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THE LAURA MERCER STORY

Seven months ago I was blessed with bouning baby boy, Austin. Everyone says "it takes nine months to put on the weight so it should take you just as long to take it off." While that is true, no one tells you that you will have a few more "wobbly bits" after pregnancy than you had before. So this is were Joey comes in. When Austin was three months old, I returned to my regular gym workouts. As I wanted to be fit and healthy during my pregancy so do I want to be fit and healthy afterwards. As a new Mum you are so busy looking after your child (and everything else) it can be very easy to forget to look after yourself. I have made it a priority to have two gym workouts a week and try to get a walk in everyday.

I am enjoying being back at the gym. I find that I am more energized (even after an interupted night of sleep) and relaxed after my workouts. It is amazing how a 45 minute workout can do that for you but I am proof it does. Austin has a much happier Mum because of it. Healthy eating is also important in our house. During the first few months with Austin it wasn't alway easy to eat as well as I should have. Being up every 2 - 3 hours feeding him was difficult to find the energy to do anything but function. I truely learned what it meant to be tired. Now that he is sleeping through the night and on a regular schedule I am able to put energy into planning meals for the week that are balanced and healthy. It makes such a difference, physically, mentally and emotionally, to get into a regular exercise and eating routine.

I want to lead by example with regards to my son. I want him to be active and healthy his whole life and the best way to do that is to show him it can be done. He loves being outside so that is a good start. Exercise is something that we can all do together as a family as well. The walks are always a family affair as Austin loves being outside, rain or shine. He even comes to the gym with me on occassion. He loves all the attention Joey pays him. By exposing Austin to all of these things, we hope that he will grow up to incorporate them into his life as well. In the three months that I have been back at the gym, I am down 4% body fat. I have about 8% more to go. It isn't easy getting rid of the "wobbly bits" but nothing worth doing is ever very easy. I can always count on Joey to be there to push me to meet my goal.

Laura

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OUR FIRST ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT

We held our first annual golf tournament on Friday September 19 2009 at The Fairwinds Golf Club.The weather made everyone's day perfect in the 20's .We had 2 group teams which battled with a best ball format .Which meant everyone had a chance to contribute.The jokes were flying and both teams played and had fun.

The team of John Hough,Pat Shannon and Kathleen Wilson bursted in the lead with a whooping 9 birdies, 7 of them coming in the first 9 holes. The team of Steve Slaughter, Keith Wilson, Julie Shannon and myself held a steady 5 birdie pace but bogeyed the last hole to end up with a -4 for a total.

One of the highlights of the round was watching a bird trainer with a Falcon and a Bald Eagle do there duties and keeping the Canadian Geese from heavily populating the golf course.

Our meal afterwards was very delicious healthy dishes with some very nice company,fun and jokes had by all.I want to thank everyone for coming out and although our numbers were small the tournament was a great success.Hope to see more of our client base out next year...Hit them straight...

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My Story

Hi my name is Adeline Banks and I have been coming to see Joey from Able Body Consulting since February of 2006. I was 72 years of age when I met Joey.. I will never forget that day, when I asked him "is there any hope for someone of my age to see and feel a differince in my health"? Joey assured me with great confidence that there was.

Let me explain why I did come to Joey in the first place. Several years earlier my doctor told me I had Osteoperoisis and both my hips and lower back gave me grief. I was devasted. I felt restricted, uncomfortable and mostly helpless.

Through my own mind set I figured that if I could invest the time and money I could change the way I felt. With the proper guidance and motivation, Joey has helped me achieve all my goals. I have seen an improvement in my skin, I have less wrinkles, I have more muscle on my body and most of all my back pain and restrictions of what I can do and and what I want to do is completely ..as I put “AWAY WE GO “.

I have much more energy, I walk everyday no matter what, and workout with weights 3 times a week. For me staying active is my number one priority in life. At 76 I feel better than I did many years ago. It will be 4 years in February that I walked threw the doors at Able Body and it was the best choice I have ever made.

Most times I am questioned on "how do you look so good"?? and they usually do not believe my age. I tell them that my money is well spent and that my monthly budget is for the best investment money can buy ...for my health. Most people call that luck, I call that putting your priorities in the right order. I can cut spending in other ways...that alows my training with Joey. If I can encourage one other person to make there changes as I have they too will see and feel a differnce in their lives as well.

“I feel very fortunate to be able to live the life of exercise and eating healthy, it has made me live a lifestyle I have always wanted to live“. When I achieved one of my goals I was so happy, I had lost 15 pounds of unwanted body fat and earned 7 pounds of beautiful lean muscle.. I am much stronger everyday.. Joey helps me set new goals every couple of months...our next goal is to be in fantastic shape for our Mexican Riveria Cruise in January... I know my future goals are set and I will be able to achieve them all.

Age has no limits...that's my new motto on life.

ADELINE BANKS

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“Is Natural Body Building Good for Your Health?”

Contributed by:  Brian Chatwin

This is a question often asked by the uninformed people on the topic. First I would like to define what the process of natural body building is. Natural body building is a process by which you transform your body through diet and training to achieve results of reducing fat and gaining muscle. No banned substances or steroids are allowed to be used by competitors in natural body building contests.

As you may know last September I started a training program to enter a body building contest this Spring. I did it with the strict supervision of my trainer, Joey Palladini of Able Body Consulting. Joey is not only an excellent trainer, but has been a natural body builder for 35 years and has completed 20 competitions. During my training the only substance that was foreign to normal eating habits was protein power.

Joey told me that 80% of my journey would be diet and 20% weight training. The program lasted 8 months and I went from a 27% fat content to 10% and lost 44 pounds of fat and gained 18 pounds of muscle, for a total weight loss of 26 pounds. It was quite a journey that resulted in entering the “Best In The West” body building competition in Phoenix, Arizona on April 25th.

The real point of this article is to talk about the health aspects of a person going on to a routine such as this. This was important to me because on January 11, 2008, I successfully beat prostate cancer with surgery.

The biggest barrier to natural body building is the psychological speed bumps that you will hit along the way. They are generally imposed upon you by outside forces of uninformed people who say: “you are looking too skinny”, “taking all that protein powder is not good for you”, “you need more variety in your food”, “pasta is good for you”, etc.

The proof of whether natural body building is healthy is really in the pudding. For the past 15 years, I have been having annual checkups with my doctor who insisted on a full line of blood work. This was fortunate as it caught my prostate cancer in an early stage. I have kept all the records from my blood tests over the years and thought it would be an interesting exercise to see how my last years’ body functions, as represented by these tests, compare to my current state after my 8 month training program.

My doctor looked at the results and told me they were almost unbelievable as they were so good. I was improved on every single test on the chart, many of which have no meaning to me. The test that I could understand was that related to cholesterol. As most people know cholesterol is stuff that is in your blood that clogs up and blocks arteries, creating high blood pressure and subsequently heart attacks, which is the number 1 killer of people.

My cholesterol has always been good and well within the range of acceptability. What the program did to my cholesterol was almost astonishing to me. The following table shows the cholesterol reduction from one year to the next. It shows the reductions ranging from 20% to 33% of all my cholesterol levels.

I have to say that after looking at these results that natural body building is a very healthy lifestyle, one that I would recommend to anyone wishing to pursue it.