Tabates ™
A turbo-charged fusion of basic Pilates exercises and the
Tabata Protocol!
Tabates combines core and alignment with high intensity
interval drills designed to give you a complete workout.
Using the Tabata Protocol we will fire up both your aerobic
and anaerobic systems while we strengthen your core and
much more!
Join Jim at befitnyc on Monday mornings at 7:00 am for this boot camp style Pilates class!
KETTLEBELL KRAZE
Are you ready to take your fitness to the next level?
Sign up for a 5 week course of kettlebell and body weight exercise that will take you there!
The Next Level
Takes place at Rebound. A small private training studio on Broadway between 94th and 95th streets at noon on Sundays.
First class is one week from today October 26th at 12:00 pm.
Sign up is limited as it is a small space.
$150.00 for the course per person.
Contact Jim Fantone at 917-657-5489
THE BEST 25 MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE.
Join Fantone Fitness and Jim Fantone for the Kettlebell Bootcamp!
In 25 minutes you will work your whole body inside and out. You will get your heart pumping and your body jumping!
A combination of kettlebell swings and full body exercises designed to burn hundreds of calories immediately and boost your resting metabolism with an Excessive Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption (EPOC).
Is this possible? Sign up and see for yourself. You will want to go home after just 25 minutes. You will have a higher metabolism as a result. You will be a lean powerful machine!
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Fantone Fitness Fun Fitness Facts
Fitness, workout, weight-loss, nutrition, diet, cardio, exercise blah!
What is it all about? I am Jim Fantone and I am here to sort it all out for you. I have spent most of my life experimenting with my body. Yes, I have done the footwork so you don’t have to. Cook, mechanic, restaurant manager, social worker, army sergeant, karate student, personal trainer, business owner. Did I forget anything? Oh yeah, father, husband (twice), and actor. My life as a guinea pig.
My evolution has been a fun journey, but I didn’t always think that. The one thing I know from my life experiences is “I make the best of everything”.
Fitness. This has got to be one of the most challenging aspects of life. We want to look like super models but it just doesn’t seem to work out that way (pun intended). Why is it so hard to have a six-pack? What is the elusive ingredient to losing weight? How do “they” do it? Well, if you’re reading this, maybe, you’re ready for the warm firm facts.
Fantone Fitness Fun Fitness Facts!
#1. “Your stomach is about the size of both of your hands held out in front of you cupped together like a bowl. It’s your body’s fuel tank. It is the right size for your body. In a car, if you overfill your gas tank, it will spill out on the ground, wasting the gas. In your body, the fuel doesn’t spill out. The body saves it as FAT!” Make sure you’re not over-filling your tank.
#2. If you want to get in shape, take some time every day to do something physically challenging. Every day! That could be going to the gym, going for a run, riding your bike, yoga, aerobic class, push-ups, walking lunges, jumping jacks, toss a frisbee, or chase your cat or dog around. The key is to do something “Every Day”. Yes, every day. You can play every day, it’s OK.
#3. People always ask me “how do you get a six-pak?” The truth is everyone has the six-pack muscles. They are already a part of every body. You couldn’t move properly without them. The problem isn’t in the muscle, it’s in the “stuff” that’s covering the muscle. You guessed it, “body-fat!” So the goal is to reduce body-fat between the skin and those lovely abs. How to do that? Ahh, the million dollar question. If I had a buck for every time…anyway.
Here’s my “plan”. That’s what I call it. Time to get back on the “Plan”
Eat clean. Eat real foods, not processed. Soda is processed, get used to drinking water. Just do it! Eat single ingredient foods like vegetables, fruit, lean meats, eggs or egg whites. Eat nuts and seeds in moderation (and if you can’t do moderation, leave the nuts alone). If you are vegetarian, you know where to get your protein. Eat foods as they come from nature, not scientifically engineered products. And do not add salt! You’ll get used to it. You know this stuff. You keep hearing it over and over, but you don’t want to believe it. Well, it’s true. Eat healthy and exercise at least moderately, and I guarantee you will lose body-fat. If you do, those lovely six-pak muscles will be working their way to the surface. Maybe slowly, but one day, Pow! There they are. You’ve got a six-pack. If I can do it, so can you.
Fantonefitness Fun Fitness Fact #4
Love handlesare from loving junk food. Crunches won’t affect them. Only a better diet will. Oh yeah, and some exercise to burn calories will help too. Keep it simple.
Fantone Fitness Fun Fitness Fact #5 Plan to Succeed.
Have a plan of what you’ll eat today. Don’t wait until its a last minute decision and you end up eating “Fast Food”. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Eat healthy.
Fantone Fitness Fun Fitness Fact #6
After your workout is the best time to eat a high quality meal. Your body is craving nutrition. Eat within 1 ½ hours after your workout for the best results.
