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Internationally Acclaimed Fitness
Expert to Kickoff Free Program in McKenzie
January 7 and Challenges Area Communities to
Participate. MCKENZIE (January 1, 2008) -- One of the
most popular new year’s resolutions is to
lose weight and get fit. As the year
progresses, many lose their resolve on those
new year’s goals. But this year, the
community is being challenged to get fit,
stay fit and compete with other communities
in the process. The initiative is being
called “The Rural Health Community Fitness
Challenge” and it is being headed by an
internationally acclaimed fitness expert,
who lives in McKenzie.
Phil Campbell, author of “Ready, Set, Go!
Synergy Fitness”, has been featured in
Oprah’s “O” magazine, Self,
Ms. Fitness, MuscleMag,
OnFitness, Physical, and
Fitness Rx magazines. He travels the
United States and the world telling people
how to get and stay physically fit, teaching
athletes to run faster, and people of all
ages how to live healthier and longer
through simple changes in lifestyles. He
usually receives $1,500 per speaking
engagement, however, the community is
encouraged to hear Campbell free of charge
at Long Heights Baptist Church, McKenzie.
The free seminar is Monday, January 7, 6:30
p.m. Campbell will initiate the Rural Health
Community Fitness Challenge, a totally free
program of fitness and diet.
Campbell said experts with American Sports
Medicine and the American Heart Association
agree that exercise 30 minutes for each of
five days weekly is a good cardiac program.
Campbell offers another accepted program of
20 minutes of vigorous exercise three times
weekly. He believes that busy people can
dedicate the time three times weekly.
For persons to participate, they must
provide an initial cholesterol count, body
mass index (BMI) and an accurate report of
body weight. Participants will be re-tested
after eight weeks to monitor the progress.
In conjunction with the program, McKenzie
Regional Hospital will soon host a health
fair to provide the initial health
screenings and cholesterol tests at a
reduced price, said Ty Butler of MRH. Butler
is assisting Campbell with the fitness
challenge.
Campbell hopes area communities and counties
will accept the competitive challenge to
participate in the Rural Health Community
Fitness Challenge. He envisions the
communities competing against each other to
improve the health of the citizens. Campbell
said he envisions the program growing
throughout the state with rural health
agencies participating.
For more information about the fitness
challenge, phone Butler at McKenzie Regional
Hospital. For more information about
Campbell, visit his Web site at: http://www.readysetgofitness.com
About Phil Campbell
Phil Campbell, M.S., M.A., ACSM-CPT, FACHE;
Certified, American College of Sports
Medicine CPT recently moved to McKenzie,
Tennessee. He recently spoke at the Health &
Fitness Expo in Denver and at Greta
Blackburn's celebrity Malibu Fit Camp.
You may own a piece of award-winning
Vision Fitness cardio equipment programmed
with his Sprint 8 workout. Or you may know
an athlete who has traveled internationally
to him for advanced speed technique
training. But until you've read his book,
you may miss having the most meaningful
fitness improvement experience of your life.
His book is that good!
Phil Campbell, age 54, holds two advanced
degrees and is certified the American
College of Sports Medicine CPT. He applies
his advanced training in health services,
experience in training over 12,000 athletes
in speed and strength, and his experience
(over 35 years) in the development of
"Ready, Set, Go! Synergy Fitness". He spent
20 years in hospital administration
(including several years as a division
president with eight hospitals under his
command) where it was his responsibility to
take the medical disciplines of surgery,
pathology, radiology, pediatrics, physical
rehabilitation, physical therapy,
pharmacology, and other health disciplines
and operationalize diverse medical, health
and wellness services into a comprehensive
healthcare delivery system for the purpose
of improving the lives of others. And he has
taken that same approach in the presentation
of information to readers.
Guided by mainstream research
Phil Campbell uses 300
photo-illustrations and cites over 200
mainstream research studies in the
biomedical disciplines of endocrinology
research, exercise science, medicine and
fitness training for specific age groups to
present a research-supported system that
will help improve the lives of others.
He is an expert at taking complex medical
subjects and making them understandable and
practical. He calls this approach "street
level applied science." And he shows readers
step-by-step how to improve fitness,
increase energy, lose, cut, and tone in the
most efficient way possible.
Campbell wrote his first training manual
over 30 years ago. While in college, he
managed health clubs and performed personal
training ... 20 years before it was called
personal training.
His inspiration to help improve the health
status of large populations was sparked by
his Health Services advanced degree advisor,
Dr. Ed Cavanaugh, a former division
administrator with the Centers for Disease
Control in Atlanta. Mainstream biomedical
research is the basis for all of Phil
Campbell’s writing, and over 200 research
studies are cited in his book and placed in
the thumb margins so readers can see the
exact quote from the study.
As a masters athlete, Phil Campbell holds
several USA Track and Field Masters titles
including first place in the 100-meter
sprint, Southeastern US Championships for
his age group in 2000. In 2003, he won the
200-meter sprint and the discus throw,
placed second in the 100 meters, and he set
the meet record in the javelin during the
USA Masters Track & Field Tennessee
Championships. Nationally, he has placed
third in USA Track and Field Masters
Nationals in his age group in the javelin,
and fifth in discus. In his late 40s, he won
a 40-yard dash competition in 4.69 seconds.
He teaches athletes how to improve speed,
agility and quickness during his Speed Camps
held across the US - www.40speed.com. He
holds a black belt in Isshinryu Karate and
has competed and won first place in martial
arts and weightlifting competitions. |
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