Your Best Body Challenge October 2011 Winners!

Congratulations Judy Turner, our Grand Prize Winner.  

She won over $2,500 in prizes:

6 months of AlaskaFit Boot Camp ($1.314)
(3) 90-minute massages from Karie Tieszen, LMT ($285)
$200 gift certificate to Blush Boutique
$500 studio credit from LaVie Imagery
$100 gift certificate from Pure Skin Care Boutique
$100 gift certificate from Acai Alaska

Judy had some amazing results is just 6 weeks:

Pounds lost: 12
Inches lost: 16
Body fat percent change: 3.2%

Judy came to us feeling “fat and weak.”  She had lost direction in her life.  She was eating at restaurants (mostly fast food) and not exercising at all.  In the 6 weeks she spent with us, she started eating at home and attending boot camp regularly.  Even with the improvements she was making, she still felt like she was holding the entire group back because she was “the weakest link.” She was continually inspired by the achievements of the other women in the group and was completely shocked when I announced her as the winner of the contest! She is back in control of her life and the changes she made in the past 6 weeks are long-term ones that she can be proud of.

Watch Judy’s winning moment below.

Tonight is the Night!

Tonight is the night!

We crown the winner of Your Best Body Contest for October 2011!!

The grand prize winner gets over $2,500 in prizes.

We will be giving away over $3,500 in prizes all together.

Join us at the YMCA board room tonight at 6pm to find out who wins!

How We “Beat the Treats” Part II

Thank you to everyone who came our for our Halloween “Beat the Treats” workout on Saturday morning.  Together, we raised $604 for The Children’s Lunch Box program of Bean’s Cafe!  I am thrilled to be able to support this program.  It was early on a Saturday morning, but we had about 30 people come down and what a great time we had!  Ken Miller from Bean’s Cafe stopped in to say a few words and to thank everyone for participating.

Check out our pics from the event!

Our next FREE fundraising workout is on Thanksgiving morning at 8am at O’Malley Sports Center.  I look forward to seeing you there!

 

 

Beating Hunger, Building Bodies

Media Release

Oct. 27, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ginny Grupp
Owner, AlaskaFit, LLC
Phone: 907-244-9514
Email: ginny@alaskfit.com
Web: www.alaskafit.com

 BEATING HUNGER, BUILDING BODIES

Donate to The Children’s Lunchbox and receive a free  “boot camp” workout from AlaskaFit
(This Saturday Only)

 Anchorage, AlaskaJoin AlaskaFit this Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, in support of The Children’s Lunchbox, a non-profit program operated by Bean’s Café. AlaskaFit, Anchorage’s premiere fitness and wellness company, is offering a free “boot camp” workout with a suggested donation of $20 to the food program which feeds countless elementary-age students in Anchorage.

“We all wait for the holidays to be thankful and to donate to food drives and food banks, but kids are hungry year round,” says Ginny Grupp, owner of AlaskaFit. “The Children’s Lunchbox does a great job and I’m proud to be able to support the program.”

A highly successful program, The Children’s Lunchbox feeds children in Anchorage who are living in poverty or in homes where drugs, alcohol, gambling and other addictions place the children at risk of going hungry. The Children’s Lunchbox works with community youth organizations and schools to identify children in need, and to provide hot meals, snacks, and food that may be prepared at home. Donations to The Children’s Lunchbox may be tax deductible (please consult your tax advisor).

“Halloween traditionally kicks off the ‘feasting season’” Grupp says. “Between now and New Year’s Day, the average American packs on 10-20 pounds. “Instead of buying mountains of Halloween candy, help provide nutritious meals to Anchorage’s most needy children and enjoy a fantastic, fun workout with Alaska’s premier fitness organization.”

All ages, body types, and fitness levels are welcome to the “Beat the Treats” workout on Saturday, Oct. 29, in support of The Children’s Lunchbox.

AlaskaFit’s “Beat the Treats” workout will be held between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. at  O’Malley Sports Complex, located at 11111 O’Malley Centre Drive, near the corner of O’Malley and the Old Seward Highway. Please register in advance at www.alaskafit.com to ensure your place at the workout.

This is the third year that Alaska Fit has hosted a program to benefit a community program.

