TRX Suspension Training

Sweat Cardio and Yoga is proud to present our new TRX Training Lab. We launched TRX officially as of January 10, 2017 and the classes are going great. Everyone loves it and is astounded by the amount of muscle groups engaged in each exercise.
So far our biggest challenge starting off, since there are very few at our studio that have tried TRX is getting them to try something new. Once they do it, they love it! The second challenge is making sure our form for all levels and students is perfect. Once they get that, they love it!! The third challenge is our classes are filling up super quick because everyone wants to come back for more (not a bad problem to have)!! 

TRX Training uses suspension straps that hang from an anchor with handles. Using your own body weight, balance, gravity and a variety of angles you are able to perform various exercises to work multiple muscle groups. Each exercise requires you to engage your core; abdominals, hips, glutes and thighs which make each exercise more challenging as well as keeps you more aware of your total body at all times. The intensity can vary depending on the exercise. The great thing about TRX is that you can do it at any fitness level. By changing the angle of your body you can intensify your training.
Another great thing about TRX is that it is very low risk for your knees. By using the straps and your alignment properly, you are able to lean back further into your glutes to squat or lunge and reduce pressure on your knees. Lori Traywick, one of our Sweat Cardio instructors has had bad knee issues for many years. She has limited her workouts and has modified her leg workouts for many years. She says "I can't believe I haven't found TRX sooner. I can finally do a lunge and a squat without any pain in my knees." Here are a few exercises:

Top Left: Overhead Squat, Top Right: Cossack Lunge, Bottom Left: Hamstring Adductions, Bottom Right: TRX Squat Row

We are offering quite a few classes to start. We are focusing each class as a total body workout. Starting with a warmup, mobility movements, then  upper, lower body and abdominal work. We end with a few stretches. Eventually we will add some All Core, Stretch/Yoga and Plyometric/Cardio training to our schedule. We welcome all levels. Drop in clients are welcome. We are limited to 9 spots per class so please sign up online www.sweatcardio.com or register on our Sweat Cardio and Yoga App to ensure you get a spot.

 

Picture above shows a TRX Chest Press 

      

Ab Core Workout Fitness

Meet us at the Barre..Sculpting and Toning

Glutes, Core, Calves, Hamstrings and even arms. Great way to tone and strengthen at Barre Sculpt

 Barre Sculpt is a great way to sculpt your body in a non-impact smooth flow for the body kind of a way. Barre Sculpt is a combination of slow repetitive ballet moves, and yoga and pilates forms along with tucking your hips and tightening your core. Each class incorporates, a yoga flow at the beginning as a warmup along with some upper body strenthening using light weights or no weights with very small repetitive movements. This technique gets deep into the muscle tissue and helps strengthen as well as tone the muscles. Adding muscle tissue helps to lean out the muscle as well as burn fat during class and hours after as well.
After the warmup and upper body segment, the instructor will move into the Barre portion of class.  During this portion you will find plies, releves, leg lifts, pelvic tucks, squats, chair poses, bridges and much more. Here is where you will feel the wrath of the barre. Movements are very small and controlled with a lot of repetition.
After the multiple sequences of Barre movements, you will move into an abdominal section. During this time, you may still be using the barre, such as the picture above. Pilates based exercises may be incorporated as well to get all muscles surrounding the upper, middle and lower section of your abdominals and obliques. As well as your glutes, hips, and inner and  outer thighs.
This class is for all levels, but we won't lie and tell you that you won't be a little sore for a few days. When first starting out, please take your time and take breaks if needed. Do not compare yourself to the veterans of this class. They started out as a newbie at one time too. You too will be as strong as you see they are soon. Use their experience to motivate you and to watch their form. Let the instructor know you are a beginner, which they will always ask if there are new people in class, and they can also give you modifications if needed.
Results will start to show after just 2 weeks of this class if you are taking it at least 2-3 times per week. These results may vary depending on your nutritional intake, but you will start to see your strength increase as well as your buns and core get tighter. 

Flexibility and strength all in one class.

Sweat Cardio offers Barre Sculpt, Mondays 11a, Tuesdays 4:30p, Wednesdays 4:30p, and Saturdays 10:30a.
Check out our full class schedule for other classes we offer or to sign up for the next class at www.sweatcardio.com 
We offer drop in rates as well as memberships. We would love for you to come Sweat with us!!

