Thank you for making the time for yourself today! 15 minutes is all you need to feel the burn. You will sculpt your legs and booty with the help of a mini loop band. We recommend getting a fabric band. We are excited to get #hellafit with you! Prefer to follow along in real time with us, scroll down!
20 Minute Exercise Ball Workout
Grab your stability ball and give this 20 minute total body workout a try. If you prefer to follow along in real time, scroll down for the video. Please take any modifications you may need even if they have not been given.
60 Minute Body Sculpting
Grab a set of dumbbells and give this 60 minute total body workout a go. This can be adjusted to any fitness level. Scroll down to join for the full length follow along video.
30 Minute Cardio Boot Camp
Grab a set of dumbbells and give this cardio focused boot camp a try. Complete the whole thing 3x through. If you prefer to follow along in real time, check out the video below!
20 Minute Beginner Friendly HIIT Workout
Grab a set of weights and get ready to move through this total body beginner friendly HIIT workout. Modifications will be given for anyone who needs low impact variations of the exercises. Below you will find the video to follow along in real time.
12 Minute Plank Focused Core Workout
If you have 10 minutes, you have time to smash this plank focused core workout. Great as a stand alone workout when you are short on time or combine it with another workout for a total body burn.
28 Minute Boot Camp Style Workout
30 Minute Kettlebell Workout
30 Minute Bootcamp Workout
10 Minute TRX Floor Workout with Alison
Rise and Shine Flow with Andrea
Join Andrea for a 58 minute Rise and Shine Yoga Class.
Pilates mat with Bridget
Join Bridget for a 58 minute Pilates class.
Truvefit 365 Day 11 Total Body Fun
If you are as disappointed as we are about the #warriors loss tonight, maybe you can sweat some of those sad feelings away with this 5 #exercise#workout for anywhere.
Grab a friend and challenge each other to complete the whole workout 4x through. If you are new to #fitness or just getting started again, aim to get through it once or twice. Celebrate all your accomplishments not just the huge ones. It is a process and it requires patience.
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Truvefit 365 Day 10 Pilates!
#truvefit365 Day 10
#pilates w/ Mary
Let's focus on alignment and #core today. It is super important that you do each of these moves in a controlled fashion with #abs engaged. We will be going through the whole series 3 times for 8 reps per #exercise (8 reps per side when necessary). For all of you who are familiar with #pilatesmat work the last exercise is actually called side bend but we think it looks like a shooting star so we call it ⭐️.
Want to learn more from Mary? Check out her #pilatesreformer classes or sign up for a private session and be on the look out for mat classes soon. Www.truvefit.com/class-schedule
Remember that trying and failing is better than not trying at all. You may not be graceful or able to complete each of these moves with precision but over time it will get better. Just keep trying!
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Truvefit 365 Day 9 Total Body Burn
#truvefit365 Day 9
A little of this and that
Have you been following the #workouts for the past 8 days? How are you feeling? Getting stronger? A little easier? Regardless of where you are at just keep pushing ahead, We promise it will be worth it.
Tag a friend, and encourage those around you to give it a try!
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Truvefit 365 Day 8 Total Body
#truvefit365 Day 8
Total body!
Join us as we alternate between 60 second and 45 second rounds of combo movements that with help chisel your middle without doing any crunches.
Please complete this #workout 4x though
Tag a friend to complete it with you. Let us know when you do it! Let's get #hellafit together. We love to see your sweaty post workout selfies! Be proud of your hard work regardless of where you are starting from.
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Truvefit 365 Day 7 Abs!
#truvefit365 Day 7
#abs and more abs
Having a #strong core is critical to your #health and #wellness . Give these 5 ab #exercises a try and sculpt your abdominals from all directions.
Complete the whole set 3-4x through. These would be great to do after a 20-30 minute #cardio session.
Getting #hellafit doesn't have to take a lot of time, it is more important that you are consistent and that you strive to do your best each time you #workout.
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Truvefit 365 Day 6 Chair Workout
#truvefit365 Day 6
#warriors watch party #workout . All your need is a chair to complete this mini workout.
