The 5 Components of Optimal Fitness

GHF's integrated program will teach you step-by-step--and in combinations that are right for you--how to implement all 5 components of health and fitness.

1. The GHF Strength Training Program:

• GHF Online Strength Training Book: Expert advice about effective workouts and how to achieve the results you want. Includes intermediate and advanced training techniques to keep you motivated and progressing.
• GHF Customized StrengthTraining Programs: Personalized to your experience and fitness level, goals and personal interests, and time commitment.
• GHF Muscle Map: A detailed explanation of each muscle group, its location, and the best strength training exercises for that group
• Instructions and Video Demonstrations: More than 130 strength training exercises (including 21 you can do at home or in another non-health club environment), to view on your computer or print out and take to your health club.
• The new GHF Training Manual! Each exercise in this easy-to-follow pdf document includes the beginning and midpoint images of the video demonstration so that you'll have a visual at the gym or your home workout room to compliment the text instructions.

2. The GHF Weight Management Program:

• GHF Online Weight Management Book: Everything you need to know about effective weight management, including how to adopt gradual, realistic changes that make healthy eating and physical activity a permanent pleasure.
• GHF Healthy Recipes: Includes nutritional information, number of servings, ingredients needed, and instructions. Plus suggestions for a healthy shopping list and a recipe search index.

3. The GHF Cardiovascular Exercise Program:

• GHF Online Cardiovascular Book: Practical, accessible information on effective cardiovascular exercise for continuously successful results. Includes intermediate and advanced training techniques.
• Instructions and Video Demonstrations: The 7 most popular and effective cardiovascular exercises, to view on your computer or take to your health club.

4. The GHF Nutrition Program:

• GHF Online Nutrition Book: Sound, easy-to-understand nutrition information, including food sources and easy-to-follow recommendations. Includes a discussion of the roles of the 6 major nutrients and the correct ratio of each in achieving your fitness goals.

5. The GHF Flexibility Training Program:

• GHF Online Flexibility Training Book: Practical information on how to include stretching in your fitness program to maximize all your workouts. Includes tips for adding stretching without spending additional time.
• GHF Muscle Map: A detailed explanation of each muscle group, its location, and the best flexibility training exercises for that group.
• Instructions and video demonstrations: 20 of the best stretches, to view on your computer or take to your health club.

Personal Fitness Consulting

As a member, you'll receive personal answers to all your health and fitness questions. And we'll develop an exercise and nutrition program that is right for you, one that's specific to your fitness level, special limitations, goals and preferences, and time and equipment availability.

All questions and program requests receive a detailed e-mail response within 24 hours -- guaranteed! Click here to learn more about each of GHF's world-renowned experts and the unlimited fitness consulting we offer with membership.

Protrack 2005

An easy-to-use fitness tracking software that keeps detailed records of your workouts, personal measurements (e.g., body fat or waist size) and nutritional information, while letting you view, print, or analyze this information with graphs and reports on your computer. A retail value of $32.95 that's absolutely free to you as a GHF member!

All of the GHF Customized Strength Training Programs and our hundreds of exercises are already imported into this software, making it easy and convenient to document your workouts and the results you'll soon achieve. To learn more about Protrack 2005 and to download a free trial version, please click here.

The GHF Customized Diet Plan

You'll discover cutting-edge nutrition strategies designed to turn your body into a 24-hour fat-burning machine! We'll teach you how to customize these strategies into a plan that's perfect for you - one that's specific for your age, gender, body type, personal preferences and schedule, activity level, and goals. To learn more about this very effective, personalized nutrition plan (and what it offers above and beyond GHF Membership), please click here. For a limited time, we're offering this amazing nutrition program absolutely FREE with membership (a $69.99 value)!

GHF's Get Motivated for Life Success System:

Dr. Frank Smoot, GHF's Success Coach, will provide you with both the knowledge and the tools to win at weight loss with a powerful, proven 7-week motivational success program that's guaranteed! Click here to learn more about this incredible program. Although it sells on our site for $39.99, GHF members now receive it FREE of charge!

Enter the GHF Fitness Challenge

Click here to learn about our 12-week fitness contest--an exciting new way to get the personal guidance, motivation, and rewards you need to reach your full fitness potential. You now have an opportunity to win thousands of dollars in prizes, including a Caribbean cruise for two! Entry is FREE for all GHF members!

Seventeen FREE fitness products worth more than $500

Over the years, GHF has developed excellent partnerships with other health-related companies to offer you FREE books, nutritional supplements, software, and a 3-day vacation. Click here to learn more!

Members Only Fitness Chat

For a full hour every Thursday evening, GHF's fitness, medical, and nutrition experts are available "live" to answer all your questions. In addition to the unlimited fitness consulting we offer all members via e-mail, you can get immediate professional advice! For more information, please e-mail us and expect a prompt reply with everything you need to take advantage of this new membership feature.

Fitness Forum

As a GHF Member, you can post fitness, medical, and nutrition questions for our 30 experts to answer, as well as correspond with our members. You'll receive all the personal guidance and support you need with this great new resource. Click here to learn more!

The Latest Research:

In addition to keeping you motivated and focused on your goals, we'll keep you current on the latest research and discoveries in the fitness industry. We also continually upgrade and update the GHF site and the many features members receive.

For example, we are offering all members the very latest version of Protrack, continually updating our online books, and adding new customized programs and healthy recipes. Once you join, you'll hear about these regularly via Members Only e-mailings.

Thanks, we appreciate your interest in becoming a GHF member and hope to have the opportunity to help you look, act, and perform at your very best! If this didn't convince you that we offer the most effective, personalized program available in the world today, please visit our Success Stories and What the Experts Say pages. And if you're at all skeptical of how we can offer so much and personally help you reach all your fitness goals through our program, please e-mail us and expect a speedy, detailed reply.