100 days left in 2009

Today Wednesday September 23, 2009 marks 100 days left in 2009.  Yeah it goes fast.

What have YOU accomplished this year?
What do you want to still accomplish this year?
Do you like the clothes you fit into?
Are you stronger right now than you were at the beginning of the year?
Are you a better husband/wife, brother/sister, aunt/uncle, grandma/grandpa, etc.?
Do you have a better attitude?

The Holidays will be here before you know it and you’ll be saying the same thing Jan 1st that you said last January 1st.  “I should really get in shape this year”.

Get a JUMP START on 2010.  Start NOW!  There are 9 1/2 weeks left in our RAD Boot Camp Body Transformation Challenge.

Here are the results our clients get…

I CHALLENGE YOU…COMMIT TO 100 DAYS.

You’ll thank YOURSELF January 1st, 2010…A New You for the New Year.

Crank it!
B-Rad

P.S. Receive Your 1 Week Complimentary Trial to RAD Boot Camp  Click Here

P.P.S.  What action steps have YOU taken to get to YOUR GOALS in 2009?
I want to hear from you…LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS below!

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Today is July 4th 2009.  Independence Day.  The day the Founding Fathers of our country banded together to sign the Declaration of Independence which put our nation on the map.

Independence (as defined by Dictionary.com)

1.
The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence;
exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or
maintenance; direction of one’s own affairs without interference.

What does “Independence” mean to you?

• Avoiding a job you dislike?
• Hiring yard work done for you?
• Making it to your kid’s events (games, dance, recitals)?
• Coaching your kids?
• Taking trips wherever and whenever you want?
• Spending every weekend on the lake, at the cabin, on the ocean, anything?
• Hiring a cleaning lady?
• Waking up to no alarm?
• and I am sure there are 11,763+ and more meanings.

Today, I am going to talk about “independence” of the body you face in the mirror every morning.

• Do you like what you see every morning?
• Do you wish you looked different?
• Do you currently fit in your favorite pair of jeans?
• Do you have unlimited energy?
• Are you lying to yourself that you can do it on your own?

When you wait, you lose.

Today July 4th 2009.  You have a choice.  You choose.  Will this be your “Declaration of Independence” from the all of the stupidity permeating the fitness and fat loss industry?

Here’s your answer…

Don’t take my word for it.  Click on the banner above and read what my clients are saying about RAD Boot Camp.

Crank it!
B-Rad

P.S. Monday July 13th  7:00pm I will be doing a Accelerated Fat Loss Seminar at Kinetic Edge in Woodbury, MN.  Be there.

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Yesterday was July 1 2009.  2009 is already half gone.  2010 will be here in a flash.  Are you where you want to be?

I am on track to hit most of my targets this year.  So far I have achieved…

• 3 consecutive Ring Muscle Ups
• Trampoline – back handspring, front flip, back flip
• started Bending steel
• Launched “Nitro” which has become a entourage favorite (he’ll be back soon!)
• Held the first ever Million Inch Challenge

and a few more.  Some of my training goals are on hold because I found something that may actually fix my back and allow me to hit huge PRs at the end of this year and into the beginning of next year.  So I hit a fork in the road that was semi-forced.  Over the long haul, this slight deviation in training will yield much greater development.  So I’m cool with that.

Now what about YOU?  How many of your Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs) have you met?

Why
or why not?  I don’t deal well with excuses.  If you have forgotten the
mass excuse list go here:  What’s YOUR Excuse?

How many training sessions have you missed?
How many healthy meals have you missed?
How many times have you told someone that 2009 is going to be the year to hit your body transformation goals (and so far you’ve fell short)?

Are you serious about getting in the best shape of your life yet in 2009?  You have 6 months.  We can do a major overhaul in 6 months.  I’ve seen it and you’ve seen it in the before and after pictures on this blog.

When you decide it’s time to “Crank it” visit here:

Crank it!
B-Rad

P.S. I also have 1 slot open for online training.  Serious inquiries only.

