Somethings new, old and all-inclusive fitness stood out at IHRSA this year! Just as in fashion, fitness trends included a reinvention of old ideas into new concepts. Strength training as demonstrated at IHRSA could mean anything from flailing ropes, lifting chains, or doing the popular kettlebell workout. Technology was given a personal feel by Matrix [...]
Archive | March, 2010
Buff Baby Boomers: Staying Fit in Your Fifties and Beyond
There is no age limit to being physically fit. In fact, baby boomers are one of the fastest growing groups in health club memberships for this reason. Staying active in your fifties and beyond offers a huge variety of benefits, including increased bone density as well as prevention of heart disease and diabetes. And did we mention exercise can make you feel younger, too?
Reboot those New Year’s resolutions: Jump-start a stalled fitness program with the Fitness Town 90-day Challenge
Did you make a new year’s resolution to get in shape? We’re ten weeks into the year and if you feel like you’ve already failed, you’re not alone. Studies have shown that it takes about four weeks to form a new habit and following the excesses of the holiday season it can be even more difficult. By the beginning of March, most have failed to maintain a program and many people will wait the rest of the year to try again. It’s time to break the cycle – by getting on it.
Product Review: The Tower 200 Home gym
In putting this gym together I was under the assumption that this was just another TV product that could fill the fitness graveyards of a potential client’s home. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The first thing that was great about this gym is the fact that it came fully assembled and ready to go right out of the box.
Short on time? Need a quick fitness workout in that hotel room?
If you can find a gym while your on vacation or away for work great, if not then I would recommend that you do a simple workout I just set up for one of my clients who is away for work for the weekend.
Nothing spectacular here. Just a couple of different exercises that target most of the major muscle groups.
today’s w.o.d.
Three rounds for time: • Run 400 meters • 1 1/2 pood Kettlebell X 21 swings (or 55 pound dumbbell swing) • 12 Pull-ups • Ring Dips to failure My Time: 22:23 Average Heart Rate: 161 bpm Maximum Heart Rate: 182 bpm
Fitness Town Fit-Tip: Take a bite out of your lunchtime workout routine
The average American adult spends nearly nine hours of their day working according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Considering that the rest of the day is typically consumed by childcare and much needed shut eye, the workday often provides one of the few opportunities to fit in physical activity.
Still working through the aftermath of a vacation…
5 rounds of the following for time: *500 meter row on the Concept 2 * 1/4 mile run on the Life Fitness T70 My time: 29:10 Average Heart Rate: 162 bpm Maximum Heart Rate: 188 bpm
Getting back at it after our trip to Vegas!
Warm-Up: 50 x two arm 28kg kettlebell swings 3 Rounds for time of the following exercise set: * 50 x Air squats * 40 x Ab-mat sit-ups * 30 x Push-ups * 20 x Wallballs using 20lbs Muscledriver slamball * 10 x Pull-ups My time: 3:30 for the warm-up, 25:23 for the 3 rounds. Nothing [...]
Fitness Town Life Fitness Fit-Tip: Becoming a buff bride
Today’s brides are using their upcoming nuptials as a source of inspiration to get their curves corralled and set their future down a healthy path.
There’s an endless amount of information available to help brides lose weight, tone their arms, trim their waistlines and more, including dangerous crash diets and last-minute sweat fests. The exercise experts at Life Fitness outlined this healthy and realistic fitness timeline for the modern, beautiful bride.
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