2015 Standard Trainer Charges

Andrew Gibson, Certified Trainer, ACSM, ASSM

Here at Benefitness Daytona we help the community by build strong, healthy and effective
citizens through routine physical fitness training.

SERVICES:

One‐on‐One Personal Training:

 Private Health & Fitness Training from Certified Personal Trainer
 Detailed One‐on‐One Coaching and Consulting
 Personalized Custom Exercise Routine(s)
 Consistent Pace & Range of Motion Monitoring
 Maximum Motivation, Accountability & Progressive Results Tracking
 Investment: $45 per 45 Minute Routine

Buddy Slot Fitness Coaching:

 Private Workout Coaching from Certified Personal Trainer
 Exercise with One Partner in Given Time Slot
 Personalized Custom Exercise Routine(s)
 Shared Pace & Range of Motion Monitoring
 Maximum Motivation, Accountability & Progressive Results Tracking
 Investment: $22.50 per 45 Minute Routine

ADDITIONAL SERVICES:

Basic Health & Fitness Consultation – One Time Fee $25

 Choice of: Current Fitness Assessment with Body Measurements,
 or, Set Fitness Goals with Diet Recommendation,
 or, Personalized Construction of Workout Cards – two routines
 Investment: $25 for 25 Minute Session (in private office)

Fitness Routine Builder – One Time Fee $45:

 Basic Fitness & Injury Risk Assessment
 Personalized Construction of Workout Cards – two routines
 Investment: $45 for 45 Minute Session (on the gym floor)

Health & Fitness Assessment – One Time Fee $45:

 Current Fitness Assessment with Body Measurements
 Set Fitness & Body Measurement Goals with Diet Recommendation
 Investment: $45 for 45 Minute Session (in private office)

Contact us at 386-271-3256 or cell phone 386-562-1875

The Non Commercialized Trainer

Post by BeneFitness Daytona.  

New Fitness Trainer & Stillman Halloween Pic

New Personal Trainer, Andrew Gibson

Benefitness and the DME Sports team are happy to announce our new Personal Fitness Trainer, Andrew Scott Gibson.  Andrew is originally from this area…yes, a true native!  Out of High School he served in the United States Marines from 2009-2012.  In the Marines Andrew served his country well with 3 deployments in Afghanistan ending-up as a Corporal Squad Leader.  As you might imagine Andrew is both physically and mentally fit, so he is now ready to invest many hours to helping others achieve their health & fitness goals.   

Andrew currently resides in Ormond Beach and has one year remaining on his Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Medicine from Keiser University.   He currently holds an Associate’s Degree in Sports Medicine as well as a coveted American College of Sports Medicine certificate in personal fitness training.  

Andrew’s training schedule is starting fill-up.  

He can be contacted by email at Andrew.Fitness1@gmail.com or cell phone (910) 546-3794.

Andrew’s Schedule & Rates:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday – One-on-One Customized Personal Training – $45 for 45 minute sessions

Tuesday & Friday – Buddy Slot* Supervised Custom Fitness – $22.50 for 45 minute sessions

*Buddy Slots are designed to help friends and family members join the workout session and still have Andrew on the floor designing and supervising your workout routines.  Gym attendees often find this option more suitable to their needs relative to budget and/or current fitness condition.   For questions email Andrew at Andrew.Fitness1@gmail.com or call (910) 546-3794.

Stillman Rice Starts Early, Halloween 2014

Stillman Rice is already on fire to stay in shape during the holiday season.  Check out his Richard Simmons costume from this past Saturday, October 18^th.   Wow…he is really kicking it up a notch! 

Have a great and healthy holiday season!

Contact us directly at 386-562-1875

visit www.benefitnessdaytona.com 

Benefitness Daytona - Touch Massage Options

Many Daytona Beach Massage Options at Benefitness!

Attention local consumers and enrolled corporate employees; with a significant holistic treatment upgrade in August 2014 we now offer 5 wonderful massage modes listed below. We've received great feedback and anticipate the schedule to fill rather quickly. 

Stress Relief Massage

If you are looking for stress relief you are reading the right material. In today's fast pace society, everyone is stressed.  It’s well known that stress affects your health more than most common ailments.  If stress is not properly treated it can promote serious health problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes. The best know stress relief solution is a weekly Stress Relief Massage.

Sports Massage

For those participating in routine physical activity a weekly Sports Massage Therapy is a great compliment to your routine. Sports massage therapy is for athletes of every kind, from professionals to weekend warriors. The treatment heavily focuses on massage techniques simultaneous to stretching. These techniques greatly improves overall functional fitness performance.  

