THE 2012 NATIONAL FITNESS WOMENS TOUR!

THE NATIONAL FITNESS TOUR FOR WOMEN STARTS TOMORROW!!!

TOUR STOP: INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

Last Night my National Tour took me to Indianapolis, Indiana. When I got in the parking lot I could see all the women thru the large window doing Zumba and they were gettin' it!!! Most of these women started my FEW Program and all of them will be Thinner, Firmer, Leaner, Stronger, Healthier and Feeling really good real soon. Now they all know that each of them is unique and we are going to find out what works for each of them. Even Medications will be considered while working out what each needs to do to overcome the obsticles that have stopped them in the past........... It about time!!! Time to stop buying into all that garbage on TV with some new pill that will burn your fat or block your sugar AIN'T NO SUCH THING!!! Then they add in a piece of plastic with a rubber band on it and tell you that with just a few minutes a day you will look like a super model... Come on man!!!!!!! All these women will get it done in the next 90 days with me helping them..... We are going to become THINNER, FIRMER, STONGER, LEANER, HEALTHIER AND FEELING REALLY GOOD. FLATTEN THOSE ABS, TIGHTEN THAT BUTT AND LEAN DOWN THOSE LEGS........! Yeah, all that needed to be in CAPS. I have the same question for you: ARE YOU NEXT? I'm waiting on ya..... Russoman

SuckerPunch that Sodium: 7 Ways To Ditch the Salt Itch

Just when you thought those guys with thick glasses and white lab coats did nothing but fondle their beakers all day, you realize scientists actually have a sense of humor. You remember your periodic tables from high school chemistry class? Those boxed matrici of upper case consonants and subscript numbers? Every one of those table elements has some kind of fancy Latin name associated with it. For example we all know Na, the main ingredient of common table salt, is better know scientifically as sodium. It turns out some smart Alexander actually named sodium after the Medieval Latin word sodanum, which translates roughly as "headache remedy". Oh, those slide-rule kidders. Apart from saturated fat, has there ever been a substance that has caused more headaches in the history of nutrition than sodium?!

Sodium is one of the most abundant elements on our planet and is critical for regulating proper human bodily function. Without going all Grey's Anatomy, we'll just say sodium is essential for nerve function because it balances out potassium in your system with an opposing electrical "charge". But when your body is over saturated with salt, bad stuff happens -like high blood pressure; like kidney disease and increased risk of stroke. And unfortunately, in America, we tend to like a pinch of food with our salt. By one counting, 90% of us regularly roar past the recommended intake of 2,300 milligrams of sodium per day. Hop on down to your local Spuds and Duds and look at the shelves. You'll see salty chips; salty canned food, salty prepared food - even food that doesn't taste particularly salty (e.g., bread) is packed with sodium. And we're not even counting the more insidious presence of sodium in baked goods (baking soda and baking soda), fast food (MSG), and of course the not so subtle preservatives used in bacon and hot dogs (sodium nitrate).

The residual effects of sodium can spell problems for most people, but can be even worse for women due to the unique properties of - well - being a girl. Your old friends the Hormones are not particularly helpful with respect to the negative effects of sodium on your body. The influx of certain female hormones, particularly estrogen and progesterone tend to overstate the presence of sodium in the body. When that happens, your internal systems react by trying to put out the sodium fire by diluting it with water. Hence the water weight gain and painful bloating in the stomach and, occasionally, breast areas.

If that's not bad enough, cellulite cells, most common on women's thighs, also tend to become like little storage bins for retained water. (Although recent research suggests this may be more closely related your body's attempt to dilute toxins such as pesticides which are also believed to reside in the cellulite tissues.)

But if you live in a saltine society, what the heck are you supposed to do about getting your sodium levels down? Here's a few tips from the guru of get thin; that sultan sodium-tamer, Danny Russo:

1. Eat more fresh foods. Canned and/or prepared foods tend to be eons higher in salt content, so stay away.

2. Make friends with bananas. And baked potatoes and cantaloupe and spinach. Why? Because they are all particularly dense in potassium content. As we mentioned, potassium is healthy "Ying" to sodium's water-attracting "Yang"

3. Skip the chips. There are all kinds of alternatives these day to super salty snacks. Rice cakes are particularly good substitute as they give you crunch without the sodium punch.

