At ENERGY, the foundation of our programming is built on the concept of functional fitness – fitness for daily life. Getting to your health and fitness goals can be accomplished with a well-rounded program that consists not only of cardiovascular training and healthy eating, but with a fitness regime that incorporates strength, balance and flexibility for a complete and well-rounded approach.
Benefits of strength training:
Increases strength and muscles mass. Muscle loss happens through aging and a lack of regular exercise.
Increase metabolic rate. Sensible strength training result in the use of more calories all day long and reduces the likelihood of fat accumulation.
Reduces body fat.
Increase bone mineral density. Slowing down the rate of bone mineral density loss can decrease chances of osteoporosis in later life
Reduces resting blood pressure.
Improves glucose metabolism. This can assist in the prevention of adult onset diabetes.
Improves cholesterol levels.
Reduces lower back pain.
Benefits of balance training:
It benefits your neuromuscular coordination – basically it helps improve the communication between your brain and muscles.
It helps with muscle isolation – during balance training you have to maintain stabilization and you are force to engage and individual muscle predominantly so that you are not using other muscles to help you “cheat”.
During balance training your body has to work that much harder to stabilize – in turn this helps you to burn more calories.
It help with hip stabilization.
It helps with core stabilization and this in turn helps to improve your coordination, athletic skill and posture.
Benefits of flexibility training:
Improved performance and decreased risk of injury.
Reduced muscle soreness.
Improved posture.
Reduced risk of low back pain.
Increase blood and nutrients to tissues.
Improved muscle coordination.
Enhanced enjoyment of physical activities – it helps relax both mind and body.
