Drop-ins welcome!
Starts: July 4th, 2015
When: Saturdays, 10:30-11:30am
Where: Ireland Park (enter at Folkway Dr.)
Cost: $40/month (4 sessions) or $15/class (drop-in)
by Courtney Nielsen
BodyBuilding.com
Group. Fitness. Classes. Put those three words together in a phrase—now read them out loud. Did images of spandex leotards, leg warmers, and Olivia Newton John-style workouts pop into your head? I honestly can’t blame you if they did; the decade of “Let’s Get Physical” still has some pull more than twenty years later. However, it’s important that group fitness be associated with something else. Sure, hefting weights on the gym-room floor and hitting the treadmill are popular workouts for a reason, but ask yourself:
If you answered yes to even one of the above questions, you could be… totally normal! And someone who could benefit from a weekly group fitness class or two.
When training at home, one daunting question of self-doubt has no doubt come into your head: “Am I doing this right?” Well, it’s hard to know how good your squat is if you don’t have a giant mirror and no one is there to check your form! Of course, you can always pay extra for a personal trainer, but group fitness classes can be very helpful—and the price is often included in most gym memberships. A good instructor watches all participants throughout the class to make sure their workout is safe and effective. The instructor should also have fitness training and a certification under their belt, and it’s not a bad thing to ask them about it, either. With your instructor’s guidance, and by watching their moves closely, you can often get a safer, more effective workout than you would on your own.
Burlington Body Camp Winter Session 2014 Begins December 8
When: Mondays & Thursdays, 7pm or 8pm
Where: Creative Edge Dance Studio, 1160 Blair Road, Burlington Ontario
Cost: $200 (18 sessions), $100 (9 sessions)
Questions? Contact us at:
info@burlingtonbodycamp.com
905-464-2085
These dips are an excellent exercise for the tricep and will get you tank-top ready in no time.
How to get toned triceps – no equipment required
Triceps-Dip
Do as many dips as you can for 20 seconds and rest for 10 seconds. Repeat eight times. To make this exercise more challenging, start with your legs extended straight out in front of you (switching to bent knees if you need to).
At HomeBodyFit, we’re big fans of tricep dips. Why? Because they help develop powerful and defined triceps…and you can do them anywhere…at home on the floor or on the bottom of the stairs…or even on a pack bench!
Want a full body Tabata workout that will sculpt and tone from head to toe? Learn more about our at-home and online fitness and meal plan services here!
Make jump squats a part of your exercise sessions. Why? You’ll get results…fast! As well, they benefit your entire body (including your posterior chain and core) and they are an excellent boost to your overall fitness.
Get results fast!
Step one: With your knees shoulder width apart, bend your knees slightly, keeping your back straight. Squat down.
Step two: Immediately jump upwards off the ground. As your feet leave the floor reach upward, straight out in front, or with your hands on your hips, keeping your back straight and facing forward.
Step three: Land back in the position you started in. Bend your knees slightly and immediately repeat the second step.
Do as many jump squats as you can for 20 seconds and rest for 10 seconds. Repeat eight times. To make this exercise more challenging, hold a pair of dumbbells.
At HomeBodyFit, we’re fans of incorporating jump squats into nearly every personal and couples training session. They are excellent for conditioning as well as being an effective cardiovascular exercise. Learn more about our services here!
Did you know that an intense 4-minute high intensity exercise interval (e.g. burpees, mountain climbers, push-ups, jump lunges, etc.) is just as effective – if not more effective – at increasing aerobic fitness and improving muscular endurance than 30-minutes on the treadmill?
At Burlington Body Camp, we take fitness to the next level! For each workout, we string together a series of these body-weight interval training circuits. Come try us out tonight for only $15 and you’ll likely workout harder than more people do in a week!
Burlington Drop-In Boot Camp only $15
All you need to do is bring the motivation and we’ll provide you with a:
that will:
Drop-in tonight for a one-hour workout and see and feel the difference a high-intensity interval training session makes…and if you’re new to high-tensity training, don’t worry we always provide alternative exercises for those easing into this type of exercise.
Time: 7pm or 8pm
Where: Sidrebene Park (Appleby Line between Dundas and Britannia)
Price: $15
Register online here
Or contact us at info@burlingtonbodycamp.com
Before your session (and to maximize the benefits), don’t forget to have a proper pre-workout snack
Our clients are used to seeing Jump Lunges listed in their at-home sessions. They are an excellent exercise for hip flexors, glutes, and legs…and they require no equipment!
Incorporate Jump Lunges into your workout and you’ve got a perfect high-intensity leg circuit.
Jump Lunges: A perfect high-intensity leg circuit.
How to do a Jump-Lunges
HomeBodyFit Tabata Jump Lunge Circuit:
For custom at-home exercise programs, contact HomeBodyFit
Is the daily grind starting to take its toll? Do you need a pick-me-up after Monday morning and mid-week?
Recharge your batteries with Burlington Body Camp
Forget the couch and forget the bar. We have a convenient and positive way to jump-start your battery. Burlington Body Camp. We’re a one-hour, twice a week, full-body boot camp located at Sidrebene Park (5100 Appleby Line).
The benefits are astonishing:
Take some time for yourself and do the body good. Our next session begins on July 23, 2014. Register online here…
Tabata. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. It’s been around for more than 18 years…and or good reason. It works.
Based on a 1996 study by Professor Izumi Tabata, it involves 20 seconds of ultra-intense exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated continuously for 4 minutes , or 8 cycles.
These short, intense workouts provide improved:
These sessions are intense, but that’s precisely why they are so effective.
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