Put A Stop To The Struggle And Find Lasting Fitness Success."
Let's assess. Are you experiencing any or all of these?
Are you tired of hitting your head against the weight loss wall?
Is it a struggle for you to be consistent with healthy exercise and eating practices?
Are you really good at what you do; however, haven't mastered that
"fitness thing" yet?
Are you dispirited by time-consuming or brutal workouts that take
precious time and energy, leaving you with little else for the rest of
your life? Or that take so much out of you that you've abandoned them
anyway?
Are you fed up with food deprivation that leaves you weak and cranky and doesn't seem to make a difference, really, anyway?
Are you weary of the elusive search for motivation that lasts
Everything else in your life runs pretty smoothly, except for your
fitness, weight loss, energy and body-shaping goals. Maybe that's never
been your strong suit. If you don't start now, you may never make the
changes necessary to achieve the fitness goals of your dreams.
Now, before we go any further, let's agree that there's nothing
wrong with you! I'm guessing you were probably never taught exactly how
all the components of creating fitness in balance with your life really
work.
See, as busy women, we tend to think of taking care of ourselves as
"last on the list" instead of "taking care of yourself makes you not
only better, but a role model for everyone else you care about."
This almost always leads us to poor results. No matter what we do
or try, it doesn't work the way it should. Because there is an
internal conflict, we are busy serving others, or we otherwise somehow
keep getting in our own way.
Imagine being fit, shapely, and energetic.
Imagine tossing the "fat" clothes - for good.
Imagine enjoying the foods you love, without the obsessions and angst. Life's too short.
Envision what it would be like to live happily, freely,fit, energetic, and confident....What do you feel like? Look like?
What would it be like to enjoy what you eat, feel great in your body, and get on with living - creating the life that you love?
OK, so what exactly do you need to do realize your fitness dreams?
Embracing a new mindset and establishing consistent, simple practices is all that you need to do. It means
taking serious action for change that within a relatively short period of time will work FOR you, and make the whole "fitness thing" easy. Here's what you need to do:
Decide what you want: goals clarification
Dream the dream - craft your vision!
Extricate yourself from diet cycling; and you become enlightened about how you may be sabotaging your efforts...unknowingly!
Embrace nutrition and eating rhythm basics; it's simpler than you think
Move your body
Build some muscle density
Develop mental mastery
You CAN learn to implement these components systems for consistent action and results.
These are the
steps ofThe 7 Surefire Solutionsthat I've created to help other women move consistently toward the fitness lifestyle of their dreams. You will read more about them in my special report. Women who've applied all these steps with me have seen outstanding
results.
I'm here to coach you to YOUR fitness dream.
In a new way that brings surefire results.
Why am I so sure? Because I've been there.
Remember, I've lost 50 lbs. and kept it off for over 10 years.
The result of my work is an approach to fitness that lasts over time, and that
works consistently. (see
Client Reviews). Understand that it's not a "quick fix,"; it takes time for you to plant the seeds and for those
seeds to grow. All my clients who have diligently applied every step of my system have successfully moved rapidly forward toward their fitness goals
in much less time than they would have on their own.
For my Individual Fitness Action Plan Intensives, I'm known to work best with women who are ready for something different thanthe results that they are getting, and who are
super-ready to get going and just want to know exactly what steps to
take to get new results in their fitness, weight loss, and body shaping quest. I don't enjoy working with whiners or skeptics or
people who make excuses because the results aren't the same. So, I need
you to know that I'm very selective in who I work with.
A little about my background...
After struggling with my weight for over 30 years, I finally decided I'd had it with dieting and overexercise and embraced a whole new approach that required a paradigm shift in how I thought about my body, diet, and exercise. These are the very same tools I coach others with individually as well as in group interactive sessions.
I also coach and train others in their desire to accelerate their T-Tapp Workout practices to achieve the body shaping and wellness results they desire. I have many clients who are simply studying T-Tapp with my in private, small, or large group coaching, and via webcam, with or without the other components of my Fitness Dream Lifestyle Coaching.
