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Get Fit For The Holidays!

Posted: Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Welcome to the SuperSlow Zone®. It’s November – the official start of the holiday season. Which means within a few weeks, you may stuff yourself like a holiday turkey with all the treats Americans love. From creamed onions to candied yams, from cornbread dressing to pumpkin pie, it’s no wonder we pack on an average of seven pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year’s!

Add the typically dismal late fall and winter weather keeping us indoors, and it’s a recipe for a full-fledged body disaster. Which is why entering the SuperSlow Zone® is the best holiday gift you can give yourself. Instead of piling on pounds of fat, you’ll be building muscle, which actually helps your body burn more calories! If you stick with the SuperSlow® program through the season, you could be celebrating the New Year with the best body you’ve had in many years, and save your New Year’s resolution for something more important…like working toward world peace. And if you’re one of those disciplined people who keep themselves in shape all year long, you’ll enjoy the season knowing a few overindulgences aren’t going to stick you with the “Seasonal Seven.” Because the SuperSlow® plan is a workout plan that works – and that you can stick with no matter how many shopping trips and parties are on your holiday schedule.

The very best thing about SuperSlow® is, as we like to say, that it works super fast. Whether you’re a complete couch potato or a fitness fanatic, a SuperSlow® workout ALWAYS takes about 20 minutes. And you only have to do it once or twice a week to see amazing results. Yes, it sounds totally and completely impossible. But we promise, about 20 minutes is the actual workout time! Because the unique SuperSlow® system was designed by fitness experts to pack all the power of a traditional workout into a few simple – but powerful – moves. The result is a workout that gives you the body you want without taking over your life. Which, at this time of year, is one exercise program anyone can handle.

Kevin Clemente’s Real Life Story

Posted: Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Kevin Clemente’s Real Life Story
SuperSlow Zone Owner in Flemington, New Jersey

For 20 years Kevin was a financial planner for a major credit card company and owner of two retail video sales and rental stores.

In March 2004, he was introduced to SuperSlow and had great results with a longtime back pain problem. After a few months the shoulder pain he normally encountered whenever his arms were extended upwards was gone.

So impressive were his SuperSlow results that Kevin decided to make a career change. In June 2005 he became a certified SuperSlow instructor and opened a thriving SuperSlow Zone franchise in Flemington, N.J.

Kevin is committed to helping his clients achieve and maintain the same spectacular results that compelled him to open his SSZ.

Fall Is In Full Swing!

Posted: Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Welcome to the SuperSlow Zone®. October is here, which means in just a few weeks, you’ll no doubt be up to your eyeballs in candy as the neighborhood kids make the annual trek to your door begging for Halloween treats. And if you’re like most people, that candy can be pretty tempting…sitting there in that bowl by the door. And if Halloween falls on a slow night, there’ll be plenty of leftovers…

Of course, Halloween is only the beginning. Next comes Thanksgiving, then all, those Christmas parties and finally New Year’s Eve, when you try to squeeze into your sexiest party outfit and wind up second-guessing your decision to go out at all. Add colder weather that makes it harder to get outside and exercise, and it’s no wonder so many people around the world end up resolving to get in shape on New Year’s Eve, following months of letting their bodies go.

But clearly, you are not one of those people. You are here right now, which means you aren’t going to let the season wreak havoc on your body. You’re going to let SuperSlow® transform your body into the strongest, sleekest fat-burning machine it has ever been. So this New Year’s Eve, you can concentrate on something far more productive. Like maybe getting a big raise.

You’ll definitely be looking sharp by New Year’s, because SuperSlow® works super fast – regardless of what kind of shape you’re in right now. Whether you’ve been working out religiously or have spent the last several years parked on the couch, a workout of just 20 minutes, one to two times a week, will deliver amazing results. This is because SuperSlow® workouts are specially designed for you, to work with your level of fitness and maximize results. And yes, we know 20 minutes a week sounds crazy, but we promise it’s not. Our unique systems provides the power of a major workout just two 20 minute sessions. So you get in and out and get on with your life, which ― at this time of year ― is bound to be pretty busy!

A SuperSlow Zone Owner’s commitment to her extraordinary clients!

Posted: Monday, September 22nd, 2008

I’d like to speak about every single client, because they are all special, but that might take a little bit too long! It should be very clear how I feel about my clients and I think I’m learning how they feel about SuperSlow®. The nicest example of how I feel is that I now have three clients who are interested in becoming instructors – even if only part time because they have other careers. That’s very cool – because that’s how much they love the product!

After spending so many years disgruntled with Corporate America, I thought that I would really like to change the course of my life to be able to help people be healthy and fit.

