This year we are again highlighting top fitness trends for the year. Some of the top trends are continuing from 2018 and some are new in the mix. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) annually surveys fitness experts from around the world and here are this year’s top results!
Here’s a jolt. You don’t have to run a marathon in order for your body to get exercise benefits. LISS or “low intensity sustained state” training is low intensity cardio exercising performed for a pro-longed period of time, usually anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes. It’s about maintaining your heart…
Barre meets The Total Gym Over the past 3 years, barre classes have taken the exercise industry by storm as a way to sculpt and mold muscle tone in very targeted ways. The classes combine small, isometric exercises at the barre with light weights on the floor, using small, repetitive…
Our daily activities can dictate how or bodies will maintain or disintegrate over our lifetime. If you work in an office environment, sitting most of the day, that lifestyle promotes disintegration. If you do manual labor like construction or farm work, your body will more naturally maintain itself. Of course,…
Last year Pulse highlighted trends for 2017 including Barre, Floating Yoga, Virtual Boxing and Orange Theory. Barre classes have moved online and Orange Theory centers and classes have become more popular as a HIIT option. We’re back to talk about what’s new for 2018 so you’re ready for whatever the…
It’s the constant theme a trainer hears when clients bemoan the thought of exercising: “I can’t get motivated” or “How do I motivate myself to get to the gym?” or something along the lines of “ I was doing a great for about a month and then my mom got…
As a dancer in my teens, I was introduced to the power of stretching, as it was a mandatory requirement to do everything else my body needed to do in class and on stage. Stretching has been ingrained in me along with almost everyone else who has to use their body…
Die-hard runners withstand a lot of obstacles to maintain their daily runs, including traffic, animals, difficult terrain and shin splints to name a few. But one obstacle that die-hards pride themselves on is running in any weather condition - rain, cold, wind and heat. Some runners discuss overcoming these obstacles…
Today we’re going to show four leg stretches to elongate and limber up the leg muscles. We’re also going to show four leg exercises targeting the quads, hamstrings, calves and inner thighs. Some people are blessed with naturally defined legs while others have to work hard at it. However,…
Zumba is a fitness program that combines Latin and international music with dance moves. Zumba routines typically incorporate interval and resistance training with squats and lunges. It’s considered a cardio activity, but hopefully because you’re having fun dancing you won’t really notice that you’re exercising. Do note that there is…