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Get Geared Up! Aire’s New Year 6 Week Program

Aire — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:28:47 +0000

Aire Urban Fitness is known for our small group, moderate to high intensity classes (particularly utilizing the TRX Suspension Trainer). The bummer part about this is that there is not too much of a learning curve. You pretty much have to gut it out and be sore for a couple weeks until you can hang in there. Eventually, you become a fitness machine. We recognize that everyone doesn’t want to jump into the pool head first. Some people like to tip toe in. Jen, the owner, loves to jump in head first. I, on the other hand, enjoy tip toeing in. Geared Up uses periodization, program design and small class size to come up with a comprehensive program that will change the gym from an unknown intimidating place into a second home.

Periodization

The human body is a lot like a car. You need to take it from 1^st gear to second to third to fourth and so on. If you ask a car person, it’s not good to take a car from 1^st to 5^th gear, so sprinting when you don’t normally jog isn’t a good idea either. That’s where periodization comes in.

During the 1^st 2 week phase, we’ll be working on endurance. We’ll work on building a solid foundation and ensuring that you have proper form. A lite to moderate pace will be kept through this part of training.

During the 2^nd 2 week phase, we’ll be working on strength. This will build on the foundation we built in phase one and reinforce our base movements.

During the 3^rd and final 2 week phase, we’ll work on power. During the power phase the focus will be on speed and more athletic movements will be used.

One phase builds on top one of the other. There is a logical progression that is safe and yields good results. That’s what periodization is for.

Program Design

Members will be given and will learn three different workout routines with three different variations of each routine. The variations will be in endurance, strength and power to follow our linear periodization. Names of exercises will become second-hand and the individual will have routines that they can use almost anywhere and anytime.

There is also a saying that goes, “what get measured gets managed.” Following that saying, everyone will get a clipboard with their program design. People will be able to track their progress, resistance, and make notes that are specific to them. Program design is a big help and makes the program individual.

Small Class Size

The Geared Up program is limited to 10 people. We like to have some serious quality control. We believe that 10 people is a big enough class that it will generate team feel and it will be easy to find someone you like to work out next to or with. Community is a very powerful motivator in the fitness world and when you’re making a journey to get into fitness, it’s easier to do it with a group. We also think 10 people is small enough that the personal trainer who will be instructing the class, will be able to give everyone a good amount of attention and instruction.

Recap

So here’s the deal, you get incremental steps up from high rep and low intensity, through a strength phase where you get to stress your muscles a bit and finally the explosive power phase where you can push for speed and athleticism. The program design comes included. The program design will help you remember your routines, get more comfortable with names of the exercises and types of training. With the small class size you get the attention that you need and a bunch of tips that will add to your workout savvy. By the end of the Geared Up you’ll have confidence to walk into any gym, put together a solid workout and the know how to modify the exercises where and when you should in the program.

So there it is. A program tailor made to turn that sweaty anxious fear of going into a gym into a confidence and excitement you get when you accomplish a goal.

Geared Up Starts on January 10 and goes until February 21. Classes are Tuesday and Thursday’s at 6:30pm and Saturdays at 9:30am. The price is only $199 for 18 sessions, this breaks down to be about $11 per class! Clients can also enroll in the Healthy Habits Program for an additional $50. Please remember class size is limited to 10 people.

Come into Aire Urban Fitness 1014 suite 120, San Diego CA, 92101

Give us a ring (619)239-2473

Or shoot us an email info@airesd.com to get started

Hope to see you soon,

The Honey Badger

Are You Mission Ready?

Aire — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:17:35 +0000

I know you’re thinking, man I’ve heard of this new TRX Training dealio and I’ve done some pretty awesome classes at Aire Urban Fitness, but I’m ready to kick this up a notch, what do I do? Well if you’re in Downtown San Diego and need some of that TRX Training in San Diego get ready for the Mission Readiness Challenge!

Check out the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pPVjb1JtuY It’s UFC Fighter Brain Stann telling you the what’s what with the TRX Training Mission Readiness Challenge.

You: Hey! I can’t link to youtube, because I have a super old cell and that’s what I’m reading this blog on.

The breakdown:

We are making a group class out of the TRX Training Mission Readiness Challenge and it will be headed up by one of our awesome, fun and spectacularly good looking trainers or me.

The first 15 minutes of class with be a proper warm up then we will roll through all the TRX Exercises in the challenge.

Caution: Things are about to get redundant, so if you’d like zip on down to the Win Stuff heading.

The Exercises:

Which are:

TRX Bridges

TRX Low Rows

TRX Lunge left and right leg

and

TRX Atomic Pikes

So 5 sets in all.

We’ll practice each of those exercises twice. Then it’s GO TIME!

TRX Training Mission Readiness Challenge

So, in the same order as I put the exercises above, you’ll hit:

TRX Bridges for 1 minute