-PROMOTION- Partnered Training Discount
For new clients that start any time in March 2024 each person in your pair or trio will have a discounted rate for 6 months of training!
As a precision training studio we shy away from large group classes. There are benefits to working out in groups, some people need the camaraderie in order to maintain commitment, it can be very motivating to workout with others.
We do detailed physical evaluations for every client and 100% of the time the client needs foundational programming and tailored exercises for imbalances and/or goals specific to the individual. This is relatively impossible to achieve in a group setting.
Partnered training seems to allow for the best of both worlds. We get the motivation and healthy competition from training with a partner as well as enough attention from the trainer to prepare and assist with individualized programs. Most of the time we ask clients to come with their own partner. A friend or family member to increases the chances of maintaining accountability- plus it is difficult for us to find other trainees who have the same availability as you may have. Different fitness level between the pair is usually fine. If one of you has a significant injury or a very specific goal that requires a lot of attention then we suggest training individually.
DISCOUNT RATE – 35$ per person (max 3 people) – minimum one session per week
Regular rate 40$ per person for paired training or 75$ for individual training
Discount is running through March. New clients only and the rate will remain stable for 6 months.
Increasing VO2max – your best tool to live longer
“Cardiorespiratory fitness is inversely associated with long-term mortality with no observed upper limit of benefit.” This conclusion comes from a 2018 study published in the journal Cardiology (1) measuring all cause mortality in 122,000 participants under a treadmill based cardiovascular test.
Segmented into groups of cardiovascular health as such – Low, below average, above average, high and elite we can see how shifting from one group to another changes your risk of all cause mortality. For example, if you improve your fitness from low to below average you decrease your risk of mortality by 50%. If you can manage to move from low to above average it will decrease by 60-70%. When comparing this improvement vs the benefits of quitting smoking or reversing diabetes, increasing your cardiovascular fitness actually has a greater impact on mortality risk. These are incredible results. No single action moves the needle more for increasing longevity than improving cardiovascular health.
Exercise protocols to reverse cardiovascular disease
As a follow up to the last article I wanted to provide some information on how to combat heart disease with exercise. There are a couple myths worth dispelling and some very good science on what methods work best for people who are at high risk for an event or who are coming out of hospital, post event
Cumulative Training
I am normally not super interested in what works for the average person. My career started with a succession of failures trying to apply the science of averages to individuals. If there is one thing you learn (hopefully early) as a health coach is that the most important research is the N of 1 kind. In other words, what works for the person in front of you. This still involves looking at all the prevailing research, it’s not just throwing ideas out all willy nilly but it inevitably requires trial and error. So you have to be humble in the process and clear in setting reasonable expectations.