Summit: Climbing to a Higher Level

Summit is a program to encourage and reward you for making wise decisions for your health and life. The program is about what you need and is individualized for you. It is about making healthier choices as you reach your health and fitness goals. The 10 week program will give you accountability, coaching, and motivation to create habits that will help you climb to a higher level in your life. We can help you with the roadblocks and hurdles that are tripping you up from making the changes you want to make.

Here is how the program works.
Each individual works on accomplishing their own personal goals Mt McKinley is the first mountain to climb.
Mt McKinley is 20,320 ft. -- the highest mountain in North America
There will be 3 levels
Crest (7,000 ft)
Summit (14,000 ft)
Pinnacle (20,320 ft)

1. Each person will set their own climb and have 1-1 accountability with their personal trainer or Beth Dean the program coordinator.
2 . Tracking will be done in feet & shared privately with trainer.
Example - a weekly food journal = 100 feet/day or 700/wk
Length of the program will be 10 weeks. May expand to add additional mountains (ie K2, Everest) over time for more challenges.
The program will coincide with the Jumpstart program and all participants will have total access to Jumpstart Challenges and events.

Jumpstart vs. Summit
For those not who are not competitive and would prefer to challenge themselves as an individual this for you. It’s about helping each person accomplish their personal goals and climbing their mountain foot by foot. Cost of $75 will include t-shirt, all access to seminars/challenges, and a donation to the Community Action Council food shelf.

Jump-start into Health

Puravida Fitness (a partner in health with Life Wellness Center) is once again having a Jumpstart Challenge and YOU are invited!

2009 Fall Jumpstart Challenge Rules

1. Each participant must be on a team of two. Only teams of two are allowed. Singles will be partnered up with others who don’t have a partner.
2. Each team member must document their activities for the week and turn them into their coach to be validated and placed into the master book.
3. All challenges will have different levels so that participants of all levels may earn points.
4. In order to get points, the trainer running the challenge must verify participant’s completion.
5. Points will only be awarded for 1 strength and 1 cardio workout per day.
6. Once a team has started they must complete their ten weeks consecutively there are no off weeks. Their scoring period will end exactly ten weeks from their initial start date.
7. Other activities and challenges can be petitioned to the panel of trainers for points. Petition must be submitted prior to the activity.
8. In the event of a tie, each team will be required to write essays about why they should win and panel of trainers will determine the winner.
9. All points should be turned in weekly and a participant may only miss (1) week of turning in points. If they miss longer than that the points will be lost and cannot be counted.
10. The contest starts on September 21st and ends December 18th

Points are awarded as follows:
1. Exercise Points
a. Complete a strength workout (10 pts) - can be a prescribed program or a strength training class.
b. Complete a cardio workout (10 pts) - must be 20 minutes in length only 1 allowed per day.
c. Complete stretching for the day (10 pts) - can be stretching class or a prescribed routine.
d. Completing one of our fitness challenges (25-100 pts) - varies for each challenge.
2. Nutrition Points:
a. Turn in weekly food journal (25 pts)
b. Complete detox or RESET plan (50pts)- Only one allowed during the contest
3. Lifestyle Change Bonus Points
a. In the zone (50 pts) - determined by coach that you have done 2 weeks of consistent hard work with exercise and nutrition.
b. Habit Change (50-200 pts) - determined by the trainers how big the change is.
c. Attend Educational Seminars (25 pts) - come to one of our educational seminars or another seminar approved by your coach.
d. Overcoming an eating/drinking obstacle (25 pts)
4. Challenge Bonus Points: (completing something harder than the usual for you). Each event must be documented.
a. Running/Walking Race (100 pts) - Must be something harder than you have ever done. (If you always do 5ks then you can only get points for 10ks or higher. It must be a new level of challenge.)
b. Iron Man Bike Race - 2 pts per mile completed.
c. Other events may be petitioned to the trainers and points can be determined at that time.
5. Improvement Bonuses:
a. Weight loss (10 pts per pound)
b. Body fat loss (25 pts per percentage)
c. Most improved (200 pts) - Person who trainers determine has come the farthest.
d. Player Of The Week Bonus: Participant chosen by trainer/coaches to have a stand out effort & performance for the week.
Prizes:
1st Place- Overnight Stay and Dinner Downtown Minneapolis
2nd Place- 1 Hour Massage for Each Team Member
3rd Place- Valley Foods Coop Gift Certificates For Each Participant

For more information, check out the official web site: http://www.puravidafitness.com/jumpstart.html

Pan-O-Prog Visa Gift Card II Contest

Pan-O-Prog Contest II $500 Visa gift card give-away winner is...
Cammie L. from Farmington, MN
Congratulations Cammie!

