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Custom home builder is participating in Christmas Parades

November 23, 2009 – 12:59 pm
Echelon Custom Homes & Schell Brothers will be participating in the 2009 Lewes and Rehoboth Beach Christmas Parade. Join us to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year.
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Rehoboth Beach Christmas Parade 2008

LEWES – 78TH OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS PARADE

Date: Saturday, December 5th 2009 (rain date Sunday, December 6th)

Time: 5:00pm

Where: Begins at Lewes Ninth Grade Academy on Savannah Road and turns down Second Street ending at King’s Ice Cream Shop at Market Street. Culminates with the arrival of Santa.

~For more information please visit Lewes Chamber of Commerce~

REHOBOTH BEACH HOMETOWN CHRISTMAS PARADE

A local tradition, the parade will feature more music, more costumes and more fun than ever, with volunteers from the Fire Department, Police, Public Works and community organizations.

Date: Monday, December 7th 2009

Time: 6:30pm

Where: The parade begins at State Road, travels east to the Boardwalk and the turns west and goes back up to the Convention Center.

There will be Christmas Party immediately following the parade at Convention Hall. Youngsters can chat with Santa and light refreshments will be served.

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Team Echelon

October 23, 2009 – 3:35 pm

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Schell pumps up his employees

September 14, 2009 – 7:59 am

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As healthcare continues to be a hot topic on the hill, Chris Schell, owner of Echelon Custom Homes, has taken a different approach. Instead of waiting until employees are sick or unhealthy, he took measures to provide them with opportunities to get in better shape.

As the old saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” and investing in the welfare of one’s workforce may prove to be the most powerful medicine of all for America’s healthcare system.

Schell has always been a firm believer that people tend to be happier when they feel good about themselves, and he feels strongly that most people tend to be at their best when they are healthy and in shape. That’s why Chris decided to offer his employees the chance to enroll in my Corporate Energizing program designed to teach workers how to live a healthy lifestyle while getting in better shape through weight training, cardiovascular training and learning nutritional basics.

Chris even decided to pay for the program with one small catch: Anyone who failed to meet his or her fitness goals had to agree to pay the company back the full cost of the program. The program lasts 12 weeks, but Chris extended it for an additional month as a bonus for his employees, who trained with me as a team. At the end, Team Echelon did not disappoint. The eight participants lost a total of 140 pounds, 109 inches and an average of 10 percent body fat.

Other accomplishments included placing third and fifth in a competitive 5K race, winning a golf outing with a personal driving record, participating in a triathlon, reducing cholesterol and blood pressure and drastically improving overall appearances.

Several of the participants will continue on to compete in the Dewey Beach Sprint Triathlon Saturday, Sept. 19, while continuing to improve their overall shape. Rising healthcare costs have forced the private sector to look for better solutions to keeping employees healthy. I believe we will see more companies like Echelon take a personal interest in the welfare of their employees by providing healthy opportunities and education.

-Chris Antonio

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Lewes Canalfront Park Project

August 7, 2009 – 8:39 am

Around 8 o’clock on the morning of Saturday August 1st the first collection of children christened the Lewes Canalfront Playground.  The swings were swinging, the spring whales were springing, and little feet were running everywhere.  This is quite remarkable considering just 5 days earlier this same area consisted of little more than dirt and mud.

The following day, in expressing his admiration for the completed playground, a prominent long-time Lewes resident mentioned that this was the largest volunteer project in the town’s recent history.

The quality of our experience and accomplishment is a direct result of the individuals who participated in this team effort.  All of you, laborer, designer, financier, business partner, administrator, equipment & service provider, recruiter, were absolutely vital to our project’s success.

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Echelon Design Center Renovation

July 9, 2009 – 9:27 am

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Adding more office space at the Echelon design center!

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Antonio trains Echelon Custom Homes employees for calendar shoot

June 4, 2009 – 1:09 pm

 


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Passion, energy and pride is the motto used to describe how Chris Schell- President of Echelon Custom Homes- perceives his companies product so why would he accept anything less when hiring a trainer to help his employees get in shape for their fist annual company calendar shoot?

The answer is he wouldn’t. He immediately came to Antonio’s Training Systems and enrolled his calendar employees in my 12 Week Body Transformation Program.

Chris Schell created the calendar shoot as a clever way to motivate his employees to take up a healthy lifestyle. On July 15, 2009 his employees will pose for a calendar shoot to feature The Bodies of Echelon.

In addition to looking great for the camera each employee will be expected to fulfill a list of personal goals determined by yours truly or they will have to pay the company back for the cost of their transformation. This may be the most creative healthcare program ever. Stay tuned for more information.

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Schell Brothers’ employee wins Biggest Loser contest

June 4, 2009 – 12:30 am

Imagine your boss offering you a $2,500 prize for losing weight. Wait, that’s not all. Now pretend he told you he would even allow you to hit the gym on company time as long as your work gets done. Sound crazy? Well, that’s exactly what Chris and Preston Schell offered their employees Jan. 16, at their weekly company meeting. The contest was slated to last 12 weeks and was to be determined by the total percentage of weight lost. The reason was to help employees gain better health, peace of mind and a better. more comfortable body. First prize was $2,500; second prize $1,000, and third prize $500.

I was asked to come in and help launch the event by giving participants the information they needed to train correctly to give them a better chance of success. Employees responded with several questions while looking for an edge to help them win the contest.

Shortly after my speech, I was approached by Jeff Anemone, who works for Chris Schell at Echelon Custom Homes. He asked me if I would help him win the contest by enrolling him in my 12-week Body Transformation Program. I told him I’d be glad to help and made an appointment to meet him at Gold’s Gym. The next day, Jeff and I got started. I set up his program and off he went. For the next 10 weeks, Jeff received a crash course on how to live a healthy lifestyle.

To his credit, he attacked his training like a schoolboy fighting for a starting position on the varsity football team. During this time, a funny thing happened: Jeff’s cholesterol levels returned to normal, and he was able to stop taking his medication. His doctor was baffled, but she told him to keep up whatever he was doing. Jeff had entered the contest two weeks late, but his results were well ahead of schedule.

In the early morning hours of Sunday, April 12, contestants from the Schell Brothers Companies staggered in to register their final weights. There were many impressive transformations, since a lot of employees took the contest very seriously. By the end of the day, it became clear Jeff Anemone had stolen the show. He had lost a total of 38 pounds and 19.66 percent of his body weight. He had dropped from 193 pounds to 155 pounds in just 10 weeks.

When asked about winning the Schell Brothers Biggest Loser Contest, Jeff responded by telling me he hasn’t been in this good shape for 20 years. He also said he’s far from finished. After a day or two of rest, he and I will resume his training. Stay posted for further results.

Chris Antonio is a personal trainer at Gold’s Gym in Rehoboth Beach. He is also a former world-class weightlifter. He has been lifting for more than 20 years and has trained a wide variety of clients ranging from All-American athletes to the average person trying to get into shape. To send a question to the Ask the Trainer column, email Chris at Askthetrainer@antoniostraining.com or check out AntoniosTraining.com for training tips, news and inspirational stories.

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