Fitness Trends

T-BOW®
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The philosophy behind the T-BOW® to train five key elements in one workout, creating the healthiest body you can. The five elements the T-BOW® Workout trains are your body’s cardiovascular system, muscular strength, flexibility, balance/stability and coordination. Not to forget it’s amazing quality to strengthen the joints, eliminate low back pain and train the core like no other.

 

FlexBands
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Titled as a multipurpose workout “machine” the FlexBand focuses on “progressive resistance training”. FlexBands have been proven effective for flexibility workouts, injury rehabilitation, and weight training over the past two decades. By wrapping it around the body or body’s extremities, FlexBands produce natural and healthy ranges of motion and variable-resisted-active-isolated-stretching.

 

TRX
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Weighing less than two pounds, the TRX delivers greater performance and functionality than large exercise machines costing thousands of dollars. The TRX sets up in seconds so you can get and stay fit at home, the gym or on the road–wherever you want.

 

Indian Clubs
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Club swinging, believed to have originated in India by soldiers as a method of improving strength, agility, balance and physical ability. During the annexation of India, British officers witnessed the graceful motions and essential property of expanding the chest and exercising every muscle of the body.

 

Gyrotonic
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Gyrotonic, the product, is an exercise machine with pulleys and weights that strengthen and increase flexibility through fluid, dancelike moves. The creator, Juliu Horvath, was looking to build a machine to perfect the dancer’s pirouette, however Gyrotonics is popular among athletes and has also been used in Germany to help elderly patients with osteoporosis and spinal injuries.

 

Pilates
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Pilates is an exercise method founded on core strength and stability which was developed by Joseph Pilates in the early 20th century. It was originally developed for the rehabilitation of prisoners of war, however Joseph Pilates soon figured out that his methods would also be of benefit to anyone  seeking a higher level of fitness.

Tai Chi
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Tai chi, which originated in China as a martial art, is a mind-body practice. Tai chi is sometimes referred to as “moving meditation”—practitioners move their bodies slowly, gently, and with awareness, while breathing deeply.

Zumba
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The Zumba® program fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program that will blow you away. Our goal is simple: We want you to want to work out, to love working out, to get hooked. Zumba® Fanatics achieve long-term benefits while experiencing an absolute blast in one exciting hour of calorie-burning, body-energizing, awe-inspiring movements meant to engage and captivate for life!

Hula-Hoop Fitness
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The plastic ring that got the baby boomers’ hips gyrating 50 years ago, after spending years in the closet, is making a comeback in the fitness arena. The padded hoops weigh 3 pounds and are water weighted. Although it was originally targeted to women, men have bought the hoops as well.

Kettlebells
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The kettlebell is a cast iron weight looking somewhat like a cannonball with a handle. Unlike traditional dumbbells, the kettlebell’s center of mass is extended beyond the hand, allowing swing movements not possible with traditional dumbbells.

Polarity Therapy
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In the healing arts, Polarity Therapy is special in its comprehensive exploration of the different dimensions of the human condition (physical, mental and emotional).  Polarity Therapy seeks to bridge the full spectrum of body, mind and spirit: the body is designed by nature to heal itself.

Yoga
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Yoga is a vast collection of spiritual techniques and practices aimed at integrating mind, body and spirit to achieve a state of enlightenment or oneness with the universe. What is normally thought of as “yoga” in the West is really Hatha Yoga, one of the many paths of yoga. The different paths of yoga emphasize different approaches and techniques, but ultimately lead to the same goal of unification and enlightenment.

Hiking Yoga
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San Francisco native and veteran fitness instructor, Eric Kipp, has integrated his three passions -Yoga, hiking, and San Francisco- into what he calls Hiking Yoga, San Francisco’s latest fitness addiction.