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	CLUB SPECIALS: FEB 2-for-1 JOINING FEE! All New Members Receive: - Equipment Orientation - Fitness Consult - Private Pilates Session - Session With Registered Dietitian eNewsletter Sign Up CLASS SCHEDULES BRISTOL SWANSEA SEEKONK DARTMOUTH NEWS & EVENTS BRISTOL SWANSEA SEEKONK DARTMOUTH CLUB HOURS 5:00 AM to 10:00 PM - Mon-Thurs 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM - Fri 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM - Sat 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM - Sun Holiday Hours In The News & Articles Articles about Total Fitness Clubs and written by our team of fitness professionals. Check the Fitness Corner -- Articles written by our Certified Personal Trainers Winners At Losing: Seekonk.Patch.com, 4/9/2011 "You Choose To Lose" Weight Loss Challenge --- Winners Announced! Down To The Wire: Seekonk.Patch.com, 4/4/2011 "You Choose To Lose" Weight Loss Challenge Week 9 Avoiding The Holiday Binge: Seekonk.Patch.com, 3/28/2011 "You Choose To Lose" Weight Loss Challenge Week 8 St. Patty's 5K Kickstarts the Heart, Legs: 3/19/2011 "You Choose To Lose" Weight Loss Challenge Week 7 Healthy In More Ways Than Weight Loss: Seekonk.Patch.com, 3/14/2011 "You Choose To Lose" Weight Loss Challenge Week 6 Up Close with a Weight Loss Challenger: Seekonk.Patch.com, 3/5/2011 "You Choose To Lose" Weight Loss Challenge Week 4 & 5 Swansea Woman in Spin for Hope: Somerset/Swansea Spectator 3/2/2011 Kicking Up the Intensity: Seekonk.Patch.com, 2/27/2011 "You Choose To Lose" Weight Loss Challenge Week 3 ‘Spin for Hope’ set in Bristol: Projo.com, 2/20/2011 Total Fitness Weight Loss Challenge - Week 2: Seekonk.Patch.com, 2/18/2011 "You Choose To Lose" Weight Loss Challenge The Importance of a Finely-Tuned Diet: Seekonk.Patch.com, 2/7/2011 "You Choose To Lose" Weight Loss Challenge Up For The Challenge?: Seekonk.Patch.com, 1/31/2011 "You Choose To Lose" Weight Loss Challenge Why Weight?: Bristol-Warren.Patch.com, 1/16/2011 Making Fitness Goals Enjoyable: Seekonk.Patch.com, 1/9/11 Number of Gym Goers Increase With 'New Year, New Body' Mentality: Bristol-Warren.Patch.com 1/6/11 Feel Better This Year: The Bay Magazine, January 2011 It's Resolution Time!: Bristol-Warren.Patch.com 1/1/11 Seekonk Gym-Goers Pledge To Get Ship Shape in 2011: Seekonk.Patch.com, 12/31/10 Feel Better This Year: The Bay, January 2011 12 Healthy Holiday Tips: Bristol-Warren.Patch.com, 12/24/10 Allow Yourself Some Wiggle Room: Bristol-Warren.Patch.com, 12/18/10 Fall Fitness Challenge Winners Announced: Southcoasttoday.com, 12/8/10 Spin For Hope in Bristol Boosts Cancer Research: Providence Journal, 2/26/10 SouthCoast Today Article, Somerset Spectator, 2/17/10 Cancer Survivors Are Fighting Back By Keeping Fit: The Herald News, 9/30/09 "Best of Rhode Island" : Rhode Island Monthly, August 2009 Biggest Loser contestant talks to Fitness Challenge participants: Somerset Spectator, 4/1/09 Swansea's Biggest Losers: The Herald News 12/1/08 All of the Weight Loss Challenge Participants are Winners: Somerset Spectator, 11/26/08 Aspden wins fitness Challenge: Somerset Spectator, 7/15/09 The Challenge To Lose Weight: Somerset Spectator, 7/9/08 A lot less to love in Swansea: Wickedlocal.com, 7/5/08 Winners at Losing! Jen Morin Seekonk.Patch.com 4/9/2011 Seekonk Big Winners In the “You Choose To Lose” Weight Loss Challenge. Read the full article http://seekonk.patch.com/articles/winners-at-losing Back to top Down To The Wire Jen Morin Seekonk.Patch.com 4/4/2011 It’s Week 9 of the “You Choose To Lose” Weight Loss Challenge, and with a combined team weight loss of 462.2 lbs, Seekonk’s Team Camo Holds onto first place. Read the full article Back to top Avoiding The Holiday Binge Jen