Whether looking for an overhaul of your entire approach to
health, fitness, eating, and exercise, or you are looking simply for a
high level of expertise in your T-Tapp Workout practice, I'm your partner. That
makes me really approachable and accessible
You CAN achieve this without all the hard work and deprivation that I see people putting themselves through in the quest for fitness, health, or to just plain feel better.
There IS a better way.
Do YOU crave eating freedom,
the kind that I enjoy?
Wouldn't YOU like to get hours of free time back
each week, instead of putting them into workouts that seem to be taking
more time and energy than they are worth, bringing you diminishing
returns?
Here's the honest truth: 10
years ago, I found I'd had ENOUGH of the food deprivation and
hand-wringing....the punishing hours of working out, that seemed to
give me diminishing returns anyway.
I wanted more time, more freedom, and happy fitness!
And I declared a WAR on white-knuckle dieting.
Here's The Surprise And Irony; It Demanded That I Give Up The War With My Body!
OK my friends, I'm not known as
"the Fitness DreamMaker" for nothing!
I went from a size 16 (+) and 189.5 pounds (note the ".5")
to a size 6 - 8.
It doesn't matter what kind of results you’ve been getting (or not getting) up to now.
Ir doesn't matter how hard you have worked before to get and stay in shape.
Lani, I absolutely LOVE your eZine!!!!!!! You truly have
talent that's incredible!!!! ~ Theresa D.
Hi Lani! Just wanted to say I received your new e-zine and LOVED it!! You have such a wonderful style - I guess that's what makes you an exceptional teacher. Thanks for always bringing us the latest in health and fitness! ~Kim S.
Hi Lani, Just got your first eZine -- it's GREAT! Very inspiring, well written, reads easily. Really good. Makes me want to sign up for everything! Great testimonial from Maria, too! ~Pam, WA
Do you desire harmonizing heart, mind and body
to create a shapely, healthy, fit physique NOW?
Then this eZine is for you!
Thank you for "FitDream eZine" I really enjoyed reading your first issue. I like hearing about the research being done and of
course I love the before and after stories and pictures. ~Sandie
Hi Lani, love your eZine! Very informative and it was really cool seeing my quote in there. I'll keep you posted on my success. ~Julie
Phenomenal results- even when you don't have the time!
The T-Tapp Workout and other tricks
for fabulous fitness success.
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♥ A Note from Lani ♥
Lani, hello!
Welcome to the first edition of my new FitDream eZine! Things have just been exploding around here with new projects PLUS exciting news from students and clients (some of which you'll read about below.) I tell you, opportunities abound - for each of us!
Maybe it's the promise of Spring...OK, so it's still February...yet the blossoms are popping on the almond trees in the valley and some of the birds are returning from their southern migration - I hear them each morning on my walk in the woods.
Let me know how you like the articles and items in this issue! Also, if you haven't had a chance to download my Special Report, Essential Elements and Critical Steps for Fitness Success, you can find the link to do so at the end of the "Transformations" article in this edition. As a matter of fact, responses to this document have been so positive that I am preparing a Fr*ee TeleSeminar for a live presentation of same for Monday, March 10. Registration details in next week's FitDream eZine.
Things are really cooking in T-Tapp classes at San Francisco State University - in the workouts as well as the laboratory!
As you may know, I am working with the Kinesiology Department Senior Research Seminar group at San Francisco State University while also teaching T-Tapp classes there for students and staff.
Exciting preliminary results - DIRECTLY related to your experience! T-Tapp alignment principles and isometric isolation techniques create a significantly deeper energy demand than similar exercises done WITHOUT attention to T-Tapp principles. OK, you knew it all along, but to a teacher like me, so exciting to see those graphs going wild in the lab!
