Family Fitness – Week 1: Kids begin to push away from their parents and exert their independence during the pre-teen years. Often the only interaction a family may have is through sports, where parents attend their children’s games and cheer from the sidelines. A great way to reconnect is through…
Master Your Game - Golf Inspired Circuit Training Workout: I hope the exciting Master’s tournament got your golf blood boiling and you’re ready to kick off the season in style. Fitness style! I’ve been playing golf for 48 years now. Wow, I must be old! Not too old. My dad started me…
The Total Gym & CrossFit Workout Mashup You’ve Been Waiting For: When it comes to choosing what kind of workout you want to do the world is your oyster. Everything is not for everybody, but you sure can have your pick. If you have never tried CrossFit before this could be…
High Tech Workout Gear: The Good, The Bad and The Weird: If you’re a fitness fanatic with a secret geek alter ego, then check out the latest biometric performance-tracking clothes, wearables and sportswear developments on Kickstarter.com and Indiegogo.com. Indiegogo is easier to navigate than Kickstarter, but both sites have some exciting new gear that’s creating buzz in the sports industry.…
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…
Thoughts Everyone Has While Working Out What motivating workout thoughts do you have when you exercise? The famed Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung, observed, “Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.” When you look around the gym, isn’t that what you see many people doing? Wait a minute! What are you doing looking…
5 Healthy Habits to Start Now: Research has proven that it takes 14-21 days to make a new habit and many more days to break it, so baby steps play an important part when making any change in our life. When it comes to a healthy lifestyle, weight loss is…
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…
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…
The Best Fitness Gift for the New Year: It’s been said that striving to be perfect rather than continuous improvement is the highest form of self-abuse. That oppressive voice that screams misconceptions in your head like, “You aren’t good enough unless or until you…” will derail you from achieving your goals. What’s worse, setting unrealistic, unattainable,…