Swedish Massage

Swedish massage is a very common massage. Swedish massage combines various hands-on techniques including gliding, kneading, and cross-fiber friction to break up muscle knots, called adhesion. Swedish massage is based on the Western concepts of anatomy and physiology as opposed to energy work. It can be slow and gentle, or vigorous and bracing, depending on specific needs.

Thai Massage

A rather intense mode the Thai massage is typically preformed in comfortable clothes on a mat or firm mattress on the floor. It can be done solo or in a group of a dozen or so patients in the same large room. The receiver may be positioned in a variety of yoga-like positions during the course of the massage, but deep static and rhythmic pressures form the core of the massage.The massage practitioner leans on the recipient's body using hands and usually straight forearms locked at the elbow to apply firm rhythmic pressure. A full Thai massage session typically lasts two hours or more, and includes rhythmic pressing and stretching of the entire body; this may include pulling fingers, toes, ears, cracking the knuckles, walking on the recipient's back, and manipulating the recipients body into many different positions. There is a standard procedure and rhythm to the massage, which the practitioner will adjust to fit each individual client.  Info source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Massage 

Deep Tissue Massage

Deep tissue massage is a type of massage therapy that focuses on realigning deeper layers of muscles and connective tissue. It is especially helpful for chronic aches and pains and contracted areas such as stiff neck and upper back, low back pain, leg muscle tightness, and sore shoulders.

Current Schedule Opportunities as of Tuesday 8/19/14:

Monday 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Tuesday 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Wednesday 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Thursday 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Friday 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Pricing Effective August & September 2014 ONLY:

$35 per half-hour session, or,

$55 per one-hour session

Set appointments by calling 386-271-3256 or 386-562-1875

Enjoy! 

Best in health...

The Benefitness Team

2441 Bellevue Avenue

Daytona Beach, FL 32114

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Ease into Activity

Now that spring is upon us and the weather has turned pleasant and favorable for a more active lifestyle, there are some precautions that you should take heed of in order to protect your health and longevity.

Many of us lead rather dormant lifestyles during the winter months. The cold weather and shorter days naturally tend to lull us into a lazier, less active lifestyle.

Then the first beautiful day of spring or the opening of baseball season motivates us to get off the couch and go out and do some much needed yard work or pitch a little baseball with the kids. The catch is, however, that we are not accustomed to the strenuous activity and many of us spend the next few post-activity days or weeks suffering from aches, pains, strains, sprains, torn muscles, slipped disks – or worse, a heart attack.

To further complicate matters, we often put a lot of pressure on ourselves to get the job done in one afternoon or weekend. Slow down - the life you save may be your own! Pushing your body too much too fast could land you in a funeral home, hospital or on the bed recovering for weeks or months.

Slow and steady may not always win the race, but it may insure that you live longer and perform stronger for many races to come in the future. (Turtles usually live very long lives)!

Here are some tips to insure that you stay healthy and happy:

1.        Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! Water is the key to life - and dehydration is a leading cause of high blood pressure, muscle aches, cramps, headaches and a whole host of other ailments. It is estimated that 90% of Americans are dehydrated daily. Coffee, soda, Gatorade, energy drinks, etc… are NOT substitutes for water – in fact, many of these “drinks” further dehydrate us. We recommend pure, alkaline, mineral rich water such as FIJI Water (click to find out why).

2.      Stretch. Our muscles and deep tissue can become oxygen and nutrient deprived due to inactivity. This deprivation combined with the decreased ability to detoxify and remove lactic acid can lead to a lot of aches, pains and more serious problems. Stretching can loosen these atrophied muscles up and get the juices flowing to prepare you for work. Contact a personal trainer like Stillman Rice or Aaron Wagner at the BeneFitness Center for easy, anytime, anywhere stretches.

3.      Get a massage: Massages and therapeutic bodywork isn’t just a luxury that rich housewives enjoy after their facials and spa treatments. Bodywork is a MUST in your pursuit for health, happiness and pain-free living. Deep tissue massage can rapidly detoxify the body and get nutrient-rich, oxygenated blood flowing to muscles, organs and tissues that are starved of life and attention. Massage can revitalize your body and make you impervious to injury and disease.

4.      Hot/Cold therapy: Visit a sauna or a hot yoga studio and expose yourself to some heat in a controlled environment. When the heat becomes too great, take a break or a cold shower and then re-visit the heat again. This will build up your tolerance and prepare you for the changing weather outdoors and high levels of internally generated heat from activity. This will also get your juices flowing and help your body detoxify – thus reducing your chances of dropping dead in the yard from heart attack or heat stroke.