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Today = slight deviation from the norm.

Where do you receive inspiration?

Stories like this trip me out.  This hits a little closer to home as I was a closet rock star as a kid and could play (probably still can) play the drumset with the best of them.  I guess that’s why I am huge fan of Zeppelin-John Bonham, Rush-Neil Pert, and Metallica-Lars Ulrich.

Some things happen in life on purpose.  This was one of them.  I rarely watch the news.  This particular night I was just about to turn off the TV when I saw the beginning of this story which first aired on Kare 11 a couple of weeks ago.

Move over rock gods…10-yr-old Collin Johnson is going to CRANK IT!

Collin “Thrashes” the guitar

AND “Dabbles” on bass

AND “Kills” it on the drum set

AND “Crushes” vocals.

Did I mention he’s only 10?

I thought I was hearing Eddie Van Halen the first time I saw this with Collin on the Gi-tar.

WATCH THIS!

Click Here to Watch Collin’s Story

(Upper Right Hand Corner)

Click Here to Listen Collin’s song “Creep”

Collin if you or your parents read this post…YOU are one talented hombre.  Maybe you can teach me some skills on the drum set

Crank it!
B-Rad

P.S.  What Cranks you Up?  Leave it the Comments below!

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Today’s Fat Loss Transformation spotlight is Joe Tebbe.  Joe started attending RAD Boot Camp at Kinetic Edge Fitness about 18 months ago.  After 3 months a family illness handcuffed him to the house.  He still kept up with the workouts.  I sent an email out about the PhD – PIE HOLE DIARY.  Joe took it serious, wrote EVERYTHING down that went in his Pie-hole and proceeded to lose 49+lbs in 6 MONTHS.  You read that right.  FORTY-NINE POUNDS in SIX MONTHS!

Joe is a pretty modest guy so I’ll do his boasting for him… THAT my friend is frickin’ AWESOME!

All I did was provide a slight kick in the ass.  JOE did the work.  One more thing that Joe is reluctant to tell a lot of people is that this life changing transformation has AMPED his rock climbing ability now working on 10b routes.  For those of you not in the climbing world 10b correlates to the difficulty of the pitch and size of hand/foot holds on given rock climbing route.

Joe Tebbe’s Weight Loss Before and AFTER

Joe’s QUICK Stats

Weight LOST -91+lbs

Pant Sizes LOST – 42 to 32 waist jeans

Here’s what Joe has to say about classes at RAD Boot Camp…

Thank You for the PHD…”Pie Hole Diary”…

“I just wanted to thank you especially the “Pie Hole Diary”.  I started my PHD on July 8th 2008, I weighed in at 230 lbs. I do RAD Boot Camp Workouts 5 days per week.

Today I weighed in at 198 lbs and my goal is 195 by 10-31-08.  Before July 8th 2008, I was exercising just as hard so I know the PHD changed my life.  The plateau breaking changes I made were RAD Boot Camp, starting the PHD, trying not to exceed my calorie intake, increasing my protein and eliminating drinking alcoholic beverages.

I started my life change in 2004, when I stepped on the scale and weighed 285 lbs., 4 years later I’ve lost a total of 85 lbs.  I feel so great, empowered, tons of energy and just happy to know I’m healthy again and running circles around guys half my age.  I also went from a 38 inch waist to a 32 inch waist in jeans! I feel like I’m 55 going on 25…Thanks!”

Joe J Tebbe – White Bear Lake, MN (USA)
Age 55
Owner of Triplex Systems, Inc.

