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Fat Loss Challenge Results, Train-a-Trainer Event and More (pics inside)

GREAT Anniversary Party last Saturday!!

We had a couple of Bring a Buddy Boot Camps and welcomed many new faces to FVT! Big shout out to Ruben M and Jenny M who won the referral contest and Home Workout Warrior Package … they sent four new folks our way who signed up!

We also announced our Rapid Fat Loss Challenge winners on Saturday. As a group, challengers this time lost 113 pounds over 16 participants who finished – to date our most successfull challenge yet!!

Winning team was Team Headband with 40.75 pounds lost amoung six team members.

First place went to Kelsey M with a total of 6.3% of body weight lost in 30 days!!

Second place went to Amber M with 5.8% of body weight lost in 30 days, and third to Nancy G with 5.4% body weight lost.

Honorable mentions to Scott S, Carolyn G, Byron R, and Ryan A – all over 4% of total body weight lost.

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Finally was our Train a Trainer charity event. We raised a total of $545 for the Alzheimer’s Association which is SO awesome!!!

We also did some crazy exercises and had a lot of fun 🙂

THANK YOU THANK YOU to our amazing community that we have built over the last few years – it has been an incredible ride.

Let’s keep rocking and rolling and look forward to many great years to come!!!!

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

PS – We made another BIG announcement last Saturday, can you guess what it is? I’ll have more info for you on that in the next day or two in a dedicated email …. keep an eye out! 😉

Reminder – FVT 4 Year Anniversary Party This Saturday @ 9am

Can you believe it? We’ve been at our studio, helping folks in the Land Park community – and entire Sacramento area – get fitter, stronger, and BETTER for four years!

To celebrate, we’re holding a party on Saturday, October 18th at 9am … and this is your official invitation to attend.

We’ll have:

— FREE food and drinks
— TWO Bring-A-Buddy Boot Camps, one at 9am and one at 10 (details on those and reserve your spot HERE – and don’t forget about the Home Workout Warrior package we’re giving away!!)
— 30 Day Rapid Fat Loss Challenge winners announced (about 945am)
— Annual Train-a-Trainer Charity Event here (details on that and donate / choose a trainer exercise HERE – happening at about 1045am)
— BIG announcement and exciting news on what’s coming in 2015 for FVT

Just wanted to send you a quick note so you don’t forget.

Hope to see you there!

Thanks again, and have a great day –

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

PS – Have you looked at the blog archives on ForestVanceTraining.com? This is hard to believe, but we’re at almost 500 total entries in the last 6 years!!

There is TONS of info on the site about diet, training, mindset, and SO much more …

I recommend you check out the “categories” section on the right hand side of this page:

https://www.forestvancetraining.com/blog

To navigate the blog and find info on topics you’re interested in 😉

Win this Home Workout Warrior Package (10.18.14 BAB Boot Camp referral contest)

We are having not one, but TWO Bring-A-Buddy Boot Camps at our 4 year anniversary party on Saturday the 18th – one at 9am and one at 10.

We want this to be the BIGGEST celebration we have EVER had, and do everything we can to help as many people in the greater Sacramento area to get stronger, fitter, and BETTER in our 4th year at the studio and 6th year in business!!!

SO … we’re taking this Bring-A-Buddy Boot Camp to the next level. We’re doing a referral contest – and you can win a Home Workout Warrior package … just for bringing your friends / family / co-workers to the boot camp.

(And even if YOU can’t make it that day yourself, you’ll still get credit for any folks you send our way.)

Here’s how it’s going to work:

1 – Tell your friends, family members, and co-workers about the Bring-A-Buddy Boot Camp on Saturday, October 18th at the studio … and sign them up
2 – For every person that comes in on your recommendation that day, you’ll get one point
3 – For every person that comes in on your recommendation that day and SIGNS UP (we’ll have a special offer available for new clients that day), you’ll get five points

Person with the most points wins a Home Workout Warrior Package!!

The Home Workout Warrior package includes:

(1) Door Pull Up Bar – so you can practice your pull ups, chin ups, and much more at home ($29.95 value)

(2) 35 Pound Chimp Primal Bell – so you can do your swings, squats, and Turkish get ups in STYLE ($84.94 value)

(3) Copy of the Encyclopedia of Underground Strength and Conditioning – one of my favorite training books of all time – 424 pages of info on how to get stronger in the gym and in LIFE using training secrets of the athletic elite ($39.95 value)

That’s over $154.85 worth of home workout stuff you can win – just for spreading the word about the awesome experience and results you’re getting at FVT!

Two ways to sign up:

— Use our sign up sheet at the gym next time you’re in
— Email me and I’ll add you to the list

Thanks, and let me know who you’ll be bringing to our Bring-A-Buddy Boot Camp(s) on the 18th –

– Forest Vance
Owner, FVT Boot Camp and Personal Training

Meet Leslie!

Just wrapped up another FVT Band Challenge!

AWESOME stuff, had many new grey and black band earners, folks are getting stronger and fitter and BETTER each and every day.

One of our new grey band earners – and ROCKSTAR FVT client that we’d like to introduce you to – is Leslie T.

Leslie has been training with us since the beginning of summer (2014). She came in wanting to lose body fat, gain lean muscle, and just get into a regular routine of training and feeling great.

From day one, Leslie has shown up up at EVERY session with an AMAZING positive attitude, and makes everyone better around her.

She had a HUGE day yesterday in both 1) reaching her initial weight loss goal (Leslie is down a total of 22 pounds!) and 2) earning a grey FVT Challenge band!!!

So wanted to give you a public shout out and say AWESOME work Leslie – we are so proud of you, we appreciate you and are honored to be a part of your fitness journey!

