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Jul 17
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Here it is! The official race video from the RealResults Fitness 2nc annual 5k and Kids dash that was held April 18th 2010. Thanks again to all our sponsors and participants and to everyone that helped out.
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Jul 02
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Below is a Post from RealResults fitness trainer Nancy Dickinson:
The best kept secret in fitness…SWIMMING!
The benefits from swimming are virtually endless! Here’s just a few of the most important reasons to get your butt in the water:
1. Swimming face down, front crawl style swimming burns more calories an hour than any other form of cardio due to the fact that all muscles in the body are enlisted making your heart work a great deal harder than something just enlisting the legs.
2. Swimming is the only form of exercise where you get gravity off your body. This makes it rehabilitative allowing spine and joints to decompress which is impossible with most land cardio. It’s ideal for people with injuries, arthritis, or tendinitis whom cannot safely handle weight bearing cardio. Although training with weights and doing power exercises with your trainer is good stress, it’s still stress on the body. Swimming can help reverse the muscle/tendon damage from weights/impact exercise whether you’re swimming for rehab or fitness.
3. You can swim when you’re 100 years old thus provoking fitness longevity throughout all your days!
So how do the Nancy’s swim clinics work?
All clinics will be held at LVAC pool on 215 and Eastern. We will decide together if you the swimmer would be best placed in GROUP 1 or GROUP 2.
Group 1 is for total beginners working on basic breathing and becoming comfortable with placing face in the water. This is held in the warm pool as there’s not enough movement yet to keep heart rate up and stay warm. May advance to kickboard work. May also advance to group 2 if necessary.
Group 2 is for individuals comfortable with ryhthmic, face down breathing in the water. Their goal is focused on eventually swimming continuous laps for fitness. They will, depending on ability be receiving stroke mechanic drills or actual swim workouts.
How much does it cost?
Simply the cost of a Real Results Fitness single session, $19. But talk about a priceless skill!!
Swim clinics will be held once or twice a month. For more info, text me anytime 702 767 7917
I look forward to seeing you there!
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Jun 22
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If you haven’t had a fitness evaluation lately, now would be a good time to do so. I recently purchased a body fat scale by Tanita and this thing does everything except clean the dishes. The problem is however, that the scale is a little too accurate and it will tell you one thing in particular you may or may not want to know….your “Metabolic age.”
Tanita Body Composition Monitor
For example, Real Results trainer Nancy Dickinson (who is a competitive triathlete) has the metabolic age of a 12 year old! Conversely, I have tested some people recently who may only chronologically be in their twenties yet they had the metabolism of an 80 year old!
This may seem like bad news but it can also explain why some people have a battle with body fat and others don’t. But the good news is now you have a starting point of measurement. Additionally, no matter what your metabolic age is now, you can do something about it by getting in better cardiovascular condition and by building muscle. Then when you test again later you will be proud of the results you’ve attained.
How the scale works…
Tanita uses a state of the art method of body composition assessment called “Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA). Body impedance is measured when a safe, low electrical signal is passed through the body, carried by water and fluids. Your fat tissue does not contain much water and thus creates resistance or impedance to the signal. (Fat is approximately 10-15% water, whereas muscle is normally 50-70 %.) This impedance information is then used by the scale to estimate the amount of lean and fat tissue within the body.
Desirable body fat ranges:
Females Males
Age 18-39 / 20 % 18-39 / 8-15 %
Age 40-59 / 20-24% 40-59 / 12-20%
Age 60-69 / 25-30% 60-69 / 15-25%
Different methods to test body fat:
DEXA: Which is a very accurate but expensive.
Hydrostatic Weighing: Very accurate but quite expensive
Conventional BIA: Like the Tanita. Very accurate and inexpensive
Skinfold Caliper: Accuracy dependant on ability and skill of tester.
Previously, I used “Lange” skinfold calipers during fitness evaluations but now I am exclusively using the Tanita BIA scale. I switched because of the number of features the machine delivers and quite honestly, many people found the skinfold caliper to be embarrassing.
Here are all the readouts you get by standing on the scale for about 5 seconds.
- Body Water % (The total amount of fluid in the body)
- Body Fat % (The amount of body fat as a proportion of your body weight)
- Scale weight
- Muscle Mass (The weight of muscle in the body)
- Bone Mass (The weight of bone in the body)
- Basal Metabolic Rate “BMR” (How many calories the body requires to maintain its weight)
- Daily Caloric Intake (How many calories can be consumed in the next 24 hrs to maintain weight)
- Metabolic Age (Compares BMR to the average age associated with that level of metabolism)
- Visceral Fat (Fat in the abdominal cavity (stomach) surrounding the vital organs)
I would encourage you to come for a test. At the very least, do the Tanita scale test. This can really motivate you to make improvements.