4. Drink water at specified times of the day. (Danny Russo has an excellent hydration routine you can read about here.) Water weight gain is usually a consequence of your body feeling dehydrated and going into survival mode to literally "hold your water". This effect will be exacerbated by a high sodium diet, so drink up ladies!

5. Take the time to prepare your own food. When you buy food for convenience, nine times out of ten, it will be loaded with sodium. The best way to control your sodium intake is to know exactly how much sodium you're taking in. The best way to do that is home cookin'. (It tastes better too).

6. Learn to cook with other spices. Again, salt is a convenient way to season food, but it's far from the only way. There are more spices that you can shake a rack at and common items like lemon, garlic and herbs can be used in infinitely different ways. You want to be more creative? Here's your chance.

7. Attend a Danny Russo "For Women Only" seminar near you. Danny can talk to you more in depth about water retention and how to make a low sodium diet a regular part of your health regimen along with exercise and proper hydration. Russo has been helping women scat the fat and feel good for thirty years now. His wife Janet, co-director of his FEW (Food Exercise Water) fat loss programs is a trained dietitian and can provide you with some super low sodium recipes that won't leave you feeling thirsty or unsatisfied.

So, c'mon all of you salt-of-the-earth girls. Say sayonara to all that sodium. Your body will heart you for it.

7 Super Strategies for FALLing Back Into Shape

If America is the “barely-vacation nation” with its paltry 15 days of average down time a year, then American women are the under-compensated queens of this guilded sweat-shop sovereignty we call the U.S. of A.. Ladies, you know where I’m going. Here we are, a leaf’s breath from Fall and where did your summer go? Apart from the steaming temperatures and hurling hurricanes, was there anything remarkable, much less relaxing, about your summer?!

With the kids out of school, you probably ended up feeling like “Driving Miss Crazy” after dropping the the kids at day camp or picking them up from pizza night or one of the other activities designed to prevent your pent-up muffin from making mural masterpieces out your living room walls. If you were lucky enough to get a real vacation, it probably fell on you to plan and execute it. Let’s face it, girls, you’ve got the “organizer gene”. Once you were there, you probably got five minutes of lounge chair/Mai Tai time in between scary Blackberry client calls. Then you’re back home trying to figure out why you’re so exhausted. You set out to recharge your batteries, but end up feeling like you got punked by the Energizer Bunny.

You see, women give and give and give until they turn around one day and figure out, “Hey look at that! There’s an “i” smack-dab in the middle of “exist”. So here comes Fall. Your darlings are back in the books; you’re back on the hook at work and - well - a little out of shape from a summer of self-denial. Don’t worry. Danny Russo gets it. While most so-called health and fitness gurus think women are going to wait for January to roll around to get back in shape, Danny knows better. He knows September/October is prime time for women to reclaim their domain and fall back into shape. So here’s a few tips from the legend of lipo-reduction; the magnate of womens fitness.

1. Ease back into your exercise regimen. Don’t beat yourself up for falling off your routine. Read above if you need to be reminded why.
2. Get back to basics of the Danny’s FEW (Food Exercise Water) fat loss program by finding the physical activity, diet and hydration remedies that work best for your body.
3. Set small, reachable goals. Trying for big steps will only leave you frustrated and disappointed if you can’t reach them. Start little for eventually big results.
4. Don’t chose a workout regimen built on the latest fad, like rope climbing or mud hopping, or egg walking or whatever some “trainer” tells you is the coolest thing for NFL players. You’re not a linebacker - you are you! You don’t need to sack quarterbacks, you just want to look fabulous and foxy. Do what works for you!
5. Shoot for consistency. Now that your schedule is a little more predictable, find a time for taking care of you and stick with it.
6. Reestablish your diet regime. You might have indulged in some salty chips or a few more margaritas this summer and that’s OK. Just remember, a low sodium diet, combined with less fat intake is the one of the keys to regaining the slimmer, trimmer you.
7. And of course, attend a Danny Russo ThinSpiration seminar to turbo-charge your fat loss programs. There’s probably one coming soon to gym near you. And if there isn’t, can you say, “road trip”?

