The biggest news in the fitness industry today is the success of small group fitness classes. People want to “experience” fitness, not just “get it done”. At Stay Moving Fitness we’ve known this for years. Not many people get excited by checking out on a treadmill for 45 minutes. When it comes to making a [...]
Any True Blood fans out there? If your out of the loop, the character Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten) gets a bit of attention for his physique. It turns out my fellow bootcampers and Kwanten have a bit in common, we have the most effective fitness routine on the planet, ”real world” fitness! Kwanten is [...]
The holidays are almost over. It is time to buckle down and dig through the list of New Years aspirations and decide what changes you are truly ready to commit to. Permanent change requires a true desire to achieve a goal, a commitment to follow through, and a way to ensure you stay on track. [...]
Tabatas are changing the way we think of working out and redefining the fitness world. When it comes to weight loss and improving performance, nothing works as efficiently, effectively and fast as tabata training. What’s the drawback? For those of you who have experienced this type of training firsthand, you know the problem is tabatas [...]
NBC’s The Biggest Loser is a formula of extremes. Extremely overweight contestants + extremely strict diets + extremely tough workouts = extreme weight loss. Although the means are somewhat controversial, the formula doesn’t fail….until last week. If you missed the episode, the contestants spent the week at Camp Pendelton. They completed bootcamp with marine drill [...]
Numerous studies support the health benefits of spending time in nature. In my opinion, it makes much more sense to exercise in the expansive outdoors rather than being confined to small stationary spaces in gyms. Our bodies can adapt to a wide range of temperatures. Our ancestors spent almost all their waking hours working outside, [...]
Summer is the time for travel. Whether your vacationing, attending weddings, or traveling for business, it can be hard to stick to your exercise routine while you are away. Sometimes it takes days to get back into your regular exercise routine after returning home. Help keep yourself on track during the busy travel season by [...]
Personal trainers love to monitor client’s heart rates. We do heart rate formulas in our sleep and can often correctly guess a client’s heart rate at any given time during a workout. As trainers, we use heart rate to determine how hard our client is actually working, how many calories they are burning and if [...]