Weighted Hip Slimmers

Step 1: Grab a weighted bar and lay flat on your side, with one foot stacked on top of the other. Place the weighted bar on your leg.
Step 2: Begin to raise your top leg to a 45 degree angle. Pause at the top. Repeat for reps.
Cynthia's Tip: Make sure to keep your feet flexed, legs straight, and body in a straight line.

Come and help us celebrate the grand opening of Manhasset's most unique gym! Food, drinks, music, demonstrations of our classes, AND discounted gym memberships... what could be better? Oh, did we mention that it is formal attire? That's right... get your dress clothes on and walk down a red carpet, straight into a party at The Fitness Loft. Bring friends, family, acquaintances, and whoever else... just be sure to RVSP by October 20th by emailing RSVP@fitnessloft.com or calling 516-439-5050.

Arm Flab Busters

Step 1: Grab a pair of weighted dumbells. Stand in a boxers stance.



Step 2: With control, jap across your torso. Quickly return to start position and repeat for reps.


Cynthia's Tip: This exercise will work your shoulders, arms, and core. Be sure that your hand is aligned with your shoulder when you jab.

Reverse Lunge

Step 1: Stand with your feet together and core held tight.

 Step 2: With control, step back until your front leg is 90 degrees at the knee joint. Return to starting position, and repeat for reps.



Cynthia's Tip: This exercise will work your glutes and quads. You can perform this exercise with or without weights.

Aerial Yoga
 
Bring your yoga to new heights. Practice various postures while suspended in the air with the aid of a silk hammock, that allows for safe, zero compression inversions, more effective flexibility stretches, and assisted cardio and strength training. It's like nothing you  have ever experienced!

Aerial Dance
Combine the technique of Aerial Yoga and the cardio of dance to get a workout like no other! Learn choreographed dances to increase your flexibility and sweat the pounds away. You will be having so much fun, you won't even feel like you're working out!

Yoga Basics
Interested in yoga, but are skeptical to jump into classes with advanced yogis? Come and learn the basics of yoga and how to perform each posture correctly and effectively, at a gradual pace. With a few of these beginner classes, you'll be ready to take on any yoga class!

Hot Vinyasa
Vinyasa Flow is a series of yoga poses performed in a synchronized flow, based on
our breathing. All poses are performed either on an inhalation or an exhalation, which connects our breath to our movement, creating a relaxing sensation.

Hard Core Hot Power Yoga
The ultimate hot yoga workout! Move in and out of yoga postures at a quick pace to incorporate cardio into your yoga practice. Come to class ready for a hard core workout 

TFL Fit Tip- Hip Thrust

Step 1:
Lay down on a mat with your feet planted on the ground. Place a dumbell on your hips, and begin to activate and tighten your core.


Step 2:
Begin to raise your hips off the ground until they are parallel with your legs. Contract your glutes at the top of the movement.



Cynthia's Tip: This is a killer glute and lower back workout.

 TFL Fit Tip- Side Gut Buster
Step 1: Lay down on your back, knees bent. and feet flat on the floor. Cross one leg over the other. Place your hand on your abs and begin to tighten your core.




Step 2: Place your other hand behind your head and rotate your torso to the opposite knee. Lower your upper body back down, and continue for reps. Repeat on the other side.


 

Cynthia's Tip: Do not put any strain on your neck and always look straight ahead, never lower your head. Also, as you crunch up, you should feel your abdominals contract. Make sure to always keep your lower back flat on the floor.

    Train like you have never trained before...The Fitness Loft's Boot Camp Basics is a 6 week program designed to get you in shape FAST! You will drop body fat, build lean muscle, and increase your strength and endurance all within our 6 week Boot Camp program! Let our U.S. Staff Sergeant guide you through The Fitness Loft's indoor military-inspired obstacle course, complete with tire walls, ropes, vertical walls, nets, and more. Let our instructors motivate you to push yourself to your max! Become stronger, both mentally and physically, and train YOUR hardest.
   Train 4 times a week, each for one hour. Boot Camp classes are held every hour, on the hour...call ahead to reserve a spot. Make sure to check us out at fitnessloft.com or come and stop by! We are located at 1447 Northern Blvd. Manhasset.

                           Back Extention

Step 1: Lay down flat on your stomach with your hands behind your head, prisoner style.

Step 2:Tighten your core, and, with control, lift your upper body and legs off the floor. Gently lower back down, and repeat.


*Cynthia's Tip: This is a great workout to strengthen your lower back. Remember to always look straight and keep your toes pointed.