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12 Days Challenge – Day 4

Day 4 Workout Recovery Day Challenge We’re keeping it short and sweet today. You’ll need this day if you’ve been working hard the last 3 days. BONUS: Receive one extra point for doing today’s activity in addition to another workout or class. 3 Minute Plank Hold Hold a PERFECT forearm or straight arm plank as…

12 Days Fitness Challenge – Day 3

Day 3 Workout Superset AMRAP Warm-up: Do 3 sets of: 10 squats 25 jumping jacks. Workout: Do as many rounds as possible (AMRAP) of the following 2 exercises for 8 minutes: 5 squat jumps or squat releves 20 Mt. Climbers (per side)

12 Days Fitness Challenge – Day 2

Day 2 Workout Intervals Perform 60 seconds of all-out work immediately followed by 60 seconds of light work for 7 rounds (14 minutes total). Examples for your all-out work/light work intervals include: -Running/jogging or walking -Power walking/slower walking -Jumping rope/jogging in place -Running stairs/walking stairs -Running, jogging or walking uphill/running, jogging or walking downhill or…

12 Days Fitness Challenge – Day 1

Your mission: Complete 12 workouts (any combination of personal training sessions or classes, a DIY workout, or approved activity) between December 9th and January 5th. The top five Performance Fitness members with the most points at the end of 28 days will be eligible for one of five prizes including massage, $100 gift cards, and…

Michelle K. wins the 2012 Your Best Body Challenge and practices Kaizen!

First of all, what the heck is “Kaizen”? Kaizen is Japanese for improvement. It’s used to refer to constant steady improvement in business and life. Our 2012 YBBC winner embodies this principle. Earlier this season we held our annual Your Best Body Challenge, our fitness and nutrition challenge that has helped people transformed their bodies…

What I Push For

I don’t have patriotic schwag or swagger. I don’t put a flag out on Memorial Day or Labor Day or July 4th for that matter. I don’t own any clothes emblazoned with the American flag, and I’ve never chanted “U S A ! U S A!” So, why on earth am I doing Pushups For…

Girl Scouts – Shepherds of the Devil?

Every year it’s the same thing. You’re minding your own business, taking a routine trip to the grocery store and there they are – The Shepherds of the Devil. OK. OK – Girl Scouts, pedaling their crack-filled thin mints (It’s true! You’ll see at the bottom of this post). These she-devils seem innocent enough to…

Thanks for Getting Your Can to Class!

Last week we delivered our food drive collection to Philabundance. We donated 597 pounds of food and $125. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this year’s effort a success. We’ll have a full recap of Get Your Can to Class 2011 later on this week.

Another Successful Turkey Buster Workout

We all had a blast burning calories and helping a good cause at this year’s Turkey Buster Workout. Thanks to the 27 people who attended and helped us kick off our 3rd annual Get Your Can to Class Food Drive. I’m not sure how many pounds of food we collected but we’re definitely off to…

Happy Birthday, Maggie!

I love to celebrate our clients – their fitness successes, personal accomplishments and especially their birthdays (usually with birthday push-ups). Today I celebrate Maggie Baker for not only being an incredible woman but also for being our client of the month for November, and today just happens to be her birthday. I would love to…