From wine and cheese to peanut butter and jelly, some things are just better in pairs. The same is true for your workout. Exercising with a partner can help get you motivated and ensure that you stick with your exercise program. There are a number of benefits to partner training. Let’s take a look at the top five.
Online fitness coaching provides an alternative way to work out and get fit. For individuals wishing to try online coaching, Atlas Fitness is currently offering 4 weeks of online workouts for free. After filling out our questionnaire, you will receive a customized 4 week workout, specially tailored to your skill level and goals.
Millions of Americans, more than a few in Washington DC are packing their bags and making travel plans home to spend Christmas with family; maybe you’re among them, and maybe you’re looking forward to a few days to rest, recharge, and relax.
Enjoy. You’ve earned it! But don’t let that hard work end now. Plan to eat a healthy breakfast; avoid excessive alcohol consumption; take a small piece of pie, or say no to dessert altogether; and always, always stick to your exercise routine.
By Tim Bruffy
“The high-intensity training system embodies a strength training philosophy that focuses on high intensity work, perfect reps to MMF, developing balanced strength throughout each muscle group and maximum strength and power in the safest environment possible” says John Philbin, Head Strength Coach for the Washington Nationals and author of book High Intensity Training.
By Gabe Free
Muscular strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility/agility, and body composition… These are the building blocks to total fitness. Most people spend their time at the gym focusing on only one or two types of training, which will lead to one or two outcomes; overuse injuries and over training. Often time’s people have the simple goal of losing a few pounds and toning up. In the training world this means having a program that promotes loss of body fat, and increases in muscular density. Many others have very specific performance goals, while others may be dealing with a previous injury and looking to get active again. The fact is all of these different goals will need special care taken in achieving them. How well you design your program and how consistent you stick to it will greatly determine your success.
As you read these words, as every second passes, you are aging. No matter how old, how young, how fit or unfit you are as you read this, you are aging. That’s not necessarily a bad thing though.
The good news is that as every second and every day passes, you get to make choices that will positively affect how well, how strong, how healthy and how fit you will be and the quality of life you will have as you age.
By Andrew Panek
What happened to “go outside and play”? What happened to coming home when the street lights came on? For better or worse over the last 20 years we have experienced a drastic change in the way our kids spend their free time. From the invention of modern video games to the smartphone and wifi, there is no shortage of docile ways to spend our time. I don’t want to sound naive, I love my smartphone and my video games and I know its not going anywhere. Unfortunately, I am not the topic of discussion here. I was raised in a very small town in Massachusetts where I played in the woods, built forts and more or less took advantage of physical activities everywhere I went. Unbeknownst to me and the majority of my peers, we were developing our motor skills, musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems necessary to provide us with the base of what it takes to be an athlete or a physically active individual.
Yoga for athletes? Yes, by now we know that athletes ranging from the San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis to Miami Heat forward LeBron James are devoted yogis – crediting their yoga practice with improved athletic performance on the field and on the court.