Written by:
Michelle Rotell
owner Sweat Cardio and Yoga
951-302-0088

Foam Roller Workshop

 Glutes/Piriformis

 

 Quadriceps

 Hamstrings

 Back of Knee/ Hamstrings

Zumba Fitness at Sweat Cardio with Stephanie Behrends

2 Hour Barre Method Workshop at Sweat Cardio and Yoga

Join Yvonne Davis for a two hour special event Bar Method Workshop April 27th 12-2pm. This includes a 90 minute barre workout, 15 minute break, and plenty of gentle stretching and basic yoga throughout and opportunity for discussion of safety, modifications, and clarification of exactly what muscles we are targeting. T...his is your opportunity to fine tune your Bar Method practice with Yvonne, exploring beginner/intermediate and advanced option choreography. $15 for members and members guests/$20 for non/members. You can register online www.sweatcardio.com at class schedule page April 27th date. Members need to call or come in to register to receive discounts price. 951-302-0088.

2 Hour Barre Workshop

Planks Daily Fitness Motivation

Why Plank? It is quite simple really....to have strong abs, obliques, arms, shoulders, chest, back, glutes, hamstrings, shins, and more! Planks are considered one of the top ten exercises by the American Council of Exercise(ACE). When done correctly, planks are not easy. As you build your core muscles, you'll be able to hold a plank longer.
Written by: Summer Gamboa
www.sweatcardio.com

Stretching-Giving your body the attention it needs

Stretching is one of the most important components of your fitness regime. It is the attention your body needs. Everyone, no matter what your fitness routine is, Cardio, Weight training, Cycling, Running, MMA fighting, Walking, Rowing, you get the point, should incorporate a stretching phase.
Ideally everyone should stretch after your workouts, but even better would be to designate specific time to warm up and just stretch out all your muscles.
Stretching your muscles, even the ones that you may think are not sore or tight, need to be lengthened to help with recovery, prevent injury or increase range of motion to a muscle that is tight from a previous injury.
As we get older, and we all do, no matter how fit you may be, our muscles get tighter and tighter. With that happening we tend do compensate with other muscles, or our bodies reform due to over worked mucscle.
For example, you sit at a desk all day long. You arms are reached forward, your back is slightly slouched at your desk, your shoulders are rounded forward and your knees are bent in your chair. As your arms are reached forward,your chest in clinched in. You back muscles as they are slouched take all the pressure, but your chest muscles become very tight and shortened. As your shoulders are rounded forward it puts stress on our neck and trapezius muscles (very top of the back). As your knees are bent in your chair, your hamstrings (the back of the thigh) tighten and shorten.
This is why the number one reason for low back pain is sitting at a desk or being sedentary. Those muscles need to be lengthened and stress needs to be release from your body.
Stretching your chest, upper and lower back, shoulders, neck, hips, abdominals, hamstrings, quadriceps (front of the thigh), and calvesis crucial to a long healthy life.
The key to a good stretch is to make sure your muscles are warm. You do not want to stretch with cold muscles. Roll out your joints and do active stretches prior to holding a stretch.
Each stretch should be help for at least 10-20 seconds to reap the benefits. Taking deep breathes as you are stretching will help release any tension and allow your body to relax into your stretch a little deeper.
Never stretch to where it hurts. A stretch should feel tension and resistance but should not hurt.
Using tools such as bands, a towel, a strap or even blocks to help you get into a stretch without discomfort is a good way to ease into a stretch or help you get the proper positioning.
Listen to your body. Ease out of each stretch slowly.

Think of your muscles as rubber bands. If you stretch it too much it will snap. If you pull it too hard it will snap. If you slowly work at it daily the rubber band will become loser but won't break. You want to take care of your rubber bands. Treat them with love and attention and they will love you back.
Look for a Gentle Yoga class or  a Stretch class near you.
To check out our class schedule go to www.sweatcardio.com
or call 951-302-0088 for more information.
Stay fit, Be well,
Sweat Cardio and Yoga
 Michelle Rotell, owner

2 Hour Barre Sculpt Workshop-February 9th

Barre Sculpt is the latest fitness class to sweep the nation. It is a great way to tighten and tone your core, glutes, abs, legs, calves and arms. This is a total body workout. Barre Sculpt uses a combination of small isolated ballet moves, Yoga, sculpting and Pilates exercises to give you the best of the mind, body, spirit and soul workout.  Members have said that they have seen a difference in their bodies shape within a few weeks of taking this class. No dance background required. We supply all equipment such as the Ballet Bar, mats, small exercise balls, light weights. You bring the body. :)

 

Join Yvonne Davis for a two hour special event Bar Method Workshop Feb 9th 12-2pm. This includes a 90 minute barre workout, 15 minute break, and plenty of gentle stretching and basic yoga throughout and opportunity for discussion of safety, modifications, and clarification of exactly what muscles we are targeting. This is your opportunity to fine tune your Bar Method practice with Yvonne, exploring beginner/intermediate and advanced option choreography. $10 for members and members guests/ $15 for non/members. You can register online www.sweatcardio.com at the class schedule page Feb. 9th date. Members need to call or come in to register to receive discounts price. 951-302-0088.

