Category: Fitness

  • Don’t miss the Fall Fitness Festival in Pease Park this Sunday!

    Don’t miss the Fall Fitness Festival in Pease Park this Sunday!

    It’s time for family friendly outdoor fun at the Fall Fitness Festival in Pease Park. Featuring exercises classes, local vendors and more, Alexandria Anderson, Founder of Essential Fitness ATX and Allison Phillips, Owner of Austin Youth Fitness, are here to tell us all about it. Fall Fitness Festival in Pease Park | Sunday, October 29th…

  • Improve fitness, strength and brain function: Walk this way

    Improve fitness, strength and brain function: Walk this way

    Even if you loathe exercise and the idea of running or weightlifting sends shivers down your spine, there’s a simple way to enhance your health: walking. Scientific studies have consistently linked walking to improved physiological markers, including heart health, mental well-being, cognitive function, and increased longevity. Walking thousands of steps daily is an effortless path…

  • The 5 Things A Fitness Coach Would Never Waste Money On

    The 5 Things A Fitness Coach Would Never Waste Money On

    Getting ready to dive right into fitness and strength training means you need a whole lot of specialist goods before getting started, right? You’ve got to make sure you’re fully prepared for the journey you’re about to take on and, let’s be honest, not look like an amateur in front of your new gym buddies.…

  • Police: Man reports theft from locked locker at fitness facility

    Police: Man reports theft from locked locker at fitness facility

    Bloomfield Township police are investigating a recently reported theft at an exercise facility. The alleged victim told police someone broke into his locked locker at Lifetime Fitness, 4106 Telegraph Rd., on Oct. 19, at around 7 p.m. Two credit cards and the SIM card from his iPhone were reportedly taken. Anyone with information on the…

  • 5 Exercises Holding You Back From Your Fitness Goals (Including Burpees)

    When you combine strength and cardio exercises into one workout (like a HIIT class or boot camp), there’s often a trade-off between the two. This is because strength and cardio exercises have different energy requirements. Strength exercises are anaerobic, demanding short bursts of high-intensity effort, while cardio exercises are aerobic, requiring sustained, lower-intensity effort over…

  • ‘Eating 8 kg mutton every day, no fitness test’: Wasim Akram after Pakistan’s ‘embarrassing’ loss

    ‘Eating 8 kg mutton every day, no fitness test’: Wasim Akram after Pakistan’s ‘embarrassing’ loss

    Wasim Akram blasted Team Pakistan’s fitness levels With Pakistan’s future in the World Cup hanging in balance after the team’s shock defeat to Afghanistan, former cricketer Wasim Akram pulled no punches in criticising the Men in Green. The eight-wicket loss on Monday was Pakistan’s third defeat on the trot after starting the ICC Cricket World…

  • Campus Rec Center offers great experiences with group fitness classes

    Campus Rec Center offers great experiences with group fitness classes

    The swell of students jam-packed into a small weight room can be intimidating for any person. A group of “gym bros” paired alongside athletic Lululemon-clad girls is enough for anyone to turn around and head back to their dorm. While the Campus Recreation Center is a great, and free, place for any student to workout,…

  • With patents in hand, Santa Fe founder of Board30 fitness systems seeks next step

    With patents in hand, Santa Fe founder of Board30 fitness systems seeks next step

    The 2-by-2-foot wood board with a tangle of resistance bands is the equivalent of a gym full of strength and cardio equipment. Actually, Floery Mahoney’s Board30 fitness studio at 1512 Pacheco St. has no traditional gym equipment. Instead, there are a series of 8-by-2-foot Body Boards on the floor.

  • F45 on its knees after $US370m loss; celebrities seek damages

    F45 on its knees after $US370m loss; celebrities seek damages

    Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size The Mark Wahlberg-backed fitness franchise F45 is hanging by a thread after releasing its restated financial accounts which show it has made a financial loss of more than $US370 million ($582 million) over the last two financial years. The updated accounts for the financial year ending December…

  • Guest Essay: My Visit to Pottruck Student Fitness Center by Ocean Vuong

    Guest Essay: My Visit to Pottruck Student Fitness Center by Ocean Vuong

    Credit: Kaiser Ke By KAISER KE 10 hours ago  35 lb dumbbells drop from my un-calloused fingers but their phantom sting remains. They leave a metallic pungency, a smell so synthetic yet so emblematic of masculinity — what else is more natural in this world? I gaze in physical exhaustion at the floor-to-ceiling-length mirror in…