The Integrated Body Makeover Systems are a lifestyle approach to fitness consisting of the following six components…

Personal Nutrition Management
This is not another diet! It is a Personal Nutrition Management process implemented to assess what foods your body recognizes as fuel. This system evolves as you achieve your goals and as your personal needs change. It doesn't matter if you are attempting extreme body fat loss, improved health and wellness, body sculpting, improved athletic performance or natural bodybuilding... nutrition plays a make or break role in achieving your goals. We can get our bodies to do just about anything we desire by eating clean healthy meals comprised of the proper portions and precise ratios of lean proteins, complex carbs, fibrous carbs and dietary fats that are calculated specifically to your personal goals. Over time ratios will be adjusted as needed to prevent your body from becoming acclimated to one specific approach. This approach leads to lifestyle eating that consists of eating clean 80-90% of the time while giving you the other 10-20% of your time to relax without gaining back unwanted body fat or hurting workout performance. Food for thought... the better you feel the less you want to veer from eating the foods that made you look better, feel better and live better!

Muscular Development & Strength Training
You will learn which exercises are best for accomplishing your specific goals while being taught how to correctly perform each exercise in a manner that compliments your own unique body structure. By performing exercises through a path of motion that isolates the targeted muscles and a range of motion that takes unnecessary stress off of your joints and connective tissues your workouts will be productive but safe at the same time. We teach principles that utilize barbells, dumbbells, cable-machines, stability balls, resistabands, medicine balls, etc. in an effort to make exercise fun and eliminate boredom. You will also learn the science of sets and reps to achieve maximum results from your efforts. Our goal for each client is that at the completion of your time with us that you will have the knowledge and the confidence to continue exercising successfully in your home or at the fitness center of your choice!

Stabilization & Balance Training... A Step Above Ordinary Core Training!
Stabilization training can be defined as specific training that addresses the stabilizing system of the body known primarily as the CORE. The CORE is the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex that also includes the thoracic and cervical spine. At Designer Bodies we also focus on the integrity of the shoulder/neck complex as well as the knee/ankle complexes for maintaining proper muscle balance throughout the entire kinetic-chain. You will learn to train your body from the inside out to insure structural, postural and biomechanical efficiency. It is functionally important to be core and stabilizer strong for fitness training, sports performance, occupational fitness and living healthy as we attempt to age gracefully.

Cardiorespiratory Performance & Muscular Endurance Training
You will be taught how to perform cardio that is specific to your personal goals. If you are an endurance athlete and are eating like an endurance athlete you will be challenged to train at intensity levels that increase aerobic capacity and improve muscular endurance. If your goal is to lose body fat and you are eating to lose body fat then you will be taught how to burn body fat, increase aerobic capacity and improve cardiovascular health by utilizing scientifically based training methods that work efficiently. Many fat loss programs utilize a shock and awe approach to cardio combined with an extreme low calorie diet. Truth be known it doesn't really take hours of cardio to lose unwanted body fat if your nutritional approach is sound. Losing body fat comes from a combined effort of what you eat, how you eat and how much you eat coupled with consistent muscular development and strength training sessions. Cardio definitely has its place as a stimulus in your fat burning efforts when performed correctly. Unfortunately many believe that you can force body fat loss by performing more sessions and/or increased durations of cardio exercise but in most cases the body recognizes this approach as chronic stress thereby causing the metabolism to burn less calories in response to diet and exercise.

Flexibility... Muscle Extensibility & Joint Mobility Training
There is nothing worse than stiff achy muscles to block energy and to make one feel weak and lethargic. You will increase energy and decrease stress by utilizing cutting edge training techniques for restoring flexibility, muscle extensibility, neuromuscular efficiency, improved blood flow and joint mobility while enjoying the functional benefits of a balanced body that has the freedom to move efficiently!

Stress Management... Rest, Relaxation & Recuperative Techniques
Our bodies heal mentally, physically and emotionally during sleep, rest & relaxation. Over training, not properly feeding your body and living high stressed lifestyles make it very difficult to take advantage of everything that life has to offer. The Integrated Body Makeover Systems are based on sound principles that reduce stress and improve ones ability to cope with stress while ensuring complete recovery from training and the stresses of everyday life.

The Integrated Body Makeover Systems are an investment in human performance... look better, feel better, live better!