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Floridians Have Little Confidence in Own Finances

by: MickeyM619 July 29, 2010

TAMPA - Steven Ashworth knew it would be tough starting his own business. But he never imagined how tough, until the economy bottomed out.

"I came right into a recession and I was shocked of course," Ashworth said. "My business plan just went out the window there." 

Despite it all, Ashworth is still making chocolate and still smiling.

But others aren't.

A new study shows many in Florida are worried about their bottom line. Researchers at the University of Florida say people's confidence in their own finances is at an all-time low, and they're just as worried about where their bank accounts are headed.

The study comes just as consumer confidence nationwide has fallen to the lowest level in five months.

Many families are spending less and saving more. When they do spend, they're making every dollar count.

Trang Burnett says she and her three little boys love making a trip to their favorite candy store.

"It doesn't have to be like spending too much, but this is like a little treat for me and them," Burnett told FOX 13.

Nearly three years after opening City Street Sweets, Ashworth is still hanging on and even thriving, despite the economy. In fact, his business is one of the few still open in Hyde Park Village.

"Starting a business during a recession, there was so much heartache and after the years has gone by, especially the last couple years, I wouldn't give it up for anything," he said.

Even so, he's not taking anything for granted. Like so many others, he's saving every penny he can.

"Oh yes, definitely!" he said about saving his hard-earned cash. "[I'm] trying to, anyway. You have to because you don't know what around the corner is going to happen."

Researchers at UF blame all of the uncertainty on the job market and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They say the spill happened just as the economy was starting to show signs of improvement.

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Fast Twitch Fitness Performance

by: MickeyM619 July 21, 2010

Fast Twitch Fitness and Performance are the premiere personal trainers in the areas of Downtown Tampa, Tampa Bay and Apollo Beach, Florida.

The Fast Twitch goal is simple - to get you in the best shape of your life - period. Their priority is your safety. Their main product is accountability.

Fast Twitch's main trainer and company owner, Francois Tort, is a former Sergeant of US Marines and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. His belief is that you are INFINITELY stronger than you know. You can not only lose that pesky 20 pounds you've been trying to shed for the last 5 - 10 years, you can also dramatically improve your strength, muscular endurance / stamina, health and overall quality of life to levels you haven't even begun to dream about.

Fast Twitch is using their new website to educate people on the benefits of fitness training! They're getting the word out that you're never too old, never too overweight, never too out-of-shape to start fitness training. With a Fast Twitch trainer at your side, you'll make tremendous strides. (Actually this blogger knows this to be true. MickeyM619 has been training with Fast Twitch for five months. The progress is embarrassingly awesome!)

BrainChild Branding produced a beautifully-designed, user-friendly Robust Lite website for Fast Twitch Fitness Performance. Fast Twitch can now create as many pages on the website as they like. They can add sub-categories to each category. They can add any content to any web page they want: copy, images, video, PDFs, MPEGs, Word docs, etc. They can blog to their heart's content.

BrainChild Branding has begun a great branding campaign for Fast Twitch . . . you'll be hearing more about them in the near future!

If you want to ask Fast Twitch about their website, you can call them at 813.294.2836 or email Francois at Francois@FastTwitchFP.com.

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