Having struggled personally with different types of exercise, I had tried everything – getting injured in the process – then had to start all over again. I thought that if I am having those issues, I figured others would be also. So I started researching information on different types of exercise programs that were available on the internet and came across SuperSlow® and started reading about it and having phone interviews. The next step was to go to Florida to meet all of the folks involved with SuperSlow Zone to see if it would be something I was interested in.

I was surprised at the intensity of the workout and certainly how little time was required for each workout – which is very short compared with what other people do. The safe and brief workouts seemed like something that could be done by other busy people like me. With that in mind, I decided to open a SuperSlow Zone.

At first, there were challenges for opening. It was the dead of winter and in the middle of flu season and it was a little bit frustrating, because when you believe in something yourself and you are trying to find a way to convince somebody, you can’t always do it just by talking to them. You have to get them in the door – that was the hard part – I had to give them a present for Christmas. It was a gift certificate to come in and work out at SuperSlow! It was a bribe! I don’t know that they were that happy to get that for Christmas, but they came in and have worked out twice a week all the way through now, except for one week. They have been very diligent and happy with their results. They keep coming back for more.

Rewards were evident from the beginning, starting out meeting all different types of people and hearing their stories – it was more than I ever anticipated as a fulfilling thing to do with my life. It has been really great helping people. However, you have to understand how dismal it is here, because of the auto industry. It may have been a much easier startup 10 years ago, but there are still people who are willing to spend what money they have on taking care of themselves. If it’s important to them, then they figure out how to do it.

Client appreciation of me was something new to become accustomed to, because I don’t have any of those memories from my corporate life. Here are some examples of what I’m talking about:
• I have clients that I train during meal times where I might not get a chance to eat and they bring me some food or some fruit.
• Another client got me a gift certificate to get my hair done. It’s very nice to be appreciated.

Again, as we continue to circle back to the beginning, it is just a great feeling – even better than I anticipated. I have no problem waking up in the morning and getting in there early and staying in there till 8:30 at night, if that’s the only time somebody can get in, or if it’s the only time I have available. It just feels good to be there for them, helping them reach their goals every time I see them, hearing every little thing they may have to tell me that is different and better about their lives.

Success Stories from SuperSlow Zone in Northville, Michigan:

One client came to me with very little strength after having several operations and spending most of her time in bed for the better part of a year.

When she started she wasn’t able to lift her arms up to wash her hair. The joke between us was that I was going to have to go to her house in the morning and help her get ready!

Her goal was to be able to ride her bike again this spring. She has come along way after just being with me since February 2006 (four months). Not only she can ride her bike, but now her strength is much better than it was and she can do all types of things that she couldn’t do before:

1. She can walk at a good clip for 40 minutes in the park.
2. She can walk up the stairs with one foot in front of the other, instead of stopping at each step.

She has been doing the walk and bike riding for more than a month now. That is a great, great thing for her and the quality of her life is even better than she thought it might be.

I have others that have some challenges too – some have been with me for awhile and others that have just started.

Another client with several challenges has been with me since the beginning of January. He is an overweight, former athlete in his early 40’s facing knee replacement surgery.

In the beginning I really had to do some convincing, because he had trouble believing that he didn’t have to workout for three hours in a gym a day. However, once he made the commitment to try it, it didn’t take that long – maybe three weeks for him to really believe in the workout. It never got easier, which is the whole idea that was very surprising to him. His workout was always a challenge and he was always pushing.

Now, he is a believer because of his successes:
1. He has not needed injections in his knee since starting SuperSlow.
2. He has lost 22 pounds since he starting in January – he is looking to lose more.
3. He has reduced the amount of pain medication.

He played all kinds of sports, but Hockey was the main sport that he played from youth, through college and into his adult life, until he had to stop playing hockey about a year ago. Now he is hoping that he will be able to play again.

I have a young man that suffered a stroke in his mid-30s, about 7 years ago. He was in a coma for a period of time and lost a lot of muscle and has continuous pain in the back of his legs to the point where he would just fall to the floor in pain and roll around.

His mother saw the article in Vogue and called. They had tried a lot of different doctors and physical therapy and nothing seemed to make any difference, so after reading the article they thought that they would give it a try.

Now 41, his mother and dad drive quite a long distance to bring him in twice a week to exercise. He has not been coming long, but he is already starting to have fewer episodes of pain, and it also gives him something to look forward to.

An athlete before his stroke, he would really like to be able to run again, play golf and things like that. I am working with him and I hope that he can become pain free at some point, or at least have less pain and get stronger so he can walk and run.