You’ve got your homework, ladies. It back to basics: you know, shapes, numbers and subtraction. Regain your shape by running the numbers (of reps) and subtracting the fat. Once upon a time you paid attention in class; now pay attention to yourself for once. See how easy that was?

ThinCredible Edibles: Low Sodium Italian Dressing

In case you haven't noticed, we here at Launch the New You are down on high sodium. While sodium is essential to helping your body's cells function properly, too much of it - especially in women - can lead to painful water retention.

Janet Russo, a trained dietitian and co-director of Danny Russo's FEW (Food Exercise Water) fat loss program, has put together an entire menu of low sodium alternative foods. Here is her recipe for low sodium Italian salad dressing.

ITALIAN SALAD DRESSING:

1/2 PACKAGE DRY MIX GOOD SEASONS ITALIAN ALL NATURAL (sold near other dressings)

1/4 CUP VINEGAR (CIDER OR BASALMIC)

1/2 CUP OIL (CANOLA, VEGETABLE, OLIVE, FLAX OR ANY COMBINATION)

3 TABLESPOONS OF WATER

SHAKE OR MIX WITH FORK

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ITALIAN:

1/2 PACKAGE DRY MIX GOOD SEASONS ITALIAN ALL NATURAL (sold near other dressings)

1/4 CUP VINEGAR (CIDER OR BASALMIC)

1/2 CUP OIL (CANOLA, VEGETABLE, OLIVE, FLAX OR ANY COMBINATION)

3 TABLESPOONS OF WATER

SHAKE OR MIX WITH FORK

You're NOT Every Woman

It's not an especially good idea to disagree with a diva. Especially if she's a singer - a brand of female known especially for their awe-inspiring, turbo-charged, "diva-ness". Cell phones get thrown, insults get hurled and just general bad behavior is what you are in for. Doubly so when you provoke a pop music prima donna. Well, guess what: Chaka, Whitney and Taylor? You're all wrong - so get it right! You are not "every woman". And not just because you are music millionairesses.

You know the cheeky Chaka Khan song "I'm Every Woman" that keeps getting recycled by successive pop divas like Whitney Houston and most recently by Taylor Swift? Snappy tune, catchy beat, but something of a snipe quest. Why? Because in reality there is no farcical "everywoman"! Every woman is different. As in completely, uniquely, unmitigatedly, emphatically D-I-F-F-E-R-E-N-T. Got it, girls?

But why do I risk the diva's wrath by positing such a position? How do I know this to be true, you ask? Because Danny Russo says so. And that is good enough for me. Russo, the harbinger of healthy fat loss; the potentate of restoring your feminine figure eight has put this belief to the test. Through thirty years of researching women's health and teaching his "For Women Only" fat loss programs, Danny has learned one thing: that there is no "one thing" that works for every woman. Every women is unique. Her body composition, pH levels and hormonal makeup is as individual as each flake of falling snow; as each drop of drizzling rain, as...OK, you get the idea.

So can you explain why all these fad diets and faux fitness programs treat you like you're, well... everyone else? Isn't that the pitch women are always given? Isn't that what diet promotions are all about? "Look how the Raw Sand diet helped (insert celebrispawn or ex-reality show star here) lose 200 pounds! It will work exactly the same for you!". Um, in a word: No.

It doesn't work because it can't work. Danny Russo knows this. He'll be the first one to tell you. His customized weight loss plan, known as FEW (Food Exercise Water), is tailored for each individual woman. What works for one woman may not be right for another. And this is, quite frankly, common sense. Just because the woman next to you lives for the punk, pitchforks and the Plasmatics doesn't mean you have to. This is what Danny Russo's fat loss philosophy is all about. And he can make is work for you. So let's take it from the top Chaka: "I'm NOT every woman/Whatever (I) want/Whatever (I) need/I'll do it naturally."

Sing it, Sisters!