And we didn't just go by "feel" - we utilized technical lab equipment for analysis. Specifically, yours truly underwent a batter of tests utilizing, electro-myography, or EMG (see image). This utilized placement of electrodes at specific muscle fiber points in the body. Here's how the testing for me was set up:
I was "linked up" with electrodes at 4 specific sites: biceps, rhomboids, quadriceps, and hamstrings. Then I performed 4 reps of various exercises, in a "traditional" fashion, then with T-Tapp forms. Specifically, I performed bicep curls, side lunges, side leg lifts (T-Tapp Balance sequence) and triceps kick-backs. The repetitions performed with T-Tapp principles of alignment and isometric isolation proved performance at significantly higher muscle activation and recruitment than those without implementation of same!
What are the implications of this for you? You can be confident that by utilizing the T-Tapp instructions of functional alignment and isometric isolations that you are indeed creating a greater metabolic workload, increased calorie consumption, and comprehensive training! This means less workout time, more out of what you do, and increased benefit of time spent. All features I love about T-Tapp!
Transformations
by Lani Muelrath
What is your dream? What do you want? What are you willing to reach for? What's in your way of getting there? The answers to these questions may surprise you.
As I step back and take a look at the gifts that being in the health and fitness field have brought me, I simply have to marvel at the great good fortune of being in a place to assist others in generating such change.
At the same time, I am also aware of how many pursue a fitness dream, while actually on the way to something deeper: self empowerment, respect of accomplishment, health, freedom to get ON with one's life...
I have to ask myself, what is the deciding factor between ascension into levels of success and the seeming opposite, false starts and being STUCK - once again?
It is with this in mind that I have deepened the wholistic nature of my work with clients and students. AND it is with this basis that I have created a new platform of success option for aspirants of change: Transformation Tools for Success.
ALL of the elements you may be working with in the arena of health and fitness, as you aspire to improving your body, mind, and life, are pieces of the puzzle that are your vision, your dream. It's easy to get lost in the pile of puzzle pieces if we don't keep our eyes on what it is we are looking to create. And we wonder why we get bogged down!
If you're ready to look beyond the surface, and create even more of a synergy with your T-Tapp workouts, eating habits, and a myriad of other elements while being the single most important agent in your OWN transformation, then I wholeheartedly invite you to do so! If you'd like my assistance, you can contact me at
. Transformation Intensives in the form of private consults as well as classes are underway AND in the works!
In the meantime, if you haven't done so already, you can go to my website and download my report, "5 Essential ElementsAND 3 Critical Steps for Fitness Success and Freedom for Transformational Change"by entering your email in the box on the upper right corner of the page. If you are already on my newsletter list (and most likely you ARE if you are receiving this eZine!" Then you can download my report here.
DreamMakers Mailbox...
Nothing quite makes the day like a fulfilling connection with a student or client, and then they write to tell you about it! This just in my mailbox this morning...and why I am SO excited about new dimensions at DreamMakers!
Hi Lani,
You have been a breath of fresh air for me today! I needed a new perspective on my lifestyle, exercise, etc. I only wish I lived closer so I could see you on a regular basis and capture the "essence" of what you teach., but phone consultations are very effective also.
I feel very energized after today's session and look forward to talking with you again. You are very intuitive and knowledgeable not only on the fitness area but also about people and what we deal with on a daily basis.
Thanks again,
Julie K., CN
T-Tapp Talk
This is one of the many exciting reports (stay tuned for more in future issues of FitDream Ezine!) from clients and students. This just in from Maria, Academic Tech Consultant at SFSU, regarding her T-Tapp studies:
I've noticed quite a bit of differences. My last menses was finally normal (just a few days and medium). For the past couple of years I've been having problems, namely a menses that lasted for over 2 weeks.
My appetite has also changed considerably, I'm less hungry and have been eating smaller portions. I've also been feeling thirsty all day and have been drinking lots of water. In the past I probably only drank one or two glasses of water a day. I feel like I have better posture and am more aware of my body. This past week I lost FIVE pounds! I hope to reach my 10 percent weight loss in the next two weeks. I've lost 2inches off my hips thus far. I've noticed that the fat under my arms seems to have decreased.