Although he hasn’t been with me long enough to have the head-turning success story, he has improved enough to inspire both his mother and his sister to do SuperSlow. So all three of them will be piling into a car and coming together twice a week, and I will with work all three of them. There has been a shared change in their lives that bring them all together at the SuperSlow Zone!

A lovely young mother of two in her early 30s who has never exercised in her life began working out. Her husband is a former pro football player for the Detroit Lions. He is very much into working out and has a gym in his basement, but he couldn’t get her to go down the stairs to use his equipment. So he talked her into coming to see me; she did and now very much enjoys the results. The idea when she came was that they were going on this big vacation – the first time away from their two children – a cruise. She wanted to look the best she could for this cruise, so I was part of their cruise package.

After she had been coming in for a little while, her husband came in because he wanted to meet the woman that finally got his wife to exercise! He has been a big supporter, encouraging her to come in. They just came back from their cruise and she told me that he was so happy with the way she looked that he encouraged her to keep coming in.

What was really nice was that her mother looked at the pictures from her cruise and said, “Oh, you look like you did when you were back in college – you need to keep going there!” That was nice!

She did something that was just so cute when she came in to sign up for another package. Even though I can’t keep it, I thought that was so sweet that she wrote out a separate check, as a tip, and then in the “for” she put “for our friendship.” I should frame it or make a nice copy of it and frame it and give it back to her! I just thought it was very touching to feel that way. She said I was worth every penny and that she appreciated me.

This kind of expression let’s me know how much SuperSlow is helping improve her health, and she is getting back what she wants – which is to look and feel better after having children. When she presented her check, she was choosing beyond the cruise to continue to make SuperSlow Zone part of her life.

I shared that great story with the mother of the young man who suffered the stroke mentioned earlier. After he worked out, I worked with her and then I told her the story. She called me at 7:30 the next morning and she said that her daughter was the mother of two babies and that she wanted her to come in because that story inspired her. She wanted her daughter to have the happy experience that my other client did – getting back into shape after her children.

Another fun group to work with is business executives who are just looking to put SuperSlow exercise into their lives because they are so busy. One busy executive that I have been working with since March 2006 lives in a neighboring town. We fit into his schedule, because all he has to do is take off his shirt, his tie, and his shoes. He works out in his slacks, socks and undershirt.

He was featured in the Detroit news article and now almost everybody at his office has jumped on the bandwagon. Now all men working out from his office are competing with him for the best body, I think!

I have another woman that enjoys coming in dressed in challenging things to work out in – like a dress! And thinks it’s so cool just because she can! She goes to an early morning net-working meeting and then she will come into my place at 9:00 am in her dress, take off her high-heels and works out in her pantyhose and her dress – just because she can!

She has always hated going to a gym, and SuperSlow Zone is such an anti-gym feeling. She enjoys the idea that it is not a gym – no one is there looking at her. She feels much more comfortable.

A new client started a few weeks ago – a woman in her early 60s with osteoporosis who had suffered several broken bones.

She is just starting, so she is beginning to build up a little bit of strength. It is an interesting experience with her, because I walk her in and out to her car for safety.

It has been a very interesting and positive experience having her as a client because:
1. She has never done any exercise in her life.
2. She is very excited about coming.
3. She enjoys the results enough to keep coming twice a week.
4. She recently attended a dinner to benefit a Detroit-area hospital, sitting at a table with doctors gave out a pile of my business cards and told them what I was doing.
5. She has also spoken to her physical therapist who is excited about meeting and working with me.

She is due to get a DEXA scan, which we will use as a baseline. We will be able to compare it against subsequent follow-up measurements.

Another client had some weight issues and was simply too tired to walk up the stairs more than once or twice a day. As a matter of fact, because it was way too tiring, it was pretty much her goal for the day to never have to do that.

Now that she’s stronger, it’s not a problem for her to go up and down the stairs several times a day, take the garbage out – just the little things in life are easier for her now. It sounds like “little things” but when you add them up her whole quality of life is better!

The SuperSlow Zone Community – A Spirit of Support

I would like to say something about the spirit of support in the SuperSlow Zone community around the country, and more specifically what it has meant to my location here in Northville. A visitor from SuperSlow Zone in Washington, D.C. came to town and not only did they visit, they actually brought in a client to me locally!

A second experience was someone from Texas in town on vacation visiting family who live here. He came in and brought his sister and her baby who had just been born by C-Section two weeks prior, so it wasn’t like she was ready to jump on the machine, but he wanted her to come in while he was there.

