by Jenny Vens, Certified Personal Trainer | Oct 13, 2023 | Lifting & Strength, Tips from the Trainers, Women's Health, Pre and Postpartum
33 weeks pregnant and she is still lifting! Joyce is pregnant with her 2nd child and lifting heavier than she has before! With the green light from her OB, she decided this pregnancy, she would continue her fitness journey. “With proper coaching and training provided...
by Lynde Weatherford, Director of Training Services & Certified Health Coach | May 1, 2022 | Lifting & Strength
Warmer days are upon us which means we will be getting back to working in our yards. Learn how functional strength training can help while gardening. A lot of our members love to work in the yard and garden during the summer. Gardening and doing yard work can...
by Jason Moore | Nov 3, 2021 | Lifting & Strength, Group Fitness
From our friends at lesmills.com. Written by Emma Hogan. This piece originally appeared at lesmills.com. Engaging all the major core and leg muscles, squats are ideal for lifting overall fitness, maximizing fat burn and building strength. Now, new findings reveal the...
by Mary Brown, Marketing & Communications Director | Jul 9, 2021 | Testimonials, Nutrition, Lifting & Strength, Tips from the Trainers, Wellness, Health Coaching, Women's Health
Kari Kempf is a client that has seen tremendous success these past few months – on the scale and with non-scale victories. Despite the pandemic, she made a commitment to herself and her wellness goals and found a way to prioritize her health and daily habits. She...
by Mitchell Schumacher, NSCA-CSCS | Jun 22, 2021 | Lifting & Strength, Tips from the Trainers
Have you ever tried dribbling 2 basketballs? What about 3? 4? The more basketballs you add, the harder it becomes to dribble them all at once. Multi-tasking is a very difficult concept that most (if not all) of us cannot truly do. This is the challenge of staying...
by Lynde Weatherford, Director of Training Services & Certified Health Coach | May 26, 2021 | Lifting & Strength, Tips from the Trainers
Originally published 05/28/2019. Updated 05/27/2021. Burpees… Where the heck did this “wonderful” exercise come from? Back in 1940, a physiologist by the name of Royal Huddleston Burpee was working on his Ph.D. at Columbia University. His thesis was surrounded...
