Have you been putting off a workout or diet program? If you have any of the following traits, Start Now may be exactly what you need.
A home/travel fitness program designed to meet your fitness goals for a better performing body.
Gym in a Bag is a home and away program designed to meet your fitness needs. As learned through training professional athletes, hitting peak performance means that the same fitness program done at home must be able to be performed on the road.
The same concept applies to everyday people who want high levels of success. In Gym in a Bag, you get a safe, simple yet effective strength endurance program, utilizing resistive tubing with handles that can be performed in a small space and in a limited time period. Plus, its portability is convenient for travel.
This program can be adjusted to conform to your personal goals. By customizing the workout, you can vary the frequency, intensity and volume. This customization keeps your workouts fresh and helps you avoid plateaus in your results by maintaining muscle balance.
Gym in a Bag includes the following:
* Gym in a Bag comes in both male and female versions
Are you challenged by everyday life? Are you looking for an edge in your favorite sport? We have just the edge you need. Pilates is a system of stretching and strengthening exercises that translate into real life improvements in functional fitness. Developed by Joseph Pilates over 90 years ago, it focuses on building healthy, injury free bodies by encouraging controlled concentrated movement while maintaining dynamic spinal stability. Rhythmic exercises promote strength, flexibility, and a strong body core without adding bulk.
Pilates exercises are designed to work the body with precision and effectiveness and can be modified to meet individual needs. Pilates has also been shown to benefit those with chronic and debilitating conditions, providing a gentle and non-impact exercise regime. Pilates can be incorporated into your everyday life activities such as walking, standing in line, sitting at your desk, and relaxation. Anyone who wants to move, work and play without pain can benefit from Pilates.
For thousands of years, people have used yoga as an important part of a healthy lifestyle. It is a balance of mind and body, working in harmony to produce maximum performance, strength and balance.
Performance Yoga at the Fitness Principle individualizes your yoga experience to match your fitness level and tailors postures to target specific areas of the body. Our program uses precise alignment cues, builds strength and long, lean muscles using your body weight, improves flexibility and helps cultivate an improved sense of well-being.
Our instructor works with clients of all fitness levels. Beginners are introduced to yoga with an emphasis on alignment and moving at a slower, more methodical pace to build the foundation for a good practice. Those experienced in the art of yoga are challenged with more advanced workouts.
The prevalence of obesity and overweight individuals in America is near epidemic status. According to the National Institute of Health, more than 97 million adults are overweight. This trend is increasing by almost 1% per year and is now affecting 1/3 of our children. This serious illness has a multifactorial etiology directly linked to several chronic conditions. It is rarely treated as an individual disease. The Weight Loss Program presented at The Fitness Principle with Mackie Shilstone promotes the learning of new habits and lifestyle changes which provide permanent results. Our mission is to improve health by promoting healthy lifestyles and thereby reduce the risks of preventable diseases. Your lifestyle, attitude, and nutrition have played a major part in allowing you to put on weight - now they also play a major part in developing changes in your habits that help you to lose weight successfully and keep it off permanently.
A managed program designed to increase Size, Strength, Speed, and Quickness.
In order to gain the ADVANTAGE in today's competitive sports world, you must be stronger, faster, and quicker than the competition.
"Mackie Shilstone is the first Sports Performance Manager who offers a comprehensive program to make athletes more effective and better conditioned..."
Pete Williams - Medicine/Technology (Street & Smith's Magazine)
Based on his current book, Lean and Hard, he has adapted this concept for high school and collegiate athletes, as well as for everyday people who want great results.
The Lean & Hard Program can help you become the best in your chosen sport or in life by teaching you the secrets the pros use to increase lean muscle mass, while getting stronger, faster, and quicker.
The Lean & Hard Program is not an ordinary training program. It is a managed strength, speed, and agility training system coupled with a "cutting edge" performance fueling plan.
The Mackie Shilstone X-Stress Program is based on his book, Maximum Energy for Life, and is a 28 day strategic plan designed to help you feel great, reduce the aging process, and optimize your health. You will learn how to:
X-Stress is a revolutionary program designed for busy professionals who may not have more than 30-45 minutes to workout in a gym three times per week. Results have demonstrated that individuals who continued this program for 12 weeks achieved the following dramatic gains in aerobic capacity and strength and substantial reduction in body fat:
This 4 week program brings together all of the necessary components to minimize stress and improve quality of life. After completing the application process, a Fitness Principle staff member will call you to determine how we can best help you meet your goals. You will then be contacted to begin the assessment process.
