One of TMC’s great friends and all around good guys, Sharad Mohan-Founder of Gym Technik recently made some sick improvements to their online training platform.

Gym Technik works for both iPhones and Android smart phone platforms.  TMC has been using it since 2009 when we were on Blackberry.

Here are some highlights from the announcement.

By getting personalized attention from our certified trainers, Gym Technik members with a Premium Plus plan can benefit in the following ways:

•  Customized workout plans with streaming video, accessible from their iPhone or Android.
•  Direct messaging access to the trainer to ask any health related questions
•  An affordable and convenient way to get access to a personal trainer
•  Workout plans continuosly updated based on actual progress
•  Online and Mobile features tied in with social media, to motivate and help members reach their goals faster.

TMC is reprinting this article from our good friend Jeff Behar of Muscle Mag Fitness in its entirety.

If you haven’t already done so, you should check out his site today.

Staying on track with your fitness program, while traveling during the holiday season can seem difficult to some; but it does not have to according to fitness expert and author, Jeff Behar of Muscle Mag Fitness.com.

“Whether you’re at home for the holidays or traveling to see your friends or family, it can be easy to stay in shape, while partaking in holiday fare, if you have fitness plan. Maintaining your workout routine will not only give you that extra energy to partake in all the activities that may be on your agenda, but it will also help you resist overindulging at holiday meals and parties too!” according to Behar, CEO of www.MuscleMagFitness.com.

Here are a few helpful health and fitness tips for keeping fit during your holiday travels:

1. If you have a gym membership to a national chain, check to see if there is a local gym at your holiday destination
2. When packing, consider bringing resistance tubing so you can perform your favorite strength-training exercises when not at the gym.
3. Consider purchasing a fitness DVD for your trip. If you are normally a weight room junkie, trying something new can really help you make great gains.
4. Upon waking, go for a nice walk or run. Starting the day exercising will burn calories, burn fat and help you set the tone for the rest of the day.
5. Pack healthy snacks such as low-fat protein items, and fruit for your trip, and avoid airport food at all costs. This will not only save you calories, but money as well.
6. If staying at a hotel, choose a hotel that has a fitness center.
7. If traveling by car, plan for frequent stops to walk and stretch. Not only will this help you burn calories, but it will also help you stay more awake when driving and help you feel better once you reach your destination.
8. Eating a high protein, low glycemic carb meal before going to a holiday party. This will help increase your satiety levels (feeling of fullness), and reduce your temptation to eat empty calories and high fat snacks.
9. Enjoy small portions of high-calorie and high-fat holiday fare, if you can not control your urge to eat.
10. Eat slowly during holiday dinners. This will not only reduce your chances of feeling a “food coma”, but it will also help keep you from overeating, and putting on extra holiday pounds.
11. Always east some protein with your carbohydrate rich snacks. This will lower the glycemic index and load of the meal, and reduce the impact the meal will have on your blood sugar levels. It will also increase your satiety levels.
12. Limit alcoholic beverages over the holidays and separate drinks with glasses of water.

“You can still enjoy the holidays without wrecking your diet and your workout routine. It just stakes a little forethought, and sometimes some creativity and control. So have a plan, and you can not only enjoy your holidays, but you can look good while doing so too!” said Behar.

TMC just found this article and believe it worthy of your eyes.

Nothing is really ever as it seems apparently in the human brain.

Unrealistic optimism is a pervasive human trait that influences domains ranging from personal relationships to politics and finance. How people maintain unrealistic optimism, despite frequently encountering information that challenges those biased beliefs, is unknown.

We examined this question and found a marked asymmetry in belief updating. Participants updated their beliefs more in response to information that was better than expected than to information that was worse. This selectivity was mediated by a relative failure to code for errors that should reduce optimism. Distinct regions of the prefrontal cortex tracked estimation errors when those called for positive update, both in individuals who scored high and low on trait optimism.

However, highly optimistic individuals exhibited reduced tracking of estimation errors that called for negative update in right inferior prefrontal gyrus. These findings indicate that optimism is tied to a selective update failure and diminished neural coding of undesirable information regarding the future.

Check it out when you have about 15 minutes.

Have a great weekend!

