Get MORE fit this holiday season

You can leave this season MORE fit than you were when you started it. In order to succeed however, you will need to: change the way that you think about weight gain and the holidays, make proactive food choices, and workout for 10 minutes. Seriously. Just 10. Keep reading, my friend.

Fit and Lean Holiday Affirmations--This free mp3 will help you improve your inner dialogue about your body and potential holiday triggers. The first step towards success is changing your mindset and beliefs, and this mp3 is designed to help you do just that. It's full of affirmations to get you mentally where you want to be. Click here to get it now.

Eat Before You Eat--Ever notice what kind of food your body craves after you have skipped a meal or two? Making proactive food choices is the only way to truly stay free when it comes to holiday yum yum. Anytime you allow yourself to get: dehydrated, b) really hungry, c) really low blood sugar, or d) all of the above, you kiss your freedom goodbye. You become a slave to your basic needs when the tough food choices come around.

* Any clarity that you might have had, to make good food choices, is shot. You buy your freedom when you choose to down some water and chomp on string cheese before the big office party. Or enjoying a crunchy apple an hour before the lunch date. The good decisions you make before you are faced with the triple layer chocolate mousse naughtiness make all the difference. Click here to read more.

The 10 Minute Miracle Workout-A recent article in the New York Times presented some remarkable research for you and me.

* Study #1--A group of test rats were put to a swim test. The first group paddled in water for two sessions of three hours each (six hours total). The second group of rodents also swam, but in short 20 second furious bouts (lightly weighted), sandwiched between 10 second periods of complete rest to total four minutes swimming time. When the tests were over, each rat's muscle fibers were tested. As expected, the first group of rats (six hour group) showed the molecular changes that increase endurance. The second group? SAME MOLECULAR CHANGE.

* Study #2-involved healthy, non athlete college kids on stationary bikes. The first group peddled at a sustainable pace for about 100 minutes. The second group pushed through a series of short strenuous 20 second intervals, with 4 minute rest periods in between each interval. They worked at a high intensity for a total of three minutes. After two weeks of doing three workouts a week, both groups showed almost identical increases in their endurance. The first group had exercised a total of five hours per week, and the second a total of six minutes per week. The second group also showed weight loss, although they hadn't been studying for that effect.

Here is the caveat. Those intense interval minutes , if they are to be effective, will hurt a bit. They will be way out of your comfort zone. Having a coach to help you really push during these moments can make a huge difference. That is where the new workout "The 10 Minute Miracle" comes in. Find 10 minutes three days a week during the holidays. Seriously. You can find 10 minutes for ANYTHING, for heaven's sakes.

If you have been away for a while, hop back on for a few months and give the workout and some of the other great new content a go! Here is to a healthy, lean, and wonderful holiday!