Spinning

Burn 100's calories in just one 60 minute workout in our spinning class!  Our instructors encourage and motivate you, but you are in control of your own intensity.  Spinning is a incredible cardiovascular activity that does not place high stress on your joints.  Come see the results yourself.

Why Spin??  Burn 500+ calories per class, tone muscle, lose inches, decrease body fat, increase energy, increase overall strength, spin all year round.  SO
WHY NOT SPIN??

Cardio Kickboxing

Jab, hook, uppercut, kick to the beat of dance club music. Cardio Kickboxing is a full body workout that benefits your cardiovascular system and at the same time is a GREAT stress releaser!

Explore Pilates through a Private Pilates session

Our Power Pilates Certified Instructors are experienced trained professionals who create Pilates programs to meet your individual needs.

Explore Pilates through a Private Pilates session. Personal training sessions are the most effective way to learn, practice and perfect Pilates. Receive undivided attention and a customized program to produce optimum results.

Everyone is talking about Pilates! Our members have seen improvements in range of motion, flexibility, circulation, posture, and abdominal strength -- and decreases in back, neck and joint pain.

Most people are familiar with Pilates exercises as an innovative and highly effective form of getting a total body workout. What most people are not familiar with is the equipment that is used during Pilates workouts. The Reformer for example, is a sophisticated and versatile piece of equipment, where easily over one hundred exercises can be performed on it.

Spring Cleaning

 People like "stuff." We tend to hold onto it year after year. We save and stock up on things that we don't know what to do with anymore. Maybe we keep things because they hold precious memories of days gone by, or they remind us of our parents, grandparents, past loves or childhood. To part with these precious possessions seems out of the question. There is a saying that goes, "You have to get rid of the old to make way for the new."  If you are feeling stuck or stagnant in your life, try spring-cleaning. Throw out some of that stuff, say goodbye to your past and welcome the new energy of your happy, healthy future.

For good mental and physical health, we actually have two "houses" that need to be spring-cleaned: our physical homes and our physical bodies. Just as we accumulate "stuff" in the form of outgrown clothes, magazines, rusty bicycles, tools and random keepsakes, so do our bodies accumulate old food residues and toxins that need to be cleaned out.

To spring clean your body, give it a break from rich and complicated foods by either cleansing or fasting for a short period of time. Cleansing means paring down your food to just simple fruits and vegetables, lots of water and perhaps whole grains. Fasting means limiting most foods and drinking lots of water, fresh vegetable and fruit juices, teas and soups. Without much energy going toward digestion, more energy is available to the rest of your body and mind. Cleansing and fasting can sharpen your concentration, help you gain insight and promote spiritual awareness. It can also bring improved immune function and better digestion.

While you're cleaning out your body and home, don't forget to spring-clean your heart. Throw away negative thoughts and habits you've been harboring that no longer serve you. A clean, open heart will allow you to receive all the good that awaits you each and every day. If your heart and mind are cluttered, there is no room for life's gifts and surprises to enter.

Food Focus: Greens

Leafy greens are some of the easiest and most beneficial vegetables to incorporate into your daily routine. Densely packed with energy and nutrients, they grow upward to the sky, absorbing the sun's light while producing oxygen. Members of this royal green family include kale, collard greens, swiss chard, mustard greens, arugula, dandelion greens, broccoli rabe, watercress, beet greens, bok choy, napa cabbage, green cabbage, spinach and broccoli.

How do greens benefit our bodies? They are very high in calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium, phosphorous and zinc, and are a powerhouse for vitamins A, C, E and K. They are crammed full of fiber, folic acid, chlorophyll and many other micronutrients and phytochemicals. Their color is associated with spring, which is a time of renewal and refreshing, vital energy. In traditional Asian medicine, the color green is related to the liver, emotional stability and creativity. Greens aid in purifying the blood, strengthening the immune system, improving liver, gall bladder and kidney function, fighting depression, clearing congestion, improving circulation and keeping your skin clear and blemish free.

Leafy greens are the vegetables most missing from the American diet, and many of us never learned how to prepare them. Start with the very simple recipe below. Then each time you go to the market, pick up a new green to try. Soon you'll find your favorite greens and wonder how you ever lived without them.

Spring is about renewal, and rebirth

Dear Friends, It is a time to get rid of the old habits, ones that do not serve us, and bring in the new. It is a time to get rid of the toxins that leave us vulnerable to illness, not only in the foods we choose to eat, but the choices we make every day in our lives. We can choose a different path. "How?", we think. What we focus on, what we eat, who we choose to spend time with!! It's up to you! Take a different path, stop going down the same one. Take action, believe you can. Why not? What have you got to lose? Stress, weight, sickness, boredom. What do you have to gain? !! Greater health, wisdom, freedom, joy and energy If you need support and guidance on that journey, remember to reach out your hand you might be surprised at how many hands take hold of yours! Sincerely, Ellen's Pilates and Fitness Studio