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Clients of the Month: Jan and Mary Beth

Posted: 02/08/2012

Jan Rutkowski and Mary Beth DynanTraining Frequency: J: 2-3 x week MB: 3x a week GO PACKS!Cardio Frequency: J: 3-4 x week for 30-45 minutes MB: I walk 6 days a week, including 80 minutes on Sundays.Last Fit Assessment: 11/29/2011What kind of results have you seen since beginning here at Fitness Together:J: Really good. I also started Weight Watchers just before starting at FT....

Valentine's Day Special

Posted: 02/07/2012

Walk for Animals

Posted: 09/14/2011

Hi Everyone!I'm sure you've all seen our signs around the studio and received our e-mails about Farm Sanctuary's Walk for Farm Animals but here is a little more information. The walk is an opportunity for those who want to stop animal abuse and help farm animals and who are concerned with the cruel and horrific practices of factory farming to take a stand in support of compassion...

Yoga Ed helps kids focus at school

Posted: 12/27/2011

Yoga, as seen by both its Hindi and secular adherents, is a path to spiritual and psychological mastery. To skeptics, it is seen as multi-billion dollar industry. Either way, yoga is rapidly taking root as an alternative form of physical education and stress relief throughout U.S. schools. The movement of yoga from the studio to the classroom began in 2002 when Tara Gruber, an...

Health Benefits of Winter Fruits and Vegetables

Posted: 11/22/2011

Health Benefits of Winter Fruits and VegetablesI pulled this off someone else's blog because I like to know what I'm getting out of all those delicious fruits and veggies this time of year. Read below to see what you may be missing out on, and for some delicious recipes so you have no excuse NOT to include them in your diet...I’ve noticed that since the temperature cooled,...

Jungle Gym!

Posted: 11/22/2011

Yeah That's right! We Got Em!Come down to our studio and try out our four sets of Jungle Gym xt Suspension training systems. These are mainly used during FT's Pack sessions. Come down and sign up so you can get down on some Jungle Gym training during your workouts. They are pretty amazing.Paul-Trainer

How to Lose Weight by Eating More

Posted: 09/14/2011

How To Lose Weight By Eating MoreThe reason diets don’t work is because we associate pain with food deprivation. Diet equals hunger, and hunger is pain. How could anyone succeed on a diet when pain is the result? Luckily, there is another way. After losing 40 pounds, I can testify that it works. The trick: Eat More!The problem with dieting is the restriction. Eat less fat....

Chefs talk about unusual farmers market finds

Posted: 08/18/2011

Katsuya Fukushima is used to working with unusual ingredients, using liquid nitrogen or high-tech whipping canisters to make "snow" or "air" from otherwise solid ingredients. Farmers markets have grown from carrying familiar produce like these snap peas to more exotic items like stevia, horseradish leaves and pig tails. But when he came across a long-stemmed plant with scalloped...

Watertown's Faire in the Square

Posted: 09/13/2010

Fitness Together Belmont is going to have a booth set up at Watertown's annual Faire in the Square on Saturday September 25th from 10am - 4pm. We will be there to answer fitness questions, show you some cool things about FT and hopefully have some fun!Stop by for some info or just to say "Hi!" 

How one man found his fitness routine and lost 70 pounds at Fitness Together

Posted: 09/03/2010

Quitting the Quitting Game:How one man found his fitness routine and got it to stick.TEMECULA, Calif. -- “I had tried everything,” said Andy Ringle, who was 307 pounds when he walked into a Fitness Together studio in Temecula, Calif., last year.Today, more than 70 pounds lighter, many people don’t even recognize him.Ringle credits Fitness Together owner Ed Ferrell,...