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Lunenburg Lunchtime: a road-map for fun!
Lunenburg Lunchtime Bodyweight class happens Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:10-12:50. You get a great full-body workout using only your bodyweight! When the weather is nice we meet at Lunenburg Academy playground for added fun and adventure. Here’s what we did today: Warm up including our new “Spiderman Reach”, wall slides, ham curls + arm circles, skater reaches and more 2 rounds of each of the following circuits: (each exercise completed for about 30 seconds to a minute) 1) Inchworm, Bear Crawl (forward/backward), Toe Taps 2)...
read moreKale Soup Recipe
Here’s my kale soupe recipe – modified from a recipe that was shared with me by a client. The original recipe had rice, sausage, and added salt in it, but I didn’t need the extra carbs from rice, don’t care for sausage and figured the soup stock had enough sodium. It turned out delicious! Give it a try: In a large soup pot, fry in coconut oil or butter 1 onion and a few stalks of celery, chopped. Add some chopped (or garlic-pressed) garlic (I used 3 cloves); 1 chopped green pepper and 1 chopped red pepper (I used 2...
read moreNew Mom and Baby Classes – starting early March
Happy Fit Postnatal Classes in Bridgewater, starting the first week of March 2012 Visit with other moms and babies, and get some exercise! Mom and Baby Fitness - zero-impact, full body strength and stretch, involving baby in the fun! For moms of babies 6 weeks to pre-crawling. Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. at 343 King St (fitness studio) Stroller Fitness - 30 minutes of stroller-based strength training, with a nice stretch at the end, for moms whose babies are 6 weeks and up; including crawlers, walkers, or ones too heavy to lift...
read moreHappy Fit Body – Feb 5, 2012
At last night’s Happy Fit Body class in Bridgewater, we had 3 groups rotating through the following 3 stations, first for 1 minute intervals, then 45 second intervals. The travel time between stations served as recovery time. We finished as a group with core/mat exercises, stretching and foam rollering, introducing the lats and the inner thigh to our usual roller series. TRX station: Row Back extension Y, T Bodyweight 1 moves: Squat (or squat hops) Lunge to plank to knee up Side lunge + side leg lift Bodyweight 2...
read moreBring a Male Days
As you know, our current classes are jam-packed. It is safe to say that 97% of these participants are women. Nothing is wrong with this, yet many of these women have shared that they have men in their lives who they just know would benefit from the full body and core training that Happy Fit classes offer. This is why we are organizing a number of “Bring a Male” classes, taking place during the first week of March, 2012. Early notice allows you to plant the seed now, as we will want as many men out as possible. The men who have...
read moreSmall Group Personal Training, short session – one opening available
Happy sunny Saturday morning! I want to let you know about a last-minute spot that has opened up for a short (3 week) session of Happy Fit Small Group Personal Training. During our last session of “Small Groups,” we had 5 participants lose a total of 40 lbs of fat and gain 20 lbs of muscle in under 10 weeks. Those are pretty amazing results, showing sustainable, healthy weight loss and improvements in metabolism. To coach these results, I draw on my experience as a Precision Nutrition Certified Trainer, and as a...
read moreBIG RESULTS FOR SMALL GROUPS!
Last night we had our final measurements for the first 10 week Small Group Personal Training session, which took place at the MARC in Dayspring. Big results were seen for participants in these Small Groups. While we aren’t posting anyone’s before/after photos, everyone in attendance last night noticed significant, sustainable changes in their body composition. Some people find they are fitting into their clothes better, while others are grateful to have acquired increased knowledge about nutrition and health. In just a short amount...
read moreHappy Fit Small Group Personal Training
Have you ever wanted to try personal training but it didn’t fit your budget? Do you want more specialized coaching than a big group fitness class can offer? Want to try the habit-based approach that the only Precision Nutrition certified trainer East of Montreal can offer? Happy Fit has a solution: a brand new session of “Small Group Personal Training.” Let Lisa Avramenko be your own personal health and fitness coach. There is only room for one more group of 4 to train Mondays 7-8 p.m. at the MARC (Dayspring) starting this...
read moreHappy Fit on Eastlink Magazine May 2011
Check out our “publicity” page to view our video from Eastlink Magazine in May 2011 – it give you a good idea about who and what Happy Fit is all about. What a fun experience, I am just so proud of my clients for being so enthusiastic about the whole thing. Fitness is fun! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m8L7eenQhQ
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