Hearts, roses, love – things that remind us of Valentine’s Day. These things also remind me of my parents and the love they shared. My father frequently brought my mother roses as a symbol of his love. Unfortunately, their time together was cut short when my dad died at Age 49 of dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease in which the heart muscle weakens and becomes enlarged. Watching my father’s health deteriorate and his early death fueled my passion for fitness and my desire to help others attain optimum health.

Though I didn’t have the opportunity to help my dad, I am grateful his large heart propelled me further down my path to living healthy and helping others. At Sheehan Personal Training we believe EVERYONE has the potential to be healthy, feel good, and look great! We help individuals transform their lives by capitalizing on their healthy goals and combining them with the enthusiastic group energy generated in our semi-private personal training sessions and group exercise classes. This potent combination inspires and motivates our clients to achieve their goals and live their dreams. Classes are offered seven days a week and feature Barremax™, Zumba, Pilates Mat, Piloxing, and yoga. Training sessions and classes are held in the uplifting environment of our world-class facility and are easily scheduled using our state-of-the-art on-line system.

This Valentine’s Day give the gift of good health and positive energy to someone you love! Sheehan Personal Training Gift Certificates can conveniently be purchased on-line and are the perfect gift for people who want to improve or optimize their current health and fitness levels. In addition, Sunwarrior Raw Vegan Superfoods & Supplements make great healthy gifts and can be purchased at our studio during normal business hours.

Sheehan Personal Training wishes you and your loved ones a healthy and happy Valentine’s Day!

When our bodies are properly hydrated, our blood is at its proper consistency enabling efficient distribution throughout our body.  According to Brendan Brazier, a professional triathlete and author of “Thrive,” the cells of a properly hydrated body swell, causing growth of muscle tissue and speeding up cellular renewal.  Hydrated cells remain alkaline, yet a breakdown of muscle tissue occurs when cells become de-hydrated, advancing degeneration.

According to many experts, water just isn’t enough to keep us hydrated due to the flushing of electrolytes which occur when only water is used to hydrate.  This can cause muscle cramping and heart palpitations.  Electrolytes are salts with electrical properties that conduct charges that are essential for muscle contractions, heart beats, fluid regulation, and general nerve function.  The chief minerals in electrolytes are chloride, calcium, magnesium, sodium, and potassium.

Though salt has been demonized by conventional medicine in recent years, it plays an important role in maintaining good health.  All salts are not created equal and can easily be confused.  Most studies which result in detrimental reports of salt do not include unrefined sea salt.  Iodized table salt is highly processed, bleached, and stripped of most of the minerals which are beneficial to our cells.

Unrefined sea salt is harvested from evaporated sea water and contains up to 80 mineral elements, including electrolytes and trace minerals.

In the article “Salt Your Way to Health” Dr. David Brownstein, MD concludes that unrefined sea salt provides the body with a complex of nutrients it needs to function optimally.  He finds that Celtic Sea Salt is a particularly effective brand which contains over 80 minerals and is easily absorbed.

Each person has different hydrations needs based on their diet and activity levels, but here is my calorie-free concoction that is delicious and my favorite way to ensure that I replace electrolytes for optimal energy:

4 ounces Sobe Lifewater (0 calories)

1 tsp Celtic Ground Sea Salt

½ lemon squeezed in (alkalizes pH balance)

8 – 12 ounces water

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During this holiday season, Sheehan Personal Training would like to extend our gratitude to all of the people we’ve had the privilege of connecting with this year.  From the clients who visit our studios to our Internet followers, we are grateful to be a part of your lives. The Year 2012 was a transformative year for us.  Re-locating our studio to a world-class facility in Mansfield, MA, and introducing group exercise classes were major undertakings that have enriched our lives in ways we hadn’t imagined.

If you’re looking for last-minute gifts, Sheehan Personal Training Holiday Gift Certificates can conveniently be purchased on-line:

http://www.sheehantraining.com/schedule-and-pricing/holiday-gift-certificates/

In addition, Sunwarrior Raw Vegan Superfoods & Supplements make great healthy gifts and can be purchased at our studio during normal business hours. Please note that we will be closing at 6 PM on Christmas Eve.

On behalf of everyone at Sheehan Personal Training, we wish you and your families a Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukkah!

Imagine how it would feel to give someone you care about boundless energy, good health, happiness, weight loss, quality sleep, and FUN!  You can give the important people in your life these incredible gifts when you give Sheehan Personal Training Gift Certificates this holiday season. 

At Sheehan Personal Training we believe EVERYONE has the potential to be healthy, feel good, and look great!  Every day we see amazing things accomplished when groups of people come together with the same intentions.  Our semi-private personal training sessions and group exercise classes are designed to harness an individual’s healthy intentions with the positive energy of like-minded people for a transformative experience in an uplifting environment.  Classes are offered seven days a week and feature barfusion^TM in addition to Zumba, Pilates Mat, Piloxing, and yoga.  Training sessions and classes are held in our world-class facility and are easily scheduled using our state-of-the-art online system. 

Many individuals do not make self-care a priority, which leaves them feeling unhealthy and depleted with little energy left for the people and activities they love.  Show the people you care about that you believe their health and self-care are priorities.  Sheehan Personal Training Gift Certificates are the perfect gift for people who want to start a fitness program to improve their health and have more energy to share with their loved ones.  In addition, they make ideal gifts for die-hard fitness fanatics who want to take their training to new levels and college students who are home on winter break. 

For your convenience we offer a variety of Holiday Gift Certificates for our dynamic training sessions and group exercise classes that can easily be purchased online:

http://www.sheehantraining.com/schedule-and-pricing/holiday-gift-certificates/

In addition to purchasing Sheehan Personal Training Gift Certificates for the important people in your life, put them on your list for Santa!  Receiving Sheehan Personal Training Gift Certificates feels almost as wonderful as giving them!