Adrenalin Junkie

Hey Guys 

Well what a weekend I have had, it's amazing what great things can happen in the matter of a few days. I landed back onto English turf last Wednesday after an absolutley amazing holiday and was back to work on Thursday. It was great to get back into being evil to all you lovely clients ;)

I was suffering from the holiday blues on Friday and I really wanted to be back in Spain. Then I had an exciting weekend I finally got to do my sky dive and jump out of a plane at 15,000ft! I experienced one minute of freefall at 120mph!!! It was bloody AWESOME!!! I got a DVD and some pictures which was great to watch back and relive the experience (not sure I liked the look of my face travelling at 120mph but was all good fun!)

The adrenalin going up in the plane, on the way down and afterwards was amazing, it was the most exciting thing I have ever done before 9.30am in the morning!! In fact it was the most exciting thing I have done......EVER! I then had a night out with my friends at an old colleagues birthday party. It was great to catch up with people I haven't seen in ages. Then yesterday I got up and trained hard to try get rid of the post holiday bulge, caught up with one of my besties and then had a date last night!

It made me realise that life is all about having experiences and feeling great. Feeling great and having fun is one of the best things we can do in life. I will admit I was really fed up coming home & back to reality! It just shows that by doing something positive and changing your mindset can have a positive impact on your life.

Now it is only 34 days till I jet off again, this time to Marbella on the Fit 4 Force Sun, Sea & Burpees 2015 tour.  Four nights of boot camp training in the sun.........can't wait!

So i have 34 days to get beach body ready (again) and as I am going with my customers (and now friends) I am under more pressure to look good in a bikini! So to get in shape I am training hard and just started the LifeForce Transformation plan again.

Feeling great happens A) When I train & B) get the results from eating healthy..........with all this comes confidence and happiness. Look after your body, fuel it right and you will feel loads better.

What is stopping you from looking and feeling great?

Not sure where to start? Then that is why I am here...........become a healthy eating fitness junkie with us and see how amazing you start to feel on a daily basis.

Don't worry I haven't forgotten about my holiday based e-mails, I was just so excited about my sky dive I had to tell you about that first!

I will be back soon

Andrea (adrenalin junkie) Springthorpe 

Hola y Gracias

Hola!

Well I am back from my holiday in Spain totally realxed with a nice tan! I have a touch of the holiday blues as I was loving spending time out there in the warm weather. My liver on the other hand is probably glad of the rest!

Whilst I was away I set up a series of e-mails to send to all you lovely guys.......which were different to my normal style of e-mail marketing. I would like to say a massive GRACIAS (thank you) to those who have e-mailed me. The response to my e-mails has been great and all positive......much better than the boring ones I used to send! One comment was that a client used to just skim over the old ones, now they enjoy reading the new ones and find them much more motivating.

It was pointed out that I made a typo error on my e-mail dated 3rd August 'How Checkered is your past' I kept typing 'dupious' instead of 'dubious'! Obviously my degree is in health and fitness not English lol!
Thank you Mr Dubious episode #4 for taking the time to e-mail me with my typing error ;0 

After my week of being lazy and drinking too much I am on mission to get back in shape for my next overseas jaunt when I go top up the tan in Marbella 38(ish) days and counting. This one is work though...........wahoo!

Anyhow today was just a quicky to let you know that I am back on home turf and ready to kick your butts into shape! I will also be kicking my own butt into shape and I will be starting the LifeForce Transformation plan again on Monday. Time to get back in shape!

So if you want to join me on my fitness journey or want to come and compare tans at boot camp then click the links below.

Look out for next weeks e-mails when I will be reflecting on my holiday and perhaps tell you the odd funny story along the way.

Adios for now!

Andrea (relaxed and tanned) Springthorpe (or as the Spanish would pronounce 'Andreya' - sounds alot sexier in Spanish ha!)

Do you need some Tough loving?

Hey Guys,

Today I'm going to talk 'Tough Love'.......I googled the defination again (I was worried what might come up in my search engine, but all good phew!)

'Tough love is an expression used when someone treats another person harshly or sternly with the intent to help them in the long run' (wikipedia).

Now we have all heard the expression, or something similar. I am happy to say that my Tough Love has paid off with my big bro (or not so big anymore!)

Over the years my brother has been carrying a bit of excess weight and I have always gone on to him about doing exercise and eating healthy, I think because I am family it went in one ear and out the other. Anyhow earlier this year he asked if I had any PT slots available, I said yeah sure, who for? When he said it was for him my jaw dropped to the floor quicker than a prostitues knickers!!