Joe in the HOT Seat…

Brad:  Take me back a few years…where you were physically, mentally, etc…  Everything previous to kettlebells / RAD Boot Camp

Joe:  2004 I stepped on the scale and weighed 285#, I thought man I’m 15# from 300. I was totally bummed out but and at that time I made my mind up to I had to change. I had turned into a couch potato Fox news junkie. I was totally out off shape. I went on a hike in the mountains with my son in Arizona it was hot as hell we picked up water and I was psyched….I got about 500 feet up the steep trail and my son turned me back because he thought I was going to have a heart attack.  My minds eye was playing tricks on me, I honestly thought I could easily do this hike, I still thought I was the in shape outdoorsman of years gone by. It hit me like a ton of bricks, what happened to me, I used to be athletic, ripped abs the whole 9 yards. Why was my mind protecting me from the fact that I was now a fatso. I didn’t even really realize that    I was depressed. Everyone said you don’t look that heavy or you carry your weight so well. I started looking in the mirror and started seeing the fat guy I had turned out to be and I didn’t like what I saw. I wanted to be able to be active with my children and not confined to the Lazy Boy in the living room dreaming of the mountains and portages in the boundary waters. I made my mind up to change I just didn’t know how yet.  I tried the Atkins diet, the Y and mindless tread mill running, Buying exercise equipment only to go into mothballs. I would lose weight and then regain it.  I wasn’t going anywhere fast.

Brad:  How did you meet Brad and/or discover RAD Boot Camp / Kinetic Edge?

Joe:  I started searching the internet for extreme strength. I just thought I had to do something extreme to meet my goals for weight loss and strength. During my search I came across Kettlebells and they really intrigued me. I set Dragon Door and kettlebells as one of my favorites. I kept surfing the net but I just kept coming back to Kettlebells. I knew that I had to find out hands on about Kettlebells so I Googled Kettlebells in St Paul. I came across Brads website for Kinetic Edge Performance, I called Brad because I knew I had to make a commitment.  I went to the Gauntlet not really knowing what I was getting into and I got my ass kicked, just what I needed to change my life.

Brad:  Describe your first experience with kettlebell training / RAD Boot Camp…

Joe:  I made it through the Gauntlet, sweating trying to catch my breath and run through the ringer. It was the most intense work out since my high school track and soccer days only harder because I was so out of shape and the Kettlebells ramped my heart rate up faster than anything I’ve ever experienced. I knew Kettlebells was exactly what I was looking for and an experienced and relentless, strength coach, Brad. I knew I would be back and back and back and own Kettlebells and forge myself into the person in my minds eye, with the help of Brad and RAD Boot Camp

Brad:  What period of your life was this?…

Joe:  I was 52 years old, re-inventing my life after raising 5 wonderful children and losing my second wife after 20 years of marriage.

Brad:  Where were you in clothes size, weight, etc?…

Joe:  Joe:  At my worst I was in size 42 pants at 285. When I started Rad Boot Camp I was in size 38 and weighed 265.

Brad:  What changes exactly have you seen?  (include clothes size, weight, inches, confidence, energy, etc…)

Joe:  I now weigh 194 lbs, size 32 jeans, tons of energy and I’m always happy. My confidence is at an all time high. I’m now goal oriented and proudly raising my disabled son, Chris on my own. I am a great example for all my kids(that are now all adults), their crazy old man, that rock climbs, ice climbs works out like a maniac and enjoys every minute of it.

Brad:  What makes Kettlebell Training / RAD Boot Camp / Kinetic Edge different from anything else you’ve tried?

Joe:  The iron ball with a handle was so different and so intense on all my muscles and my core and cardio. The variety of movements and excercises challenged everything about my physical being, my proprieoception, balance, strength and fortitude nothing was left out. After the Gauntlet, Inferno or Survivor classes my metabolism was so ramped I felt the heat of my body for most of the day  after the work-out. I started to burn fat like never before.

Brad:  What is your #1 “Secret” as to why you finally got the results you were looking for?

Joe:  The number one best kept secret was Kettlebells and finding a real strength coach that knows hard work and beat downs reap the ultimate rewards.

Brad:  What would you tell someone like yourself who is on the fence about starting RAD Boot Camp / Kinetic Edge classes?

Joe:  I would tell them that if they are truly interested in having their true potential tapped and are not afraid of being tapped, then go for it, by all means.

