Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Before and After

Before

Tracey, 41 years old, 9 months pregnant with Rian

After

Tracey 2 and 1/2 months after starting Bootcamp, down 30 pounds!

How did I lose 30 pounds in 10 weeks? Bootcamp. Last Sunday I filmed my 20th fitness DVD and by far my best! TOTAL BODY BOOTCAMP - We filmed 6 Bootcamp workouts yesterday, 3 Metabolic Conditioning and 3 Strength.

This workout is like NO other workout you've seen; not even the really popular ones you see on TV. The Bootcamp I go to is SERIOUS. They take no prisoners, and you have to be invited into it. If they don't think you can do it, they don't want you.

After the birth of my son, I was 41 years old and struggling to lose the extra 30 pounds I still had after his birth. For 4 months nothing I tried worked. I didn't lose a pound. On January 4th, 2011, I joined Farmington Valley Fitness Bootcamp and after 5 minutes of getting my butt kicked, I knew this was the answer to my weight loss prayers!

Day after day I went to my Bootcamp class and put every ounce of energy I had into my workouts. "You get out of it what you put into it" "go hard or go home" "there is no tired" "you can be tired when you are done" - these and many other sayings were DRILLED into my head 6 days a week. After just 2 weeks of workouts, people started commenting on my weight loss, people I didn't even know. After a month not a class would go by that someone didn't say something to me about my progress. It brought me to tears. I had struggled for months to lose the weight and nothing worked and now all of my hard work was paying off. It felt great! Many people asked me if I was the same person who just had the baby - they didn't believe it!

Needless to say, I lost 30 pounds in less than 3 months. And for those people who say baby weight doesn't count, I BEG to differ, especially when you are over 40 and just had two babies back to back; it does a number on your body. I fell in love with the workouts and knew I had to share them with everyone who seriously wants to get fit for real. For 3 months I wrote down everything I ate and every workout I did and created my new Total Body Bootcamp. I even have 2 of my Bootcamp coaches in the DVD with me. One of them, Dustin Linden, is coaching 3 of the workouts - if you guys like Josef, wait until you meet Dustin! You're going to like him just as much. Dustin is also an MMA Fighter and just the most gifted motivational coach I've ever met. On days where I physically could not do one more rep Dustin made me do it and made me stronger and leaner and more fit than ever. Every person in these workouts with me is from my Bootcamp classes. They are REAL people. I wanted to make a series of workouts that are unlike anything you've ever seen.

Stay tuned for clips of the workouts and for presale information...




Monday, April 18, 2011

And the Winner Is

Thanks to everyone who participated!

The winner of the Fit by Tracey DVD of her choice and a Versa Loop is...
Gibbee who posted this on the forum:

"I learned that it is best to vary your intervals when doing HIIT training. Sometimes HIIT is promoted as a certain formula of X and Y intervals but to maximize your results, you should vary your intervals during your HITT training sessions. I also learned that Tabata training can work in as few as 4 minutes!"

Congratulations, Nancy! Yoga Solutions and a Versa Loop are on their way to you.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Time for a Fit by Tracey Giveaway!

First, if you missed Tracey on the Nate Berkus Show yesterday, you can still watch the video.



Now, how would you like a chance to win a Fit by Tracey DVD of your choice (excludes Results Boost Your Metabolism) plus a Versa Loop? Hint: you're going to be needing that Versa Loop soon. ;-)

To enter go to Tracey's Fit Tips page. You can read about a good weight loss plateau breaker there. Then post a comment here or on the Fit Forum telling something you read - whether it was new information or something you already knew. The contest begins now and ends April 15 at midnight Eastern Time. We will notify the winner via email and post here. Good luck!