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Fitness professionals and professional hopefuls go to Mike Davies , founder of The Fitness Factory, to whip their bodies into peak physical condition. His clientele includes the three-time reigning Ms Olympia, Adela Garcia, Jen Hendershott, and the past 3 Fitness National Champions.

Now you have access to his training regimes and can experience one-on-one coaching with the world famous Mike Davies, trainer to the Pros! Download his LEG DAY video workout featuring one of his clients, IFBB Fitness Pro Nicole Duncan.

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About the workout:

Want a tighter, more firm butt? What if you could build a set of lean, sculpted legs at the same time? That is exactly what this no non-sense workout by one of the most sought after personal trainers in the fitness industry can do for you.

Main Muscles Worked:
Legs, Hips, Hamstrings, Quadriceps, Glutes

Exercises:
Leg Extensions and Lying Leg Curls
Walking Lunges with 45 lb Plate Push
Stationary Step Ups with Hop Ups
Leg Presses Giant Set
Inchworm Stretch

Equipment:
Leg Extension Machine
Lying Leg Curl Machine
45 lb Plate
Flat Bench
Dumbbells
Leg Press Machine

MyBodyBeats.com Introduces Downloadable Video Workouts

Atlanta, GA (October 21, 2009) – MyBodyBeats.com, a fitness website that produces and distributes the highest quality downloadable workouts for handheld portable devices from top fitness professional athletes and fitness coaches, today announced the launch of MyBodyBeats Video Workouts. It is the only portable video workout of its kind which combines video demonstration with audio coaching by the athletes themselves, giving users a unique one-one-one training experience with their favorite professional fitness athletes.

“Adding MyBodyBeats Video Workouts to your fitness program is the most convenient and affordable way to achieve better results from your workout,” said Nikki Canty, CEO of MyBodyBeats. “Where else can you watch your fitness idols sweating to perform the exercises, then coach you rep by rep for you to perform the moves?”

MyBodyBeats Video Workouts consist of the exact training regimes that have propelled these athletes to their peak fitness and can be customized so that people of all fitness levels from beginners to Pros can have a challenging workout. Each workout is infused with the Pros personality, secret exercises, tips, and motivation.

The Save Fitness Boot Camp by IFBB Professional Tanji Johnson, Legs with the Champ by IFBB Fitness Professional and Phat Camp creator Jenny Hendershott, and Leg Day by owner of The Fitness Factory, Mike Davies are available now at www.MyBodyBeats.com for only $16.99 each. MyBodyBeats Video workouts by Beth Horn, Venom on American Gladiators, IFBB Professional athlete Heidi Fletcher-Sullivan, IFBB rising star Erin Stern, and a pregnancy workout by IFBB Professional Carla Sanchez are scheduled for release.

MyBodyBeats Video Workouts are available for download to computer, or any MPEG-4 compatible device like mobile phones, the iPod, iPhone, or Zune and is always available online at www.MyBodyBeats.com.

About MyBodyBeats.com

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, MyBodyBeats, LLC was founded by Nikki Canty and Cory Canty in 2006. MyBodyBeats.com is the result of over three years of effort by the founders to create, produce, and market convenient, entertaining, affordable, and most importantly, effective workouts by the very best and most recognized names in the bodybuilding and competitive fitness segments of the active health and fitness market. For more information please visit www.MyBodyBeats.com.

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7 Tips to Improve Your Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

Coaches spend their careers trying to tap into their athletes’ mental toughness. Coaches know that they have to train the mind just as they train your body. Being psychologically strong and mentally tough can be a more important characteristic than being physically strong. Personal trainers realize this, too and practice a lot of the same techniques that coaches use. Your mind can push your body to perform beyond the physical actions you ‘think’ you can do. Have you ever had a personal trainer say, “Last set.” Then you pump out fifteen reps, not sure that you’re going to complete the last three only to hear your trainer say, “Give me five more!”? Of course you have! And I’ll bet that you finished those extra five reps, even when you thought you couldn’t, right? This is mental toughness.

Mental toughness is difficult to explain, but we all know what it is. It’s a powerful combination of will, determination, focus, confidence, conviction, and passion. It’s the unwavering self belief that, “I can do it.”

Many people believe that this quality cannot be taught, that you’re either born with mental toughness or you’re not. I, on the other hand, believe that you can be taught mental toughness. All you have to do is watch one episode of The Biggest Loser and see trainer Jillian Michaels hammer “You Can Do It!” into the minds of those contestants who have lost the ability to push themselves.

So what can you do if you don’t have a personal trainer or a coach to pull this toughness out of you?

Here are some tips for ways you can improve your own mental toughness so that you can achieve your physical or athletic goals. (Although some of these can be applied to help you reach just about any goal.)

Challenge yourself with your workout
When you ‘think’ you can’t do any more or go any further, do it anyways.

• Add another set.
• Increase the reps in your last set by five, even when your last few reps were difficult.
• Run just one more mile.
• Run as far as you ‘think’ you can in one direction without thinking of the way back.
• Just when the timer on your ‘thirty minutes’ on the elliptical ends, increase your time by ten more minutes.
• Quit counting reps all together. Try doing as many reps of an exercise as possible in a given amount of time. For example; do as many bicep curls as your can in two minutes or as many crunches as possible for the length of a song.

