Strengthen Your Immune System This Spring: It seems like everywhere you turn this time of year, everyone is sick or coughing or in some other way under the weather. Sometimes it’s hard to know whether you are actually sick with a viral or bacterial infection or just have something such as a…
Proven Ways To Improve Your Running Speed: Remember when you were a kid and you told all your friends that your new shoes made you run really fast? The real secrets to running fast are a bit more involved (though examining your shoe choice is a good place to start). The most important…
How Sleep Impacts Your Weight: We all need a good night’s sleep but we may not fully know how truly ESSENTIAL good sleep is for our overall health and well being. When we sleep well, we feel refreshed, energized, and ready to take on the world. When we don’t, we feel…
5 Gym Bag Essentials Fitness trainers, like scouts, have to be ready for anything. Whether they’re training clients in the park or in their basement, clients have to feel challenged and see results, the livelihood barometers of the business. Based on my own experiencing and perusing other sites, a pattern emerges of key items…
Ski-Inspired Lower Body Workout on the Total Gym The winter season has arrived, snow has been falling, and it is time to hit the slopes! When it comes to the sport of skiing, the first thing I think about is having strong legs. Having spent some time out on the…
What The Heck Is Functional Fitness Anyway? The biggest buzzword in the wellness and fitness industry over the last 10 years has been "Functional Fitness”. I like to joke that it took over for the word core that held the buzzword title for the previous 10 years. Total Gym has been delivering the concept and benefits of…
Total Gym 20 Minute Cardio Blast Workout: Time is money they say and this is the best cardio workout for your buck! Many people want to know what is the best cardio workout to accomplish as much as possible in as little amount of time. Before I…
Pump Up the Jam: The playlists on your music listening device are a personal testament to the type of music that moves you. But did you know that music changes the way you exercise? It provides motivation, alters your mood with the lyrics and helps focus movement with the beat. Studies by the…
The Life of the Fit: Whether your goal is to become insanely fit, where complete strangers stop and take notice or just fit enough for your clothes to feel better, you may be wondering where to start. Fit people live a certain way and they’ll gladly share those tips with you if you ask. It all starts with the moto: “fitness is a…
CHALLENGE YOURSELF: A new year needs a new set of goals. Take on a task that your body can benefit from with my 4-week Upper Body Challenge. This challenge focuses on developing upper body strength, endurance, stamina, and the muscular definition of your arms and shoulders with specific exercises. You will be amazed…