by Molly Magunga, MS ATC, CPT, CES Hello everyone! This week’s “Fitness Tip of the Week” is about modifying exercises. The need to modify exercises is nothing that you should ever feel badly about doing. There are many reasons people may need to modify. Sometimes it’s strength or injury related, but other times it canContinue reading “Making Modifications”
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Strength Training
by Molly Magunga, MS ATC, CPT, CES Hello Everyone! This week’s “Fitness Tip of the Week” is about strength training. Strength training goes by many different names, including resistance training and weight training. Just as it goes by many names, the structure looks completely different depending on your fitness goals and level of experience. ItContinue reading “Strength Training”
Running Tips
By Molly Magunga, MS ATC, CPT, CES Hello Everyone! This week’s “Fitness Tip of the Week” is about running! As a former cross country runner, fall weather always gets me in the mood for running. To me, there is nothing better than crisp air, dewy grass, and open pavement waiting for you. I grew upContinue reading “Running Tips”
The MyZone Belt
by Molly Rausch, MS ATC, CPT, CES Hello everyone! This week’s “Fitness Tip of the Week” is about what MyZone is and how to get the most out of your belt. With all the changes and incorporation of MyZone in the clubs from group fitness to personal workouts, knowing how to use this piece ofContinue reading “The MyZone Belt”
Rise and Shine for your Morning Workouts
by Molly Rausch, MS ATC, CPT, CES Hello everyone! This week’s “Fitness Tip of the Week” is about how to get up for your morning workouts. With summer vacation over and school starting up, it may be hard to fit those afternoon or evening workouts in. Many of us may have to switch to earlyContinue reading “Rise and Shine for your Morning Workouts”
All in the Hips| Part 2: Stability
by Molly Rausch, MS ATC, CPT, CES Hello everyone! This week’s “Fitness Tip of the Week” is the final part of our two part series on the hips. Last week, we talked about the importance of hip mobility and tips for improving it. This week covers why hip stability is so important. As much asContinue reading “All in the Hips| Part 2: Stability”
All in the Hips| Part 1: Mobility
by Molly Rausch, Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Athletic Trainer Hello everyone! This week’s “Fitness Tip of the Week” is the first of a two part series. Our topic for the next two weeks is going to be about your hips! This week will be focused on improving your hip mobility and next week isContinue reading “All in the Hips| Part 1: Mobility”
Cross Training
by Molly Rausch Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Athletic Trainer Hello everyone! This week’s “Fitness Tip of the Week” is about cross training. Cross training is very wide and highly-variable term. The meaning of cross training is simply the practice of regularly mixing up your routine or doing workouts different than your normal activity orContinue reading “Cross Training”
Hip Hinge
by Molly Rausch, Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Athletic Trainer Hello everyone! This week’s “Fitness Tip of the Week” is about the hip hinge. The hip hinge is a movement pattern that involves bending at the hips to flex forward. Unlike the squat; which involves relatively equal knee and hip movement, the hip hinge isContinue reading “Hip Hinge”
Lose the Excuse!
by Molly Rausch Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Athletic Trainer Hello everyone! This week’s “Fitness Tip of the Week” is about how to get past some of the most common excuses for not exercising. We all join the gym or sign up for an online workout program for different reasons. We come with goals rangingContinue reading “Lose the Excuse!”