We both talked with her about the benefits of SuperSlow and she said she had been either pregnant or nursing for the last five years and that she was done. As soon as she is feeling up to par, she is actually going to come in to work out with us.

It’s nice that there is support around the country from those who believe in SuperSlow and think about referring others regardless where they live. It jump-starts connectivity so that all the information seeds planted start to come in full bloom. The really important thing here is that clients are so happy that they begin to talk about it at every event they go to – at work or at dinner or at a tea party – they talk about it at tea parties! Who would have thought about that?

Their conversation about SuperSlow with others causes people to be curious enough to want to come in and try it. Once they try it, if they want to make a change in their life and enjoy a challenge, then they are in. Of course, the people they are referring have to make their own decision, but you can see that your clients have developed a deep sense of commitment and care about SuperSlow.

They think: I’m spending money on this so maybe I should park further away and walk a little bit more, and maybe I should eat a little bit better and maybe I should do this …maybe I should do that. It just kind of makes all of those things happen in their life that weren’t happening before when they were just sitting on the couch waiting for something to happen.

When you meet these people, you don’t say, “I’m going to overhaul your life.” All you have to say is, “Okay, well come in and try SuperSlow, it takes about 20 minutes.” But there was no pressure to feel like they had to get in there and redo themselves. Of course, together we set goals and we monitor them, but just by staying purposeful these new influences have positive results as consequences. The results are sustainable over time, because their personal program is designed around the way they live.

Meet Diana Sherman … she gets in shape at age 61 with SuperSlow and bags a black bear in Alaska.

Posted: Monday, August 18th, 2008

Here is Diana’s story in her own words …

My husband and I started exercising at SuperSlow Zone several months ago. We were advised that it was not a weight reduction program: instead we would be strengthening and toning our body musculature and safeguarding our bodies from possible osteoporosis.

Our instructors encouraged us with each exercise in every thirty-minute session and we would leave the Zone feeling like “Weeble Wobble” toys due to shaking muscles. After about six weeks, my husband began to notice that his suit and coat jackets were fitting snugger over his developing chest (pectoral muscles) and his abdominal ridges were becoming more defined. I noticed the slimming and strengthening in my legs, the lifting of my buttocks and reduced “waving” of my underarms!

The real proof of results became apparent on a recent Black Bear Hunt in Alaska. I had to wade in 3-4 feet deep, 45° ocean water, with waders and boots, circling around a rocky cliff edge to get in position for my shot.

As I rested my rifle on the rocky ledge, I had to assume a semi-squat position – knees bent to about 30 degrees, feet sprawled apart on two rock ledges. All of this positioning did definitely test my quadriceps muscles. I had to maintain the position for an extended period of time, yet my legs never trembled or tired! Even my 35-year-old guide could not believe that a 61-year-old woman could maintain the position necessary to make the precise shot without shaking.

Thanks to SuperSlow Zone I was able to make my successful shot and will soon have a beautiful Black Bear rug as my trophy. A great reward for all my “weeble wobble” workouts!

Summer is Winding Down

Posted: Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

Welcome to the SuperSlow Zone®. It’s August, which means summer is winding down and Back to School time is just around the corner. Soon, the kids will be out of Mom’s hair, and it will be time to trade those bathing suits and shorts for long pants and sweaters. But just because summer 2008 is wrapping up doesn’t mean it’s time to put fitness on the back burner. Looking good isn’t a seasonal thing – it’s a yearlong thing. Which is why now is the perfect time for SuperSlow®.

After all, how many people let themselves go throughout the cooler months, only to panic when the first warm days of May or June hit? How many people ask, “If only I’d done something about my body sooner?” How many people wind up starving themselves in hopes of squeezing into their bathing suit by Memorial Day Weekend? Clearly you’re not one of those people, because you’re here now. And whether you’ve maintained your body all year long or are just jumping on the fitness bandwagon, your time in the SuperSlow Zone® is going to change your body – forever! So you won’t just look great in that bathing suit next summer, but in your Halloween costume, at the holiday party and wherever you go and whatever you do — all year long.

The best part is, even if you’re new to this whole fitness thing, you’ll be looking good sooner than you can imagine. The reason is simple: SuperSlow® works super fast. It doesn’t matter whether you’ve been working out steadily or panic at the mere sight of a gym.

