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ARE YOU GETTING THE RESULTS THAT

YOU DESIRE?

229 SW G Street "at the museum" THE 4 FACTORS OF FITNESS
Phone: 541-479-3290

COLUMN BY VILLAGE FITNESS

hy do people join a gym? They want RESULTS! Why do people
Wquit going to the gym? One reason—they don’t get the results
they were hoping for. According to IHRSA (International Health,
Racquetball Health and Sportsclub Association), “50% of all new gym
members quit going within six months of their annual membership.”

With the constant social media barrage of fitness videos, images of
half-naked men and women flaunting their six-pack abs and newly
transformed bodies, and hashtags such as “#transformation,” “#before-
andafter,” and “#fitnessgoals, looking and feeling good becomes the
coveted badge of honor that one wants to wear.

We, at Village Fitness offer our members something special here in
For Hours Visit: Southern Medford—a system to help you to get the results you want
www.GPmuseum.com and deserve! Our system incorporates the 4 Factors of Fitness that are
based on human physiology; the way the body works. Integrating all
4 factors will allow you to achieve your fitness goals while consuming
the most food possible and performing the least amount of exercise.
How these factors are addressed are determined by your fitness goal
and will largely depend on your lifestyle. Your lifestyle must be able to
support the necessary changes comfortably. The desired result is not
just to achieve your goal, but to be able to sustain it almost effortlessly.

THE 1ST FACTOR: FOOD INTAKE/DIET

The word “diet” simply refers to the amount and type of food an indi-
vidual consumes. Food provides energy (calories) as well as nutrients
(vitamins and minerals). The amount and type of food in your diet will
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anced diet and without being too restrictive. We at Village Fitness believe
in helping you to feel satiated while accomplishing your fitness goals.

THE 2ND FACTOR: MOVEMENT

Movement, or exercise, burns calories and provides countless health
benefits, and exercise is not just about resistance/weight training (to
help build and/or maintain lean muscle) and cardiorespiratory train-
ing (to help increase caloric expenditure). Depending on your goals,
www.GPMuseum.com these traditional elements are what is necessary to perform well or to
enhance goal attainment. But, just as with the first pillar, the amount

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