Mar22
Pose + Purpose: Virabhadrasana III
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Categories: California Greek Culture, Daphne's California Greek, Exercise, Fitness, fitness, fitness club, healthy living, Healthy Living, Jessica Mulvey, Live Well, Virabhadrasana, yoga classes, yoga poses, yoga postures, YogaBabes
This month's pose + purpose is a standing asana called Virabhadrasana III, or Warrior III Pose. This posture strengthens your legs, tones your core, and improves your balance.
1. Begin in crescent lunge. Your right knee is bent to a 90-degree angle and your left leg is straight and engaged behind you. Your torso is perpendicular to the ground and your arms are lifted up in line with your torso.
2. Moving into warrior III, bring your arms out in front of you, parallel to the ground. Gracefully float your left leg up, as you simultaneously straighten the right, standing leg.
3. Your left leg and your arms should now be parallel to the ground so that from the side, your body looks as if it were making a "T". Be sure to engage your core because it will help you to find balance and will also protect your lower back. Finally, find a micro-bend in your standing leg to protect the knee joint.
4. Focus on maintaining the posture by concentrating on your breath for 10-30 seconds. When ready to come out of the posture make your way back to a crescent lunge by slowly bending your standing leg and lowering the left leg down to the floor behind you.
Feb16
TRX Suspension Training
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Categories: aerobic, aerobic training, anaerobic, anaerobic exercise, California Greek Culture, Daphne's California Greek, Exercise, Fitness, fitness, fitness, fitness club, healthy living, Healthy Living, Live Well, trx, TRX, TRX exercise
Originally designed for the Navy SEALS as a quick and convenient way to build strength anywhere, this trending new exercise has made its way into routines across the nation. The TRX system uses gravity and the weight of your body to provide resistance and engage muscles through a variety of TRX specific exercises catered to match any fitness level.
If you’re in the San Francisco area, check out the TRX Training Center for group classes or purchase your own TRX System and take your workout anywhere!
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Jan12
WINTERIZE YOUR WORKOUT
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Categories: aerobic, aerobic training, anaerobic, anaerobic exercise, Daphne's California Greek, Exercise, Fitness, fitness, fitness club, healthy living, Healthy Living, Live Well, snowboarding, winter sports
Winter is officially here which means it's time to get
outdoors and head to the mountains!
It's pretty rare to find an all day workout that feels
nothing like exercise, but snowboarding is one such activity that provides
incredible aerobic and anaerobic training from the fresh morning powder to the
last burning run.
AEROBIC
Aerobic exercise increases your heart and respiratory rates
which help your body burn calories that have been stored as fat. The constant
movement in snowboarding (carving, plowing through powder, strapping in,
strapping out, and even the occasional spills) increases endurance of the
cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and depending on terrain difficulty,
the average boarder can burn anywhere from 250 to 630 calories per hour!
ANAEROBIC
Anaerobic exercise focuses on the strengthening and
developing of muscles. They are strenuous but don't typically raise your heart
and respiratory rate.
Snowboarding is a fantastic anaerobic workout hitting
nearly all of the muscles in your body from the abs, hamstrings and calves all
the way down to the feet and ankles.
Final consensus? Skip the gym. Hit the slopes.
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