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Five Fitness Trends That Can Change your Body
To help those of us planning on focusing on healthier living and staying fit in 2015. I have come up with a top five fitness trend that can change your body. Exercise And Weight lost: Most of you have the same goals in mind, get tone lose size and tighten certain areas. The sure fired…
Read MoreWhy Train Monthly?
Why Train Monthly? There has been much speculation about The Training Floor going into monthly training packages vs selling training by the bundle. I am here to set the record straight. Monthly packages are the way to go for two big reasons. Number one when people inquire about personal training they want to change…
Read More6 Reasons Why Women Should Lift Like Men
Here, Cosgrove offers six reasons that we hope will inspire you to make the weight room truly coed. You’ll torch tons more calories Fact: strength training, whether via free weights or a machine, builds muscle. The more muscle mass you have, the higher your metabolism is—even when you’re just hanging out on the sofa, says…
Read MoreKettlebell Rules
This article was written by Michael Easter and repurposed with permission from Men’s Health. Fifteen years ago, very few people outside Eastern Europe had ever heard of kettlebells. Today, these weights are in almost every gym in America, and “kettlebell workouts” is the sixth most Googled exercise term on the planet. No wonder: “Kettlebells are…
Read MoreWhat’s so good about farmer walks
People who haven’t tried walking with a reasonable load (half bodyweight in each hand) for a distance of 100 to 200 meters cannot understand it, as the exercise doesn’t look as glam as some of the other strength exercises. It’s just walking, how hard could it be? Farmers walk (and other loaded carries) are great…
Read MoreFive Basic Approaches to Preventing Muscle Soreness
Five Basic Approaches to Preventing Muscle Soreness You simply can’t prevent all muscle soreness, but there are some natural ways to decrease its frequency and lessen its severity. Here are my top five approaches, which will be discussed in the remainder of this article: Optimizing your diet Exercising correctly Rest and recovery Cryotherapy (ice), heat,…
Read MoreWhy am I sore after exercises sometimes?
Why Does Exercise Sometimes Cause Muscle Soreness? (HINT: It’s NOT Lactic Acid!) For many years, it was commonly believed muscle soreness was from lactic acid buildup, but this has now been thoroughly debunked by science. The burn you feel while exercising is indeed lactic acid, however, your body flushes it out very quickly — within…
Read More2 Months of unlimited classes for free if you…
This week we will be having a Living Social special coming out for new clients, but we would like to give our existing clients an incentive for passing along the experiences you all get at The Training Floor. Pay it Forward! It’s simple, let your friends and family know about the great offer we have…
Read MoreWhat is a foam roller, How do I use it?
-Jeff Kurr Contributor – Corrective Exercise and Outdoor Fitness Self-myofascial release, also known as “foam rolling,” has transformed from a once mysterious technique used only by professional athletes, coaches, and therapists to a familiar everyday practice for people at all levels of fitness. Self-myofascial release is a fancy term for self-massage to release muscle tightness…
Read More9 ways you can push yourself through a workout
1. Visualize Results: Use this as motivation to help you keep going. For example when I was trying to get in shape for our recent trip to Costa Rica, I would picture myself on the beach wearing a bikini. Or even worse, having to chase after my toddler in my bikini! Almost always I would…
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