MIHWCS

To all our friends and family it appears the days of TMC being a happily married couple are over.

Mommy and Daddy after trying to stick it out and going through Marriage Therapy for the previous 6 months just were unable to put aside our differences.

We will always be unified through our love for our beautiful girls Alexandra and Isabella.  Hopefully in time, we will be amicable enough to keep this blog alive through joint/individual contributions, photos and videos.

Due to the volumes of commentary/articles, videos and pictures already indexed from 3 years on the web, we feel it best to keep the site alive.  The site will permanently “pay it forward” as more people find its unique content.

Daddy is planning on continuing his fitness pursuits and can only hope Mommy will do the same.  She is far too accomplished now to stop being right on the cusp of gaining world wide recognition for her beauty and physique.

I wanted to acknowledge Anh for being chosen as a Top 4 Finalist for Miss World Physique Magazine in December.  This is an incredible accomplishment.  Very few people understand how difficult it is to raise two young children and maintain a physique the caliber of Anh’s.  Daddy will always have a deep admiration for her dedication and desire.

I encourage our readers to vote for Anh by going here.

Here are some more photos of TMC on the last night we were together at the Model America Club and Athletic Wear Events at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino.

Thanks to everyone for their loyal patronage and readership of the site.

We vow to make it live on.

MIHWCS

TMC is just getting into the swing of things with the first two rounds of Model America coming up in minutes.

We are definitely the only MARRIED COUPLE competing in the event. 

Anh competed in Figure today and she looked AMAZING.  There were a lot of incredible physiques in her class- CLASSIC OVER 35.

To say she deserved to place Top 10 or Top 5 is purely subjective.  We’ve attached a good pic that details her condition compared to the 10 girls who were in her grouping.

As biased as I am, she looked great.  Mad props to her for overcoming so many obstacles this year including having to raise 3 KIDS!  Alexandra, Gabriella and Jay-Jay!

We’re about to start the Club Wear Round and Daddy needs to prepare.

Here are the best pics of today with many more coming later and early tomorrow.

TMC just arrived at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino and checked into our room.

Lots of competitors walking around.  Model American Fitness Universe looks to be an amazing event for sure.

We are doing a photo shoot this afternoon and both of us “judging by the mirror images” are in the Best Shape of Our Lives.

Now if we can just hold that condition throughout the next 3 days?   It will be no small feat-for sure.

Here are a couple of quick snaps.

These are at the beginning of our carb load a couple of hours ago.

We’re attempting to peak tomorrow by 1PM(Anh) and 6PM(Jay).

We think we’re in good shape.

Stay tuned for much, much more!

MIHWCS

TMC wasn’t going to let 4 hours of expert body painting go to waste.

We needed to make sure we’d have some permanent memories from such an amazingly fun time.

Enter Jonathon Simon and his incredible eye behind the lense.  Jonathon is super talented and a master with lighting conditions.  He is currently still slotting people for Model America/Fitness Universe @the Golden Nugget in less than two weeks.

We recommend you contact him to reserve your spot now:

jsimonphotos@gmail.com or Cell 702-580-8737

We’re hopeful one of the magazines/online fitness sites publishes his photos in the next couple of months.

For now, here are some unique ones we shot.

Less than 12 Days from Model and Fitness America! 

TMC is pumped!

MIHWCS

TMC truly had an amazing Halloween Weekend!

After 4 hours of masterful bodypainting  artistry applied by Big Tom O’Connor and Luca R. Paganico of The Costume Consultants we left for MGM Grand and came home with the Grand Prize!

Holly Madison was the MC for the event.  Check out the video of all the finalists.

 Stay tuned for some newly shot photos from our shoot with Jonathon Simon of “Ultimate Steel”.

MIHWCS

TMC is asking all of our readers to vote for Anh as Status Magazine’s Cover Girl of the Month for November 2011.

Please go to this link, register and vote.

You have the option to vote for Anh up to 5x per 24 hour period. 

We would be greatly appreciative if you could vote couple of times in the month of November.  Every vote counts.

MIHWCS

We will have much more on this amazing night but wanted to send MAJOR SHOUT OUTS TO LUCA & BIG TOM of THE COSTUME CONSULTANTS!

WIZARDS of their Craft!

MIHWCS