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Join our Total Fitness Network to receive access to all three Total Fitness Clubs and to take advantage of over 120 Group Exercise classes a week!
Stop by any Total Fitness Front Desk for more details and to join the Network today!
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| Spin for Hope: A 3-hour Cycling Event! |
Spin for Hope is a three hour indoor cycling event for a great cause - the American Cancer Society's fight against cancer. Register as an individual and cycle for the entire three hours or form a team and take turns cycling.
Sunday, March 7th
9am - Noon
We are moving all Total Fitness Spinning bikes to Bristol Total Fitness for this fundraising event - Giving us a total of 51 bikes and potentially 150 participants!
Register under Bristol Total Fitness online by clicking the link below. Registration cost is $25 per person. You do not have to be a Total Fitness member to participate. Bristol Total Fitness member, Matt Calderiso, was 2009's Top Fundraiser in all of New England! Together we can make a difference!
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| St. Pat's 5K |
Join our Total Fitness team as we run/walk the St. Pat's 5K! It's a fun, mostly flat, 3.1 mile race on the parade route through Providence.
Race Info:
Saturday, March 20th
Start Time: 11:15am
To register under the Total Fitness Team use:
ID: Total Fitness
Password: Challenge
All Total Fitness members/staff who register will receive a free Total Fitness t-shirt to wear on the day of the race!
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| BRISTOL Total Fitness |
Specialty Classes:
- Bobbi's Bootie Camp: Saturday, 2/6 @ 7am (90min)
- Ellen's Valentine's Day Spin: Thursday, 2/11 @ 6:15pm "It's all about the Love"...wear red!
- Kate's Sunrise Yoga: Saturday, 2/13 @ 6:45am
- Sue's Belly Dancing: Sunday, 2/21 @ 11am
- Ellen's Intro to Spin: Saturday, 2/27 @ 11am
- Erin's Total Body Ball: Sunday, 2/28 @ 8am
Schedule Changes:
- Join Leslie for an additional Sunday Spinning class during the months of February and March @ 9:45am!
- Join Joni for Spinning on Wednesdays @ 5:30pm.
Community Event: American Red Cross Blood Drive: Thursday, 2/18 from 3-7pm (all evening Group Exercise classes, except Spinning, will be cancelled).
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| SWANSEA Total Fitness |
Specialty Classes:
- Jean's Intro to Step: Saturday, 2/6 @ 11am
- Michelle's Intro to Spin: Thursday, 2/11 @ 7pm
- Beth's Intro to Yoga-lates: Friday, 2/12 @ 10am
- Gina's Endurance Spin Ride: Thurs, 2/18 @ 7pm
- Gina's Abs Express: Sunday, 2/21 @ 7:30am
Class Changes:
- Join Mike for Spinning on Wednesdays @ 5:15pm!
- Join Tonja for Spinning on Tuesdays @ 6am!
- Join Michelle for an additional Saturday Spinning class @ 6:45am!
- Wednesday's Just My Ride and Friday's Step class with Erin are now both 60min!
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| SEEKONK Total Fitness |
Specialty Classes:
- Erin's Total Body Ball: Sunday, 2/7 @ 10:30am
- Shaun's Circuit Breaker: Monday, 2/8 @ 7:30pm
- Mike's Intro to Spin: Tuesday, 2/16 @ 5:30pm
- Kristen's Specialty Zumba: Sunday, 2/21 @ 10:30am
Class Changes:
- Join Clare for an additional Pilates class: Thursdays @ 5:30pm.
- Join Kristen for an additional Zumba class: Tuesdays @ 6:30pm.
- Join Mary for 6am Spin on Tuesdays & Fridays!
- Christie's Saturday Spin now begins @ 9am (no longer 8:30am).
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| Winter Fitness Challenge 2010 |
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Our Winter Fitness Challenge has begun and is going strong!
The Fitness Challenge is a 10-week health and fitness competition aimed at building a healthier you! Teams compete against each other to shed pounds and body fat wtih the help of personal trainers/coaches.
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| Fitness Corner: Building Strength from the Ground Up |
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With the holidays behind us, the winter months can be a great time to settle back into a good routine at the gym. While we should all want to be generally healthy, we each have certain fitness goals that dictate how we spend our time while exercising. Common goals include weight loss and cardio-vascular fitness, or the improvement of muscular strength and endurance. The human body, however, is complex. Functional strength and endurance come from a rounded approach to training that includes core strengthening as one of its key components.
While "the core" has become a trendy industry buzz term, its value is not well understood by the exercising public. Mechanically, the musculoskeletal system works as an arrangement of levers, specifically the large bones of the arms and legs. The anchor point of these levers must be stabilized by core muscles to generate force. These 30 odd core muscles are the muscles of the abdomen, back, pelvis, and hips. Here's why core muscles are so important:
Injury avoidance - Strengthening the muscles of the core leads to proper alignment of the body, relieving stress on the joints and providing a solid base from which the limbs can be moved powerfully yet under control. Increased output from the arms and legs - The core is fundamental to all body movements because it allows for a transfer of energy from the body's larger muscles to the smaller ones.
Balance and posture - The muscles of the core contract to keep the middle of the body aligned during movement. A strong core provides for better posture and increased stability during all types of exercise.
Chronic pain reduction - Because the muscles of the core are constantly contracting every time we move or even stand upright, a weak or poorly controlled core can lead to chronic pain, particularly in the lower back. Strengthening the core can bring significant relief.
At Total Fitness, we offer a variety of group exercise classes that focus on developing the core. Check one out or see a trainer about developing your own program today!
-- Andy Calise; Fitness Specialist |
| Our partner...EVOLUTION Bodywork & Nutrition |
 EVOLUTION bodywork & nutrition is located within Bristol Total Fitness and offers Nutrition counseling & programs, private and group Pilates Equipment Instruction, and private and group Yoga classes. Click on the link above to learn more about ...
We look foward to helping you live your best life ever!
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In Health,
Laura Jenkins
Program Director, Total Fitness Clubs |
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