Rock on, train hard, and talk soon –

– Forest and the FVT Team

October 2014 Challenge Workout (and results)

Another FVT Band Challenge Workout is in the books!

We had TWO new black band earners:

– Victoria C
– Byron R

With lots of folks RETAINING their black band status … plus lots MORE earning / retaining the grey FVT band.

So great to see everyone getting stronger, fitter and BETTER every time we do the Band Challenge.

More about the FVT Band Challenge – to prepare for next time, or give it a try yourself at home …

The FVT Boot Camp Band Challenge involves various feats and demonstrations of overall physical fitness. Upon completion of each band challenge level, the participant will recieve a special FVT Boot Camp wrist band.

Grey Band Qualification Requirements

– :45 seconds non-stop kettlebell swings with PERFECT HardStyle form (16k for women, 24k for men)

– 1:00 plank hold with PERFECT form

– :15 pull up static hold (any grip, chin above bar) for women, one dead hang pull up (any grip, chin above bar) for men

– Complete the FVT Tababta Burpee Challenge – You will do eight consecutive 20 seconds work/10 seconds rest intervals. You must complete at least five burpees in each interval period.

Black Band Qualification Requirements

– :90 seconds non-stop kettlebell swings with PERFECT HardStyle form (16k for women, 24k for men)

– 2:00 plank hold with PERFECT form

– One dead hang pull up(any grip, chin above bar) for women, five dead hang pull ups (any grip, chin above bar) for men

– Complete the FVT Tababta Burpee Challenge – You will do eight consecutive 20 seconds work/10 seconds rest intervals. You must complete at least seven burpees in each interval period.

Again, great work to all, congrats to our new black and grey band earners, and talk soon –

Forest Vance
Owner, FVT Boot Camp and Personal Training

FVT/Alzheimer’s Association “Train-A-Trainer” Event Saturday, October 18th

On Saturday, October 18th at 10:45 am – during the FVT Studio Four Year Anniversary celebration – we’ll be holding our annual “Train-A-Trainer” event.

Last year’s event was a huge success – so we’re super excited to do it again!

Here’s how the event works:

You can sponsor a “round” of exercises for the FVT team for $20. (One round will be 45 seconds of work and 15 seconds of rest.) 100% of the money raised at the event goes towards the Alzheimer’s Association.

Learn more about the Alzheimer’s Association here

For each round you sponsor, you can have the FVT team do whatever exercise(s) you’d like. Burpees, bear crawls, wall sits – it’s all fair game 🙂

The event will last for a total of 17 minutes (three five minute “work” periods and two one minute breaks) – plenty of time to have your trainers do all of the exercises you hate the most 🙂 That being said, we’re limited to a total of 15 total sponsorships – so if you’d like to participate, please make your donation asap!

To help the Alzheimer’s Association and get revenge on your trainer, click HERE to make your donation now!

** On making your donation, please send an email asap to fvtcustomerservice (at) gmail.com with your requested exercise(s) to ensure the event goes as smoothly as possible. Thanks! **

FVT 4 Year Anniversary Party – Saturday, October 18th

Can you believe it? We’ve been at our studio, helping folks in the Land Park community – and entire Sacramento area – get fitter, stronger, and BETTER for four years!

To celebrate, we’re holding a party on Saturday, October 18th at 9am … and this is your official invitation to attend.

We’ll have:

— TWO free Bring-A-Buddy Boot Camps (great opportunity to bring a friend / family member / co-worker / etc to experience one of our boot camp training sessions first
hand!) – one at 9am, one at 10

— Our Rapid Fat Loss Challenge winners will be announced – and we’ll be giving away 600 bucks in prize money

— Our annual Train-A-Trainer charity event, where you can get revenge 😉 … and “sponsor” an exercise for the entire FVT training staff to perform for 45 seconds (more info on that coming soon)

— Food, drinks, and good times

Mark your calendar!

So we have a general head count, we’ll have a sign up sheet for the Bring a Buddy Boot Camps at the studio … if you could sign yourself up, along with the buddy / family member / co-worker / etc you plan on bringing, that would be awesome.

And if you are not currently a member, no worries – you are welcome to come to one of the Bring a Buddy Boot Camps as well. Just shoot me an email and I’ll add you to the list.

More info on the Train a Trainer charity boot camp effort coming soon.

Just wanted to send you a quick note so you could get this date on your calendar. Hope to see you there!

Thanks again, and have a great day –

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

It’s GAME TIME

Our 30 Day Rapid Fat Loss Challenge is in full swing – and it’s GAME TIME!

We have folks down two, three, up to four pounds down already after the first week. It’s going to be a REAL close race.

No matter who wins the challenge though, the most important thing is that we’ll help over 20 folks lose fat, gain lean muscle and get BETTER this month with the FVT Rapid Fat Loss Challenge.

FVT trainer Jonathan coaching ’em up at a Rapid Fat Loss Boot Camp

Couple other quick things –

1 – Our 4 Year Anniversary Party is also coming soon, as well as our 2nd annual Train-A-Trainer Charity Effort – both on Saturday the 18th of October. Be sure to save the date!

Congrats to Linda, newest addition to the FVT Wall of Fame!

2 – We have a Nutrition Workshop coming up this Saturday the 27th. Get all the details and reserve your spot at the link below:

=> FVT Nutrition Workshop Saturday, Sept 27th

3 – Did you miss either of the articles we put up on the FVT blog last week? Lots of great feedback on those so far – check em out below if you missed them the first time around:

=> Are You Making These Deadly Fat Loss Nutrition Mistakes?

=> 3 Tips to Help You Recover Faster From Your Workouts

That’s it for now. Just wanted to give you a quick update on the Challenge, as well as the heads up / reminder on some stuff we have coming up at the studio.

Thanks, have a great day, and talk soon –

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