), and you’ve completed the challenge!!

 

Your registration will include:

— Before and after body fat measurements – so you can track your progress and see how much you’ve improved after just 30 days of focused training and nutrition

— Access to three special boot camp workouts where we’ll get together as a group and do a challenge-style workout … this will be a timed / scored workout, so that you can see how your fitness improves over the 30 days.

Dates / times for these workouts are:

– Wednesday, Feb 18th @ 6pm
– Wednesday, March 4th @ 6pm
– Saturday, March 21st @ 9am

— Access to a private Facebook group were you’ll 1) post a weekly check in with your total points for the week, questions, comments, etc and 2) get coaching from the FVT team to get any and all of your training / nutrition questions answered, and 3) get help with anything else that you need.

— A special edition t shirt / band / etc that you can ONLY get by completing the challenge. You’ll wear this with pride, and it will be your hard-earned prize for 30 days of mental and physical discipline!!

 

Details and reserve your spot at the link below:

=> First EVER 30 Day FVT Nutrition Challenge

 

Woo! So pumped, can’t wait to see the amazing results folks will experience with this Challenge.

Let’s do this!

– Forest Vance, Owner, FVT Boot Camp and Personal Training

First Ever FVT 30 Day Nutrition Challenge! (details inside)

We are almost ready to open registration for the first EVER 30 Day FVT Nutrition Challenge.

As we put the finishing touches on the registration process, I wanted to send you the details … so that if you’re interested, you can get ready NOW, and be sure to reserve your spot as soon as we open the doors!

Check it out:

— The challenge will run Wednesday, Feb 18th to Friday, March 20th

— This is a personal challenge to help you dial in both your workouts AND your nutrition for 30 days … and in the process, get results you never thought were possible in such a short period of time!!

— Instead of this being a “most weight / body fat / inches lost” competition (OUTCOME driven), this challenge will be based on a daily points system (PROCESS driven):

You’ll get points for both working out (at FVT and/or on your own) AND for ‘eating clean’ and logging your food. Hit your target points (and your weekly check – ins), and you’ve completed the challenge!!

Registration includes:

— Before and after body fat measurements – so you can track your progress and see how much you’ve improved after just 30 days of focused training and nutrition

— Access to three special boot camp workouts where we’ll get together as a group and do a challenge-style workout … this will be a timed / scored workout, so that you can see how your fitness improves over the 30 days.

Tentative dates for these workouts are:

– Wednesday, Feb 18th
– Wednesday, March 4th
– Saturday, March 21st

— Access to a private Facebook group were you’ll 1) post a weekly check in with your total points for the week, questions, comments, etc and 2) get coaching from the FVT team to get any and all of your training / nutrition questions answered, and 3) get help with anything else that you need.

— A special edition t shirt / band / etc that you can ONLY get by completing the challenge. You’ll wear this with pride, and it will be your hard-earned prize for 30 days of mental and physical discipline!!

That about sums it up. Details are subject to change before we officially open registration.

Let me know if you’re fired up. Let me know if you’re in. And I’ll have the official registration link for you very soon!!

– Forest Vance, Owner, FVT Boot Camp and Personal Training

NO Crunches, NO Sit Ups, NO Equipment 5 Minute Abs Workout!

We hear that crunches and sit ups are bad, and that there are better ways to train the abs.

But WHAT exactly are you supposed to do you do instead? What IS the better way?

I made a video that takes you through a totally CRUNCHLESS abs workout … you won’t need any equipment to do these moves, so you can crank this little circuit literally anywhere … and it’ll take you less than 5 minutes, start to finish.

Try this simple – yet EFFECTIVE – 5 minute abs workout today!

– Forest Vance, Owner, FVT Boot Camp and Personal Training

 

PS – Speaking of ABS … we got the first EVER “FVT 30 Day Nutrition Challenge” in the works … and registration is set to open later this week! This will be a great chance to get both your workouts AND your nutrition dialed in, and make some AMAZING progress in just 30 days time. Stay tuned for details!