I look forward to doing the program especially when my back is aching or feeling rigid. I feel better and happier over all.
The better I keep form the more challenging the moves and the more I get out of the work out. The enthusiasm and testimonials of the instructor (Lani) were motivating and infectious . Her testimonial gave me hope that I could get my desired results. Thanks Lani, I'm so happy I met you!
Upcoming FR*EE Teleseminar:5 Essential Elements and 3 Critical Steps for Fitness Success, Freedom and Transformational Change, with Lani Muelrath. Monday, March 10, 2008; details in the next edition of this eZine.
Transformation Tools for Success: 5 week Intensive with Lani, by Invitation or Application. Scheduled for late March - April 2008. Are you looking for REAL change that will last and provide you with ongoing success? Seeking to free yourself from past and patterns that are giving you the same results? If you're ready to really take a look and change your life, and learn to believe in YOU, this might be just the opportunity you have been looking for. Contact Lani at
for information and details.
About Lani
Award winning fitness professional and entrepreneur Lani Muelrath, "The Fitness DreamMaker," has been a leader in the health and fitness industry for over 30 years and currently holds faculty positions at San Francisco State University and Butte College in California. She holds a Master's Degree in Physical Education as well as multiple teaching credentials and fitness certifications. She is also Head T-Tapp Trainer and was the first fitness trainer to be certified to teach T-Tapp technique by Teresa Tapp.
If you liked today's issue, please enjoy taking a look at the other services and opportunities at lanimuelrath.com and t-tapp.com.
Lani also offers clinics, workshops, live and online classes, classes, private consultations, FREE reports, coaching, webcam training, public presentations, other resources to help you realize your health and fitness dreams!
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Lani, great webcam workout today! I really
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LEFT: Lani Muelrath with Teresa Tapp, Tampa, Florida, October 2007
If you want the ultimatetreat for yourself,then a webcam session with Lani is what youwant. She has eyes that see everything, andshe really challenges you with her tweaks hereand there. And she is the best!!!!! Lani has really helped me so much!!!!~ Carolynn D., CA
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With some discussion recently on our forums regarding this EXcellent hamstring stretch, I thought I'd take some quick snapshots in my bedroom to post as instruction for those who might be wondering, "Just what DOES that stretch look like?"
Hamstrings are chronically a tight muscle area for most of us; regular stretching of same will make a big different in performance, posture, and comfort through the back.
For this stretch, all you will need is something to serve as the stretch strap. It could be an old bathrobe belt, a length of webbing, a karate belt....anything similar will do, as long as it is long enough (see pictures, a yard is plenty) and wide enough (for comfort on the foot).
Start (see picture left) flat on your back, one knee bent, the other leg extended in the air extended directly above the hip. Loop the belt through the arch of the foot. Only bring the leg up as high you can with a straight (not locked) leg. With shoulders back and down, grasp the belt with a hoop shape in your arms (see middle picture). Slowly slid the other leg out directly below you (third picture).
Remember: keep your shoulders rolled down and back and only walk the arms up the belt as far as is possible with that in mind. This keeps the integrity of spinal alignment in place. The "hoop" of the arms allows you to get a strong grip on the stretch while opening up the shoulders in back for the stretch as well.
Gently pull on the belt up to the edge of your stretch. Allow the muscles to relax into the stretch, then invite it in a little bit more. You can also use gentle "pulsing" moves, inviting the extended leg toward you 1/4 inch at a time, repeatedly. Be sure not to overpull or feel like you are "bouncing". It is more like "elongate, elongate..." with each pulse.
Be sure that you are not using the extended leg as leverage to "push" into the stretch; that is actually taking the stretch out of the extended leg, where you want it!
To modify, you can keep position number 1 with the leg bent until you feel you have the flexibility to move into the extended leg.
Let me know how you like the stretch! I've been doing this several times a week with good result.
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September 2008
Lani, hello!