All the years I had been going on at him and he finally wanted to do something for himself!. So we started a training plan and he also did the LifeForce Transformation plan so I knew his diet was spot on too.

In that time he has lost over one and half stone, he has dropped over 6% body fat and shed inches (mainly from his waist!) He has worked hard and the results are showing. He now smashes out full press ups and loves burpee's! (Ok the burpee bit is a lie......'I love Burpee's said no-one ever!)

I am one PROUD SISTER! I honestly thought he wouldn't stick to it and he has proved me wrong. He still calls me a 'bitch' when I am doing his PT sessions but I know that I am having an effect in that session and that will only lead to results.

Andrea (Tough Loving bitch) Springthorpe

How Checkered is your past?

Hey Guys,

Ok today guys the 'shit is getting real'..........first of all before I start I googled the meaning of checkered (see below)

1. marked by numerous shifts or changes: a checkered career.
2. marked by dubious episodes: a checkered past.
3. marked with squares.
4. varigated in color or shading.

Today I am going to relate to number 2 (marked by dubious episodes) and those episodes are going to be realted to men!

Dubious episode #1

My First love (aka Army Guy number 1)........Met when I was 19 (him 17) started long distance relationship, fell in love got engaged and he dumped me 8 weeks before our Wedding! (What a Ba****d)

A few years later......

Dubious episode #2

Mr too good to be true......met on a night out, younger, shorter (then me in high heels), PTI in Army (alarm bells should be ringing) not with this daft cow though! Again started long distance relationship, fell in love, he cheated! (What a knob head!)

A few years later......

Dubious episode #3

Mr Marine........met on a night out, went on a couple of dates and started training together as he was going in the Marines.........never really turned into anything but I was still annoyed when I found out he was seeing someone else at same time! ( I only put this one in to show that I have a thing for guys in uniform!)

A few days (yes days) later.....

Dubious episode #4

Mr I'll chase you and then act like a dick!......this one more recent so unfortunately I cant say I learnt from my mistakes. Dated, became great friends. I fell in love, he treated me like a Tinder swipe, things got nasty now we hate each other!

Now can you see a pattern emerging?

I hate to admit that I did not learn from my mistakes! In between all these dubious episodes there were numerous shifts and changes (meaning number 1). I grew stronger from each situation (but not wiser!) I could be bitter and blame all the men (well I can with dubious episode 1&2) however 3&4 were different. I wasn't in a relationship with either of them so I should have been stronger and walked away when they started treating me like shit, I only have myself to blame. Unless someone treats you like a Princess (or Prince) then not worth knowing!

Now if you have had lots of dubious episodes when it comes to getting results through diet and exercise then click below for help, the only person you can blame for not eating healthy and not exercising is you! If like me you have had same luck with men then best seek advice from a happily married friend, I'm not qualified to give advice lol!

Get rid of dupious diet mistakes here

Get rid of dupious exercise mistakes here 

Andrea (unlucky in love) Springthorpe 

Tinder Tool or Committed King (Penguin King that is)

Hey Guys,

Have you heard of Tinder? For those of you who haven't then basically it is a dating app, where you swipe one way if you like someone and the opposite way if you don't (not sure which way is which in case you were wondering).

I'm not on Tinder and my impression of it is that you go on there to meet someone you can have a quick shag with! Now there might be some married couples out there that met on Tinder..............errrmmm hahahaha yeah right!!

The reason that I'm not on tinder is because I want to meet someone I can marry and have Warrior kids with........not end up in the STI clinic with!!

Anyone who knows me personally will know that my favourite animal is a Penguin. I think they are sooooo funny and cute (bit like me lol!). The main qualities I love is that they find a mate and stay with them for life (awwwww). Unfortunaley this is something that is rare in the human race now a days :( Happy to say my Ma & Pa are still together and I know one day I will find a guy as amazing as my Dad. I'll give you a minute to get rid of sick bucket lol!

When it comes to diet and exercise are you a 'Tinder Tool' or a 'Committed King'?

'Tinder Tools' tend to dip in and out of exercise....try the latest fad going. Live off Herbalshite or Juice mush and end up upset when things don't work out.......

However the 'Committed Kings' see exercise and diet as part of their lives. They know that results don't happen over night.....results happen after hard work, motivation and dedication.

I have only had my business for 4 years, however I have always been into health and fitness (mainly because I am vain and want to look good.......as well as the added health benefits of course!) I did PE at school like most kids, then I started going to fitness classess with my mum, went to the gym with my Dad and started running. Since then I have not looked back.......gym, box, run, swim and of course boot camp. I have created a long term health marriage which I am proud of.