Welcome Scott!

Life Wellness Center would like to welcome its newest chiropractic intern;
Scott Walter.
Scott is in his last trimester of school and will be graduating this coming November. Please say hi to him the next time you are in our office.

Where in the World is LWC?

Are you planning a trip somewhere? Maybe taking a vacation over seas? Whether it's Brainerd or Boston, Duluth or Detroit, Grand Marais or the Grand Canyon, we want to see your Life Wellness Center gear! Send us a picture of you with something with the LWC logo on it (i.e. water bottle, visor, t-shirt, etc.) and we'll enter your name into the contest for a very special prize; a FREE ONE HOUR MASSAGE!!! Those with the most unique or exotic location have a better chance of winning. We will post all entered photos on our web site. Don't have anything with Life Wellness Center on it? No problem, stop into our clinic and we'll give you something absolutely free to bring along on your journey. This contest will run now until Saturday, October 31st.
Click on the photo above for all details.

Burnsville/Savage "Beat the Heat" races

Team LWC was at the Burnsville/Savage "Beat the Heat" races on Saturday, August 8th.

LWC sponsors the Tour De France

Sign up at Life Wellness Center to win one of three 4GB iPods or go online to Versus.com/TDF to win a chance to the 2010 Tour De France.

Contest Winners!

Here is the list of recent winners from Life Wellness Center contests:

• Don H. from Rosemount (Rosemount Run for the Gold races) a free pair of foot stabilizers/orthotics. a $300 value!
• Amy B. from Rosemount (Lakeville Pan-O-Prog races) - a free pair of foot stabilizers/orthotics. a $300 value!
• Amy G. from Apple Valley (Farmington Dew Days races) - a free pair of foot stabilizers/orthotics. a $300 value!
• Susan N. from Eagan (Apple Valley Freedom Days races) - a free pair of foot stabilizers/orthotics. A $300 value!
• Sherry S. from Lakeville (Lewis House Golf Tournament) - a 1 hour massage
• Cheryl L from Burnsville (Community Action Council Food Drive Contest) - 6 chiropractic visits and one 1 hour massage.
  More drawing coming up, with more winners to be announced. Will YOU be one of them?

2009 Lakeville Relay for Life

Life Wellness Center is proud to help support the 2009 Relay For Life of Lakeville.
July 24, 2009 at Lakeville South High School

for more information, please check out this web site or stop by our Front Desk for more details:

Lakeville RFL website

Please watch this video.

Pan-O-Prog Contest II

Once again, in honor of our Lakeville community celebration, Life Wellness Center will be giving away a
$500 Visa gift card
to one lucky winner!
All you have to do is follow the link and sign-up. No catches, no gimmicks, no purchase neccessary. Simply sign up and that is all. Just ask our last year's winner (Katie L. from Apple Valley).

Just click here!

Apple Valley Freedom Days

Join Life Wellness Center Saturday, July 4th at Hayes Park in Apple Valley for the Freedom Days Fun Runs (5, 2 and 1/2 mile races).

Registration starts at 7:00am with the first two races beginning at 8:00am sharp! Stop by the Life Wellness Center tent and sign-up to win a FREE pair of custom-made running orthotics (a $300 value) and receive your very own LWC water bottle!

See you there!

Farmington Dew Days races (6/20/09)

Help LWC In The Fight Against Breast Cancer!

Life Wellness Center is proud to help in the fight against breast cancer by donating to a very special team of women who will be walking the 60-mile walk on August 21st - 23rd.

Please help them achieve their goal in donations and continue to support them through their web site.

The Breast Cancer 3 Day Walk is August 21st – 23rd.