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Apr 18
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Wow, what a day….what a couple of weeks, what a couple of months! The Real Results Fitness 2nd annual 5k and kids dash to benefit the Hirshberg Foundation and Nevada Cancer Institute happened today and it was a tremendous success!
My mother, Stacey Escalante, and Nikki Mosier...you guys rock!
Last year there were approximately 150 racers…this year 386 sign ups! I couldn’t be happier with the outcome. This event is only going to get bigger each year. My personal goal for next year is at least 750 sign ups.
Here is the top ten:
| Place | Name | City | Bib No | Age | Gender | Age Group | Chip Time | Gun Time | Pace |
| 1 | Patrick Claude Burkhardt | Las Vegas NV | 24 | 27 | M | 1 Overall | 18:55.4 | 18:57.0 | 6:05/M |
| 2 | DENNY SILVA | LAS VEGAS NV | 234 | 29 | M | 1 26-30 | 18:57.2 | 18:58.5 | 6:06/M |
| 3 | SERGIO IBARRA | LAS VEGAS NV | 232 | 45 | M | 1 41-45 | 19:02.0 | 19:04.6 | 6:07/M |
| 4 | Jeremy Wallace | 293 | 31 | M | 1 31-35 | 19:18.7 | 19:20.8 | 6:12/M | |
| 5 | David Levy | Toronto ON | 96 | 37 | M | 1 36-40 | 19:25.1 | 19:26.8 | 6:15/M |
| 6 | Christian Fortner | 291 | 15 | M | 1 11-15 | 21:06.3 | 21:06.3 | 6:47/M | |
| 7 | Paul L Duncan | Las Vegas NV | 42 | 25 | M | 1 21-25 | 21:07.5 | 21:09.8 | 6:47/M |
| 8 | Ted Pretty | 257 | 36 | M | 2 36-40 | 21:08.6 | 21:21.0 | 6:48/M | |
| 9 | Christopher Welch | Las Vegas NV | 175 | 36 | M | 3 36-40 | 21:17.6 | 21:21.8 | 6:51/M |
| 10 | Joel Armstrong | 355 | 31 | M | 2 31-35 | 21:32.3 | 21:32.3 | 6:55/M |
Click here for a PDF of the full Real Results Fitness 5K race results 2010
None of this would have been possible without the tremendous help of a number of caring and determined people.
First off is my wonderful mother. You had such a tremendous focus and desire to make the event a big success. Ma, you are really the glue that kept everyone on track and made sure that all the details were kept in line. I love you ma. Lynn Mendre, our race director. What a big heart you have and such dedication to this event. I couldn’t ask for a better leader for the race. Stacey Escalante, my wonderful friend, publicist and client. You are an absolute rockstar. I honestly don’t know how you and Lynn do it. You each have 2 kids, work full time, and run almost daily to practice what you preach and then all the work to make this race a success…I am just blown away by you two. I love you guys. And lastly Nikki Mosier my administrator. I am so lucky to have a wonderful person like you to be my 2nd in command. You are so great to work with and you have such great charisma when dealing with others. I am so glad to have you as part of the team.
A huge thanks to my dear friends from FOX Five News. Ted, Heidi, and Dave…you guys were such a big help and I am so appreciative to have you in my life!
Thanks to Jimmy Foster with The Executive Lounge and Whispering Giants and Jen Yee for your help with the fundraiser dinner…that was such a huge help! Thanks to Rob Benson for getting us into The District. A big thanks to my close friends Denny Silva and Nancy Dickinson for your love and dedication to Real Results and your commitment to make this event a big success. Thanks to Raffi, Michelle O’brien, Sonya Bossingham, Beth Boyer, Francis Klamian, and Jen Gray for all your support and last minute help. Thanks to Amy Glwoniak, Chris Raznick, Linzie Sawyer, Cyndee Platko, Ian Jones for your support of this race and to Real Results Fitness.
Thanks to Jeff Flach, Stephanie McKenzie, Brad Foster, Amanda Kouretas, Aubrie Atwell, Jessica Sporn, John Netto, John Licata, Demetri Kouretas, John Tippens, Sarah Johnson, Dick and Susan Klotzman, Adam Rogas, April Swartz, Andrew and Courtney Levy, and everyone else who’s name I didn’t mention for your special contributions.
