by Laura Longstaffe | Jun 14, 2019 | Club News (Return to Blog)
If you are a regular gym goer or even an occasional gym goer, you have likely crossed paths with the lat pulldown. Your lats and latissimus dorsi are the big muscles of your back that insert at your shoulder, connecting to your humerus, and span all the way to the...
by Laura Longstaffe | Jun 12, 2019 | Club News (Return to Blog)
Ultimately, how often you work with your personal trainer will depend on a variety of personal factors like time, money, etc. Generally speaking though you should be exercising (with a trainer or on your own) between 2-3 times per week, with a minimum of one day of...
by Laura Longstaffe | Jun 7, 2019 | Club News (Return to Blog)
You can modify burpees to better suit your fitness level and to engage particular muscle groups and movement patterns! The classic burpee-jump requires full frontal contact with the ground and a push-up. You should remember to keep your hips down and level (no...
by Laura Longstaffe | Jun 5, 2019 | Club News (Return to Blog)
Muscle strength is the ability to exert force against resistance, whereas muscle endurance is the ability to exert sustained effort over a long period of time. Muscle endurance relies on muscle fibers called type 1 (slow twitch). Muscle strength relies on type 2 (fast...
by Laura Longstaffe | Jun 3, 2019 | Club News (Return to Blog)
The June issue of our monthly e-newsletter – The Fitness File – came out this week! This issue covers the following: HEALTH: healthy eating and living through habit summer special available now fitness tip: balance training nutrition tip: focus on addition...