Complete this whole circuit 4-5x through. Taking minimal rest as you work from #exercise to exercise. Remember to go at your own pace and to modify as necessary to provide your individual body the support it needs. Any exercise is better than no exercise. Do not worry about what everyone else is doing, the only important thing is that you are working towards being a #stronger version of yourself.
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Living Yoga in Every Day Life
I teach yoga and offer massage therapy in both Oakland and San Francisco, so I often commute by BART. While aboard, I witnessed a young man purposely taking up two seats, his backpack resting on the seat next to him. At the next stop, a man got on the train and kindly asked if he could sit in the seat where the backpack was. The young man just blankly looked at him. The older man asked again, and the young man shook his head. The older man, frustrated, muttered under his breath, and stormed away to stand in the center of the train car.
Not a minute later, a young woman nicely asks with a smile if she could sit down. He gives the same sort of answer. The girl smiles genuinely and asks again. And, then again. The young man looks right at her, shakes his head no, and continues to move to the music in his headphones. She walks away and moves into a different train car. Whoa, this kid was not going to give his seat up for anything!
His actions, though impolite in nature, got me thinking on a deeper level. Why is he hanging on to this extra seat? Does he not want anyone that close to him? Or, maybe he has had to fight for everything in life, and now he has something and he won’t let it go, because once it’s gone, it’s gone. Perhaps something as common as giving up a seat on the train could mean a real loss to him?
I wasn’t sure. But, I chose to take this opportunity to metaphorically “gaze into a mirror at myself.” The reflection looking back reminded me of times when I held on too tightly to something for fear of losing it. Or, times when I wanted more and more, when I didn’t necessarily need it. Even times when I was rigid and judgmental in my thinking. I thought more and more about how I could change.
Yoga has always been an inspiration for shifts in my life. In witnessing the train situation, I was drawn towards santosha. Santosha is one of the niyamas, one of the five self observances or ethics within the Eight Limbs of Yoga. When you experience santosha, you are content and counting your blessings in gratitude. You are able to accept what happens, because you do not need more than you already have. With this kind of satisfaction, supreme joy can be gained.
I believe there are valuable lessons to be learned in our every day interactions with other people. In watching the young man not give up his seat, I was inspired to focus on being satisfied and grateful for what I already have, rather than wanting more. Within days of truly applying this to all aspects of my life, I booked more private reiki and massage clients. My group yoga classes had greater attendance, and were even more meaningful for my students and I (and still continue to be). A reiki and yoga workshop that I was hosting sold out. I may have attracted a bit of the supreme joy and tranquility that comes from santosha.
Is this easy to do? Not always. I encourage anyone reading this to see day to day occurrences in a new light. I challenge you to always be grateful, because you are never lacking. These lessons only make us stronger. You are always where you need to be.
Christie P.
www.shiftingandinspired.com
Workplace Yoga & Meditation to Reduce Stress
Did you know that stress combined with a sedentary jobs increases your risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders? Would you believe that brief moments of guided meditation and yoga at your desk can help reduce your stress?? As little as 15 minutes to be exact.
A recent small study including just 20 people who were taken through each of the following; a guided meditation, yoga, and allowed to continue working without interruption. Each intervention lasted 15 minutes and there was a day between each of the interventions. Different stress markers were tested at the baseline, during the 15 minute interventions, and 15 minutes after. Different measures were recorded such as perceived stress, blood pressure, respiration rate, heart rate, and heart rate variability. Analysis of the data showed both yoga and meditation reduced perceived stress (the mental aspect) plus the effect continued after the post-intervention period. The markers for physical stress tended to return to the baseline levels with the exception of respiratory rates following chair yoga.
While the study was relatively small, its results conclude that there is no harm in implementing a basic 15 minute chair routine at least once a day, especially if you are in a sedentary career. More studies need to be conducted but one can assume the data suggests that the level of productivity, improved employee health, job performance, job satisfaction, and absenteeism could be positively affected by the implementation of workplace yoga and meditaiton.
The following link will provide you with a variety of chair yoga poses you can try or contact Truve to have an extraordinary fitness professional come to your workplace to lead you through yoga and meditation.
http://yoga.about.com/od/yogasequences/tp/Chair-Yoga-Poses.htm