School is out, vacation plans are on, and you’re ready for all the fun and activity that summer will bring your way. If you’re someone who seriously boosts your activity level when it’s warm and the sun is shining, it’s key to give your body a little extra TLC to make sure you’re up for that last-minute hike, prepped with a healthy and delicious option for that last-minute picnic, or prepared for spending the day in the air (or on the road) as you make it to your favorite vacation spot.

Here’s how you can use nutrition, stress management, and healthy exercise to help make sure you’re ready for anything this summer. Let’s dig in!

Here’s how you can use nutrition, stress management, and healthy exercise to help make sure you’re ready for anything this summer. Let’s dig in

Resistance training is now widely considered to be the most important form of exercise for longevity and quality of life. There are many different forms of resistance training and choosing which one(s) is right for you can depend on a number of factors including your goals, age, weight, etc. To start off, some different forms of resistance training include powerlifting, crossfit, bodybuilding, olympic lifting, calisthenics, explosive/speed training, isometric training, etc.

You can feel summer in the air—the birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and each day is a little bit longer than the last. Most of us find ourselves spending more and more time outside as the air begins to warm. Fitness Together® studios are working to help you be ready for anything and everything that summer has to bring!

Here, let’s take a look at some simple strategies you can implement to support a healthy summer, as well as some of the reasons why summer is a fantastic time to take your health to the next level.

The goal of this blog is to go into depth on a few of the reasons people hire a personal trainer and provide information about the value personal trainers provide to their clients. There are a number of different reasons an individual may be looking to hire a personal trainer. Not every person has the same reasons. But most of the time, people hire a personal trainer for a multitude of reasons rather than just one.

If you struggle to keep your motivation high after the initial excitement of a goal fades, you’re not alone. Willpower eventually runs out, leaving you to fall back on your habits to keep you moving forward. Here, you’ll explore how you can create habits that stick, even after the excitement of beginning to work towards a goal begins to fade.

When it comes to strength training, most people have a few specific areas they’d like to focus on. They are looking for exercises to make their arms, abs, butt, etc. look better or more “toned”. They generally will find and perform exercises that are isolation movements for that particular area they’d like to work on. Very often, they completely overlook compound movements.

It can be all too easy to attribute a healthy, fit body and mind to luck, but nothing could be further from the truth. If you’ve tried to hit fitness goals and have missed the mark you set for yourself, you’re not alone! Taking control of your fitness journey isn’t just empowering—it also starts the process of digging in and working toward the success you want.

One of the biggest misconceptions related to nutrition is that carbs are bad and need to be avoided at all costs in order to reach your weight loss goals. This idea is perpetuated by bad information via social media and other health/diet fads usually promoted by people looking to sell some product they are promoting.

At Fitness Together® studios, experienced personal trainers are here to support you no matter where you’re at in your journey. Here, we’ll take a look at how you can change your mindset when it comes to working toward becoming your healthiest self.

In today’s fitness world, “wearables” such as Fitbits, Apple watches and other devices have become very popular. For many people, they help to provide motivation and a sort of "gamification" to working out that helps them stay engaged and can make exercise more fun. For others, they can lead to an obsession with numbers and a poor relationship with exercise.