Is Your Workout Routine Supporting Your Goals?
All of us joined the gym for different reasons. Maybe it was coming off a doctors appointment with some news of borderline high blood pressure. Maybe it was being winded when we climbed the stairs. Maybe it was finally time to start putting ourselves first instead of everyone else. For most of us, it was […]
Is A Personal Trainer Right For You?
Are you one that sets healthy goals and by the end of January you find yourself saying “I will get started tomorrow.” “I will find the time in two days, what is one more day of rest.” With each excuse, you are slipping away from YOUR goals? If you are just starting out with an […]
Group Fitness
Group Fitness is just one option we offer our members. Our group classes are 60-minutes in length. During that time we are moving from start to finish. Each class is the broken down into 3 sections: Warm-up, Strength, and Conditioning (what we can a metcon). The coach leads the class though each section make sure […]
Trust Your Coach
I’ve been nursing a sore shoulder for what feels like months now. It has been so long I don’t recall what it feels like to sleep on my left side without discomfort. I’ve done all the responsible things: I’ve been to PT to verify it’s not a major injury; I’m rolling and stretching; I’m modifying […]
Consistency
In my opinion inconsistency is one of the biggest reasons for minor aches and pains. And I am not just talking about inconsistency in your weekly workout routine, even though this definitely has a huge impact on a person’s injury rate but inconsistency in other factors like recovery, nutrition, and workload. The body thrives on […]
Postpartum Fitness
I am writing this about 4 months postpartum and while I obviously have a million and one things to learn, there are a few key takeaways I have learned about postpartum fitness during these last 4 months. First I want to say that I acknowledge that every woman has a different postpartum experience, different birth, […]
‘Tis the season for family, festivity, and food…lots of food
Ok, things might look a little different this year for festivity and family gathers. One thing might not change is the food. We all have those holiday favorites that we make between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Everyone should enjoy those favorites in moderation and here are some tips to help us stay on track […]
In It Together
All the messiness of the last 6 months continues to teach us a lot about ourselves. It reveals what we value, what we fear, and how we feel about others. For some of us, it’s been a great opportunity to spend less time working and more time with family. For others it’s too much time […]
Why Motivation is The Worst Motivator
Motivation is a feeling. Just like being angry, sad, happy or mad, motivation is a feeling that can come and go. It can depend on things going on in your life or just how you feel in that fleeting moment about a certain thing. When it comes to working out, depending on feeling motivated is […]
How And Why We Warm-Up
Every one of our workouts begin with a warm up. The warm up usually lasts 8-10 minutes depending on the workout of the day and how the class is feeling (ie the 5am Monday crew usually needs an additional 5 minutes just to open there eyes most weeks) The warm ups are made up of […]