Orangetheory Fitness to open in Garwood
“This type of workout literally uses just your own body as resistance.” You become the dumbbell, so to speak. “You can manage to work out wherever you are, without the need for any equipment,” Beier said. While it appeals to minimalists, it’s not just basic, boring reps of squats and lunges. Beier recommends a circuit of eight exercises that includes squats with a reverse lunge, forearm plank to palm pushups, V-ups and the dreaded burpees.
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Apple looking to hire experts to help create fitness products
(Credit: Sarah Tew and Christopher MacManus/CNET) Apple seems to be gearing up for a fitness product, at least based on details from a new job posting. Listed Thursday on Apple’s job site but since taken down, the ad was seeking a “User Studies Exercise Physiologist” to put in 40 hours a week at Apple headquarters in Santa Clara Valley. As quoted p90X3 below from the ad, Apple is looking for people who not only are knowledgeable about cardiovascular fitness but can put that knowledge toward the design of products. Design and run user studies related to cardiovascular fitness & energy expenditure, including calories burned, metabolic rate, aerobic fitness level measurement/tracking and other key physiological measurements.
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Participants use a variety of equipment including treadmills, rowing machines, SBT Suspension Training and free weights, burning an average of 500-1,200 calories per class. http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/p90x3-reviews/sbwire-455028.htm The result is the Orange Effect more energy, visible toning and extra calorie burn for up to 36 hours post-workout. The new Garwood studio is the third Orangetheory Fitness studio to open in New Jersey. It is located at 502 North Ave. Classes range from $8 per hour to $25 per hour depending on the membership or package selected.
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Fitness sessions for kids to combat lazy lifestyles
“We portray ourselves as this active, adventurous country, but sometimes our children get forgotten about as adults’ lives and days get busier than ever before.” Popular adult fitness programmes are also being adopted for children, with the fitness craze Crossfit the latest to be adapted to suit kids. Palmerston North fitness specialists Crossfit Mana, a gym which runs sessions for adults based on the components of cardio, gymnastics and weightlifting, has recreated a series of classes geared for children called Crossfit Tamariki. Primary school-aged students do a 45-minutes skills-based, game-orientated workout under the watchful eye of trained instructors which could see them jumping on boxes, moving weights or just relay races. “The country’s gone soft .
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