Find What Motivates You
Motivation is at the core of mental toughness. To stay motivated, you must first find out what personally motivates you. Are you motivated by winning or being the best? Enter a competition or a race. Or get a training partner and have mini competitions for who can push out the most reps or lift the most weights. Are you motivated by the fear of failure? Tell your friends and family about your goal and ask them to hold you accountable. Find your motivation and let it drive you.

Give Yourself Pep Talks
Coaches give pep talks it before games. Trainers pep you up to complete your reps. Be your own pep rally. Remind yourself why your training so hard, tell yourself to pull it together, push through, get your fat but off the coach…whatever brings out your second wind. Repeat this in mantras to yourself. It may feel awkward at first, but talking to yourself will pay off.

Acceptance
Accepting that there will be people who won’t believe in you, that there may be set backs, there may be activities you won’t be able to perform, parties you may miss, and deserts you won’t taste. Accepting these things and move on. Don’t dwell on things that will harvest negative energy.

Focus
Focus on your goals and focus on the steps you need to take to achieve those goals. Visualize achieving your goals and don’t let anything stand in your way or distract you.

Prepare
Unexpected and uncontrollable events will occur. Anticipate problems and know the solutions ahead of time. How you handle unexpected events could break your focus. And you need to remain focused at all times. Fitness and bodybuilders could prepare by making a back up of their routine music, preparing meals ahead of time, and bringing an extra posing suit. Triathletes could prepare for blisters, a hold in the bike tire, or extreme temperatures. Team sport athletes should be prepared to play without their star player. The point is; when you know you’ve prepared for all the possibilities, your mind will be more at ease so your body can perform at it’s best.

Stay Positive & Keep Positive People Around You
A positive attitude and positive thoughts will energize you and carry you through those tough training sessions, early wake up calls, and meal plans. You can’t expect to perform your best if you’re filling your head with negative thoughts and surrounding yourself with negative people.

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BodySport Radio Interview: IFBB Pros Adela Garcia & Tanji Johnson

Listen this week to BodySport Radio’s Fitness, Figure, & Bikini Talk Radio and hear interviews from two of your favorite MyBodyBeats trainers. Second place finisher at the 2009 Ms. Fitness Olympia, Tanji Johnson and 4x Ms. Fitnes Olympia winner Adela Garcia chat with Terry and Elaine Goodlad on the everyday aspects of contest prep, injuries, motivation, training, and so much more. Very interesting interviews…

Check out BodySport.com to listen.

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Tips to Heal Faster from Sport & Fitness Injuries

Some lucky people will go their entire lives without experiencing a fitness or sports related injury. But there are many more who will be struck with injuries that will put their goals and sometimes, even careers, on hold. Some athletes switch sports all together. How many bodybuilders or fighters do you know who used to be football players with pro potential?

The threat of injury is always present. Of course, there are many precautions you can take to help prevent injury, but once the injury occurs….what next? Here are some tips to a speedy recovery:

Get Your Mind Right:
* Don’t lose yourself. Remember that you are not just an athlete, you are a person who enjoys a training and participating in a particular sport.
* Stay focused on what you can do after recovery, no what you can’t do because of your injury.
* Stay positive. Studies show that people who internalize their pain and suffering, instead of complaining about it, tend to heal much faster.
* Channel your discouragement into commitment. Fight for your goal to recover as hard as you would fight for your goals to win.
* Visualize your body healing. The mind is a powerful healer.
* Stay connected with your training partners or team mates. Volunteer during their races, games or competitions and keep them motivated during their training.

Get Your Nutrition Right:
* Adjust your caloric intake to reflect the changes in your activity levels during recovery. Don’t get caught in a self-image slump.
* Eat whole, nutrient rich foods, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins. Avoid processed foods and refined carbohydrates. This will keep you lean and supply your body with optimal nutrition.
* Consider supplementing vital nutrients like vitamins/minerals/antioxidants/anti-inflammatories/enzymes. A balanced and healthy diet usually doesn’t provide athletes or those who train with intensity, enough of the basic nutrients for optimum recovery. Clinical studies show that the right combination and the right amount of these supplements can shorten the recovery time for sports related injuries by up to 50 percent.

Get Your Body Right:
* Make sure you fully understand your injury and your rehab. Follow doctors orders!
* Maintain your level of fitness by cross-training. Train opposite muscle groups while the injured muscles recover, develop new muscular behaviors, avoid boredom and after recovery, you may find your skills, balance, and agility have improved!

Try this Move For Amazing Abs

This move does double duty, targeting both your upper and lower abdominal muscles all at once. So it’s a great move when you’re trying to blast away at your abs in a hurry! It’s a challenging exercise, so start out with low reps to ensure proper form.

How to do a V-Up: Lie flat on the ground. Your toes should be pointed and your arms should be extended over your head. Both your arms and legs should be slightly off the ground, with your back flat against the floor. (A) Raise your legs and upper body at the same time, using your core abdominal muscles to pull your body together for form the ‘V’ shape. (B) Keep your abs tight through out the exercise, even as you lower slowly back to start position. Don’t allow your arms or legs to touch the ground. Continue the move without bouncing or using your body’s momentum to get you through the move.

V-Ups

Get Beth ‘Venom’ Horn to coach you through
this move in her Strong Core Ab Workout

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