CARDIO - STRENGTH - MOBILITY
These three elements all play an integral role supporting and benefiting one another to achieve optimal physical fitness. Without addressing each one, we sell ourselves short by ignoring growth opportunities and holding our abilities captive. If you want to unleash your maximum potential you have to address all three aspects of physical fitness.
CARDIO
Cardio is hardio. We know! That’s why we make it fun with a low impact, high intensity, dance party on a bike. Cardiovascular exercise is crucial for improving endurance, lung capacity, and heart health but it can also give your skin that natural glow and fight signs of aging - sign me up!! Participating in cardio can also aid your ability to perform other physical fitness activities.
STRENGTH
If you were going to prioritize these three elements, strength wins yet it tends to be the one that women in particular avoid. Please don’t misunderstand me, they are all still vitaly important for a well balance routine and maximum performance.
Strength training (alone) will not turn you into a bulky, muscle figurine. It takes A LOT of intentional effort for that to happen. What it will do is improve your metabolic rate and therefore is the most effective weight loss and management tool aside from nutrition. Yes, that’s right, if you want to lose weight strength training is your BFF. Put strength training and cardio together and you’ve got the dynamic duo.
Other benefits of strength training include decreased risk for osteoporosis and improved functional abilities. Who doesn’t want to feel strong and capable slinging their Costco haul from the mom mobile to the kitchen?! Want to be able to whisk your thirty pound toddler away when they’re having a tantrum without feeling absolutely (physically) gassed afterwards? Get to liftin’ my friend.
MOBILITY
The “I can’t do yoga because I’m not flexible” statement is one that makes our heads spin. Flexibility is not a natural ability that one is born with plus the practice of yoga actually has little to do with physicality. On a side note, from birth through adolescence we are more flexible for a multitude of reasons and there is a rare condition in which someone is super flexy but assuming you’re not a child and you do not have this genetic condition, I wouldn’t expect one to be flexible without putting in consistant effort.
So why put in the effort? Well first, it just feels really good to be able to move around freely! Mobility and flexibility exercises help to counteract poor posture from activities like sitting at a desk, staring down at a phone, moming, Netflixing, and so on. Counteracting poor posture habits and gaining the muscle length needed to move properly can decrease pain and make your workouts more effective. If you have the joint mobility and muscle flexibility to get a bit deeper in your squat or deadlift, that movement becomes even more beneficial with that greater range of motion. To top it off, you’ll also decrease your risk of injury. Many injuries occur at the joint from a lack of stability. A stable joint is one that is supported by strong muscles and moves properly through full range of motion.
WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED
We have specifically designed our programming to address strength, mobility, and cardio in well balanced formats. We have classes that focus on an element independently and a bit more in depth or classes that combine multiple elements into one workout in an effective way.