Robb and Stucky Interiors, a Ft. Myers based interior design and home furnishings company recently announced plans to roll out a new Employee Wellness Program beginning in July 2008. This new health incentive program is targeted to get their employees active and live a healthier lifestyle.  Joining forces with Fitness On The Move Lifestyle Center, Robb and Stucky will offer their employees the opportunity to participate in a series of wellness and exercise programs aimed at improving employees overall health and fitness.  Additionally, they hope to reduce employee illnesses, enhance employee productivity and spark healthy lifestyle changes.  “Our focus on health and fitness for our associates benefits everyone and makes for a better quality of life” said  J Robert Gould, Robb & Stucky’s Vice President, Human Resources.  In addition, “we feel strong about working with Fitness On The Move because of their continued involvement with other area companies.”  The company will jump start the new Employee Wellness Program with a three month fitness challenge – awarding participants opportunities for incentives for the most improved in the areas of weight loss, body fat changes, and exercise adherence. Fitness On The Move has been serving fitness needs of Lee County for over 12 years.  The health club was instrumental in establishing in-house wellness programs for other local companies such as: Chico’s, AccuData, InterOp Technologies, and Island Coast Pediatrics.  Fitness On The Move is located at 13010 Metro Parkway in Ft. Myers.“If we can make a difference in the health & well-being of just one employee, it  will all be worth the efforts,” said Troy De Mond, owner of Fitness on the Move.

Enjoy this first addition of a series of healthy recipes from Chef Bill of Dwyers Restaurant!

Zesty Blackened Sirloin Tacos with Cilantro & Mixed Cabbage Salad

with Smokey Chipotle Aioli and Black Beans

By Chef Bill Wavrin

Before there were wraps and Uppies, there were always burritos and tacos. Here’s one of the best tasting tacos you’ll ever wrap your hands around. So sink those pearly white into one of these and you’ll say life is good!. Buen Provecho!!

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients:

1 cup jicama, julienned

½ cup red cabbage, julienned

¼ cup cilantro, washed

½ cup green cabbage, julienned

1 bunch of radishes, trimmed and coarsely shredded

2 fresh limes

8 - 6” corn tortillas

16 ounces sirloin, trimmed of fat and sinew

½ teaspoon olive oil

½ teaspoon fresh garlic, minced

1 tablespoon fresh herb mix, chopped (cilantro, basil, oregano and 

½ teaspoon ancho powder

Sea salt, to taste

Chipotle Cilantro Aioli

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons mayo substitute or low fat mayonnaise

1 teaspoon chipotle en adobo, chopped

1 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped

½ teaspoon fresh garlic, minced

¼ teaspoon cumin powder

2 teaspoon fresh lime juice

Sea salt & pepper, to taste

Garnishes:

½ cup sunflower sprouts

2 ounces Edamole Broccomole, recipe follows

2 radishes, cut in flowers

2 lime wedges

Method:

Step #1: Place the jicama, fresh cilantro, cabbages and shredded radishes in a bowl and toss with the juice of the limes. Season to taste. Set aside. Make the Smokey Mayo. Make radish flowers and set aside in iced water.

Step #2: Place the garlic, herbs and ancho powder in bowl to combine. Season the sirloin with the mix on both sides. In a sauté pan over medium high heat sear the blackened sirloin in the oil. Cook [3] minutes on each side or until cooked medium rare. Set aside.

Step #3: Heat the corn tortillas in a dry sauté pan. Remove from the pan and set aside and place on a plate. Top each tortilla with a good pinch of the cilantro cabbage salad in center of the tortilla. Spoon [2] ounces of black beans on the salad. Slice the sirloin in [12] strips lengthwise. Top the beans and salad with three sirloin slices and make a design with [1] tablespoon of the Smoky Mayo across the sirloin. Garnish the taco with [1] ounce of the Edamole and a radish flower and a lime wedge Repeat with the remaining tacos. P.S. Don’t eat your fingers!!

Black Bean Charro Style

Yield: 2 cups

Ingredients:

1/2 teaspoon olive oil

2 cups cooked black beans

1/4 cup onion chopped

1 clove garlic minced

1/4 teaspoon jalapeño chopped

sea salt to taste

1 tablespoon cilantro chopped

Method:

Step #1: In a small saucepan over medium heat add the oil and cook the onion, garlic and jalapeño.  Cook for [2] minutes an set aside.

Step #2:Place the beans in a bowl and fold in the sautéed vegetables and the cilantro and season to taste.

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“It was the most intense, exhilarating, and yet inspireing workout I’ve experienced in the last year” I told Master Gravity Trainer Anastaijia Galvin.  That was the only comment I could utter in between the massive amounts of sweat my body gave off after a lunch time workout.  They call it Gravity Training-something that works the entire body in 8 progressive angles, while entirely using your core during each movement - abs, back, and center of your body   Sure, I had seen this gravity contraption before - just like you - turn on the TV this Sunday and you’ll see an infomercial featuring actor Chuck Norris and model Christie Brinkley.  But like all the others - I filed it under “don’t buy it, won’t work, will only collect dust in my bedroom, might become an expensive clothes rack.”

But wait!  This actually works-especial the industrial version at Fitness on the Move.  Truthfully, I was quite surprised I couldn’t master this machine and the exercises my instructor was challenging me with during the workout.  Hold on! Let’s back up. I’m a four time a week strength training guy with two intense workout partners and I thought “no problem.”  Little did I know, Gravity helped me discover some missing muscles I had not trained in many years.  Wow! 

