Health and Fitness Goals Unattainable? No Way! You Have Koko FitClub.

When you get your Koko FitClub exercise prescription in each week, you are actively increasing or preserving your precious lean muscle. You are keeping weight gain at bay, feeling more energetic, but what else have you thought about doing with all that… “fit?” Is there anything else you have ever wished you could do or achieve but never considered because you weren’t “fit enough?” Why not consider it again? Now that Koko has your back.

Recently, my friend and colleague here at Koko FitClub HQ, Cristina Batogowski, reached an incredible goal. She completed forty 5K road races in her 40th year!

Cristina is a Koko Nut to the nth degree.  For the past 6 years she’s been consistent with her weekly Smartraining and Koko Cardio workouts. But running? A couple of years ago, if you asked her, she’d tell you she “wasn’t a runner.” “Running hurts.” Things changed in early 2011 when she came to me and said that she had started jogging and was loving it. With all the muscle strength and endurance she had built up through her Smartraining workouts, running felt good for the first time ever. She was inspired to reach for a goal she once would have thought was unattainable.

We are so proud of Cristina’s accomplishment! You can be inspired by her quest for 40 by 41 here:

http://www.facebook.com/notes/cristina-curreri-batogowski/my-40-by-41-project/10150150295518015

So I ask you: What is it you want to do that you never believed possible? Think big, then start with Koko. You’ll get there.

To quote Cristina:  “Life is not a sprint. It’s a marathon. On to my next goal! 13.1 here I come!”

Michael Wood, CSCS
Chief Fitness Officer
Koko FitClub

Koko FitClub Franchising

How Much Exercise Do I Need to Reach My Fitness Goals?

How much exercise is too much?This is a hot fitness topic of late thanks to a recent study that suggests too much endurance exercise- from training for events such as marathons and triathlons – can actually have a negative effect on your heart.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization and Surgeon General, 150 minutes of moderate intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity exercise is what you need each week to stay healthy. They also recommend two strength training sessions.

Knowing that you need to exercise for your health, but given the recent news that it may be possible to exercise at a level that is unhealthy, you might be wonderingwhat types of exercise should I do and how much should I be doing it?”

This is the kind of competing health and fitness information that can become so confusing, it ends up sending people to their couch in defeat. This is why we created Koko. Getting fit and healthy doesn’t have to be confusing.

It ultimately depends on your fitness goals, but if you’re doing 2-3 strength and 3-4 cardio Smartraining sessions each week, you’re in the ballpark of what these health agencies recommend. If it’s a bit more? Fine. Just remember, your exercise routine should become part of your lifestyle, and something you maintain for a lifetime.

If you are training excessively – especially if it is excessive distance and endurance work – then you need to consider the possible risk to your heart. If you are not training to an extreme that risks your heart, but you are “over-the top” with the amount of exercise you are doing, consider that with any extreme you are undermining your long term success. The extreme road is impossible to travel forever.

With the obvious caveat that what you do outside the club – from the quality and amount of food you put into your body to how much you move in a day – is of critical importance, if you’re looking to build muscle, lose weight or prevent weight gain, the amount and type of exercise prescribed by Koko fits the bill. It is also designed to be a fitness routine you can stick with long term. As Koko Co-Founder, Mary Obana, likes to say, “Koko for Life!”

If you’d like to read more about the study I mentioned here, visit:

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/moderation-as-the-sweet-spot-for-exercise/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21330616

http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/12/05/eurheartj.ehr397.abstract

Michael Wood, CSCS
Chief Fitness Officer
Koko FitClub

Koko FitClub Franchising