Whatever the sport – Football, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Hockey, Tennis, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Track and Field, or any other – Success Longevity and Earnings depend upon performance. For an athlete, just getting into top physical shape isn’t enough. Performance – Strength, Explosiveness, Power, Stamina, Quickness and Mental Edge to Win – is what gets the job done. For an Agent, Trainer, Special Teams Coach, Manager, Director of Player Development, Strength Coach or anyone whose livelihood depends upon an athlete’s performance, the bottom line is Performance Enhancement.
Whatever enhances athletic performance enhances your career. You can take it to the bank. And with Mackie Shilstone’s help, YOU WILL.
This comprehensive fitness & nutrition plan is perfect for brides, bridesmaids and moms. Developed specifically for brides by Mackie Shilstone and his staff, this program is designed to maximize your results while helping you minimize pre-wedding stress.
Program includes 18 supervised fitness sessions, body composition assessment, and metabolic testing along with an initial in-depth nutritional consultation followed by two additional sessions with a Fitness Principle Nutritionist.
Want a total body workout that kicks butt?
The Fitness Principle has the workout for you. Our kickboxing program with renowned instructor Charlie Rader is a non-contact way for you to get the most intense, total body, workout you can imagine. Imagine one workout that takes away your stress while giving you the kind of arms, shoulders, hips, thighs and abs that turn heads.
Like our popular boxing program, the kickboxing program gives you the same workout that world champions use without the contact. If you have ever seen them, you know mixed martial arts competitors are among the most fit, ripped and lean athletes you will find anywhere. Now, you can use the same techniques in your own fitness regimen. Call the Fitness Principle at 504-457-3100 to find out about available times and fees.
Boxing has always been known as the sweet science. Consistently rated among the most fit and finely tuned athletes throughout world, boxers go through a rigorous training program that is a total body workout. Mackie Shilstone with the Fitness Principle realized that level of total fitness was exactly what many of his female clients were seeking.
Chicks with Gloves brings you a professional level, high-energy fitness program that is non–contact with no sparring. Specifically geared for women of all fitness levels, lose weight and sculpt your body with lean muscle mass. Current and former participants repeatedly say that it is the most fun and engaging exercise program they have ever attended.
This one-on-one, full body program will build leg and upper body strength, work abdominal muscles, increase cardiovascular performance and is an excellence stress relief workout. A professional boxing trainer who has worked with world champions throughout the country will teach the art of throwing punches through heavy bag and mitt regimes, defensive stances, and the importance of always maintaining balance. Stressed in this program is proper technique to maximize effort and to avoid injury.
Comprehensive Weight Loss For Teens is a transition from Mackie Shilstone’s online resource for parents of overweight or obese children from 8-12 years of age (Body Plan For Kids), and it is an appendage to his successful Comprehensive Weight Loss For Adults. Current research on overweight and obese children indicates that while 8-12 years of age is an ideal time for parents to gain effective control of their child’s weight problem, 13-18 years of age is a time of last resort—before the child effectively becomes an adult and somewhat out of parental control.
For those parents of overweight teens, Mackie offers this three-month multidisciplinary program, Comprehensive Weight Loss For Teens, which includes medical evaluation, resting metabolic rate determination, nutrition consult, psychological consult, and specialized exercise training, based on initial physiological testing and emphasizing Mackie Shilstone’s Teen Pro Circuit. This unique isokinetic exercise routine uses rubber tubing to create a muscle endurance program that reduces stress to young, overweight joints, increases the loss of body fat, and improves cardio respiratory fitness. This regimen helps teems build a feeling of self-confidence and the discipline to take charge of their overweight condition--with the appropriate guidance from the program and their family--a Team Mackie winning effort.
A 3-part program to streamline your waist in 30 days:
In men, the largest proportion of excess fat can get stored in the abdominal area; this can also be the case in post-menopausal women.
One month is proven to be a realistic time to reduce your waist measurement. When you follow the threefold plan consisting of:
You will begin to see your waist measurement come down. When you feel that belt loop getting longer, that will become a constant motivator, showing you that this program is working.
A great program for self-starters:Our "Lose Your Love Handles" program is perfect for those who want a fast, powerful, and effective program they can complete primarily on their own.
A unique exercise program employing resistance tubing in a circuit training format.
What is Circuit Training?Refers to a sequence of exercises performed in a continuous manner. Circuit training can be an ideal mode of exercise to increase strength endurance, when used in conjunction with rubber tubing devices, such as Pro-Circuit Training Cords.
