Fitness by Sandy Beach

Sex & The City 2 Advanced Screening

Sandy — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:28:18 +0000

Went to the Sex & The City 2 Advanced Screening last night in Pasadena, CA. You need to see this theater. 24 people per screening room- 2 lazy boy recliners with a table in between for dinner & drinks. Nice!!

The video is a little dark & fuzzy, but it’s under ground 2 floors with no flash.

Zucchini Pasta with Turkey

Sandy — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:10:06 +0000

Here is a guiltless way to prepare spaghetti that the whole family will love. To create angel hair noodles out of zucchini you simply need a small kitchen gadget called a spiral slicer. This ingenious tool is well worth the small investment – with it you’ll quickly and easily make delicious, fiber-filled noodles.
Yield: 4 servings

Here’s what you need:

4 zucchini, ends trimmed and run through a spiral slicer
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 (20oz) package lean ground turkey
2 cups spaghetti sauce
Salt and pepper to taste

Place the spiral-sliced zucchini in a large bowl and set aside.
In a medium sized skillet heat the oil. Add the onion and garlic and sauté until soft.
Add the turkey to the skillet and cook until fully browned. Add the spaghetti sauce and mix until fully incorporated. Remove from heat.
Mix the sauce with the zucchini noodles in the large bowl and serve.

Nutritional Analysis: One serving equals: 292 calories, 8g fat, 26g carbohydrate, 5g fiber, and 27g protein.

Are You Lazy?

Sandy — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:07:32 +0000

Are You Lazy?

I know a lot of lazy people.

People who would rather spend the day planted on their couch than anywhere else.

People who choose take-out over home cooked, every night of the week.

People who would rather have a root canal than go do a workout.

Sure, I know that we all have our occasional lazy day on the couch, but lately it seems that more and more people are turning laziness into a career.

What about you? Check if the following describe you:

You are habitually inactive.
You’d rather be a passive observer than an active participant.
You’re a master excuse-maker.
You find shortcuts in order to avoid the long haul.

If that’s you, don’t get down on yourself. There are many legitimate causes of laziness. Here are just a few…

Sleep Deprivation: When you’re short on sleep it’s easy to become unmotivated, which quickly turns into laziness. Get a minimum of eight hours of sleep each night in order to maintain enough energy to get you through the day. Some experts even say that ten hours of sleep each night is what you need to function at your best.
Caffeine Abuse: Starting your day with a jolt of java may help with your initial alertness, but the dip in energy that takes place a few hours later could be the reason that you become lazy later in the day. Avoid the rush and crash of caffeine and instead rely on your steady supply of natural energy.
Bad Habit: At some point being lazy simply becomes a habit. If every night after work you head straight to the couch, it soon becomes automatic and not a conscious decision. Breaking the habit of laziness is actually quite easy. Simply take yourself off of autopilot and make the conscious decision to do something productive instead – like heading to the gym rather than the couch.
Inactivity: If your job keeps you in a chair for hours at a time, and you don’t exercise when off the clock, then your body is just accustomed to inactivity. It’s time to wake up your under-used muscles and to reacquaint yourself with the joy of motion. A simple way to get back into the swing of things is to go on a 30 to 60 minute walk either before work or after you return home. Once you’ve broken yourself in with consistent walks, contact me to get started on a fitness program that will quickly get your body back into great shape.

Laziness begins when you ignore that little nagging voice in your head. You know, the one that reminds you when you should take action on something rather than sit by and let the opportunity slip away.

Is today the day that you will kick laziness to the curb?

Is today the day that you will take action toward achieving your goals?

Is today the day that you will listen to that little voice of reason?

Call or email today to schedule your first workout.

Your Ideal You

Take a moment and imagine your ‘ideal you’.

What does the ‘ideal you’ look like? How does the ‘ideal you’ spend their time? Who would the ‘ideal you’ spend time with? What would the ‘ideal you’ accomplish? The distance between you and your ‘ideal you’ is created by laziness.

When faced with decisions, big or small, do what your ‘ideal you’ would do, rather than taking the easy way out.

(I’m pretty sure that your ‘ideal you’ is a client of mine…:)

Kick Start 2010 By Helping Set A World Record

Sandy — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:33:20 +0000

Los Angeles personal trainer Sandy Liebman has been selected as one of the top fitness boot camp programs in the world to be a remote site for the inaugural Workout Worldwide event. It will be the world’s largest international charity fitness boot camp workout of all time with all net proceeds going to the American Heart Association. There will also be over 50 remote locations worldwide performing this workout on the same day. While working out for a good cause, you will also be part in setting the world record for Largest Simultaneous International Fitness Boot Camp Workout!

WHEN: Saturday, January 9^th, 2010 from 8 am to 9 am US PST

WHERE: Griffith Park by the Merry-Go-Round

WHO: Anybody 18 years of age and over who is looking to jump-start their fitness for the New Year

ADMISSION: Minimum donation is $20 for non-bootcamp members of the host and remote locations. Please visit www.WorkoutWorldwide.org to learn more about admission fees and prizes to register or email workoutworldwide@gmail.com with questions.

MORE INFORMATION: Please visit www.WorkoutWorldwide.org to learn more about joining the movement or join the WW facebook page at www.facebook.com/workoutworldwide. Please visit www.BootCampGlendale.com to learn more about Sandy and Glendale/LA Adventure Boot Camp.

About Workout Worldwide: Workout Worldwide is a global fitness project focused on reversing the trends of obesity, premature death, and skyrocketing health care costs associated with poor diet and sedentary lifestyles that are crippling our society. The mission of this organization is to change the world one workout at a time via international charity boot camp events that raise money to provide other non-profit organizations with additional resources to better combat these aforementioned trends. In addition, Workout Worldwide seeks to educate the general population regarding simple, safe, and effective ways to eat and exercise to improve overall health, performance, and body composition.

Remember Battle of the Sexes (1978)

Sandy — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:20:16 +0000

I just found this segment from the Battle of the Network Stars Running Relay in 1978. A celebrity mile relay. For those of you old enough to remember this-Priceless! Lou Ferrigno handing off the baton to Valerie Bertinelli? David Letterman on the opening leg? Billy Crystal going toe-to-toe with LeVar Burton on the anchor leg? And Howard Cosell is announcing the race. Why can’t we do this kind of thing anymore? Would stars show up for this? It was so entertaining.

Zip Lining at Wild Animal Park

Sandy — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:42:21 +0000

Have you ever tried zip lining?

It’s a thrill! Your arms are in a static hold and get a mini workout as you fly across a cable line.

Radio Interview

Sandy — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:05:54 +0000

Breast Cancer Boot Camp interview will air this Sunday, Sept. 6th. KIIS FM 102.7 at 11:20PM, KYSR FM 98.7 at 6:20AM & KLAC AM 570 at 6:30AM. Share with anyone in the SCV, Ventura, LA, OC & whoever else gets these radio stations. I interviewed with Boy Toy Jesse from KIIS FM.

Rick Springfield @Borders

Sandy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:53:51 +0000

I just saw Rick Springfield @Borders bookstore in Northridge, CA. It was crazy with moms in their 30’s, 40’s & 50’s with their kids. Here he is singing “Jessie’s Girl.”

X-Games in SoCal

Sandy — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:59:21 +0000

Check out the X-Games Moto-Crossers during practice this past Thursday. They have to be in serious shape to do these stunts.

Sandy — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:42:34 +0000

Rocky Balboa Favorite Scene

Here’s a great motivational scene from Rocky. I think sometimes we all need to be reminded of how life beats us down, but we are better than we think we are. Change your thoughts!