Holiday Hours

Guiding Fitness will be closed December 23rd-December 26th for Christmas. We will open for regularly scheduled classes on December 27th.

We will be closed January 1 for New Year's Day.

We can't wait to see you January 2nd to start the year off right!

Happy Holidays!

Christmas lights walk tonight!!!

Join us at 6:30 for a Christmas lights walk. We'll meet at Guiding Fitness in Lincoln and head to the Pebble Creek neighborhood in Rocklin. Bring some coffee or tea, your family and friends, and enjoy the lights!

Last chance to see Santa before he heads back to the North Pole!

Santa Claus is Coming to Guiding Fitness!


He is making his list and checking it twice and soon he'll be heading back to the North Pole to tell the elves whose been naughty and nice!

Have your picture taken with Santa before he leaves!

424 G St., Suite 204
 Lincoln CA


- No long lines

- Only $10 for a CD or email with your picture

- FREE coupons from downtown Lincoln shops



Part of the profits will go to several different charities.



December 1st - December 16th

Monday - Friday --> 3:00pm - 6:00pm

Saturday - Sunday --> 10:00am - 1:00pm

Raffle Winner!

This week's winner is Wendy Dubois! Congratulations Wendy! Come on in to claim your Guiding Fitness gift certificate!

Guiding Fitness: The Importance of Vitamin

By: Stacy Johnson (Pilates Instructor/Nutritionist)

 

As we head into the winter months you want to make sure you are getting enough vitamin C to help boost your immune system. Vitamin C is essential for growth and repair of tissues in all parts of your body.  It is an effective antioxidant and may help in preventing certain types of cancers.  Vitamin C is a water soluble vitamin that our body does not make, in other words we need to obtain it from our diet.  How do we do this?  We do it by eating at least 3-5 servings of fresh fruits and vegetables every day.  Some foods highest in vitamin C are strawberries, grapefruit, kiwi, pineapple, oranges, mango, sweet potato and white potato, broccoli, leafy greens, bell pepper and brussel sprouts.  Vitamin C is absorbed best when taken in conjunction with calcium, magnesium or bioflavanoids.

 

As it stands the RDI (Recommended Daily Intake) is 60-95mg of Vitamin C a day.  An optimal amount is 200-400mg/day.  Recommendations for helping to cut the time of the common cold down is to increase the amount of Vitamin C to 500mg three times a day for the first couple of days when you feel a cold coming on.  Since it is water soluble, if you ingest more than you body can absorb it will just be excreted out of your urine.  Remember that you can have too much of a good thing too. More than 2000mg/2g a day can cause dizziness, diarrhea, and bloating so be careful about mega dosing.

 

Examples of Vitamin C in some fruits and vegetables are:

1 medium orange – 82.8mg

½ grapefruit – 124mg

1 medium kiwi – 70.5mg

1 cup strawberries – 95mg

½ cup pineapple – 39.5mg

½ cup broccoli – 40.6mg

½ cup red bell pepper – 95mg

You're invited to the Guiding Fitness Holiday Party!

Join us on Friday, December 10th from 6:00 -8:00pm!

Bring your family, friends, and

co-workers!

Free food, raffles, games, and more!

Weekly drawing winner!!

Congrats to Chris Galaz!! You won a $10 Gift Card for Guiding Fitness!!