Brad:  Sum up RAD Boot Camp / Kinetic Edge classes in 5 WORDS OR LESS…

Joe:  “The best way to success!”

KICK ASS Joe!  For those of you wondering on the fence about keeping a Pie-Hole Diary… Joe’s story of losing 49+lbs in 6 months just by starting a PhD should motivate you to WRITE IT DOWN!

Crank it!
B-Rad

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Here is another Kinetic Edge Fitness and St. Paul Fitness Boot Camp RADICAL Fat Loss Transformation…

Dena Urtel-Smith has lost A LOT of weight and inches post-baby.

Along the way she survived the grueling 23-hour Russian Kettlebell Certification here in St. Paul and became a RKC instructor and is now lovingly delivers beatdowns via “Burnout” on Friday mornings at 5:30am.

Dena Smith’s Weight Loss Before and AFTER

Dena’s QUICK Stats

Body Fat Lost -4% Body Fat

Weight Lost -19lbs and counting

Jean Sizes Lost 6/8 to a 2/4

Do YOU WANT RESULTS Like Dena?

Click HERE for St. Paul’s BEST Fitness Boot Camp!

Here’s what Dena has to say about classes at RAD Boot Camp…

“Exactly what I was looking for…

“After giving birth to my daughter I had lost all muscle tone and definition I once had and gained 40 pounds. I was unhappy and knew I needed something above and beyond my regular workouts to get back into shape. I committed myself to Brad’s RAD Boot Camp and my life has changed forever!  Brad completely dedicates his time and energy to helping you achieve your personal goals and is extremely motivating (getting me to his classes at 5:30am!!). His expertise and knowledge is priceless and I feel very fortunate to work with a trainer with all the strengths and qualities that he possesses. He knows how to mix up a workout to keep you on your toes and pushing yourself to do your best. Thank you Brad for all you’ve done to help me reach my goals…I couldn’t have done it without you!! You are the BEST and I would recommend your services hands down to anyone that will listen!!”

Dena Urtel-Smith – Woodbury, MN
Age 35
Medical Imaging Consultant
Family CEO
Rad Boot Camp Certified Instructor
Russian Kettlebell Certified Instructor

Dena in the Hot Seat…

Brad:  Take me back a few years…where you were physically, mentally, etc…  Everything previous to kettlebells (working out at LT / in the basement before you came to see me with kettlebells).

Dena: Before I started KB and before I had my daughter  I was in shape but had little definition, couldn’t afford a personal trainer and was bored to death of doing the same workout but knew nothing else.  I’m one to try many things – I tried a few types of Yoga, Pilates and Kick boxing to add some change to my work outs but nothing felt like the right fit and nothing gave me the difference I was looking for in my weight, strength or endurance.  I was frustrated and doing mindless workouts….what a waste of time now that I look back…
Brad:  How did you meet Brad / come into contact with RAD Boot Camp / Kinetic Edge?

Dena: I met Brad while I was a member at Life Time Fitness.  I was looking for an answer to my desire to loose weight and provide me with enough energy to work out at the end of my busy work day.   He introduced me to Advocare to help with my energy and aid in my quest to lose weight.   He also recommended that I start working out in the morning so that the end of my days weren’t filled with excuses.  I gave him so many excuses as to why I couldn’t and why that was too early for me, but once I started on that routine…I have never looked back.  it truly does make a huge difference in your daily energy levels and even today, if it doesn’t happen before I go to work…it will likely not happen.

Brad:  Describe your first experience with kettlebell training / RAD Boot Camp…

Dena: I read an article that Brad wrote for the Woodbury Magazine that introduced Kettlebell’s and the results he had from starting this form of training.  I called Brad immediately after reading the piece he wrote and signed up that day for a personal training session. This type of training was unlike anything I had done in the past.   The day after my first class I could hardly move…I found muscles I hadn’t used in years and knew from that moment on…knew this was what my body needed to get the results I was looking for.