We offer 1 hr Barre Sculpt classes Mondays 11a, Wednesdays 4;30p and Saturdays 10:30a. Drop in rates available as well as monthly memberships.
Sweat Cardio is located at 32839 Temecula Parkway  Suite A, Temecula, Ca 92592
We are here to motivate, inspire and spread health and fitness to be the best you you can be!

 

Insanity Training on the Rise at Sweat Cardio and Yoga

Insanity Training is now at Sweat Cardio. If you aren't familiar with one of the hottest infomercials out there, it's Insanity Training. It is now at your local studio so you can train with friends and like minded people instead of in the privacy of your own home. Taking it to the gym gives you more motivation from others and the drive to push harder.
Insanity is a high intensity cardio workout using plyometrics, power, quick steps, body weight functional movements and abdominal exercises. The format is a combination of 4 minute high intensity bursts and 30 second short breaks till the next set. Repeat this format 3 times and you have an INSANE Insanity workout.  It is hard work but shows quick results.
Sweat Cardio combines 30 minutes of Insanity Training with 30 minutes of sculpting to get a full hour of total body training. We offer it Mondays at 10a and soon to be adding more classes.
For a full class schedule go to www.sweatcardio.com
Sweat Cardio and Yoga
951-302-0088

Barre Sculpt- Tightening Your Glutes

Barre Sculpt is one of the fastest growing fitness trends right now. Also known as Pure Barre, Ballet Barre, Ballet Fitness, Ballet Bar and other creative names. Essentially it is a class using the ballet bar and core strength to lengthen and strengthen your body. This class is firms your glutes and helps lift them back to your where they were in your teens. It can also increase your flexiblity by tightening the muscles then stretching it after. You do not need to be a ballerina or any type of dancer to take this class. Most exercises are designed to lengthen your muscles as well as tighten and tone. The exercises are performed with small movements or range of motion to feel a "burn" and are repeated multiple times. Many of the exercises are reflective of  a mat pilates class and keeping the core tight with short breathes to get the maximum amount of force to the muscle. Although you may feel your heart rate increase at times, this is not a cardio class. It is a sculpting class. We have heard members say that they can start seeing results of a tighter core; glutes, abs, thighs, lower back, and even calves and arms within a few weeks. Sweat Cardio offers Barre Sculpt Mondays 11a, Wednesdays 4:30p and Saturdays 11:30a. 

No shoes required. Some people will wear socks or toesox which are available to purchase at Sweat Cardio and Sweatcardio.com

For any further questions on Barre Sculpt please feel free to call 951-302-0088 or email us at info@sweatcardio.com

Michelle Rotell

Sweat Cardio and Yoga

www.sweatcardio.com 

Ballet Barre Sculpt is the Hottest Fitness Trend

     Ballet Barre Sculpt also known as Barre Fitness, Barre Sculpt, Barre Method, Pure Barre or Ballet Fitness is the hottest new trend in fitness.
     Barre Sculpt is a total body workout that lifts your seat, tones your thighs and burns fat in record-breaking time!  Utilizing the ballet barre to perform small isometric movements set to fantastic music!  Barre is on of the fastest, most effective, yet safest way to change your body.  We have heard students say they see results in less than 10 classes!
      Barre is a combination of ballet isolated moves in a repetitive series. It gets into the deep muscle tissue to firm and tone. Most exercises focus on the core, which include the abdominals, glutes, hips, thighs (inner and outer) and lower back. There are classes that use small equipment as well such as mini balls seen in this picture, light weights and of course the ballet bar. Pilates based moves are used as well to isolate the abdominals and core. Yoga may also be incorporated into a Barre class for stretching, posture, and to lengthen the muscles. 
Barre sculpt is for all fitness levels. There are modifications for each exercise. 
It is done barefoot or with either ballet shoes or Toesox. 
     Toesox are a grippy sock that you can find at Sweat Cardio or online. 
     Mats and other equipment is provided for you, but you can bring your own if you prefer. 
     Barre Sculpt is a fun way to change up your workouts and get a great bum while you are at it!
     Sweat Cardio offers Barre Sculpt Mondays at 11a with Kacy Hill, Wed. 4:30p with Yvonne Davis and Saturdays 11:30a with Yvonne Davis. For our full class schedule or to purchase toesox go to www.sweatcardio.com


Michelle Rotell
Sweat Cardio and Yoga
For more information about Sweat Cardio, please call 951-302-0088 or check out our website www.sweatcardio.com