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 | Health Coaching, Women's Health, Testimonials, Nutrition, Lifting & Strength, Tips from the Trainers, Wellness
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...
by Mitchell Schumacher, NSCA-CSCS | Nov 22, 2020 | Lifting & Strength, Tips from the Trainers
“If you Need a Witness to Your Success, Be Your Own.” It is no secret that one of the best ways to notice improvements in a gym setting is to track your performance or progress. Normally, we would do this by performing some sort of field test. A field test may be a...