Their efforts will benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund. Individually the 3-woman team needs to raise $2300 and, as a team, they've set a goal to raise $7000 – they are a little over half to their team goal. If someone wants to donate, there are 3 easy ways to do so:

- Online: Go to www.the3day.org. Select Donate and search for Angela Collignon or Lisa Vander Loop.

- In-person: Write a check made payable to “Breast Cancer 3-Day” and give to the Front Desk at Life Wellness Center.

- Phone: You can call 800.996.3DAY to donate over the phone.

If a company would like to sponsor them, they will include their company logo on their t-shirts.

A message from Team: 'Back Our Racks';

Join us on an amazing journey in the fight against breast cancer! The Breast Cancer 3-Day is a 60-mile walk over the course of three days. Net proceeds benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure and National Philanthropic Trust, funding important breast cancer research, education, screening, and treatment. For a fundraiser, we are also “selling” spots on our t-shirts. If you have someone you would like us to walk in memory of, in support for, or in honor of and donate $100 or more, we will include their name on the back of our t-shirts. Or if you choose to just donate $100 or more, we will include your name as a “Top Donor”. If you would like to participate, make a note of the individuals name along with the spot you are "buying" in the personal note section when you make your donation. We appreciate all of your support, we could not be doing this without your help!

~ Lisa, Angela, and Mindy

LWC has gone DIGITAL!

You don't need a converter box. You don't need HDTV. All you need is a skeleton. Life Wellness Center once again has state-of-the-art technology with new digital x-ray processing. If you are a new patient to Life Wellness Center, prepare to be impressed with the crisp, clear and accurate scan of your body. Even if you have already had x-rays done, stop in and see this impressive piece of equipment designed to give our patients the best for their health and wellness.

Zyto is Neat-O!

Life Wellness Center now has ZYTO technology!

(From www.zyto.com:)
How does the technology work?
"In the most basic terms, ZYTO technology uses quantum physics as well as established Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) technology to measure fluctuations in electrical conductivity of the skin. A client places their hand on the hand cradle, the ZYTO software sends stimuli to the body using digital signatures that represent actual things, and the fluctuations in GSR are measured and interpreted. The response helps the practitioner to see how the body responds to the items being assessed, which ones it prefers, and how much it prefers them. This knowledge is used by healthcare practitioners to maximize their results by helping them choose the right solution for their clients at the right time."

Are the results accurate?
Yes. ZYTO practitioners have performed tens of thousands of assessments worldwide.
Practitioners have also used other modalities to evaluate the results of their ZYTO software
with great results. Recently, a hospital study was conducted that showed a 95.2% correlation
between the results of ZYTO’s technology and the recommendations of the doctor.


How can I experience this amazing technology?
ZYTO currently offers two professional systems that are available to certified health professionals as well as a new system that is available for consumers to buy. The best way for non-certified individuals to experience the power of the professional systems would be to schedule an assessment with any of the hundreds of health professionals who use ZYTO’s technology in their clinics throughout the world (such as Life Wellness Center).

Are the results reproducible?
One of the most common questions that arises as people are getting to know the technology and how it works, is why the actual data from the scans changes from one assessment to another. As a matter of fact, because of what we are measuring, we don’t expect reproducibility. ZYTO technology measures the most rapidly changing field in the body, the energetic field, which processes 400 million impulses of information per second. When dealing with complex mindmatter systems repeatable measurements are not expected. Instead you look for patterns and trends.

Are there any research studies on the technology?
There are myriad studies that have been conducted over the last century on GSR and its
use in measuring the body’s reaction to stimuli. In addition, several independent studies have
been conducted by health professionals using ZYTO’s technology.


Can the technology be used to treat or diagnose?
ZYTO technology is not designed to treat or diagnose. It is a tool designed to assist the
healthcare practitioner in finding the body’s preferences for any list of items. This information
is invaluable in helping the practitioner determine which product is going to maximize therapeutic results for the client.

Do you have FDA approval?
ZYTO’s technology does not qualify as a medical device and therefore does not require FDA
Approval. We are always reviewing the changes in the industries and the laws of the countries
we operate in to remain in compliance.

Share the Health!

