incorporate HIIT into your workout routine
Every year, new fitness trends come and go. One style of working out has gained and maintained speed for the last three years. We’re talking about high intensity interval training (HIIT). This year, the Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends named HIIT as the number one trend for 2018. Since 2014, HIIT has consistently rained in […]
Every day, a new study is published heralding the benefits of physical fitness
Every day, a new study is published heralding the benefits of physical fitness. Everybody knows they should probably exercise more… but finding the motivation and the time can be difficult. How much do you work out each week? Hopefully, the new findings that physical activity can improve cognitive function throughout a lifespan will motivate you […]
Ballroom Sculpting Class
Come and join us for a fun and challenging toning and tightening sculpting class using dance steps and calisthenics. Whether you are a beginner or advanced student Jim and Mickey have the moves to add strength and flexibility to your dance. Every Thursday at 6 PM!! Call for details and pricing 321-255-1537
the combination of exercise and nutrition is more than 400% more effective than exercise alone
We simply can’t exercise our way out of a bad diet. If you’re eating with unrealistic goals you will fall short. get frustrated and quit. Probably even gain some additional rebound weight and be worse off than when you started! Sound familiar? There are psychologists offices full of people at their wit’s end. because they think they are doing the right things and its “just me” baloney! it’s just that you don’t want to see the forest for the trees. Your swimming up the river of “de Nile’ […]
Tabata Interval Training
Interval training alternates bouts of high-intensity work with rest in repeated timed intervals. The general idea is to perform a high volume of high-intensity work in a limited time. Ultimately, it is nothing more than anaerobic training with controlled rest periods. The benefits of interval training are to both anaerobic and aerobic systems. The obvious […]
Calorie Theory
If you needs 2,500 calories a day and consume only 2,000, a 500 calorie deficit results. To compensate for the deficit, the body will draw on its fat reserves to find an equivalent amount of energy, and weight loss will result. If, on the other hand, you have a daily intake of 3,500 calories […]
4 Ways Sugar Can Make You Fat
Different foods affect the body in different ways and sugar is uniquely fattening. Sugar (sucrose) and high fructose corn syrup contain two molecules: glucose and fructose. Glucose is absolutely vital to life and is an integral part of our metabolism. Our bodies produce it and we have a constant reservoir of it in the bloodstream. […]
Should Women Take BCAAs
Should Women Take BCAAs: Whether you should take a particular supplement always depends on your fitness goals. The biggest fear for most women taking supplements is that they’ll make you look bulky and too muscular. You don’t have to worry about that in this case. BCAA supplements aren’t testosterone. Whether women should take them always […]
Is Cardio Really the Secret to Fat Loss
One of the most talked about subjects in the fitness industry is this: Cardio and fat loss. Here’s what your clients (and yes, even us trainers too) want to know: Is cardio really necessary for fat loss? Which type of cardio will optimize fat loss? LISS (low intensity steady state cardio) or HIIT (high intensity interval […]