Home Workout Motivators #6: A heart-rate monitor enables you to track the intensity of your workout, which can motivate you to work out harder and burn more calories.
Michelle Spindler
10 High tech health tools to use this year
Whether your goal is to lose weight, lower your blood pressure, or increase your fitness, these high-tech tools can help you get healthier and more fit in the year ahead. From activity trackers to scales than measure more than just your weight, read on to see some of the latest gadgets you could use to help track your health and fitness. These 10 devices may provide the accountability you need to reach your goals this year.
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10 Free workouts to make you fitter!
Happy new year! We hope you are joining us on the 8-week STRONGER Challenge. There are 10 FREE workout videos and a daily pre-programmed calendar (below) to get you results similar to those promised by popular DVD workout sets that you might pay $60 to $100 for. The STRONGER Challenge consists of 35-minute workouts 6 days a week created by celebrity trainer Nicky Holender as well as a FREE daily meal plan created by Keri Glassman. To access the tracking tools and meal plan, sign up for STRONGER. If you’re already a LIVESTRONG MyPlate user, log into MyPlate and then be sure to click the banner that says “Check out the all-new MyPlate.” (The banner looks like this). Then, once you are in the new MyPlate, click on the “Workouts” tab. On the righthand side of the page you will see “Join Stronger Now” and select date to start AND select meal plan. Once you select those, you will see the meal plan showing up for you in MyPlate. To read more click here!
10 Work out short cuts to maximize your calorie burn!
Racing through your workout purely for the sake of speed can increase your risk of injury. But there are some time-saving tricks that can do double duty: they get you out of the gym faster and give you better results. Neal Pire, MS, CSCS, FACSM, founder of Inspire Training Systems, N.J., and author of “Plyometrics for Athletes At All Levels,” says that by adding increased intensity and minimizing recovery time, you push up excess post oxygen consumption (EPOC). This means that your body continues to burn excess calories long after you’re done with your workout. In addition to extra calorie burn, some of these time- savers will help you gain strength while others can help you improve performance in your favorite sport. Try these 10 proven techniques to save time and boost results!
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Gym Outfitters in the Statesman!
Gym Outfitters has been a locally owned, family run business based in Boise, ID for the last 23 years. We pride ourselves in really listening to what the customer (you) needs when investing in a new (or lightly used) piece of exercise equipment. Come by our retail sales room today to check out our inventory and see what suits your fitness needs.
Upholstery Repair
We have a custom built upholstery bench in our shop where we can reupholster most pieces of weight equipment. We keep over 15 colors of upholstery in stock and we also have a portable sewing machine, compressor and tools that enable us to perform upholstery work on site. This will shorten the down time of each piece of equipment.
Home Gym Equipment Financing
We work with Spring Leaf Financial Services to provide retail financing. Please visit their website for more information. DISCLAIMER INFORMATION Financing only available to residents in the state of Idaho.
Preventive Maintenance
We employ 5 full time service and repair technicians, who have attended factory service schools. We offer a scheduled preventive maintenance service to keep your fitness equipment in top operating condition. Whether you’re a commercial health club, hotel, apartment, school or home, we offer a variety of preventive maintenance programs for all brands of fitness equipment. A good service program will prevent premature failure of most parts, costly repairs and extend the life and enjoyment of your equipment.
In Home Gym Equipment Repair
We offer in home service and repair for any equipment. Our service technicians carry a basic supply of tools and parts to be able to perform routine service and make minor repairs. We also stock many parts in our store, so when calling for repair or service work, it helps if you can give us the brand name, model and serial number of the unit so that we can efficiently and accurately obtain any parts for you. Having that information may also help us trouble shoot the potential problem.
Commercial Gym Design and Layout
Whether you are planning a new health club or your own home gym, give us your dimensions and we can provide you with a layout and selection of cardio and strength equipment for your facility. We can give you several options, depending upon locations of doors, windows, TV’s, water coolers, walkways, etc. This will help save both time and money, plus give you a view of how things look and fit.