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Ginny’s Guest Appearance on KSKA!

 

 
 

On Monday, August 29, I was on KSKA‘s
Line One: Your Health Connection
with Dr. Thad Woodard.

 
 

Click here to listen to the entire interview.

http://media.kska.org/2011/lohc-20110829.mp3

 

 

 

3 Steps Hits #1 on the Best-Seller List!

Whoo-hoo!!!  I’m very excited to tell you that 3 Steps To YOUR BEST BODY hit #1 on two of Amazon’s Best-Seller Lists!  Below is a copy of the press release that went out about the book.  Thank you for purchasing the book and I can’t wait to start hearing from each of you about it.  Watch this space…we’ll have a book-signing party in a few weeks!

Press Release:  Ginny Grupp, of AlaskaFit Boot Camps, recently joined a select group of the world’s leading health and fitness entrepreneurs to co-write the health and fitness book titled, 3 Steps To YOUR BEST BODY In Record Time: America’s Leading Fitness Experts Reveal The Proven 3-Step System To The Body You Always Wanted…In Minimum Time.

Nick Nanton, Esq. along with business partner, JW Dicks, Esq., signed a publishing deal with each of these authors to contribute their expertise to the book, which was released under their CelebrityPress™ imprint.

3 Steps ToYOUR BEST BODY In Record Time was released on Thursday, July 14, 2011.  It features top advice from health, fitness and wellness experts from across the globe covering the subjects of total body health, fitness and nutrition.  The book is designed to help people find a breakthrough fitness strategy that works for them. 3 Steps To YOUR BEST BODY In Record Time offers proven strategies to help people achieve the level of fitness they have always desired. Ginny Grupp contributed a chapter titled “It’s About Getting Into Life!”

On the day of release, 3 Steps To YOUR BEST BODY skyrocketed to best-seller status on Amazon.com, reaching as high as #69 overall in the Amazon Top 100.  The book reached #1 in both the Quick Workouts and Weight Training Categories, while reaching #3 in the Exercise and Fitness category and #24 in Health, Mind and Body category.

From CelebrityPress:

Mirror, mirror on the wall—is that really me?” Do you play mind games with yourself? Are you a couch potato or armchair commentator? In this book, leading nutritionists, fitness professionals, and athletic coaches show you their solutions as they guide you through the 3 Steps to Your Best Body in Record Time. Many of them have been where you have been, including pleasantly pump, grossly overweight, sedentary, or what do I do now? And have come up with a solution. You tried a diet and those exercises before and you know they don’t work. You feel that no one understands. These fitness professionals will show you that regardless of size, age, or occupation, the three factors of mindset, nutrition, and physical fitness are the answer. They encourage you to do something about it before analysis-paralysis sets in! Remember the old saying, “An action-now plan trumps a perfect plan tomorrow every time.” Best of all, whether you are a super-busy mom, out-of-condition type, or a CEO under the waterline, these experts give you a time-efficient method to do it.

After such a successful release, Ginny Grupp will be recognized by The National Academy of Best-Selling Authors™, an organization that honors authors from many of the leading independent best seller lists.

To order a copy of the book, go to http://www.amazon.com/Steps-Your-Best-Record-Wanted/dp/0983340404/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310658484&sr=8-1

 

 

In The News

 

Coming soon! Ginny has collaborated with 19 other fitness experts to give you 3 Steps to YOUR BEST BODY in Record Time.  Due out at the end of June 2011.  Stay tuned for details on the release of the book!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natasha Sweatte from ABC News visits AlaskaFit Boot Camp.  Click here for more.

She was also featured on KYUR with Mike Ford for a series of one-minute exercises.  Click here to see them.

 

Ginny was a featured guest on LineOne with Thad Woodard on Anchorage’s KSKA radio program. They discussed the benefits of moving on a regular basis and talked about how “regular” people can work movement into their every day lives. needed expert advice and he turned to Ginny for answers.

Click Here to listen to the interview.

 

PersonalTrainersCorner.com featured Ginny’s article on Every Day Fitness.

 

Fitness Expert Network Features Ginny’s 6 Steps to Reaching your Fitness Goals and Is Yoga Right for Me?

 

For all media inquiries, please call 783-1241 or e-mail ginny@alaskafit.com