Strength Training Trumps Cardio for Effective Fat Loss: Here's Why

Strength Training Trumps Cardio for Effective Fat Loss: Here's Why

Exercise itself is not the ideal mode for weight loss. Exercise has many benefits to the body that have nothing to do with weight loss. Exercise can: improve muscular and cardiorespiratory fitness, increase bone density and function, reduce the risk of hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, reduce the risk of falls and fractures, improve mental health.

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Super Slow Strength Training: 7 Tips for Success

Super Slow Strength Training: 7 Tips for Success

Near Zero Momentum - Each rep will be performed in a 10 second positive phase, followed by a 10 second negative phase. Your instructor will cue you on when to change directions, as well as when to slow down or speed up. Focus special attention to the turn arounds, and control your speed.

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Revolutionize Your Workouts with Super Slow Training: The Exercise Institute Way

Revolutionize Your Workouts with Super Slow Training: The Exercise Institute Way

Proper strength circuit style exercise, or global metabolic strength and conditioning is a safe means to an end. Properly done, exercise can serve as a stimulus to the body. If that stimulus is intense, brief and infrequent enough it will trigger our bodies protective mechanisms in a positive way. Increasing our muscle mass and in turn help us live longer, stronger, leaner & injury free.

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Top Fitness Trends and Insights: Our Takeaways from the Inland Empire Fitness Conference 2022

Top Fitness Trends and Insights: Our Takeaways from the Inland Empire Fitness Conference 2022

Our team was able to attend the Inland Empire Fitness Conference this summer. We want to say thank you for giving us this opportunity to go better our craft, and grow as exercise specialists. We were able to hear from 12 different professionals and leaders in our industry. You may have noticed we have started to implement some of these techniques in your training since our return. Here are our biggest takeaways from this event:

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The Crucial Role of Supervision in Strength Training

The Crucial Role of Supervision in Strength Training

Those who used supervision for strength training had better outcomes in almost every way. Especially, post- menopausal and osteoporotic women, which had a 74% lower dropout rate than those that chose to strength train by themselves. While there was no evidence that supervision affected fat loss any different, it showed better outcomes on strength gains.

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Imagine Strength: The Why Behind the Machines

Imagine Strength: The Why Behind the Machines

"After growing up on Arthur Jones and Darden teachings about proper HIT training and working at Nautilus the tide shifted from safe, effective and efficient exercise to high volume speed training. At this time having worked for Nautilus for 11 years I saw the writing on the wall. Even Nautilus became enamored with cardio equipment, multiple set high volume training, just to make a buck…”

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A Critical Component of Exercise: Maintaining Proper Form

A Critical Component of Exercise: Maintaining Proper Form

A sure-fire way to improve muscular strength is to lift weights. The purpose of strength training is to use the weight to cause muscular fatigue, not to use your muscles to move the weight. Good form and technique are crucial to engaging the correct muscles during exercise, and building a strong, balanced physique.

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