5.      Gradually increase activity: Start out with some gradual physical interval training. Do one minute of strenuous activity followed by one minute of rest. Check your resting pulse before the activity, check your active pulse immediately following the activity, check your pulse again after one minute of rest. Your pulse should return to its initial resting rate within one minute of stopping the activity. If your pulse is not returning to its resting rate, it means your heart is “gasping” for breath – which could be a great indication of cardio-pulmonary problems.If your pulse returns to its resting rate within a minute, then start to gradually increase the activity periods, but still rest for a minute in between activity. Example: Two minutes of strenuous activity, one minute of rest – increasing the activity by one minute or so every day until you are ultimately working for 10 minutes, resting for one. Work with a personal trainer like Stillman Rice or Aaron Wagner to implement exercise gradually and safely. 

6.      Get a check-up: See your physician for regular physical check-ups even when you are feeling fine. Find a good physician who will devote the time to listen to you and truly care about your health and lifestyle. Interview doctors until you find the right one (your life may depend on it). Visit the right doctor regularly – not just when you are sick. Keep him up to date about all changes (for the better or worse) in your life and all medications you are taking.

7.      Chiropractic Adjustments: Your body runs on electricity. The brain communicates with the organs and every cell in the body through electrical signals sent through the spinal cord and nervous system. If your spine is out of alignment causing pressure on nerves and disks, then the body cannot function properly – leaving you susceptible to disease and injury. Chiropractic adjustments are easy, painless, affordable and essential in your quest for health and pain-free activity. Finding the right chiropractor will be an integral part of maintaining optimum health and peak performance.  

8.      Smile: The act of smiling greatly reduces stress. Stress is the number one underlying cause of all disease. If you have to do something (like cut the grass) – you might as well make it enjoyable – so smile while you are doing it! If you can’t muster up a smile for such activity, then hire someone else (or a lawn company) to do it for you. If you think the $45 for the lawn service is too much to spend – weigh the lawn maintenance cost in comparison to $45,000.00 heart surgery – followed by weeks of missed work. Maybe you can smile as you enjoy a different activity such as playing with your kids on the professionally cut lawn - knowing that you avoided a health crisis. Care for your body and use your time wisely and you will be living on Easy Street!

9.      For many more healthy tips, hire a Life Coach like Sean Donovan or read his book "Health and Happiness: an owner's manual for the mind and body" - available in Paperback, E-book or Audio-book versions. 

Plant Proteins Misunderstood

PLANT PROTEINS MISUNDERSTOOD 

by Stacy Remington

For years there has been controversy over the quality and quantity of plant proteins versus animal proteins.  What it really comes down to is that plant proteins are underestimated and misunderstood.  It is true, we cannot survive without protein in our diet. I do not think anyone is disputing that. In a day where we really need to be cognizant of what we consume because of all of the hormones, antibiotics, and other toxins put into the animals that are raised for human consumption, it is important to know that plant proteins provide more than enough quality amino acids and consuming a plant-based diet does not mean that you are not getting complete proteins.  Also, it is unnecessary for those following a vegetarian diet to have to mix and match plant proteins to ensure you are getting enough complete proteins, as previously believed, because the body stores and releases the amino acids it needs over a 24-hour period.  If you do not consume all of the essential amino acids in one day, but get the missing ones the next day, you are still getting all the protein that your body needs.  Another interesting fact is that 1/6 of our daily protein utilization comes from our body recycling our own body tissue by digesting cells lining our digestive tract.  This process helps to even out any variation in amino acid "incompleteness".  The true problem arises when a vegetarian diet revolves around refined and processed foods causing low protein levels.  Once vegetables, whole grains, beans, and nuts are introduced to such a diet, it becomes protein-rich. 

You still do not think a plant-based diet provides enough protein?  Let's put this into perspective.  Most plant foods, except fruit, supply at least 10 percent of calories from protein, with green vegetables averaging about 50 percent of their calories from protein. One cup of cooked spinach contains more protein per calorie than a Burger King cheeseburger.  Also, 100 calories of broccoli contains more protein than 100 calories of sirloin steak!  I think Popeye was on to something!  Dr. Joel Furhman, author of "Eat to Live", tried to compose a natural foods diet deficient in any required amino acid using a computer dietary-analysis program.  He found it impossible.  Any assortment of plant foods contained about 30-40 grams of protein per 1,000 calories.  He says that when your caloric needs are met, your protein needs are met automatically.

So from a different perspective... the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, gorilla, giraffe, and elephant are all very large animals.  How did they get that way?  Plant proteins.  All of these animals are herbivores.  Animals do not make amino acids from nothing, all amino acids originally came from plants.  A big strong lion's muscles can only be composed of protein precursors and amino acids that its prey, the zebra and the gazelle ate... green grass made the lion.