strength and muscle improves and speeds up fat loss

All too often, the moves we use in the gym don’t mimic the movements we find ourselves using to get through day-to-day life. It’s unlikely that you’re bicep curling your baby, or deadlifting your work bag. To avoid injury, it’s important that you use functional fitness to strengthen the muscles you use in daily life.

Some stress is a normal, healthy part of everyday life. Feeling nervous or stressed before a first date, when working toward a deadline, or before speaking in public.

Working out can help to manage stress, and the mood-boosting effects of exercise last long after you finish your last set. Here, we’ll take a look at exactly how working out can benefit your mental health and help to manage your stress.

What Is Diet Culture? Low-fat, Atkins®, South Beach, Jenny Craig®—there are countless diets available for people who want to lose weight, yet, most people who try to diet end up gaining the weight back—and then some. As the summer months approach, it’s tough to navigate television and social media without being bombarded with ads for weight-loss and...

You know that you’re working hard when you’re training. Whether you lift weights, play sports, take group classes, or participate in another form of exercise, it’s important to give your all.

But you may be surprised to learn—how you recover matters just as much as how you work out, and it’s important that you optimize your rest so that your muscles can come back strong the next time you’re ready to exercise.

Every year, leading up to Valentine’s Day, the commercial marketplace brims with clothing, cards and candies, all emblazoned with the universal emblem of love: the heart. The heart has long been recognized as a symbol of romantic affection, but biologically, it is a powerful organ that is responsible for proper functioning of the human body and its health is essential to life.

Diving Into 2022 With Intention: Your Guide to Getting your Mind Right for the New Year! With the dawn of a new year comes the customary internal self-assessment and resolution to improve—an intended fresh start to ignite the emergence of a better version of ‘you’.

Getting your Loved Ones on Board: With Good for You Holiday Habits! If you've embarked on a new healthy routine this year, or you're ready to clean up your habits before 2022 rolls in, why not include your family and start traditions that will serve them well for years to come?

Give yourself the gift of exercise, and this could be your happiest holiday yet! With a little guidance from the teams at Fitness Together Studios, this year can mark the start of a new tradition - celebrating the season without abandoning your wellness routine.

Make this the year you practice intentional gratitude. The permanent perks may surprise you! Thanksgiving is a meaningful occasion at Fitness Together studios, but probably not for the reasons you'd think.