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February 2015 Challenge Workout Results

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GREAT work on this month’s challenge workout, FVT boot camp – ers!

Here’s the full workout breakdown, just in case you missed it:

=> February 2015 Challenge Workout

And the results:

Men

RM 19:58
BB 20:55
KP 21:39
DV 22:45
DM 22:55
JD 24:50
JM 25:02
RB 25:13
BR 25:45
BK 25:54
SS 26:20
JV 26:49
RA 26:50
RM 27:44
TL 28:23
RP 28:30
PK 28:41
JW 28:46

Women

SF 20:55
JM 24:05
MA 24:17
SK 24:20
LA 25:30
LT 25:31
ET 26:04
LT 26:05
PK 26:06
JM 26:13
CG 26:30
JR 26:50
CL 26:55
SE 26:55
JW 26:56
TP 27:15
KM 27:24
KP 28:12
KA 29:29
RR 29:50
DB 30:00
RK 30:00
RP 30:06

’till next time –

– The FVT Team

February 2015 Challenge Workout

Brand NEW Challenge Workout for you this month. Check it out:

February 2015 FVT Challenge Workout

— 20 KB swings (24k for men, 16k for women)
— 10 recline rows
— 5 KB presses / side (16k for men, 8k for women)
— 15 box jumps to approx 16 in box
— 12 walking lunges per side
— 7 burpees
— 15 push ups
— 7 hanging knee raises
— 30 jumping jacks

Do four rounds as fast as possible.

Notes:

— Use caution and good judgement when picking your weight for the swings and the presses. The weights are SUGGESTED, and a great goal to work towards … but you can certainly use a smaller weight if you are still working on your form or just getting started.

— The recline rows should be done in a totally horizontal-to-the-floor body position if possible

— Make sure to get all the way down and touch the ground on each burpee

Good luck! Results will be posted later this week.

– Forest Vance
Owner, FVT Boot Camp and Personal Training

Reminder – FVT Grand Opening Party This Saturday @ 9am

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Don’t forget – we are holding a Grand Opening Party for the new X and 16th FVT location this Saturday at 9am!

We started workouts on Monday the 5th at the new space, and it’s been AWESOME! MUCH more room for workouts, two full – size bathrooms, two full – size dressing rooms, more dedicated parking, and much more.

YOU are now invited to come out and see the new space … and experience an FVT boot camp workout first – hand!

We’ll get started at 9am … you can come by, have a drink / snack, and see the new place.

Then we’ll have a HIGH – energy, kick – butt FVT boot camp workout at 10am. It’s going to be an AWESOME experience for everyone who comes out – GUARANTEED.

Current and past FVT clients, friends, family, co-workers, ANYONE who is interested in coming and experiencing a workout at the new facility is welcome to attend!!

Now the boot camp will be FREE … BUT you WILL need to register AHEAD OF TIME at the link below – just enter your name, best email address and phone number, and your spot will be reserved! And, please DO NOT fill out the form for your friend / family member / co-worker / etc … forward this message their way and have THEM fill it out themselves. Thanks!

=> Register for the FREE Bring-a-Buddy Boot Camp at FVT on January 31st at 10am here

Then we’ll be “open house” at the studio for another hour or so afterwards – ’till about 12 noon – for more drinks, snacks, and fun!

Look forward to seeing you there –

– Forest Vance, Owner, Head Trainer, FVT Boot Camp and Personal Training

PS – Remember – the Bring-a-Buddy boot camp at the Grand Opening party will be FREE … BUT you WILL need to register AHEAD OF TIME at the link below – just enter your name, best email address and phone number, and your spot will be reserved! And, please DO NOT fill out the form for your friend / family member / co-worker / etc … forward this message their way and have THEM fill it out themselves. Thanks!

=> Register for the FREE Bring-a-Buddy Boot Camp at FVT on January 31st at 10am here