How to Exercise for Weight Loss
Exercise comes in many different forms, all of them with unique effects on your physiology, health and physique. Given such a wide variety of options, how does someone choose the right exercises and exercise types to optimize weight loss? Resistance Training While all exercise is going to involve some kind of resistance, here what we’re […]
Strength Training for Women
Today and every day we are focusing on Women’s Health… More specifically we are highlighting why it is so important for women to resistance train. There are countless reasons why strength training is beneficial for women but here are a few upsides. And, why Empower provides personal trainers for women. 1. Increased Metabolism! Your Resting […]
Fitness Fun . . . Let’s Go!
Ways to make Fitness Effective and Fun “FUN” is not always the first word that comes to mind when someone says “physical fitness” or “workout”, but why not? I love working out and most of the time I do find it fun. Working out can be done in hundreds of different ways so the key […]
Group Fitness is Back!
Drum Roll Please . . . Something great is returning to Empower, and we are so excited. As you know, we made a lot of big decisions throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and one of those decisions was to halt all group training sessions to minimize exposure to people from different households. However, as we emerge […]
Importance of Evaluating Youth Athletes Prior to Training
There are many considerations when working with developing youth athletes. All kids develop at different rates and have varying amounts of experience. Because of this, there is not a one-size-fits-all exercise program for all youth athletes. These children and adolescents require a detailed evaluation. During our evaluation, we will measure your athletes: Physical maturational age […]
Yoga Inspires
True yoga is not about the shape of your body, but the shape of your life. Yoga is not to be performed; yoga is to be lived. Yoga doesn’t care about what you have been; yoga cares about the person you are becoming. Yoga is designed for a vast and profound purpose, and for it […]
R.J. is Back at Empower!
This is the best news we have had to share in a long time . . . For those of you who have been at Empower long enough to remember R.J. Lisander, it thrills us to announce SHE IS COMING BACK to Empower! For those of you who have yet to meet R.J., you are […]
Got Glutes?
There is far too much talk about what our backside looks like and not enough talk about what these muscles actually do. Let’s look. There are three different glute muscles: Gluteus maximus Gluteus medius Gluteus minimus Together, these muscles are the primary movers for hip extension, hip internal rotation, and hip abduction (moving the leg […]
Move More, Sit Less Pt. 2
Last August we shared some information about the detriments of too much sitting. We were at the height of the Stay-at-Home portion of this pandemic journey and lots of us had stopped moving as much as we once had in our pre-pandemic, hustle-bustle lifestyle. Now, our lives are resembling “normal,” but we’re finding that we […]
Its a Date! Make it an Active One
It’s a Date!–Make it an Active One After over a year of feeling isolated and not being able to gather with family and friends as we used to, many of us are ready to PARTY. . . or at least grab dinner with some friends. In the past week alone, I have hosted a family […]