Most people don’t necessarily want to run a marathon or bench press 315 pounds, but would rather lose a little weight, tone up some and generally feel a little better about themselves. Many of our clients fit into this category and we call this “the sport of life.” The general approach on this type of exercise routine is to combine cardiovascular conditioning, some whole body resistance training, and flexibility with a sensible and sustainable nutrition program. Here is an example of some methods to improve on general health and fitness.
Strength: Body-Weight exercises like push-ups, squats, lunges and planks. Cable resistance training like chops, isometric holds and pull downs. Of course strength training includes barbells, dumbbells and some machines.
Cardiovascular: Traditional lower intensity cardiovascular exercise include walking, hiking, running, biking and swimming for extended periods of time and these modes of training can typically be performed on your own. Training methods that Infinity has effectively used include incline treadmill training, upper body ergometers, circuit strength training and tactical metabolic training.
Flexibility: Most people think of the ability to touch their toes as a tenant of flexibility and in-part they’re right. However, the torso, shoulders, hips, knees, ankles and wrists are equally important to ensure whole body flexibility. Our trainers use more that static stretches to address flexibility. Dynamic flexibility, PNF stretching and even vibration have all been proven to be at least equally effective if not more so than static stretches.