What are the different types of exercise?

Do I have to do all four?

If you neglect any one of the four types of exercise, your body will not be as fit as it could be and you maybe setting yourself up for an injury. Endurance activities get the fat off and make your heart healthier. Strength training increases your bone density and metabolism. Flexibility training makes you less likely to tear ligaments and tendons. Balance training tones your stomach and keeps you from falling.

What exercise routines are appropriate to me?

This will be determined by your Self Assessment. The exercise packet generated from your Self Assessment will be tailored to your abilities and show you how to advance safely.

I’m a beginner, what do I do?

Start with Endurance (aerobic/cardio) activities at least 3 times a week for 10 minutes. Endurance activities include brisk walking, swimming, jogging, and cycling. Then, eventually add one strength and stretching exercise for each of the four muscle groups. These groups are: chest, legs, back, and abdominals.

I’m an advanced athlete, what do I do?

For the more advanced clients, we do a three way “split” of the body parts: upper body push (chest, triceps, shoulders abdominals), upper body pull (back, biceps, abdominals) and legs (glutes, hamstrings, quadriceps, inner thigh, calves, abdominals) to be performed up to six times a week. For endurance we do 30-60 minutes of cardio in your target heart rate zone up to six times per week.

How much exercise is too much?

In Strength training, never work the same muscle two days in a row, it must rest for 48 hours!   In endurance training, you must take a day to rest!  Only do Endurance six days a week maximum!

Why should I exercise?

Exercise is insurance against many types of diseases like heart conditions, osteoporosis, type II diabetes, depression and cancer. No matter what your level of athleticism everybody’s health can be improved with even a small amount of exercise. The statistics show that not only your quality of life but also the length of your life can be dramatically improved with a little bit of exercise. Exercising for 10 minutes, three days a week can change your life.