Brad:  What period of your life was this?…  New mom, etc…

Dena: I started Kettlebells about a year and a half after I had my daughter.  I was struggling to lose the weight I had gained from being pregnant.  Going back to my normal workout routine (cross traininger and weight training) was just not enough for me to see any significant movement on the scale and I was getting more and more frustrated not fitting into any of my pre-baby clothes.   My friends would say…”Dena, don’t worry about it…you just had a baby” which was really nice of them however, it had been over a year since I had “technically” had a baby:)

Brad:  Stats from when you first started post pregnancy?

Dena:  I don’t have measurements but this is what I know for weight/size:
When I got pregnant I weighed 130lbs and wore a size 6/8.
I topped the scales at 175lbs and was in size 10/12 after I got out of maternity clothes.
When I started doing KB I was about 145lbs.

Current weight = 125lbs (have lost 20 lbs since I started with KB)
Size
changes = 6/8 or size 30 to 2/4 or size 26/27  Huge difference…even
when I got down to 130lbs again…my body changed-had to buy all new
pants!
Body comp- I went from a 23% body fat to 19%

I started working out 1-2 days a week using Kettlebells and immediately notice results in my increased strength.  I started to add training days to my week and once I started going to Kettlebell 3+ times a week
I started to notice  significant changes in my body that I had never experienced before…it was truly remarkable. Not only was I losing weight but I was getting stronger.   Once my weight was back to
normal…I was amazed!

Brad:  As a new mom and someone who had obviously worked out before, why did kettlebells / RAD Boot Camp appeal to you? 

Dena:  When I went back to working out…doing the same thing I had done pre-baby was not making any difference.  We bought equipment to use at the home and left LTF.  I enjoyed not going to the gym but found it equally as hard to get down stairs to use equipment at home.  I needed something more and kettlebells found me thanks to my friend Brad.  I love the workouts, the challenge, the strength and endurance it has given me but most of all I love the way it has changed the way I think about working out.  It’s fun and creative and unlike no other workout in the past…has inspired me to not only do KB but teach it to others.

PS… I also love that it has given me a whole new wardrobe above and beyond my pre-baby clothes!

Brad:  What is your #1 “Secret” as to why you finally got the results you were looking for?

Dena:  I made the decision to dedicate my body to science…Brad’s “Mad Science” that is:)
I started committing more time to kettlebells…moving from 1-2 days a week to 3-5 days a week.  It is a mind-set change when you feel you need to be on a cross trainer/tread mill/lifting weights in order to work out.  Understanding that KB combines cardio and strength training at the same time.  I also changed my thought process from “losing weight” to “gaining strength and endurance”…once I changed that goal…my workouts took on a different meaning which kept me going longer and made me push myself to work harder.

Brad:  What would you tell someone like yourself who is on the fence about starting RAD Boot Camp / Kinetic Edge classes?

Dena:  Just give it a week…don’t try it once…give it a week and you will start to see and feel things like never before.  Most of the time this happens in your first class but committing to a weeks investment “which is FREE” you get a feel of what you can do.  People go to places like Lifetime and work their tails off and are frustrated with their results…why keep doing the same thing and expecting a different result?  Try something new and see how your body responds.

I’ve also told people that stationary workout equipment when used daily is MINDLESS (speaking from experience)…how do you expect your body to respond to something that doesn’t trigger your brain to do anything.  With kettlebells you are working out with intent…you have to be paying attention to what you are doing…you are intentional with your movements…the form you are keeping…which in turn let’s your body and brain work together and respond to the work you are doing to help you achieve your goals.

Brad:  Sum up RAD Boot Camp / Kinetic Edge classes in 5 WORDS OR LESS…
Dena:  Challenging-Effective-Body Transforming-Fun-Diverse-Priceless

Way to KICK ASS Dena!

Crank it!
B-Rad

Do YOU WANT RESULTS Like Dena?

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St. Paul Personal Trainer Brad Nelson tells you EXACTLY what you should look for when before hiring a personal trainer or joining a fitness boot camp.

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