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Tessa O”Brien and Kim Hutcherson listen as
Phil Campbell describes his Sprint 8 fitness
program.
Approximately 150 Persons Attend
Informational Meeting
MCKENZIE (January 7) – Approximately 150
persons attended an informational meeting
Monday evening at Long Heights Baptist
Church as part of the personal fitness
challenge. Each year, millions of Americans
make a New Year’s resolution to lose weight
and get fit. The McKenzie community, with
the assistance of Phil Campbell, an
internationally acclaimed fitness expert,
are encouraged to participate in the
challenge for the community, the geographic
area, and the nation.
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, Campbell is heading
this project without charge to the
participant.
The program is entirely free, said Campbell,
who moved to McKenzie in 2007. The initial
challenge is for an eight-week period.
Participants will be evaluated for blood
pressure, oxygen saturation, cholesterol,
body mass index, and weight by their
personal physician or at a community health
fair on Thursday, January 10 at McKenzie
Regional Hospital. The only charge is $15
for the cholesterol screen, said Ty Butler.
Dick Brewster and Kenny Carr demonstrate the
exercise bikes as Phil Campbell speaks about
the community fitness challenge.
Called the Rural Health Community Fitness
Challenge, the goal is to lose body mass,
lower cholesterol, and get fit. Campbell
said the goals can be reached with as little
as 20 minutes exercise three times weekly.
Sandi Roditis, volunteer coordinator for the
Challenge, said she has successfully
followed Campbell’s plan. “It’s a 20-minute
plan a busy mother of two can do.”
According to state-provided statistics,
Carroll County is ranked 72nd of the 95
counties concerning health and fitness and
95th of 95 in health behaviors, said Ty
Butler of McKenzie Regional Hospital.
The McKenzie event is being sponsored by
McKenzie Regional Hospital, Phil Campbell,
and Bethel College. It’s not too late to
participate. Sponsors of the event hope that
others will participate.
Bethel will soon open a fitness center in
the former YMCA location on Main Street in
McKenzie. Plans are for the center to serve
the community and Bethel. Phil Campbell’s
endorsed equipment and training methods will
be part of the program.
McKenzie Regional Hospital also has a
fitness center with a modest membership
price.
Campbell said anyone may participate without
joining any fitness center. He said any
fitness regiment will suffice as long as the
participant gets totally winded in a
30-second period, slows down, and repeats
the “sprint cycle.” The fitness regiment
should begin with a two-minute warm up. “Of
the 20 minutes, only four minutes are hard,”
said Campbell. For more complete
information, visit Campbell’s Web site
listed below.
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 or Sandi Roditis at (731) 415-2927.
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.
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. |
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