9 Things to Know About Group Exercise Classes

By Erin, Shared from FitBottomGirls.com I was getting my hair done the other day when my stylist started talking about her weight-loss plateau. She belongs to a gym, so I asked her if she takes any group classes. “They’re not my thing,” she said. “I just don’t like them. I feel awkward!” As the most …

10 Tips to Help You Keep Your New Year’s Resolution

Shared from Life.Gaiam.com , written by Louise Smith Make this the year you achieve your fitness or weight loss goal! Chances are at some time in your life you’ve made a New Year’s resolution — and then broken it. This year, stop the cycle of resolving to make change and then not following through. If your resolution is to …

New Year Hours at A Sante

New Year Holiday Hours and Group Fitness Classes for the week of 12/27/15 – 1/2/16. SUNDAY 12/27/15 – 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM 10:00 – 11:30   POLE FITNESS – BEGINNER POLE  with Tammy  (There is an extra fee for this class) No experience Required MONDAY 12/28/15 – Open 5:30 AM – 9:00 PM 7:00-8:00   …

Christmas Hours and Group Fitness Updates

The holidays are upon us!  It’s a busy time of year for sure but really important to keep up with our health.  Here are the holiday hours and the updated group fitness classes happening at A Sante’ for the week of 12/20 – 12/26. Come get a workout or take in a group fitness class …

15 Surefire Strategies to Stay Fit From Thanksgiving to New Years

Don’t let the holiday season take you off course of your fitness and health goals.  Make a plan now and help yourself from going too crazy with all the fun celebrations coming up this sweet and festive time of year.  We thought you might enjoy this article from our friends at Greatest.com for some inspiration. …

17 Smart Ways to Be More Productive at the Gym

BY LAURA SCHWECHERL – Shared from Greatist.com Hectic lives full of long workdays, dinner plans, and trying to do laundry means fitting in fitness is hard enough. So if we’re headed to the gym, we might as well make the most of it. Whether it’s training the whole body at onceor working out with a friend, …

6 Convincing Reasons to Start Working Out Immediately

BY ROB SULAVERShared from Greatist.com Why bother with this whole “exercise” trend? I mean, hell. It’s hard work. It’s time-consuming. Your body aches. Your butt smells like goat cheese. (Anyone? No? Only me?) It ain’t exactly a pony ride. And yet there are reasons (good reasons it seems) why people go the gym, love the …

13 Unexpected Benefits of Exercise

Shared from Greatest.com  Many people hit the gym or pound the pavement to improve cardiovascular health, build muscle, and of course, get a rockin’ bod, but working out has above-the-neck benefits, too. For the past decade or so, scientists have pondered how exercising can boost brain function. Regardless of age or fitness level (yup, this …

What Are Fast- and Slow-Twitch Muscles?

Know any HIIT aces who struggle to run a mile? How about amarathoner who can’t nail a box jump? The difference might lie in the makeup of their skeletal muscles. People have two general types of skeletal muscle fibers: slow-twitch (type I) and fast-twitch (type II). Slow-twitch muscles help enable long-endurance feats such as distance running, …

Bandha Yoga Workshop with Deanna Kay

We hope you will join Deanna Kay on August 9th from 9-11 AM for this special Yoga class including an asana practice and discussion on the 3 bandhas and their uses.  Great class for all practitioners.  Please call A Sante’ to RSVP (530)583-4283.  Invite a friend to join you for this refreshing and energizing workshop!