Kohnetics Fitness

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If you visit my website or read the article on the Huffington Post, you will realize how dire I was to make a change and how much effort I put into researching weight-loss / fitness before developing my P2 Towel and Kohnetics fitness routine. I went from toxically obese to extraordinarily healthy in just a matter of months. I developed the P2 Towel and walking routine and it changed my life. I now want to give back by helping others in a similar circumstance, take back control of their health. Taking people who are very unhappy with their state of health and leading them through a relatively simple yet powerful transformation that manifests in a level of vitality they haven't had since childhood.

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12 years in business

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What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
I have basic pricing but I'm open to listening to potential client's specific circumstances and price accordingly.
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Back in college, I was the head trainer at Aspen Hill Nautilus. I'm currently a member of two of the top fitness organizations in the world. The American College of Sports Medicine (www.acsm.org). ACSM is the largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world. The National Strength and Conditioning Association (www.nsca-lift.org) the worldwide authority on strength and conditioning for thousands of elite strength coaches, personal trainers and dedicated researchers and educators.
How did you get started doing this type of work?
Too many years sitting at the computer 12 hours a day took a toll on my health. I ballooned up near 260 lbs and couldn't walk far without breathing heavy! But I wasn't unhappy. To be honest, I really didn't think too much about my appearance. I was focused on work and spending quality time with my son--as he would be going off to college in the relatively near future. But then, two things happened that made me re-think the need to 'get back in shape'. I went for a physical (it had been about 7 years since my last checkup) and the vital stats were not good. All the major "health factors" were off the charts--in a bad way. The doctor said rather bluntly, that if I kept to my current life style, I would not live into old age. A few weeks later, we had a family portrait taken, and I saw "The Picture". I was appalled by my appearance. Seeing how fat I'd gotten compared to my siblings hit me hard. I was mortified. And for the first time, I actually became embarrassed by my appearance. The doctor's visit scared me a little, but it was 'the picture" and prior pictures that I went back and viewed that showed me grossly out of shape, that motivated me to change my lifestyle. I committed right there and then to 'get back in shape'. As a former executive with Discovery Channel, I had edited and produced programming requiring extensive research. I applied the same dedicated research techniques to finding the absolute best way to quickly and simply lose weight while retaining lean muscle. Weeks of research manifested into a weight loss routine that I now call "KOHNETICS". The amount of information on 'fat loss', 'fitness' and 'exercise' is vast and can be extremely confusing, but what is obvious in the research is that there is no substitute for 'getting out there and moving'. No special apparatus will take off pounds without some "level of effort". My research revealed four common themes: 1. Brisk walking is one of the best ways to 'burn fat', 2. Resistance exercise is so beneficial to the body that it should be incorporated into 'all fitness routines', 3. 'Active breathing' enhances fat loss and releases organ toxins while energizing the body. 4. The routine should be simple (not to be confused with 'easy') but not too strenuous that it will impart injury that will lead to forced periods of non-activity and thus curtail any attempt to 'get back in shape'. Based on the research, I knew 'walking' was going to be the main fitness driver, but I didn't have time to go out walking, then go to a gym for resistance exercises, so I invented an apparatus that I could use to do isometric 'resistance' while walking. I combined a towel with a cylinder of dense Styrofoam that allows for essential push and pull isometric resistance during the walks. I call it the "P2-Towel". It's currently Patent Pending. A lot of the top fitness programs that came to the fore during my research, had separate sessions for aerobic and resistance training. Either one done after the other on the same day or alternated on separate days. This seemed like a burdensome amount of time given our busy lives--and 'free time' is a hot commodity. I reasoned that if WALKING burned x amount of calories, and RESISTANCE exercise burned x amount of calories, and ACTIVE BREATHING burned x amount of calories, that if there was a way to perform all three simultaneously, training time could be reduced but the fat loss on the body would be immense. In testing my theory, I discovered that performing the resistance exercises with the P2 Towel while walking and doing 'active breathing' dramatically increased calorie burn (more than 2X the calories of walking alone) and thus fat loss--while maintaining lean muscle mass.