Thanks to everyone who helped out from Nevada Cancer Institute, Hirshberg Foundation, and ALL of our wonderful sponsors. Special thanks to Lexus for joining the cause. Thanks to Will Demaree for the timing. What a pro and what a class act you are. Thanks so much to LVAC, Marty Brees, and Bret Fitzgerald for helping to promote the event. Thanks to James Johnston and Jeff Calene with Rockin Runners and The Athletes Foot. You guys are such a big help in so many ways!
Another special thanks to Mike O’brian and the guys for coming out! You three gave the event such a wonderful new feeling. What a huge difference it was to have you out there! Thx so much. www.thewedgebrothers.com. Thanks also to Ellie Smith for singing the national anthem…you are awesome!
Last but far from least thanks to all of our Real Results Fitness clients! We love and appreciate each and every one of you for your support and belief in what we do and we will give you a very special butt whooping for helping out with your support!
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Dec 13
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Nancy riding at Silverman
Nancy crossing finish line at Silverman
Hey all my Real Results family!
Here are a few pics from my Half Distance Iron Man Triathlon in November (1.2 mi swim, 56 mi bike, 13 mi run). A lot of you witnessed some of the training involved, and most of you joined me and lovingly supported me. For that I thank you endlessly and attribute my second place age group finish and eighth overall woman’s finish to all you loyal and blessed fitness family. We learned so much together! And I intend to keep training hard and keep sharing the undying interest and information with all of you. My sources of endurance athlete expertise are available to all of you: my awesome coach and Real Results trainer Cyndee Platko; and my dearest friend/RR trainer/tri-athlete extraordinaire Denny Silva. I will tell you all again that if you are interested in doing tri-sports, take advantage of the wealth of knowledge these two professionals have. And you know I will run, swim, bike side by side with you!
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Nov 15
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Why does Real Results trainer Nancy Dickinson make things look so easy! Trust me this exercise is very tough for most people.
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Oct 02
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Hello all my loyal fitness fanatics!!
I have some exciting things to talk to everyone about. First I’d like to thank you for your hard work and dedication as always to Real Results. You guys truly keep our vision alive. So, I have an idea concerning the upcoming Holiday Season and the gift of something I lecture you about constantly…Flexibility.
Most of you have discussed with me the new payment guidelines and the reward that follows: 5 days of training for no extra cost. The Holidays are a challenge for everyone myself included. By training 5 days, we have a great defense against holiday party cookies that aren’t even good but we eat anyway. Let’s make our most out of shape time of year, the most in shape time of year! Fitness New Year’s Resolutions are such a drag and can be outright depressing so let’s just skip them this year and be proactive well ahead of time.
Now, the flexibility factor comes in the form of a small wager (If anyone remembers last year it was a 350 buck pot). For 2 days I’m going to test all contestant’s hamstring flexibility. Contest buy in is 5 bucks. More if you guys would like, and if a sufficient amount is entered there can be more than just a 1st place. You will have 8 weeks to work diligently on your flexibility and just before Christmas after 4 weeks, I will test you all again and the largest increase in flexibility will win a chunk of change for xmas shopping…and the GIFT OF FLEXIBILITY! I am also going to work diligently on personally stretching you. And lecturing you of course, just deal with it.
Remember stretching is an integral part of our fitness programs. It decreases risk of injury, increases range of motion over entire body, makes you more in tune with your body and kinesthetic awareness, decreases lactic acid in muscles collected during exercise, improves circulation in limbs, and can even be enjoyable among many, many other benefits. I have told you all before…
YOU CANNOT EMBRACE AN INTENSE WORKOUT PROGRAM, TAKE ON ALL THAT WONDERFUL STRESS TO YOUR BODY, AND NOT EQUALLY EMBRACE THE NECESSARY REHABILITATION…STRETCHING!
The 2 initial stretch test days will be Monday and Tuesday November 9th and 10th. Final stretch test will be Monday and Tuesday December 14th and 15th. Again, I’m going to help everyone with this regularly. No matter what, you win…THE GIFT OF FLEXIBILITY!
Good luck and love to all!
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Sep 28
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Hello all my Real Results workout junkies!!
Attached are some pictures of my most recent triathlon mayhem. As many of you may know, I have a serious addiction to endurance training whether it be dragging you guys with me to a little bike cardio session (thank you by the way!) to an all out triathlon race. And I would like to justify my compulsions and cravings for running, biking, and swimming…perhaps this may even breathe some new life into your fitness career as well.
