APRIL NEWSLETTER

Results of the JFT INTL “biggest loser” contest

Thank you to all our clients who participated to our JFT INTL Biggest loser contest. After six weeks of discipline and hard work, two of our clients were able to separate themselves from the other contestants with their impressive results. Patrick Bertrand, a 40-year-old fireman and amateur boxer, lost 5% of body fat in only 6 weeks. Following his efforts with his diet and training, Patrick won his second fight in his career with a knock out during the second round. Patrick is not only the champion of our contest but he also lost an additional 3% of body fat in the following 3 weeks after the contest. Here are the pictures of his transformation after 9 weeks.

In second place, Nicolas Massucci, 49-year-old general practitioner and golf enthusiast, lost 2.3% of body fat in the same laps of time. Nick always gives a 100% of his energy during training and combined with a balanced diet, he could not do otherwise than obtained results worthy of a finalist in our contest.

Workshop on diaphragm

We would also like to thank all our clients who participated to our workshop on the diaphragm a few weeks ago. All the participants seem to have learned a lot regarding the importance of that muscle, the implication it has on the body, and techniques to reinforce and strength it. You feel like you might have misted out on a great workshop? No worries, on May 8^th between 9h and 12h we will once again present that same workshop. This time it will be offered in English.

The diaphragm is one of the most important muscle and one of the least trained, and yet few methods exist in order to stimulate it, stretch it, reinforce it, and become aware of it!

Here are few advantages of having a healthy diaphragm:

1-    Improve your cardiovascular capacity during efforts

2-    Improve your breathing

3-    Insure a good blood circulation of the inferior limbs.

4-    Improve your postural alignment

5-    Increase your energy level

6-    Reduce your stress

7-    Increase your abdominal strength.

The workshop will be divided in 3 parts:

1-    Theory: 30 minutes

2-    Practice: 105 minutes

3-    Q & A: 15 minutes

Price for actual clients: 89$ + tx

Regular price: 109 $ + tx

Reserve your spot today. Only 8 spots available.

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Thirteen reasons to use fish oils to get lean

Thirteen reasons to use fish oils to get lean
By Charles Poliquin and Dr. Mark Houston M.D.

This is an excerpt from coach Poliquin’s and Dr. Houston’s upcoming book on fat loss.

Serious trainers want to find a supplement that will give them an edge. For those of us interested in positively and optimally altering body composition and maximizing our training efforts, fish oils offer thirteen possible advantages:

1. Cell membrane health: Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), insure that cell membranes remain healthy. The membranes are flexible and contain larger numbers of insulin receptors that are more receptive and responsive to circulating insulin. This results in decreased fat storage in the adipocytes (fat cells)

2. Fish oils turn on the lipolytic genes (fat burning genes)

3. Fish oils turn off the lipogenic genes (fat storage genes),

4.Fish oils diminish C-reactive proteins, a newly identified risk factor associated with various inflammatory diseases, including atherosclerosis, angina, coronary heart disease, heart attack, stroke, congestive heart failure and diabetes. The D.H.A. fraction of the fish oil seems to be one most responsible for that protective effect. DHA also has best ability to reduce blood pressure.

5. Increase utilization of fat stores from the adipocytes.

6. Preferential utilization for energy production once stored in the Adipocytes.

7. Reduced inflammation from physical training.

8. Pain management from the reduced inflammation.

9. EPA regulates blood supply to the brain that is essential in maintaining focus in weight training sessions. DHA is important in brain membranes, memory and cognitive function.

10. Fish oils increase serotonin levels (the happy neurotransmitter). Therefore, fish oils will decrease incidence of depression, anxiety, panic attack and reduce carbohydrate cravings.

11. Fish oils will improve your cardio-vascular risk profile by lowering VLDL, triglycerides, homocysteine, fibrinogen and increasing HDL levels. Combining fish oils with plant sterols will improve lipid levels even more than either alone.

12. Fish oils can also decrease blood pressure by several mechanisms.
These include increases in the vasodilatory compound, nitric oxide, reducing vascular inflammation, blocking the constrictive elements in the vascular wall such as the calcium channels reducing blood viscosity, and inhibiting a blood vessel constrictor (thromboxane). Lipoprotein (a) is another CVD predictor that can be lowered by fish oils (a 19% reduction was seen with natural, stable fish oils and just 4% with a highly purified fish oil).

13. Fish oils are a great stress fighter. Supplementation with n-3 fatty acids inhibits the adrenal activation of steroids, aldosterone, epinephrine and norepinephrine (catecholamines) elicited by a mental stress, apparently through effects exerted at the level of the central nervous system.
Therefore, for the same amount of stress, one will produce fewer stress hormones if consuming fish oils on a regular basis.

Any of these reasons make the case for fish oils in your supplementary diet. Take some today!

You can now find Omega 3 at JFT INTL. We have a variety of EPA-DHA ratio to ensure you need and they are available in capsule and in liquid form as well. Make yourself a gift and bring your health at the optimal level.

Call or come see us, it will be a pleasure to assist you !

JFT INTL