Whether your New Year’s resolution is to lose 10 pounds or just get healthy, adding a few classes to your workout routine can keep you interested and motivated – the below classes offer targeted, low-impact opportunities to sculpt your body and help you achieve 2012 health goals.
Yoga Class
This ancient practice has become main stream, and more people are enjoying greater flexibility, better posture and overall stress relief because of it. Yoga classes can act as facilitated stretch sessions or simply a way to improve wellbeing and mental health. Explore some of the different types of yoga and see which class appeals to you.
Pilates Class
Pilates involves training the muscles to improve posture and alignment. This exercise heightens body awareness and encourages you to think about how everyday movements are performed. Movements vary from slow and controlled to fast-paced, which improves overall agility, flexibility and strength.
Check out a Pilates mat or reformer class this week – your core body will thank you!
CrossFit Class
Crossfit consists of three general modalities: weightlifting, gymnastics, and mono-structural movements. Weightlifting refers to lifting external objects or weights like power lifting or Olympic weight lifting. Gymnastics is moving your body weight through space. Calisthenics is another term that can be used to describe this, examples would be a bodyweight squat, push up, pull up, and sit up. Mono-structural movements are what most people commonly refer to as “cardio” like running, swimming, or rowing. We do not use the term “cardio” to describe this modality because in essence, we are able to achieve a cardio response combing a number of different movements from weightlifting, gymnastics, and mono-structural activities, not just running alone. If you’re thinking of starting Crossfit, but you don’t want to join an affiliate yet. Here’s how you do it.
Barre Class
The barre technique is a total body workout that lifts your thighs and burns fat in record time. Using a ballet barre, you repeat intense, low-impact movements set to music. Barre workouts involve a ton of stretching, which helps create lean abdominal, arm, glute and hip muscles.
Try incorporating one of the above fitness classes into your 2012 exercise routine and you will begin seeing your body transform by the time February rolls around!
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