Come and join the fun and get a good sweat on! Fantone Fitness can work out anywhere. We don’t need fancy equipment or machines. You are the ultimate machine. Boxing, kettlebells, Pilates or bootcamp. All done at home or outside in the park. Oh man, I am ready for summer! What are you waiting for? 917-657-5489 0r jim@fantonefitness.com. Visit Fantone Fitness on Facebook too.
Taken on “Day One” of 2013, very early in the morning. Here’s to a great year of training hard and having fun! One day at a time.
Meet Leo. Leo has gone from 19.1% body-fat, to 14.7% body-fat in just 10 weeks! He lost 8 pounds and took off 9 inches. This man is dedicated. We can all take a lesson from Leo. Call or text for your opportunity to transform yourself. 917-657-5489
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A friend recently commented on my Facebook page, saying that it was cool, and working out looks fun! Who would have thought? I would! Of course working out is fun. I get to move my body in an excited way to accomplish different activities all the while increasing my heart rate and respiration, sweating up a storm and expending calories and energy. That sounds like…well fun! Anyway, that comment made me realize that not everyone thinks working out is fun. So, check out these pics of fun workouts. I hope you are inspired to get out on this Fun-day Sunday and work out too. remember, it can be fun! 
What are you doing?
No, seriously, what are you doing when you’re working out?
Are you counting calories? Are you putting in your minutes on the elliptical? Are you watching television or reading a book?
If you’re not happy with the results you’re getting from your workouts, maybe the answers to these questions can shine some light on why.
I think there are several reasons for working out. I for one, happen to feel better when I exercise. I actually enjoy it.
Not everyone does. Am I right? I can feel the earth shake with the millions of nodding heads.
So, if you don’t love working out, then why do you do it?
Because you have to? Not true. Then why?
I think it’s because you want to be and feel better. You want to look better. You want to live.
That’s the reason we all work out. To live. It is a life or death proposition. A quality of life proposition.
Now back to the original question. What are you doing?
You are using your mind and body to move through life in an effective manner. You walk, run, and pick things up all the time.
So, working out must cause you to be better at these things in order for it to be effective.
I like the analogy of your body being an automobile. After all, both have motors and pumps to keep them moving. Both have fuel that is drawn in and circulated to the necessary places in order to drive them forward (or backward). Both create waste and exhaust. Both can be highly tuned or poorly maintained. Each car or body is just a bit different too. One thing is for sure, if you don’t take your vehicle for a drive on a regular basis, it will not function at its best!
So, what you are doing when you exercise is taking that vehicle out for a test ride. You are pushing the motor past what is a comfortable cruise, to a higher level of activity so that when you want it to take you somewhere, it is ready.
The next question is how you know if you are getting what you need from your workout. I will tell you it is not necessarily about calorie expenditure. Although, weight-loss can be achieved by a caloric deficit, unless you are keeping track of your caloric intake, it doesn’t make much sense to count calories while you are exercising. In fact, if you’ve done this you know that can be very disappointing. A half hour in any moderate treadmill or elliptical workout might result in a 300 calorie burn. That’s going to be less than 1 pound per week if you do it every day.
That, combined with a 200 calorie daily decrease in calorie intake will result in exactly 1 pound weight loss per week, if you do it every day. Most people are never going to be that specific. Most people are not that disciplined.
If we get back to the mission of keeping your body tuned up and ready for anything, then we must talk about functional training. You will need to get your heart rate up to a certain percentage of your heart rate max. In order to do that you must know what that is.
In order to monitor it, you will need a heart rate monitor. Ahh, we finally come to the point. A very valuable tool in your fitness arsenal is a heart rate monitor. A worthwhile investment especially considering they are relatively inexpensive. There are very few items in this world as valuable as this device and as cheap! A heart rate monitor consists of a chest strap (transmitter) and a receiver that you wear on your wrist, just like a watch.
Buy a heart rate monitor today. You will be able to calculate your max heart rate and determine at what percentage you should work.
A minimal effective exercise heart rate begins at about 60% of your max. This is a safe way to start. As you get conditioned to exercise, you will be able to work at a higher rate and experiment with different types of cardiorespiratory challenges. Remember, if you don’t challenge your body to work, it will become deconditioned. A deconditioned body is much more likely to fail when you need it the most i.e. running for a bus, chasing you kids or having sex.
On the other hand, a fit, conditioned body can do just about anything you want it to.
Heart rate monitors are, as I mentioned not too expensive in the grand scheme of things. You can get one for as little as $30 or spend hundreds if you want the bells and whistles. If you get seriously addicted to exercise and monitoring your progress, you can pick up a heart rate monitor that will track your workouts on your computer and print out graphs and charts showing you progress. In the beginning it might be better to keep it simple and spend anywhere between $30 and $100.
Buy one, learn to use it and begin understanding your body and the real reason you work out. Keep your motor tuned.
If you’re confused and need help, hire a trainer to help you sort it out. Even one training session with a fitness pro can teach you what you need to know about your heart rate and how to monitor it. You are worth it.
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