Morin Seekonk.Patch.com, 3/28/2011 Week Eight of the “You Choose To Lose” Weight Loss Challenge and Seekonk’s Team Camo Holds onto first place! This week I met with Andy Calise, Seekonk Total Fitness’s head trainer for Team Camo and he reported "the workouts are still going strong and this past weekend the Challengers ran in the St. Pat’s 5K which was a great experience for everyone. Some people set personal bests some people got through it and both things are accomplishments. “ Read the full article Back to top St. Patty's 5K Kickstarts the Heart, Legs Jen Morin Seekonk.Patch.com, 3/19/2011 Week Seven of the “You Choose To Lose” Weight Loss Challenge and Seekonk’s Team Camo Holds onto first place! The Weight Loss Challengers on Seekonk Total Fitness’s Team Camo have endured and overcome many personal and team challenges over the last seven weeks and with only three weeks to go the final push is on. This includes running the St. Pat’s 5K... Read the full article Back to top Healthy In More Ways Than Weight Loss Week Six of the “You Choose To Lose” Weight Loss Challenge and Seekonk’s Team Camo Holds onto first place! Jen Morin Seekonk.Patch.com, 3/4/2011 I checked in with Team Camo’s head trainer Andy Calise and the first thing I asked was “How are things going this week?” Andy told me this last week has been pivotal week for the team. Read the full article Back to top Up Close with a Weight Loss Challenger Week Five of the Fitness Challenge and Seekonk Total Fitness’s Team Camo holds onto first place. Jen Morin Seekonk.Patch.com, 3/5/2011 The “You Choose To Lose” Weight Loss Challenge is midway through the 10-week program and this week I spoke with one of the Challengers on the Seekonk Team. Out of respect for this Challenger’s privacy, I’ll be referring to her as Diana in this article. Read the full article Back to top Swansea Woman in Spin For Hope Somerset/Swansea Spectator by Bill Hall, Associate Editor, 3/2/2011 This coming Sunday, March 6, Jen Morin of Swansea will be among those who will take part in the "Spin for Hope" three hour indoor cycling event to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. Read the full article Back to top Kicking up the Intensity Seekonk Total Fitness challengers reap the benefits from interval and functional training. by Jen Morin Seekonk.Patch.com, 2/27/11 This week I spoke with the Team Camo Trainer Andy Calise to see how things went during weeks 3 and 4 of the "You Chose to Lose Weight Loss Challenge at Seekonk Total Fitness." Team Camo still holds first place and overall lost a combined 254.4 pounds in week 3 and 297 pounds in week 4 - with the average weight loss per person of 17.5 pounds in week 4. Read the full article Back to top ‘Spin for Hope’ set in Bristol Projo.com 2/20/2011 Total Fitness Clubs is hosting The American Cancer Society’s 6th annual Spin For Hope March 6 from 9 a.m. to noon at the club’s 685 Metacom Ave., Bristol, location. Read the full article Back to top Total Fitness Weight Loss Challenge - Week 2 Jen Morin Seekonk.Patch.com 2/18/2011 Andy Calise, Seekonk’s head trainer, explained that this week the team dynamic is gaining momentum. That team dynamic is what really attracts people to this program. Already in week two the trainers have started seeing support between teammates which increases moral and creates a winning atmosphere. Read the full article Back to top The Importance of a Finely-Tuned Diet Jen Morin Seekonk.Patch.com 2/7/2011 reported that overall all Challengers have done a fantastic job, that if you do what we ask of you you’ll be very successful in week one, but that their trainers won’t know a lot until the second or third week. This is due to many factors. In general, during the first week the body is purging a lot of