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Join a Snap Fitness club and we’ll help you get the workouts – and results – that you want. No gym gives you more for your money, as we offer the best cardio and strength-training fitness equipment, 24 hour gym access, introductory fitness programs to help you get you started and a host of online services to help you get results. With gym memberships starting at about $1 a day, we guarantee you’ll see the difference – or your money back. Learn more about why Snap Fitness is the right choice, and join a gym today!

Steve – Snap Member:

During my childhood, I was always a small and very skinny guy.  I could eat everything under the sun and not gain an ounce.  Little did I realize I was sorely mistaken.  I found myself exhausted just from my job, chasing after my son, and being a volunteer firefighter.  One evening, I received a phone call that my mom had a heart attack.  I couldn’t believe it. At that time I woke up and decided that a change in my life was necessary.  In April 2010, at the age of 40, I weighed 210lbs with 27% body fat.

I joined Snap Fitness and started working out regularly. Within one month of working out regularly I became addicted to the lifestyle of fitness. Now, at the age of 41, I weigh 183lbs with 9.3% body fat.  That is a total of 27lbs and 17.7% body fat lost.  Thank you to Snap Fitness, my trainer, my wife, and my family for providing the tools, education, and support to make this transformation.

 

December 2011 Article

Question: When I’m working on strength training, does it matter what order I do the exercises?  Should I do all upper body at once? Or alternate with lower body?

Answer: This really depends on what your goals are and how advanced you are at working out. I like to see beginners doing a full body workout three days a week. For example, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday completing one set for chest, back, shoulders, biceps, triceps, abdominals, quadriceps, hamstrings, and calves. This way you are only hitting each muscle very little and still have a day to rest in between. The next phase would be upper body on Tuesday and Friday and Lower body on Monday and Wednesday. You would increase your sets to 2 or 3 per exercise, knowing you will get a two day rest in-between body parts. A more advanced routine may be to do chest on Monday, back on Tuesday, biceps on Wednesday, triceps on Thursday, legs on Friday, and shoulders on Saturday.  Each day you would pick three exercises per body part and would complete two sets of 15 per exercise. This would hit the muscle for much more repetitions and allow for a whole week to recover.  his information is just an example of things you can do to break up body parts but I would recommend seeing a personal trainer for some personal advice and consulting. There are likely some great ones at your Snap gym!

written by: Chad Ruf, Director of Personal Training

 

 

September 2011 Article

Choose the Gym Membership that’s Right for You

SNAP fitness offers a variety or membership types to suit people of all different fitness levels. Find the one that suits you and your lifestyle!

 

Membership Types:

Single Gym Membership: One adult, age 18 or older.

Joint Gym Membership: Two adults ages 18 or older living at the same address and billed to one account.

Family Gym Membership: Up to two adults ages 18 or older, plus one or more minors living at the same address and billed to one account.

Additional Membership

Services:

- easyFIT: Get active, stay motivated and reach your goals with easyFIT! This exciting fitness program, available only from Snap Fitness, features a small, wearable body motion monitor that converts your daily activity and calorie burn into one simple point score. Sync it up to your mysnapfitness.com web page to track your progress, plan meals and workouts and much more! Learn more now.

- Personal Training and Group Fitness Classes: Get results fast! Work one-on-one with a certified personal trainer for help with creating a person fitness program that’s right for you. Or, participate in small group fitness classes to help keep you motivated and get results!

 

*Services not available at all locations. Contact your local gym for details.

 

 

August 2011 Article

Exercise is Medicine: The Future of Disease Prevention

What if there was one prescription that could prevent and treat diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity? That one prescription is exercise. Is Exercise Medicine? Most agree it is. Do you? It is important to reflect on what we know about exercise and its physical, mental, social and emotional benefits. The average person would agree that the benefits of exercise are well known. However, the problem is that many physicians and health-care providers don’t have an understanding of the benefits of exercise. According to www.exerciseismedicine.org exercise is essential for prevention and treatment of many chronic diseases. By teaching physicians to write exercise prescriptions to their patients or a referral to a fitness professional, patients can begin a fitness regimen that is suited for them. The physical benefits of exercise are many and include strong muscles, strong coordination, healthy heart and lungs, alleviates symptoms of depression and improves your chances of living longer. For individuals who suffer from Chronic Illnesses can reap the benefits of physical fitness in an effort to decrease symptoms associated with their condition.

“Based on what we know now, everyone can find some time to include more activity in their day. The key is to think of small ways to get the body moving, which will add up to big dividends in terms of better health” – Dr. C. Everett Koop (Former Surgeon General).
Contact your Snap Fitness Exercise Professionals today to get started on the road to a better, healthier life!