Regardless of where you are now or what you hope to achieve, the SuperSlow® workout always takes only 20 minutes, once or twice a week. You probably spend more time worrying about exercise than the entire SuperSlow® program will take each week! But instead of winding up with nothing but 20 or 40- minutes of wasted time to show for it, you’ll be putting that fraction of an hour to amazing use. Because the SuperSlow® system takes all the muscle-building power of a traditional workout and synthesizes it into a few very simple, very effective moves. Moves that give your body exactly what it needs to get in the best shape of your life – and maintain that shape as long as you stay in the SuperSlow Zone®. So what are you waiting for? There’s no time like now to start creating the body of your dreams…and sustain how you look and feel through the SuperSlow Zone®.

Summer is in Full Swing

Posted: Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Hello and welcome to the Superslow Zone®. Summer is now in full swing, and no doubt you’re seeing people showing off their bodies in the most minimal outfits…even if maybe they shouldn’t! If you’re one of those people, or if you’re hiding your body under layers of clothing more suited to the dead of winter, summer might not be your favorite time of year.

If you’re one of those people, we’re happy to tell you it’s not too late to change summer into a happier, more comfortable, more rewarding season. Entering the Superslow Zone® is going to help you transform this summer – and all the summers to come. You’ll be seeing the change in your body long before there’s a change in the weather – and as long as you stick with the Superslow® program, those changes will stick with you. Of course, there are also those of you who aren’t looking for anything to change, because you’ve taken care of your bodies all year long. For you, summer is the time to celebrate all that hard work, all those skipped desserts and extra slices of pizza left in the box, by baring that fabulous bod for all to see! We see a lot of people like you at Superslow Zone® — people who are always on the hunt for what’s new and hot in fitness, what’s on the cutting edge, what will work the best to help keep them in the best shape of their lives and folks who just want to get started exercising…it is not too late!

Whether you’re a fitness veteran or a newbie, Superslow® is definitely on that cutting edge – because, as we always say, it works super fast. Whatever your fitness level, whatever shape your body is in right now, all it takes is a 20 minute workout, only once or twice a week, to give you amazing, fast, real results. And no, all that sun hasn’t gone to our heads – 20 minutes is the ACTUAL WORKOUT TIME. That’s because Superslow® is based on a unique system that packs all the power of a traditional workout into a few simple – but powerful – moves. Powerful enough to give you the results you want and the body you’ve dreamed of regardless of your level of fitness, because the Superslow® process works with your body to give you exactly what you need to get and stay in shape. Even if you hate to work out, in just 20 minutes the whole thing will be over and you’ll be well on your way to a better body. And if you love to exercise, those quick sessions give you an adrenalin rush you will love and more time to spend on the beach or in the park, flaunting the results of that healthy lifestyle. Either way, summer’s in full swing – and you should be too. You will be in and out in less time than it would take to change your clothes.

Has Summer Caught You By Surprise?

Posted: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Welcome to the Superslow Zone®. Believe it or not, summer is here. And if you’re like a lot of people, it may have caught you by surprise. One minute you’re bundling up in your winter clothes and maybe dining on comfort food…or at least your eating could be more balanced, and next it’s time to get outside or maybe hit the beach with your family and friends. And maybe… your desire for a strong, fit body taps you on the shoulder telling you to “feel good in your active summer body.”

Of course, for every comfort-food junkie, there are no doubt some of you who make fitness a priority all year long. Who cut back on desserts or skip the French fries the moment their favorite jeans start to feel a little snug. Who make sure they get some form of recreation no matter what the weather’s like outside. Who have made a serious commitment to keeping their bodies strong and healthy. If you’re one of those people, you’ve probably come to SuperSlow Zone® to continue your commitment to fitness, and maintain feeling strong and great. But even if fitness is a fairly new idea to you, or something you’ve let slip over the past few months, you’ve taken a great first step just by reading this and realizing you need to get in to a SuperSlow Zone for 20 minutes, twice a week so we can get you back to where you need to be!

As we like to say, SuperSlow® works super fast – and that’s true regardless of your fitness level. Whatever kind of shape you’re in right now, a workout of just 20 minutes, only once or twice a week with a supportive Certified SuperSlow® Instructor will help you get the results you want and the body you’ve dreamed of – because the workouts are tailored to your individual level of fitness. If you’re a gym rat who is used to spending hours on your body every week, this might sound a little insane. If you’d rather have a root canal than work out, this might sound like one of those diets that promises to help you shed pounds while eating all the chocolate you want. We’re happy to tell you SuperSlow® is neither insane nor an impossible dream – it’s just smart… and it’s been proven for more than 26 years! Our unique system lets you pack all the power of hours of workout time into two quick, 20 minute sessions per week – meaning you can get your work out done and actually get on with your life. And for those who hate working out, the whole thing will be over almost before you’ve begun. So, what are you waiting for? It’s time to get started. Call me today to schedule an appointment!