Real Results Personal Trainer Nancy Dickinson
Another fantastic element of endurance racing or training is the community involved. The people I’ve met with the same beautiful sickness have become like another family. A veritable support group. Fellow colleagues and Real Results trainers Cyndee Platko (my coach and idol) and Denny Silva (one of my closest friends and training partner), have guided my training and introduced me to some of the finest athletes/people I’ve ever met. These athletes are moms, dads, teachers, lawyers, waitresses whatever all sharing the same passion. No matter what level of athleticism be it first timers or seasoned athletes, someone will ALWAYS be ready to accompany me at Lake Mead.
I suppose you have been waiting to hear about the aesthetic perks that follow diligence in intense cardio training…lookin’ good naked! Just kidding, but seriously weight loss is an inevitable result of well rounded fitness training ESPECIALLY with triathlon workouts. But I’m only mentioning this to lure you in. I’ve found many more things just as satisfying as the skinny jeans being loose, like for instance, pushing my body and therefore mind way past comprehensive limits. Talk about endorphins. One of my clients starting a small career in running told me about how it made her evaluate her tendency to be a project starter, but not finisher. When she finished her first race, it caused a positive chain reaction in her life suggesting the possibility of finishing more than just a race! (People may pay a fortune to hear that from a Life Coach I’m sure, she probably just bought good shoes.)
1st Place winner!
Surely everyone may find a different reason or reasons to adhere themselves lovingly to this type of training. Perhaps the gym and workouts with me or your trainer have more of a purpose. Maybe the stretching and foam roller following a long run is no longer “because I’m supposed to” but more like “because my legs carried me to the end.” Possibly life could get a lot simpler as draining idiosyncratic life dramas are replaced with a pace watch. I’m not sure what positive growth may occur within you if pursue endurance training…so make sure to invite me along!
For any questions about triathlons or swimming, biking, running, our very own Cyndee and Denny are the BEST resources around. I’m not a bad bet either as you can definitely learn from all my mistakes.
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Sep 14
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Post from Real Results Personal trainer Nancy Dickinson
So my mom is in town and the constant head clashing and unnecessary lectures are flowing strong. The only place where there is harmony is in the kitchen. Here’s the healthy comfort food result:
Monster Spinach Pie.
This recipe has so many variations, you can add all different kinds of vegetables to make it hardier and healthier as it’s totally versatile. Here’s the most basic list of ingredients and procedure:
Ingredients
1 onion chopped
4 slices turkey bacon
3 garlic cloves (I use more)
bunch of sliced mushrooms
2 packages of frozen spinach
1.5 cup skim milk or better yet soy milk to be real results diet friendly
1 cup whole wheat flour
4 egg whites
Pepper and or your very favorite no sodium seasoning (Mrs Dash always has great stuff)
Make sure spinach is thawed and water is drained from it.
Sautee turkey bacon, onions, garlic, and mushrooms (mushrooms in last due to water released from them)
Mix in spinach
whisk soy milk, flour, eggs, and seasonings
put spinach mix into 12′ pie plate or something close
pour soy milk mixture over top (you can also sprinkle shredded soy cheese on top of that to help bind pie mix and add more calcium)
bake at 375 for 40 min then let it set a while after (should see a nice browning around the edges)
enjoy your monster spinach pie
Super Stud Chicken Cacciatore
This chicken recipe is so light, healthy, delicious, and EASY. And god knows at this point in our smart eating careers…chicken can get boring. Again, this is versatile and you should add a lot more hardy green veggies (though consider the water released from veggies)
Ingredients:
6 to 8 boneless skinless chicken thighs (thighs are higher in fat than breasts but remember fat is not the enemy)
2 peppers different colors de-seeded and sliced
1 onion sliced or chopped
tons of garlic
olive oil
can of peeled tomatoes
organic chicken stock
fresh basil
fresh oregano
pepper
Put a little olive oil in pan and brown chicken
Take chicken out and sautee onions, garlic
In a big baking pan, lay in chicken and put onions, garlic, peppers on top
Add tomatoes (squeeze water from them), chicken stock, herbs and/or spice of your choice
Slow bake around 325 for as long as it takes the sauce to reduce by half (then you know it’s totally soaked up in there)
Serve over spaghetti squash, brown rice, or whole wheat orzo
enjoy your super stud chicken cacciatore