For those who want a health marriage (or just a great looking body) they can be proud of then click below:-

For your Training Marriage click here

To transform your diet click here

For all those 'Tinder Tools' good luck!! 

Have a great day guys.

Andrea (Penguin Lover) Springthorpe
AKA 'Warrior Chick'

Shit Just got real!

Hey Guys,

Ever had one of those times in your life when you think everything is going against you, nothing is going right and you don't know what to do for the best? I know I have....infact I feel like that at the moment.

I will be 37 later this year and not once did I ever imagine I would be in the situation I would be in today.........Yes i have great friends, an amazing family and run my own business as well as working in a School and I am lucky enough to love doing both. People think if you have your own business then you must be loaded.......errrr the fact I am driving a Corsa and not a Scirroco is a good sign that I'm not ha!

There are other areas in my life which I would love to change as well as my car, like finding Mr Right and popping out some Warrior Children. I know that will happen (well it will if I stop attracting knob heads ha) but the one thing I want to grow is my business. I have dedicated 4 years to not only doing something I love but also passing that passion onto my clients (you guys!). I am constantly looking at new ways to grow, do new training sessions, create new nutrition plans (buy your copy here). When you have your own business there are always ups and downs.......when the downs come that is when 'Shit gets real'. Running a business is kinda like diet and exercise, there are whole loads of different ways to train, hundreds of nutrition plans out there and sometimes no matter what you try nothing seems to work!

So I called in the professionals (the marketing ones). I have taken advice from a guy who sold his national boot camp business and moved to Marbella with the proceeds.....now I'm not saying thats what I want to do (a holiday home out there would be nice though!) I have however realised that I don't know all the answers when it comes to running a business........he however does!

You will probably notice a difference in the style of my e-mails........I am getting real (part of his advice). There is a human being behind all the e-mails I send and I want you to get to know me & trust me (not really bothered if you like me, thats just a bonus) and realise that if you struggle with getting results there is an expert only a phone call or e-mail away! 

So if your 'Shit has got real' and you need help or motivation then come along to boot camp........if you want an easy ride and me to tell you that having a curly wurly a day is ok then it's not for you (think Slimming World promote that kind of shit!)

What have you got to lose? Other than fat, inches and weight! 

Have a great day guys.

Andrea (the shit just got real ) Springthorpe

Happy Ever After

Hey Guys,

In pretty much every Disney film ever made there is a happy ever after.......in fact in pretty much any Romantic Comedy there is also a happy ever after. Usual tale of events, girl meets boy, boy upsets girl......then he realises what an idiot he has been, runs to the airport/train station etc. to declare his undying love for her then they live happily ever after. Unfortunately life isn't quite so simple!

Although the modern day one's are getting a bit more realistic......take Frozen, Anna falls for Hans, who in fact is a knob head disguised as a good looking guy(I've met a few of those but thats a whole new e-mail!).....Kristof falls for Anna and she is clueless as she is blinded by Hans looks. Finally she realises what an idiot she has been and goes for the right choice in the end!

You might be wondering what all this has to do with health and fitness? Well life is a constant journey.....it's great to aim for and achieve certain things, weather that's 'getting' a certain partner, job or body. After a while, these things that we were aiming for become the norm, like being in a hot country you acclimatise.

We sometimes find that when we get the body we wanted and worked for.....we are not as happy as we thought we would be. It's great to start with, and then it becomes the norm. That's when a lot of people are in danger of giving up and slipping back into old habits.

I have recently done a photoshoot for West Yorkshire Fire Service Charity Calendar 'Red Hot Sirens' (anyone wants a copy let me know and will put some to one side) and I was working out extra hard and being extra careful with what I ate in the run up to the shoot. However the couple of days after the event I started eating food that I wouldn't normally have (even when I didn't have a photo shoot to aim for). It was like a switch in my head had been flicked and I turned into a bread and sugar eating monster. Now I soon got back to healthy eating........others may not and that's when they spiral back to where they started.

The key to success is to love the journey and to love yourself........Love what's good about you and either change or accept what you don't like. If you have a slip up or a bad day and you missed training, accept it and move on. Start each day afresh. The only person that can change you, is you!

Once you see that diet and fitness is a journey and lifestyle change, not just a quick fix for one event in your life then things will become easier. Concentrate on giving it your all in the moment you are in......fill your trolley with healthy food, max it out in your exercise sessions and only thing I would say to plan ahead is your meals!

You'll soon start to create the body you want and learn to love it!

Andrea