Life Wellness Center invites you to
"Share the Health"

by donating a healthy snack or other charitable needs in support of

The Lewis House Foundation

sponsored by

The Community Action Council.

Every time that you donate at our office, your name will be entered into a contest to win 6 chiropractic visits and one 1-hour massage absolutely FREE!

(A $300 value)

This contest runs from June 1st through June 30th.

Any questions, please contact Jeff at: jeffguille@lifewellnesscenter.net.

Welcome Justin!

Life Wellness Center would like to welcome it's newest chiropractic intern to our office; Justin Sands. Be sure to say hi to Justin the next time you are in for your monthly adjustment.

Oink-oink!

(Adapted from an article by Bill Esteb)

"Even though I no longer follow the media's interpretation of reality, even a quick glance, long enough to identify that the airport's monitors are tuned to CNN, reveals the latest fear mongering: swine flu. How delicious. On top of the financial "slipping and checking" that has infatuated the media, they can now fill the airwaves with something even scarier: an infectious disease. This is what advertising executives dream of, bent on reaching as many eyeballs as possible.
I don't give the medical-industrial-media complex enough credit for some type of conspiracy. This is merely their worldview, played out on glowing phosphorous screens around the world. As usual, their perspective turns everyone into a potential victim and little is done to put the current outbreak into perspective. Like virtually every other threat, armies are gathering for the obligatory "War on Swine Flu."
You and I know it won't work. Even if it appears to work, it won't work.
The War on Swine flu (or whatever politically correct name the symptoms the virus produces this week is called) will be about as successful as the War on Terror, the War on Cancer and the War on Ingrown Toenails. Going to war makes it appear that someone is doing something. Yet in this situation, going to war will not likely prolong the outbreak, but produce collateral damage and increase needless suffering--whether emotional or physical.
This particular virus is not a problem or an enemy. Neither was SARS, bird flu or any of the other more recent communicable diseases that have captured the attention of the media. As the father of the germ theory, Louis Pasteur observed on his deathbed, "It is the soil, not the seed." In other words, it's not the germ, it's the host; it's not the invader, it's one's resistance. Ironically, an individual's resistance is probably compromised by the worry and emotional stress of news reports that record the death toll and the enemy's movements! (Not to mention the heightened awareness of people coughing in their proximity.)
The current media reports provide a helpful backdrop for some patient education--namely our culture's fascination with germs.There is a connection between the nervous system and the immune system. When diminished by vertebral subluxation, the nervous system can have a dampening effect on the workings of the immune system. In fact, most of us can recall getting a cold or some other illness immediately following periods of stress, sleep deprivation or the "let down" after taking an important test or completing a big project. Turns out, the best defense is a good offense. One more reason why regular chiropractic checkups, even when you're feeling great, make sense.
If every patient were aware of the millions of successes their immune system is having by neutralizing a host of germs and microbes all day long, there would be less focus on its occasional oversight and a renewed focus on what can be done to bolster it. At its root, is a fundamental mistrust of the body and a mentality that would prefer to fight rather than strengthen, treat rather than create health and fear rather than understand. The only pandemic we have is one of ignorance and personal responsibility."

LWC invades the South!

A small group from Life Wellness Center recently attended a seminar in Dallas, Texas. While the intention of the event is to learn new and exciting information to bring back to the clinic in Lakeville, we are not without a bit of "group bonding" after full days of seminars to relieve a little stress.

Dr. Tom, Karen, Deb, Tom J. and Jeff at Gilley's Bar for some refreshments, dancing and to ride the mechanical bull! ENJOY!!!

(Press the "Play" arrow and turn up the volume!)

'Stress' a Success!

(click picture to enlarge)

A BIG "thank you" to everyone who was able to make it out to our 3rd of three free seminars regarding our 'Triad of Health' logo. It was our largest turn-out for an internal seminar so far! Unfortunately, it's a sign that stress affects all of us.

Also, a very special "thank you" to Debbie Scheide for hosting our event. She did a fantastic job.

If you have any questions regarding any of our 'Triad of Health' seminars or suggestions for future seminars, please feel free to contact Jeff Guille at: 952-435-5300 or jeffguille@lifewellnesscenter.net