Training with a Buddy for the Holidays

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Tips for Staying on Track During the Festive Season As the holidays approach, it can be tough to stay on track with your fitness goals. With all the delicious food and fun activities, it’s easy to let your workout routine fall by the wayside. But don’t worry, there are ways to stay motivated and reach […]

Nourishing Your Body from the Inside Out

When we think of nourishing our body, we often think of food. But there are many other ways to nourish our bodies. In this blog post, we will discuss some of the most important things to do to keep your body healthy and happy. This includes nutrition, fitness, stretching, hot and cold therapy, and more. […]

15 Ways to Make 2023 Your Healthiest Year Ever

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“New year, new me” is not a tired cliché. It’s something your 2023 can become if you set your mind to it. A new year’s resolution that sticks is not declared at a random moment. It’s carefully planned beforehand. If you’re ready to get into shape, these are all the steps you’ll need to follow! […]

Make Healthy Habits for Life

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When you view health and fitness as a lifestyle rather than a part-time hobby or monthly challenge, you develop healthy, sustainable habits that will improve many areas in your life. Adopting a new routine can help you in areas such as self-discipline, stress, adaptability, and balance. Pushing yourself to make these changes for good can […]

How to Make Fitness a Lifestyle

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Committing to your health and fitness can be difficult at first, but once woven into your lifestyle becomes easier! We’ve put together tangible tips and steps you can take to create a new, awesome habit and ensure the transformation you’re searching for. Set a Time First things first, set a time for you to exercise […]

Protect Yourself From These Common Sports-Related Injuries

Protect Yourself From These Common Sports-Related Injuries

Protect Yourself From These Common Sports-Related Injuries Getting in enough physical exercise is important for our health. Yet, whether that physical activity involves working out at the gym or participating in sports, it’s important not to overdo it. Pushing yourself can lead to common, yet painful injuries. Being aware of ways to avoid these injuries […]

5 Reasons Why Warm Up Exercises Are Important

5 Reasons Why Warm Up Exercises Are Important

5 Reasons Why Warm Up Exercises Are Important   The importance of warm–up exercises should be considered by anybody who works out. Although warm–ups probably won’t help much with burning calories or building muscle, they’re crucial to the success of a workout! Before you even think about running or using the machines at the gym, […]

7 Ways to Get Kids to Exercise

Get Kids to Exercise

Convincing kids to exercise can be one of the hardest tasks on the modern parent’s agenda. With today’s proliferation of technology regularly tempting children away from the sports-field and onto the couch, those 60 minutes of push-play a day have never been harder to enforce. After reading the up-to-date tips below, though, you’ll be armed […]

Member Spotlight: Travis Bain

Fit Member, Travis Bain, tells us his inspiring true story of overcoming a tragic accident and becoming a competitive body builder. This is a journey you can’t miss. [vsw id=”b5_u4Yaggkk” source=”youtube” width=”560″ height=”315″ autoplay=”no”]

THE TRUTH ABOUT GROUP EX: the challenge that I’ve been avoiding…

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Workout #: 1 Group Ex Class: 11:30am Vinyasa with Stephanie Powell Location: FIT Solana Beach I woke up this morning with a migraine and everything about today screamed, “Just lie here with your eyes closed… Forever.” But as the infamous Instagram meme says – ‘Drink some coffee (or in my case, pounded it + 2 Excedrin), […]

OMNIA™ Functional Training by Technogym

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Fit Athletic Club in downtown San Diego is the first gym in the country to get their hands on the most functional cross training tool we’ve seen yet.   What is OMNIA™? OMNIA™ is a functional training system which optimizes strength, endurance, flexibility, coordination and speed. It is designed specifically for small group personal training […]

Whip Your Health or Fitness Blog Into Shape

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Step 1: Blog.   Step 2: Profit!   If only the blogosphere worked that way. Building your fitness or healthy lifestyle brand by blogging requires considerable time and energy—not to mention talent. In a world becoming increasingly proliferated by life coaches, healthy-eating foodies, fitness junkies and weight loss crusaders, you may find yourself up against […]

Valentine’s Day is Near – Got a Heart On?

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Every year at this time there is a ridiculous amount of commercial attention placed on the status of your heart – is it broken, lonely, filled, overflowing, fragile or hardened? Just how much chocolate does it take to mend a wounded heart? How many flowers prove one heart loves another? How many sappy love songs […]

3 Tips to Help You Stick to Your New Year Resolutions

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“New Year’s Resolutions”. I’ve heard those magical three words every January throughout the course of my 20 year personal training career; often uttered by people who are hoping to shed body fat and improve their health to feel and look better than the previous year. However, this common phrase often means something different to every […]