Special events for 2015

I have many special events in the works for the year ahead. My intentions for this year are multiple: to offer sessions that will interest the everyday athlete, to provide cross-training in the winter months, to add some purposeful activity to anyone’s fitness regime, to teach new skills, to teach techniques you can do on your own and expose active people to a variety of unconventional methods for keeping fit. By unconventional, I mean, unusual, different and most of all functional. But my ultimate goal is to expose people to the variety of ways it is possible to have fun with functional movement on the road to getting or staying in shape.

To kick off the beginning of the New Year, I am very excited to announce two new Fit Forever events for January. First is a Cardio-Kettlebell-and-Core Turkey Blaster to help you start the year off right, working heart-rate and muscle endurance to help burn those extra calories taken in over the holidays. Let’s face it, cardio can be boring. Working out on a step machine, an elliptical or an indoor trainer isn’t exciting and it does nothing for building strength. Why not work strength and endurance at the same time?

This Cardio-Kettlebell-and-Core session will start out with full-body joint mobility preparation, a light warm-up to get the circulation going, followed by a kick-ass kettlebell circuit incorporating movements you have likely never seen before. Some experience with kettlebells is recommended for this workout. We will review each new exercise to be sure you are executing it with proper form, and after that we will be going at it full swing. You will leave this session feeling both tired and exhilarated.

On January 25th, Fit Forever presents Freedom of Movement Seminar Part II: Lower Body Mobility. During this session, we will spend time working on ways to recover full range of motion in the lower body. Following this we will start to add load to the legs using various types of weights, followed by a short cardio session of battle rope training to get your heart rate going. As always, we will cool down with some stretching.

Other upcoming events in the works for the year include: 

• Introduction to Strength Training
• Introduction to Clubbell Training
• Introduction to Kettlebell Training
• Full body mobility and movement seminar
• Cardio strength training
• Kinetic chains: Upper and lower body: making the connection

Whether you have your own fitness program or not, anyone can benefit from these sessions. Find exercises to add to your regime, discover new training methods, or just supplement your regular training with these monthly seminars. The ultimate goal is full body movement and body control. I am very excited about these programs. Stay tuned to Facebook or fitforeverottawa.com - dates and times will be posted monthly. Hope to see you this Sunday!