Posts Tagged ‘strength training’

12 Days Fitness Challenge Workout 6: Half and Half

Your mission: Complete twelve workouts between December 1st and January 1st If you’re a Performance Fitness member these twelve workouts can be any combination of personal training sessions, group training classes, a DIY workout from the Performance Fitness Exercise Guide (don’t have a PFit Exercise Guide? email us and get one!), a WOW, or one…

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12 Days Challenge: Workout 2 – Climbing Every Mountain

Your mission: Complete twelve workouts between December 1st and January 1st. If you’re a Performance Fitness member these twelve workouts can be any combination of personal training sessions, group training classes, a DIY workout from the Performance Fitness Exercise Guide (don’t have a PFit Exercise Guide? email us and get one!), a WOW, or one…

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12 Days Fitness Challenge – Workout 1

Your mission: Complete twelve workouts between December 1st and January 1st. If you’re a Performance Fitness member these twelve workouts can be any combination of personal training sessions, group training classes, a DIY workout from the Performance Fitness Exercise Guide (don’t have a PFit Exercise Guide? email us and get one!), a WOW, or one…

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Fitting into your skinny jeans on November 28th

The average (sedentary) adult needs between 1,600 (for women) and 2,200 (for men) calories per day. Yet the average Thanksgiving dinner is almost two times that amount! Don’t believe me? Here are some numbers from, Dr. Cedric Bryant, Chief Science Officer of The American Council on Exercise*: -Turkey (dark meat with skin): Serving size: Two…

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Celebrate the Equinox with Kettlebells in the Park!

Join us on Tuesday, September 23rd at Cynwyd Station Cafe Autumn Equinox Wellness Extravaganza. This ALL DAY event features local business owners in the health and fitness sector, with most donations benefiting Cynwyd Station Park. At 9:30 PFit trainer, Elise Miller, and I will be teaching Kettlebells in the Park at Cynwyd Station Park, 375…

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Fun with Kettlebells

Back in the late winter (or was it early spring?) I was invited to teach a Kettlebell class at Philly fitness hotspot, Weston Fitness. It was one of the those gorgeous spring-preview days – sun shining, blue sky, temperatures in the mid-sixites – that always makes me wish I worked or lived in the city…

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Cardio Cardio, Wherefore art thou Cardio?

Time and again the Performance Fitness team gets asked for more cardio in boot camp workouts or personal training sessions. I get it. Lots of people believe, and rightly so judging by ubiquitous magazine and internet articles, that extended bouts of running or biking will yield the fat loss results our clients frequently desire. But…

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Why glute training is important even if you already have a BGB

About a year and a half ago then gal pal and now Performance Fitness minion (oh heck, she’s still my gal pal), Elise Miller, started talking to me about her butt. Actually it was her lack of butt about which she was, shall we say a bit obsessed. She’d done some research, purchased a book…

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WOW! Week of 6/23/14 – Break Dancin’!

The WOW, or Workout of the Week, is a short workout that you can do on your own as an add-on to your training. These workouts are designed to be mostly equipment free (so you can do them anywhere) and of medium to high intensity. Modify as needed depending on your fitness level and intensity…

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Performance Fitness Client Spotlight – Meet Beth L.

Beth L. is a prime example of the magic that can happen when you tweak your fitness program. Now tweaking doesn’t mean having exercise ADD. You know hopping from modality to modality – doing the Barre method one month, doing Kickboxing the next, and pounding the pavement with your running shoes the month after that.…

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