Pro-Circuit: 12 Exercises with passive recovery in between.An agonist/antagonist circuit (opposing muscles), which alternates between extremities. This exercise sequence is designed in conjunction with basic human movement patterns. This mode of training is deal to tone and firm your muscles, and create a natural, elongated and striated look, with emphasis on balance and muscle symmetry.
Super Pro-Circuit: 12 Exercises with aerobic component in between.Using the same exercise sequence from the Pro-Circuit, you simply utilize an aerobic (continuous movement) exercise between each body part (i.e. chest press/jog in place) a muscle group (i.e. chest press/row than jump rope). By utilizing this mode of training, you not only obtain all the benefits of the Pro Circuit, but also a significant increase in your cardio-respiratory system, as well. You will also lose additional body fat.
An exercise program specifically designed for each person's special needs. Positive Lifestyle Managment takes a problem-solving approach to each individual's medical history, lifestyle, disease state and physical condition. The program promotes self autonomy and independence by allowing the individual to take an active role in combating their disease or disability.
The goal of this program is to improve the individual's condition, to prevent further deterioration and to enhance the quality of life.
The Positive Lifestyle Management can benefit with those coping with conditions including, but not limited to:
The individual will be assisted in developing a mainstream fitness plan emphasizing safety, independence, and personal needs. We believe that exercise and physical activity is the best defense against hypokinetic disease. Let us develop a systematic program of exercise tailored for you. Take an active role in coping with your disease or disability by changing your lifestyle habits and becoming physically fit.
Whether you're a beginning exerciser or a seasoned athlete, Mackie Shilstone's Human Performance Lab offers testing evaluations for all of your personal and performance needs.
A test designed to determine your personal daily caloric expenditure. Knowing your metabolic rate takes the guesswork out of fat loss and weight gain. Schedule an appointment with the nutritionist or trainer to develop specific nutrition and exercise plans designed for optimal results.
Maximal and sub-maximal testing for healthy individuals to determine cardiovascular capacity, anaerobic threshold, VO2 Max and heart rate max. Also includes spirometry report and rest and exercise ecg.
Not enough time to travel to the gym? Love Mackie Shilstone, but live too far from The Fitness Principle?
Then our In-Home Training Program is just right for you. This 8-week program utilizes resistance tubing and light dumbbells to get you in the best shape of your life. Either by yourself or with a friend or family member, you’ll train with one of our certified personal trainers in your home or favorite park.
This program comes to you, so it fits easily into your schedule. And it’s designed for maximum weight loss and improved muscle tone. The program includes an initial 90-minute nutritional consultation, two nutritional follow-ups, metabolic testing, body composition, pedometer rental, and three training sessions per week lasting one hour each.
Walk to fitness with the most advanced, and easy to follow pedometer program available today. STEP-IT-UP is a walking/nutrition plan that takes the guesswork out of exercise. The 8 week program begins with one-on-one meetings with a personal trainer and a certified sports nutritionist. They will outline your personalized program designed to help you walk off excess pounds while building your fitness levels. Then you put your pedometer on your shoe and the rest is as simple as a walk in the park, literally.
Easy To Do:
Your pedometer sends data directly to your computer instaneous feedback tracking your daily number of steps, intensity of steps and calories burned.
Support Makes It Work:
After your initial 90-minute nutritional consultation, regularly scheduled consultations give you the dietary information and feedback needed to maximize your results. Weekly calls from your trainer allow the two of you to talk about growth and setbacks to ensure you stay on the path to greater fitness.
WWe provide a specialized team committed to enriching quality of life through highly motivated programs. We accomplish this by educating our clients through safe and effective training techniques.
We offer you a professional training staff educated and certified by organizations such as the American College of Sports Medicine, National Strength and Conditioning association and the American Council on Exercise. All of our trainers are college educated and/or degreed in exercise-related fields. After meeting national education and certification requirements, our trainers must complete extensive on-site training. Each of our fitness professionals is specially selected for their expertise in physical fitness programming and is ready to help you meet your goals.
This 4-week training program is designed to hone your physical performance specifically for the requirements of soccer.
To meet the strength and power demands of the game of soccer, you will learn to perform sports-specific exercises four days per week. This program will become the backbone of your soccer training and will keep you at the top of your game.
Stabilization of your core (abs, lower back, hips, ab rotators) is extremely important to prevent power leakage. Utilization of advanced plyometric (functional power) exercises will help develop that explosive power needed in the game. Functional strength exercises will mimic specific soccer movement patterns to reduce your exposure to injury.
A court-based program designed to improve your tennis game through sport-specific analysis and conditioning. Let the professionals at The Fitness Principle with Mackie Shilstone at East Jefferson General Hospital develop a complete program specific to the game of tennis to help you improve your overall performance.
