muscles

Can You Kettlebell?

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Nadina Kaminer

Enhance the effectiveness of your strength training and improve your overall fitness results with exercises unique to the kettlebell. New at Eau Claire YMCA: 4-week kettlebell bootcamps! What is so great about the kettlebell? Highly time-effective: Ability to train both …

Kettlebell Bootcamps

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Nadina Kaminer

Enhance the effectiveness of your strength training and improve your overall fitness results with exercises unique to the kettlebell. New at Eau Claire YMCA: 4-week kettlebell bootcamps! What is so great about the kettlebell? Highly time-effective: Ability to train both …

A Workout Buddy Helps You Reach Fitness Goals

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Hayley Saunders

Wanna get motivated to work out? There are lots of stats out there that show having a workout buddy is one of the best ways to stay on track with your fitness routine. There are a number of reasons why: …

Article: Why Women Can’t Do Pull-Ups

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Nadina Kaminer

In an article on The New York Times website, writer Tara Parker-Pope takes a look at the struggle many women seem to have with the simple pull-up and why it exists: “To find out just how meaningful a fitness measure …

Kettlebell Workout Routines

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Nadina Kaminer

Kettlebells have been around for decades and been used primarily in Eastern Europe for strength training. Kettlebells bring us back to the idea that fitness means the body’s ability to work well as a whole. The entire body is needed to control and …

Health & Fitness Tip of the Day

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Lena Schellenberg

Lena’s Tip: Don’t train with a weight belt unless you are performing max lifts on exercises such as the deadlift, squat, or overhead press. Training with one on a regualr occasion actually weakens abdominal and lower back muscles over time. …

Health & Fitness Tip of the Day

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Lena Schellenberg

Lena’s Tip of the Day: When you are doing pull ups or latt pull downs don’t wrap your thumb around the bar. Instead place it on top alongside your index finger. This decreases involvment of arm muscles and makes your …

Warm Up and Cool Down Tips

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Rob Dickson

Trainers Tip Now that the winter months are starting to be a thing of the past and the temperature outside is increasing, I often see members skipping the warm-up portion of their workout. Even though we may not feel that …