HEART ZONES CEO, SALLY EDWARDS, SHARES BOUTIQUE STUDIO TRENDS Heart Zones Founder and CEO, Sally Edwards, recently flew to the East Coast to explore seven different boutique studios across Boston and New York City. As boutique studios are currently trendingâespecially with younger demographics like millennialsâEdwards wanted to see what all the hype is about. During…
This is Bret. He is the Fitness Director at Rollingwood Athletic Club in Fair Oaks, CA. He wanted to deliver a unique experience to his members. He found his solution: Heart Zones. Read his story below. Bret’s Success Story: “Prior to taking our classes, members are encouraged to undergo our…
If youâve made it to the Red Line zone, with heart rates from 90% to 100% of your maximum heart rate, you have arrived at the top of the heap. Maybe we should say, if youâve made it to the Z5 Red Line zone on purpose, you have arrived. Like the Threshold zone, this is…
Welcome to the Threshold zone! Even if you donât choose to train in the Z4 Threshold zone, itâs a place youâre no doubt familiar with, though maybe you are unfamiliar with its name. Hereâs a hint: this is also known as the âshortness of breathâ zone. Sound familiar? Itâs the zone where you feel the…
The Aerobic zone gives you the most âbang for your buck.â Here youâll get the most benefits in the least amount of time. If you said, âI want everything from exercise,â this is your zone. The Z3 Aerobic zone gets you fitter, gets you faster, gets you thinner. Thatâs why itâs been touted for decades…
As a life-long athlete, Iâve never had the sort of intimate relationship with the fat battle that some people have, but a woman named Lisa brought reality home to me with her experience. âI was 135 pounds before the birth of my first daughter, but 210 pounds after the birth of my second. One day,…
The search has been on for the fountain of youth since before poor Ponce de Leon ever set foot on Florida soil, but itâs beginning to look like our goal is in sight. Ponce, a Spanish explorer who arrived in the new world in the 1500âs, may have died from the blood-thirsty mosquitoes, but many…
Heart Zones FIT Points Thanks to Ken Cooper, MD, writing the paradigm-shifting book Aerobics almost fifty years ago, the world has taken a giant step forward by following his exercise prescription of counting âaerobic pointsâ. He carefully designed a new generation of exercise and sparked a revolution in fitness that was based on important principles,…
The Differences in Muscular Strength Between Men And Women You probably think that men are stronger than women. In fact, it depends on how you measure muscular strength. If you measure absolute strength, that is the total amount that an average man compared with an average woman can lift, then it is true. In…
Static Stretching This is the most popular form of stretching. It is extremely effective for improving range of motion. Static stretching is a method of increasing your elasticity by slowly and deliberately lengthening a muscle to a fixed position. This position is usually one in which you experience mild discomfort. This position is maintained for…