Napa’s local gyms offer benefits to many of the town’s inhabitants. Synergy, Health Quest, and INSHAPE offer small group fitness classes at various times throughout the day. These classes are led by certified fitness professionals that guide participants through a unique array of exercises including high intensity interval training (HIIT), Yoga, and step aerobics. These …
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Apr 23
Warming Up Will Decrease Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)
Exercise assists the functionality of our bodies in our lives. Examples include being able to pick up heavier objects, giving us the ability to help our friends move things, or improving our balance. Regular exercise also helps to decrease the likelihood of injury such as strengthening ankle joints to avoid rolled ankles or improving back …
Mar 25
Struggles with Motivation: Finding Motivation to Exercise
While playing 3 hours of Pickle Ball, one of my favorite forms of physical activity, I met a gentleman who came to scope out what the game was all about. He had his toddler with him enjoying the beautiful weather of a bright, sun-filled Sunday late morning. My fellow Pickle Ballers invited the gentleman to …
Feb 28
How to Address Fitness Plateaus
Weight loss, injury prevention and building full body strength are popular fitness goals Napa gym goers frequently pursue. There are obvious benefits to our everyday lives in obtaining an optimal fitness level. Looking and feeling better, thinking clearer, and being more productive are some of the many facets of pursing life time fitness goals that …
Feb 24
Life Time Fitness “To Do” and “To Don’t” Lists!
A critical factor of sustaining success in our life time fitness is to prioritize healthy daily practices. These healthy practices can come in the form of eating healthy, having plenty of physical activity and adhering to a positive mental outlook. A useful technique that we teach out personal training clients in Napa is hash out …
Feb 14
Injury Recover Prescriptions
Aches, pains, and injuries occur as we age. We can consider ourselves diagnosed with arthritis at age 30. Arthritic symptoms such as pain in the neck, shoulders, back, hips, knees and wrists are prevalent in our society. Overuse injuries from poor posture in our everyday lives can affect the health of critically significant joints in …
Feb 05
Alcohol and Life Time Fitness: Pick you Poison
Living in one of the most beautiful areas in the world, wine is embraced a unique part of the Napa Culture. One of the benefits Napa locals have within arm’s reach is our world class wine and food scene. Having a drink with friends or at a networking event is an entertaining experience for many …
Jan 30
Giving yourself permission for sustainable exercise
The final first month of the new year is coming to an end. New year’s resolutions are thriving in abundance with the gym goers of Napa becoming happier and fitter. As the first month of the new year finally wraps up, there is still 11 motivating months to make our lives happier, healthier, and stronger. …
Dec 14
Avoid the “Chore” of Exercise
Losing weight, getting a toned body, decreasing blood pressure, and because the doctor “told you so” are all reasons why we start to exercise. Perhaps there’s a wedding coming up that triggers the motivation to slip into a wedding dress for that special day. Maybe it’s your 40th birthday with a trip to the Caribbean …
Nov 27
Safe Exercises for Joint Health
Stiff, achy and nagging joint pain is something we all deal with in life. It’s uncomfortable, inconvenient and annoying. Elbows, hips and knees start to ache as the colder seasons approach. People even say they can tell when it’s about to rain because of the pressure increase in the air due to the tightness in …