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12 Days Fitness Challenge Workout 22 – Last Day for Redemption in 2014!

Your mission: Complete twelve workouts between December 1st and January 1st If you’re a Performance Fitness member these twelve workouts can be any combination of personal training sessions, group training classes, a DIY workout from the Performance Fitness Exercise Guide (don’t have a PFit Exercise Guide? email us and get one!), a WOW, or one…

2014 Skinny Jeans Challenge — WINNERS!

Congratulations to all of the ladies who participated in our Skinny Jeans Challenge. Here are some of the highlights: Apryl H. — 8 pounds and 9 inches GONE! Christina D. — Down 4 pounds Tania O. — Decreased her body fat AND added 3 pounds of muscle! Lorraine V. — Lost 5.9 pounds…

May/June Challenge Workout

Here’s a challenge to help you gauge your improvement over the next couple of months. I borrowed this challenge from Forest Vance, of Forest Vance Training. He also produced a How To video that you may find helpful. During Challenge Round 1, you will do the workout as described below in class or in your…

10 Tips to Help You Rock Those Skinny Jeans

Whether or not you’ve signed on for the Skinny Jeans Challenge, here are 10 tips—some that might surprise you—to help you reach your fitness goals. Surf the web. Do before-and-after pictures motivate you? Do you love to watch people sweat during workout videos? Or do segments from sports competitions ignite a fire in you? If…

Dump the Slump – Week 1 Standings

We’ve wrapped up Week One of our 8-week Dump the Slump attendance challenge. Here are the top finishers for last week: Beth L. – 42 Points Caroline M. – 40 Points Mary K. – 38 Points Gale W. – 32 Points Chris D. – 24 Points John W. – 24 Points Kathy W. – 24…

Performance Fitness Client Spotlight: Meet The Sterns

Our latest client spotlight features one of our Performance Fitness couples, Joe and Rachel Stern. The Sterns are two of my favorite people (OK, all of our clients are my favorites), probably because they give me coffee whenever I train them, or maybe it’s because we all graduated high school the same year (not telling…

12 Days Challenge – Day 14

It’s back to intervals for Day 14. Check out Day 2 if you need ideas for an activity for your interval training. Warm-up with 5-8 minutes of cardio. Workout: Do one minute of hard work followed by one minute of light work for six rounds.

12 Days Challenge – Day 13

Today’s Challenge is the Lucky # Seven Bodyweight Challenge Workout from 6 Extreme Bootcamp Challenge Workouts by Shawna Kaminski. Do as many rounds as possible for 12 minutes of the following: 7 squat jumps or squats 7 decline, regular or modified push ups 7 (per leg) bicycle crunches 7 (per leg) jumping lunges or reverse…

12 Days Challenge – Day 12

Do 10 reps of each exercise for 3 Rounds: 1.5 Lunges* 1.5 Push-ups 1.5 Body Rows or Superman** *1.5 = all the way down, half way up, all the way down, all the way up equals one rep. Do 10 reps total per exercise. **If you don’t have a TRX or barbell do or to…

12 Days Challenge – Day 11

Active Recovery Active Recovery helps you rebuild muscle through low intensity activity that gets your blood flow to the muscles that need repair. Aim for about 20 min. of low intensity activity that you enjoy (i.e., walking, biking, hiking, etc.). A longer duration is OK, as long as it doesn’t cause fatigue.