The Game of Tennis...
Tennis is one of the most popular sports in America. It can be enjoyed by everyone: man, woman or child - whether novice or professional.
As in every sport, you want to perform your best and avoid needless injury. The tennis ground, strokes and serve are complex movements. Your body must be prepared to produce and withstand the forces required to play this guide reaction game.
Umpiring is a very demanding job. It stresses the body in many ways – through the constant travel schedule and through the game’s excessive wear and tear on the body.
During the course of the baseball season, it is somewhat difficult to maintain a regular schedule for proper eating and exercise for weight management. Based upon my ten years of traveling with a major league team and experience with lifestyle modification for at-risk umpires, I have developed guidelines to help you make wiser food selections when eating out on the road. This program will also give you a simple exercise routine which will serve as an adjunct to your Umpire Dumbbell Exercises & Stretching Program. We have found that this program is flexible enough to work around any game schedule.
Remember, it is important to obtain physician clearance before beginning any exercise or weight loss program. For an introduction to the Mackie Shilstone Visceral (Abdominal) Fat Loss Program, you can visit our highly successful At-Risk Umpire Lifestyle Modification Program at EJGH. Mackie's Umpire In-Season Weight Management Program is a preferred program for professional baseball umpires. For more information about this program, contact Mackie Shilstone to schedule a visit consistent with your schedule.
Want to hit the ball further with more control? Then the Golf Academy is your starting point. The Golf Academy is a program designed to improve your golf game through golf specific analysis and conditioning. Let the professionals at The Fitness Principle develop your individualized and comprehensive program specific to the game of golf. You will not only improve your golf game, but your overall health.
The Game of Golf …
As you know, golf is one of the most popular sports in America and can be enjoyed by everyone. Whether you are a professional or beginner, you want to perform your best while avoiding needless injury. The golf swing is a complex movement. Your body must be prepared to produce and withstand the forces required for the long "drives," while emphasizing the postural stability required for "chipping and putting."
The Golf Academy’s purpose is to help improve your golf game by reducing power leakages and accentuating the work of your teaching professional.
Achieve your best performance at the NFL Combine and your Pro Day by participating in the Mackie Shilstone NFL Draft Preparation Program
Do Your Best …
Many college football players make or break their draft day status with impressive displays of strength, speed and football skills. Pro scouts get the vital information they need at the NFL Combine and personal workouts during visits to the college.
Draft position determines everything from signing bonuses to base salary to playing time. Performance during these workouts is what separates one athlete from another. That extra half-second of speed, those few more reps on the bench press, a faster time in the agility drills or a few inches more on a vertical jump can boost a mid-level prospect into the early rounds of the draft.
A sport-specific program designed to enhance your speed, quickness & agility.
QUESTION: What one physical fundamental of any game will put you in a position to do everything else better?
ANSWER: Moving FASTER!!
Running properly is the most neglected fundamental in all the sports. Like any other fundamental, Speed and Quickness CAN be improved.
The main reason some athletes do not run as fast as they should is their attitude toward running fast. It's not a bad attitude, rather mostly one of "either you're fast or you're not". WRONG - There are fundamentals to proper running just like any athletic skill (i.e. - hitting, throwing, catching, etc.) And these fundamentals can be learned.
A basketball performance enhancement program (B-PEP) designed to teach basic and advanced basketball skills and techniques to Junior High, High School and College Athletes.
B-PEP is designed to teach not only the basic and advanced fundamentals of basketball, but also to instill positive attitudes such as the importance of acquiring a good education and the necessity of accepting moral responsibilities into one's life.
The philosophy of B-PEP founder and Harlem Globetrotter, the late Billy Ray Hobley, was, "It's just not enough being a great athlete, you must learn how to be a good person." This philosophy will help young and old alike understand that they have a responsibility not only to themselves, but to others as well.
B-PEP will help you to become a well-rounded player on the court and a well-rounded person in life.
B-PEP will help you hone and refine the skills, techniques and the mental attitude needed to excel in the game of basketball.
The academy consists of sports performance enchancement programs ("Sports PEP") designed for junior high and high school, college athletes involved in baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, and wrestling.
For over 25 years, more than 3000 professional athletes from every sport have excelled utilizing Mackie Shilstone's sports-specific performance enhancement techniques. Now these same successful performance management techniques are available to the student athlete.
For instance, Jonathan Bender, a fifth-round draft pick of the Toronto Raptors, joined the Sports PEP Academy during his Junior year at Picayune High School in Mississippi. After High School graduation, he went on to play for the Indiana Pacers.