I realized I was not alone.  After speaking with some members who are taking one or several of the current 15 weekly 1-hour gravity classes, they too spoke in similar words like…”reminds me of two-a-days back in high school…finally, an aerobic and strength workout in the same hour…just what I needed after having my third child.” 

So, if your workout needs a change, work against gravity.  Scott Cole, our director of personal training would be more that happy to do a free demo with you.  Contact him at 239-561-1177, x207 or visit http://www.fitonmove.com/gravity_training.html for more information.  Your workouts will be glad you did.

Always looking for new ways to get fit…..

Troy De Mond

Owner

Fitness on the Move

This year I bet you got off to a great start.  Exercising most every day-no fats, lots of cardio, and plenty of stress reducing activities.  But now its March and the burning desire to stick with your New Year’s resolution to lose weight is fading away.  Sound familiar?  We see it so much in the health club business-and it really makes us feel uneasy!

Right now I bet its a mental block for some to get to the gym.  We all are making time for important things in our lives - yet sometimes we forget about our well-being.  The reason we started exercising in January in the first place.

So here’s some tips to get you back in focus:

Mix it up-try something different-like a Zumba class or Gravity Training.

Work out with a partner-one of you is always motivated when the other might not be.

Vary your workout intensity-it doesn’t always have to be fast and furious!

Re-examine your exercise goals-set new ones, ones that are reachable within the next 30 days.

Hire the best-nothing like working with a great personal trainer!

Throw the fad diet out the door-eat sensible with focus on portion control and lowering your fat intake-it’s the only way.

And finally, remember that exercise is a process-it’s taken you some time to get in the shape you currently are in, and it will take you some more time to get were you finally want to be.  Make exercise a lifestyle, not just a New Year’s resolution.

Troy De Mond

Owner

Fitness on the Move Lifestyle Center

Many questions have been coming to our attention concerning the hours and days of our service to post cardiac rehab clients.  They are Monday–Friday during the hours of 9:00 AM through 1:00 PM.  Looking forward to seeing you.

Milton Stringer, Post Cardiac Rehab Specialist

My News-Press article of February 19 dealt with the anti-oxidants in dark chocolate.  Some readers have contacted me because I did not mention the caffeine in chocolate.  The article was not intended to address caffein but I thought it would be good to talk about it.  Yes, there is a small amount of caffeine in chocolate, from 1-10 mg per ounce, depending on the type.  Compared with coffee and soft drinks which have 55 mg and up this is minmal, but for someone who is hypersensitve to caffeine it deserves consideration.

Ginger Patterson, PhD, RD

Fitness on the Move master instructor Becky Lang inspires others to get fit with the hottest workout of 2008. Read this motivating story at http://www.zumba.com/admin/pressimages/2007-10-02_News-press.pdf 

Island Coast Pediatrics is a local group of Pediatricians in Lee County for over 18 years, with offices in: Ft. Myers, Cape Coral and Bonita Springs (soon to be Estero).  They have been committed to caring for the Newborn, Child and Adolescent children of Southwest Florida for over 18 years.  They recently announced plans to roll out a new Employee Wellness Program, beginning January 2008. This new health incentive program is targeted to get their seventy employees active for the New Year. Joining forces with Fitness On The Move Lifestyle Center, Island Coast Pediatrics will offer a new employee benefit of a company sponsored wellness and exercise program aimed at improving employees overall health and fitness. Additionally, they hope to reduce employee illnesses, enhance employee productivity and spark  healthy lifestyle changes. 

 “Our employees at Island Coast Pediatrics have given so much to our patients and community over the years, so we decided to give back to them” said Dr. Jose Padilla, MD, a managing partner with Island Coast Pediatrics.  In addition, “we feel strong about working with Fitness On The Move because of their continued involvement with other area companies.”   

Island Coast Pediatrics will reimburse employees a significant portion of gym membership fees, after employees meet certain wellness criteria over several months of regular exercise.  In addition, the company will jump start the new Employee Wellness Program with a three-month fitness challenge – awarding participants opportunities for excellent prize money for the most improved.

Fitness On The Move has been serving fitness needs of Lee County for over 12 years.  The health club was instrumental in establishing in-house wellness programs for other local companies such as: Chico’s, AccuData, and InterOp Technologies.  Fitness On The Move is located at 13010 Metro Parkway in Ft. Myers.

“If we can make a difference in the health & well-being of just one employee, it will all be worth the efforts,” said Holly Velez, RN, BSM, Practice Administrator for Island Coast Pediatrics.   Holly also has a vision to incorporate better nutrition and fitness for overweight kids through fun education and physical challenges for the children of Island Coast Pediatrics and Lee County area as well.  

Keeping a blog is a great way to “get lean” energetically. Any time that you can move energy out of your body in a healthy and productive way it is very powerful. But blogging allows you to take that a step further. When you blog you are actually creating something through your words, a work of art if you will. And so the point is not to just move your energy around, but rather to do something really great with it. This allows you to actually not only move blocked energy out of your body, but to transmute it into something else….a poem, an essay, a journal entry, an article, a letter….and then share it with the world. This is the power of self expression.

Try it! Blogs are free and truly no more difficult than emailing.

All the best,

Renee Bledsoe, webmaster

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