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See What Everyone is Talking About- F.I.T.!!

Kerry — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:55:01 +0000

No workout in recent memory has had the MAC Fitness Training Team as excited as our NEW small group training program, F.I.T. It combines amazaing, total body, calorie blasting group training sessions with online meal planning, and cardio interval workouts to do on your own. This combination attacks all aspects of fitness for results like no other!

Check out our demo video here:

Looks fun, right? Why not try a FREE Demo session? Here’s the May Demo Schedule for the Kingston Plaza location. You can register at the Front Desk, or call (845)853-7377. Hope to see you at a Demo soon!

“Thanks to Juliann, I was ready to hike the Grand Canyon!!” -Gary D.

Kerry — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:06:57 +0000

Name: Gary DeFraia

Trainer: Juliann Colotti

Training Together For: About Three Months

Gary Says: “I want to thank Juliann for the excellent training program to get me in shape for hiking the Grand Canyon for my 60th birthday. It required an initial descent of 4000 feet over 9 miles, carrying a 50 pound back pack! Then, after two days along the Colorado River and inner Canyon, there was the 4000 feet ascent, and over 10 miles back to the rim. Four days in the big hole! Thanks to Juliann and Personal Training at MAC, I was ready and had no problems!”

Why Don’t You Try… The Bosu??

Kerry — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:53:36 +0000

In any gym, you will find various equipment that looks appealing, but can be a little intimidating if you aren’t sure how to use it. The Bosu Ball is one of those pieces of equipment. It’s a blue dome-shaped object, round and inflatable on one side, flat and durable on the other. It looks like this:

I’m willing to bet that you’ve seen MAC’s Personal Trainers using this quite often with our clients, sometimes using the domed side, sometimes using the flat side. It’s definitely a favorite tool among Personal Trainers! Why do we love it so much? Let me count the ways!
1. It’s versatile.
There are so many dynamic exercises that can be done on a Bosu! You can stand on it, jump on it, kneel on it, lay on it, or sit on it. You can use either side. You can work your upper body, your lower body, and your torso. You can add it to practically any exercise you like, increasing the benefits of that exercise. Here’s Plaza Trainer Juli showing a few of her favorites, the Bosu Crossover Crunch and The Bosu Curl.

2. It helps in real life.
Balance is one of those areas of Fitness that doesn’t lead to big aesthetic changes, and therefore often gets over looked. But any effort you put into improving your balance has big real-life payouts. Balance is important in how you move, your posture, and how stable you are on irregular surfaces. Good balance can help prevent injuries from falling, and can help avoid muscle imbalances that can lead to other injuries. The Bosu helps to improve balance by making the right and left sides of the body work equally hard, strengthening small stabilizing muscles in the process.

3. It challenges the core like nothing else.
The core (a collective term for the muscles all the way around your torso) is an area that that gives many of us quite a bit of grief. And the Bosu helps you work your entire core, not just your abs! Performing exercises on an unstablile surface, such as the Bosu, helps to automatically engage the core. Killer core move, such as the plank, given even greater core strengthening benefits when combined with the Bosu!

4. My favorite reason? It’s fun!
Boredom is a big reason why people give up on their fitness routine. The Bosu Ball is never boring! The Bosu makes working out feel a bit like playing, which is an excellent thing!

Wnat to try this unique and exciting piece of equipment? Contact us for a FREE appointment with a Personal Trainer today!

Our Lucky Personal Training Winner For April!

Kerry — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:54:04 +0000

Meet Nancy, the winner of 3 Personal Training sessions with Zach, the Plaza’s newest Trainer! Here they are in their first workout together:

In the month of May, we will be giving away sessions with Jessica at the 9w club, and sessions with Juliann at the Plaza.
If you’d like a chance to win, enter the drawing today! As the saying goes, you gotta be in it to win it!!

Have YOU heard about F.I.T.??

Kerry — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:36:54 +0000

Check out this short video of our MAC Fitness Trainers trying our new Group Training class, F.I.T.!

We just can’t get enough F.I.T., and we know that you’ll love it, too! We’re doing FREE demo classes for the rest of April- call us or stop at the Front Desk to sign up for yours today! But hurry- space is limited!

Massage for Athletes

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:00:13 +0000

Whether you are working on building a body like Arnold Schwarzenegger, working to excel in a specific sport, or just trying to keep in shape… massage therapy will assist you in achieving your goals.Massage therapy geared for the athlete (e.g. Sports Massage) will help you achieve more by:

Reducing physical restrictions that hold you back from your goals, or cause you to plateau.
Stretching out and lengthening your short/contracted muscles and connective tissue.
Correcting muscle imbalances.
Increasing the flow of nutrients to your muscles.
Increasing the flow of waste products from your muscles.
Increasing the rate at which you recover from injury, as well as decreasing your chances of injury.
Aligning your body to optimally oppose gravity, and move with ease.
Decreasing recovery time between workouts.

Your body is meant to move, easily and gracefully. If your body does not, we can help you reach that goal. There is no reason to hold yourself back from achieving what you want. Pick up the phone and call 845.338.2887 x38 to make an appointment.

The Show-Off Series- Andrew Shows Off!

Kerry — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:23:25 +0000

This week, I caught Personal Trainer Andrew Mackenzie in the middle of his workout. Here, Andrew is performing a Suspended Push-up, a really advanced move that isloates the chest while challenging the core like no other push-up.

Enjoy!

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

Announcing Kettlebell Express With Michelle at the Kingston Plaza!

Kerry — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:37:46 +0000

For more information, call Kerry at (845)853-7377

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Have You Ever Thought About Becoming A Personal Trainer?

Kerry — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:29:18 +0000

Are you passionate about Fitness and helping others? Do you consider yourself a “People Person”? Have you had experience with customer service? Do you have a dynamic, outgoing personality? Are you eager and willing to learn?

If you answered yes to these questions, you might be exactly who we are looking for. Even if you don’t currently have a Personal Training certification, MAC Fitness will train the right candidate, and will help you, logistically and financially, to become a Certified Personal Trainer.

Please send us an inquiry, as well as a resume, to billy@macfitness.net, or Kerry@macfitness.net.

We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Has Your New Year’s Resolution Stalled?

Kerry — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:56:01 +0000

Guess what? It’s almost April! That means summer is just around the corner.

And we all know what summer brings- shorts, tank tops, and even -gulp- swimsuits! Are you ready for that?

Most of us begin every year with a lot of determination, but it usually starts to wane a bit by spring. Maybe you’ve hit a plateau, and stopped seeing the results you need. Maybe you have been doing the same workout since January and now you’re getting bored. Maybe your workouts are on track, but you just can’t seem to straighten out the nutrition part of your equation.

But don’t worry- there’s still plenty of time to reach your goal by summer! You just need a Tune-Up- a COMPLIMENTARY consultation with a Personal Trainer. We’ll discuss your goals, your progress so far, and your current workouts, and give you advice on how to break through your plateau. We’ll show you some new exercises, and can even give you information on Maxx Results- our NEW online nutrition and meal planning service that is helping MAC Members meet their goals faster than ever!

Ask a Personal Trainer to schedule your free session today, and get your resolution back on track!