You don't have to chug protein shakes and pump weights like there's no tomorrow. There’s hundreds of benefits of moderate- intensity exercise for about 20 minutes a day. While we here at AQ Fitness have tons of individual reasons for how our preferred exercise methods...
For most people, getting fit is synonymous with the term “weight loss”. This is a misleading and incorrect approach to fitness. When you lose weight, you not only lose fat but also lose other important body tissue including valuable muscle mass. The term “fat loss”,...
It’s a common misconception that in order to get rid of fat, you need to definitely eat less fats. AQ Fitness wants to BUST THAT MYTH! Eating fats is essential for your body to access and burn those fat stores, often in the form of...
As a TPI Level 3 Fitness Instructor and long time personal trainer and yoga instructor, I have witnessed firsthand the incredible fitness benefits that yoga provides for golfers of all levels. Golf conditioning yoga is one of the easiest ways to restore, improve, and maintain...
Seated cross leg twist: This pose is to build strength and stability in the anterior and posterior spine and to open up the spinal column increasing the rotations. It syncs the movement with breathing and settles the athlete down. You can become more aware of your...
1.Start with Pelvic Tilts Some days, it's just not possible to put in a full hour and a half of yoga. But most days will allow for this 10- to 15-minute sequence that stretches the back, hamstrings, and hips, problem areas for many people. Think of...
Vinyasa yoga, in which movement is synchronized to the breath, is a term that covers a broad range of yoga classes. This style is sometimes also called flow yoga, because of the smooth way that the poses run together and become like a dance. The...
Power Yoga is a general term used to describe a vigorous, fitness-based approach to vinyasa-style yoga. Though many consider it to be "gym yoga," this style of practice was originally closely modeled on the Ashtanga method. The term came into common usage in the mid 1990s...
Guys have the world to gain by practicing yoga. So what’s holding them back? It’s a beautiful Saturday morning and I am in, of all places, a yoga studio. While my cycling buddies set out for a ride, I waited by racks of flowery yoga clothes,...
It almost always starts the same way: There’s a new guy in yoga class, not there of his own accord, but because he’s been dragged there by some girl he’s trying to date. No doubt he’s enjoying the scenery: cute, fit women in tights and...