July Client of the Month - Megan G.

For July, we selected Megan as our Client of the Month for her dedication over the last 4 months. She has been training consistently 3 times a week with a trainer and doing cardio here and at home. Every month we see the improvement in her times and overall endurance. Keep up the hard work Megan - we are all behind you!

Megan describes her experience at Fitness Together. "I think the main advantage to the personal training environment is accountability. You can have all the desire in the world, but if you don't have anyone looking over your shoulder and holding you accountable for your everyday decisions it's easy to slip back into bad habits.

I started at Fitness Together in December of 2008 with the goal of improving my overall health and resetting my own patterns for diet and exercise. I came in determined to commit to the process and see it through, and I've been noticing improvements in my health ever since. I truly get the sense that the trainers I work with at FT all have my best interests at heart and are rooting for my success. Their encouragement and my own determination are driving me to achieve my goals one session at a time."

Rock-n-Roll Marathon Finishers

Congratulations to our clients Aili Dee and Kathy H. on completing the Rock-n-Roll 1/2 Marathon on June 26th in Seattle. With 25,000 racers and under perfect running weather, they both finished the race with great times. All of their strength and cardio training paid off to allow them to cross the finish line.

Great job ladies. Give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done. Time to enjoy the accomplishment, then start training for the next goal! We are here to help.

Mt. Rainier Cardio Contest: Final Team Standings

Congratulations to Team 7 for their total domination of this cardio contest. It goes to show how far you can go when everyone is involved.

Here are the final team standings for the Mt. Rainier Cardio Contest:

Team 7: 148 pts (Verne, Frank, Rene, Don)
Team 1: 103 pts (Keith, Megan, Bridget, Victoria)
Team 9: 86 pts (Ada, Richard, Antoinette, John C)
Team2: 79 pts (Rich, Aili Dee, Veronica, Tony)

Great job by all who participated. Remember, everyone is a winner when they do their cardio!

Mt. Rainier Cardio Contest Winner

It's official! Mt. Rainier has been summited, by not just one, but 3 people. It was close right up to the end. If not for an ill timed vacation, the results would have been different.

Congratulations to our finishers for all their hard work:

1st: Rich
2nd: Verne
3rd: Ada


The only award still up for grabs is the team prize. However, team 7 has a commanding lead and should hold onto the lead as we finish out week 6. Great job by all involved!

Mt. Rainier Cardio Contest: Week 5 Standings

After 5 weeks, the first group is looking to summit the mountain while team 7 is running away with team portion. We expect the winners to finish the beginning of week 6. Everyone else needs to keep pushing hard up the mountain through the final week.

Here are the standings after Week 5.

Team 7: 121 pts (Verne, Frank, Rene, Don)
Team 1: 88 pts (Keith, Megan, Bridget, Victoria)
Team 9: 79 pts (Ada, Richard, Antoinette, John C)
Team2: 73 pts (Rich, Aili Dee, Veronica, Tony)

Mt. Rainier Cardio Contest: Week 4 Standings

After 4 weeks, we have one team that is dominating and 3 individuals who are challenging everyone to catch them. Team 7 has taken a commanding lead with their consistency as we head into the final two weeks of the competition. Ada has laid down the challenge, but can she hold it till the top. The first person to summit should happen this week.

Team 7: 93 pts (Verne, Frank, Rene, Don)
Team 1: 70 pts (Keith, Megan, Bridget, Victoria)
Team 9: 64 pts (Ada, Richard, Antoinette, John C)
Team2: 61 pts (Rich, Aili Dee, Veronica, Tony)

Despite the summer weather, keep hitting the cardio not only for your team, but your health. Stay tuned for results of this furious finish!

Fitness Tip - Healthy Popsicles

We all scream for ice cream in the summer heat! A great way to cool off when it gets above 70 degrees here in Seattle without compromising your healthy lifestyle, is with a refreshing protein popsicle. It’s really quick and easy….

Protein Popsicle: (Makes about 8 popsicles)

2 cups frozen fruit (berries, mangoes, banana, pineapple, etc)

4 scoops of vanilla protein powder of your choice (preferably low-carb). (A great brand is called Energy First sweetened with Stevia, a natural sweetener. It can be purchased on-line at energyfirst.com)

¾ cup of water –can add more or less for various thickness

Blend in a blender until smooth.

Pour into popsicle molds and freeze overnight.

If you have a great healthy recipe, send it our way! We would love to add it to the future FT cookbook! Enjoy!