things. The analogy Andy gave for success in the first week - “It’s like winning a pre-season game by a wide margin. It’s a nice indication of your potential but the real work comes in the second and subsequent weeks.” Read the full article Back to top Up for the Challenge? Jen Morin Seekonk.Patch.com 1/31/2011 If you’re in the midst of trying to lose weight or know someone who is, look no further for inspiration than the challengers who are participating in Total Fitness Clubs “You Choose to Lose” Weight Loss Challenge. In the coming weeks we’ll be covering the successes and struggles of 18 members on the Seekonk Total Fitness Team. Read the full article Back to top Why Weight? Jen Morin Bristol-Warren.Patch.com, 1/16/2011 We all watch the scale to see if our body weight fluctuates, which gives us an idea if we’re packing on the pounds or not, but what is actually happening? Read the full article Back to top Making Fitness Goals Enjoyable Now that you’ve made the resolution to get fit how do you chose what’s right for you? Jen Morin Seekonk.Patch.com, 1/9/11 A few months ago I had the opportunity to sit in on a talk given by Mark Kruger, a former contestant from season 5 of the TV program “Biggest Loser." Read the full article Back to top Number of Gym Goers Increase With 'New Year, New Body' Mentality Leigh Medeiros Bristol-Warren.Patch.com, 1/1/2011 Holly Williams is going for a “bikini bod.” Her fiancée, Damien St. Pierre, has relinquished the dream of six-pack abs, but is still working hard to shape up. The pair head to Cancun in August for their honeymoon, but in the meanwhile are busy working out at Bristol Total Fitness. Read the full article Back to top Feel Better This Year Dana Rae Laverty The Bay Magazine, January 2011 Keep your resolutions with this guide to fitness and wellness. Read the full article - starts on page 17 Back to top It’s Resolution Time! A plan for making that New Year’s resolution stick and actually work this year. Jen Morin, Fitness Director Bristol-Warren.Patch.com, 1/1/2011 The first health club I ever worked at really opened my eyes to New Year's resolutions. My employers made sure when December came around to "warn" me about the onslaught of people who would come through our doors as a result of their healthy New Year's resolutions. What I soon realized was that this group's attendance was great the first week they joined our club, the second week they'd start working out inconsistently and within a month of joining they'd completely disappear. All I could think was… come on people; you can do better than that! Read the full article Back to top Seekonk Gym-Goers Pledge To Get Ship Shape in 2011 Brooke Schmidt Seekonk.Patch.com, 12/31/10 Time to stretch and loosen those limbs. Seekonk Total Fitness starts its first Weight Loss Challenge of the new year starting Jan. 23, igniting a fire to burn calories in teammates from Seekonk and nearby towns. Read the full article Back to top Feel Better This Year Dana Rae Laverty The Bay, January 2011 Now that the streamers have been swept away, empty bottles of bubbly are in the recycling bin, and those goofy "2011" shaped glasses are (rightfully) in the trash, January is a perfect time to take stock of your health goals for the coming year. Read the full article, page 17 Back to top 12 Healthy Holiday Tips Jen Morin, Fitness Director Bristol-Warren.Patch.com, 12/24/2010 This time of year is a very challenging time to stay on track with our health and wellness goals, so with a little help from my colleagues we've compiled 12 tips to help you get through the holidays – that will help you stay on track or keep you from falling too far off course. Total Fitness Weight Loss Challenge - Week 2 Seekonk’s Team Camo holds onto first place!