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March 8 2024

The Level Bar

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THE LEVEL BAR

By: “Just Joni”

If you’ve ever performed squats, lifted weights, or hired a personal trainer, you know how important form is. Knowing and understanding correct positioning, proper use of equipment, and making sure both your body and your barbell are in alignment, are crucial for safety and results.

Unfortunately, too many have learned this lesson the more challenging way, due to improper form. And sometimes, with or without a workout partner or spotter, it can be tricky to keep the bar level and steady, especially the heavier the weight gets.

This is where The Level Bar comes in. (Check out their website HERE )

We are so happy to introduce you to this amazing invention from Okawville, IL.
The same level-headed thinking that went into a stud-finder with a level for your wall to hang pictures and that 70-inch flatscreen, has been hand-crafted and created by Father/Son duo, Todd and Bradlee Fuhrhop.
Bradlee Fuhrhop, President, is a former collegiate baseball player at Kentucky Wesleyan College where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and Biomechanics. He is an ISSA certified personal trainer and baseball trainer for EL1. Todd, Vice President, is a lifelong dedicated weightlifter. Naturally they put their brawn and their brains together to create The Level Bar.
The concept is easy: provide the lifter with instant feedback so you build muscle and healthier habits, creating better concentration during workouts and preventing injury.of all… the joy.

Who knew one little bubble could do so much?
The Level Bar isn’t only for avid weightlifters. It’s literally for everyone. Whether you’re training for a competition or working on rehabilitating, you’re never too old or too young to lift for your health. Learning to do so safely will only yield better results and save you on the most precious gift we all have, time.

Join The Level Bar at this year’s QC Fit Fest, April 6-7, 2024, at the TBK Sports Complex (4850 Competition Dr. Bettendorf, IA.). You’ll get to see them up close and try it out to see for yourself how this little bubble is revolutionizing the barbell industry.

Get your tickets at QCFitFest.com and join us as we share the most exciting, interactive, family-friendly health and fitness expo in the Quad Cities.

August 26 2022

Jill Zavada Wellness

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COMMUNITY SPONSOR

JILL ZAVADA WELLNESS

By: “Just Joni”

Hi, I’m Jill Zavada. I have a Doctorate in Naturopathy, and Certifications in Nutrition Response Testing® and other forms of Muscle Testing, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition and Integrative Health and Mindset Coaching. I have an extreme passion for natural healing and health improvement and it starts with my own story.

I made a commitment to myself and with the help of my best friend, I was turned on to functional health and alternative methods of healing. I became empowered as I learned more about the underlying causes and how my body knew what it needed to feel better. It was so awesome how great I felt again. The energy, the focus, the improved sleep, the absence of pain and best of all… the joy.

Jill Zavada Wellness uses Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Labs and Nutrition Response Testing® as well as holistic trained approaches to achieve a healthy body, lifestyle and mindset. Through the use of these non invasive, natural methods we are able to identify root causes and underlying imbalances that are leading you to sub optimal health and illness. Using these same methods we can then create an all natural clinically designed protocol that is unique to your needs in order to improve your health. Your body is our guide!

January 5 2022

BelieveinU Fitness

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PODCAST GUEST

Jessie Adams

When you think of a woman who is a positive role model, Mom, entrepreneur, who puts her heart into anything she does and dedicates herself to her purpose, is an “All American Athlete” and all around awesome person to be around, who do you think of?

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BelieveinU Fitness

“My goal in life is to teach and lead by the quality of my example for others, my children, clients and everyone you touch in life.”
– Jessie Adams on the QCFF Podcast

It may seem this woman is a fierce sight to behold… and she is. Have you ever met Jessie Adams, CEO of BelieveinU Fitness?
You’re about to learn all kinds of things you may not have known about our QC icon.

Having competed on American Ninja Warrior, CMT’s Broken Skull and with features in newspapers, magazines, 6-week fitness and transformation challenges and so much more as she coaches people from around the world on believing in themselves, overcoming life’s challenges, and never giving up.

Jessie grew up here in the Quad Cities. Her path towards fitness started at an early age. She laughs when she tells the story of her health journey because she was just 5 years old when it began. With her father being a Vietnam War vet, Chief of Police and powerlifter, the knack for discipline in the gym and life, caught on. Competition was a welcomed way of life at home and soon, it caught on and evolved in high school.
But in her 20’s Jessie found herself, not herself. Pregnant and in a broken relationship and feeling broken herself, Jessie had a huge defining moment when her ex packed his bags and left. It drove her to take massive action and change her life for good.

“I never wanted my kids to see me give up on life when life gets hard.”
– Jessie Adams on the QCFF Podcast

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Hear more of Jessie’s story and her contributions in the book “The Successful Spirit: Top Performers Share Their Secrets to a Winning Mindset” available on her website and on Amazon.

Deciding to never fear failure again, she used her life experience as fuel to fire her career as a trainer, a gym owner, a firefighter and competitor on national reality TV shows.

Focusing on mindset and simplicity in your health and healing journey, Jessie is kicking off her biannual, 12- week transformation challenge on January 10, 2022. It’s one of her largest events of the year. She’s teamed up with two local businesses (Prep-to-Table and Optimal Nutrition/Downrange Supplements) that help with meals and supplements for those who have joined.

November 30 2021

Billy Blanks Jr

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SPECIAL EVENT

BILLY BLANKS Jr.

Feb. 18th & 19th 2023| E. Moline, IL
By: “Just Joni”

If you grew up in the 90’s, the Blanks family name was no stranger to your household. From informercials to VCR tapes and eventually DVDs, the name Billy Blanks was all over the place. I, myself had the workout videos and like a Visa card, I didn’t leave home without them. I took them with me when I moved away from the Quad Cities to Champaign, IL. and did my Tae-Bo workouts.

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While I loved me some Billy Blanks, Sr. and Tae-Bo, what I didn’t know is how much more I’d love his son, Billy Blanks, Jr. “Love” is truly an understatement because the G-force, Level 4000 of excitement I have just sitting here writing this blog has caused me to step away from the coffee before time starts standing still and slow myself down a bit to explain to you why.

Billy Blanks, Jr. is back again in 2023 as a Special Guest at our 3rd annual QC Fit Fest 2-day live event. He will host a “Dance it out” class on Saturday Feb. 18 and Sunday Feb 19 from noon – 1:30pm.

To bluntly put it, Billy Blanks, Jr. scratches my particular workout itch. From dance and cardio, to a mix of the two, Cardioke, (yes, that’s cardio/dancing/karaoke in one and it is an actual thing he created) the energy, the level of openness and vulnerability, (as you hear in our QCFF interview below), and his heart-on-his-sleeveness is a refreshing medicine in-and-of itself. While Billy was supportive of his Dad’s Tae-Bo legacy, his heart was aligned with dance. So much so, Paula Abdul took him under her wing and helped him develop his natural talent.

Whether it’s his emotional appearance on Shark Tank or lively workouts on Dr. Oz, and the incredible stories he shares on his own moving talk show on Stream Moko, the dynamic energy Billy Blanks, Jr. brings to any stage, any setting, is most certainly felt. His passion for movement, fitness, and people, make him one of the best instructors, motivators, and coaches in the fitness industry to-date, worldwide.