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Weighted Hip Slimmers

TFL BLOG — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:35:26 GMT

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.

Grand Opening Party

TFL BLOG — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:06:11 GMT

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

TFL BLOG — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:08:19 GMT

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.

Fit Tip- Reverse Lunge

TFL BLOG — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:56:33 GMT

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.

TFL Yoga Programs

TFL BLOG — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:41:23 GMT

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

Hip Thrust

TFL BLOG — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:38:37 GMT

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.

Kids Nutrition Program

TFL BLOG — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:21:48 GMT

Side Gut Buster

TFL BLOG — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:01:02 GMT

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.

TFL Boot Camp Basics

TFL BLOG — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:04:12 GMT

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

TFL BLOG — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:37:03 GMT

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.

Jump Lunge

TFL BLOG — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:53:19 GMT

Jump Lunge (Plyometrics)

This exercise helps to improve your power, strength, flexibility, agility, and balance. It is also a great home-cardio drill. The jump lunge will work your legs, butt, and core. Make sure to keep your abs tight, chest up, and shoulders back and down.

Step 1
Get into a starting lunge position (see image below) with your front thigh parallel to the ground.

Step 2
Jump up with control, switching your legs in mid air. Land safely into another lunge position

Cynthia's tip - Safe landing requires you to land on the balls of your feet (as if you would try to land as quietly as possible) and bend your knees as soon as you land to absorb the shock.

The Fitness Loft Push Up Discount!

TFL BLOG — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:38:00 GMT

The Fitness Loft's boot camp series is an intense military style workout using Manhasset's only indoor boot camp obstacle course. If you are ready to drop body fat and gain strength and endurance, TFLs boot camp is the class for you! In joining The Fitness Loft's Boot camp, you will see incredible results in only 6 weeks by being pushed to your max and by being motivated by a military personell. You will train in a challenging, yet encouraging environment, and will transform both your body and mind throughout the 6 week boot camp course. After completion of this unique course, you will feel stronger, leaner, more confident, and most importantly, proud of the work that you have accomplished. We want YOU in the Fitness Loft's boot camp to experience the motivation and challenge needed to get in the best shape of your life.

Exercise Tips

TFL BLOG — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:56:10 GMT

It’s Summer time, and we all know what that means… Bathing suit season! In order to get that lean, toned body that looks great in a bathing suit, combine the following exercises with at least 30 minutes of cardio 5 days a week. Each week we will post various exercises focusing on different parts of the body. Study each sequence of pictures carefully to ensure that you have the proper form to get maximum benefit out of the exercise and to prevent injury. Follow our workout sequences, and you will be beach-bum ready in no time! Yes, it is going to take some hard work, but the key is consistency! Please don’t hesitate to ask any questions… we are here to help!

Pop Squats (Plyometrics)

*Targets Glutes, Hamstrings, Quads

Complete 4 sets- 15 reps

Build a powerful, strong, and tight lower body. Try these pop squats as part of your circuit or lower body workout.

Step 1: Stand with your feet shoulder width apart, feet rotated slightly outward. Keep your arms in a runner’s stance.

Step 2: Begin to squat down with knees slightly below parallel to the floor. With explosive power, jump up as high as you can, and return to a squatting position.

Cynthia’s tip: The key here is the landing. Land as light as a cat, to prevent injury to ankles and knees.

*Always consult your physician before beginning any workout series.

Welcome to the TFL Blog.

TFL BLOG — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:03:32 GMT

Welcome everybody to the new Fitness Loft blog. We will be using this format to better communicate and help educate our members and potential members with healthy tip, class schedule, special event and just about everything related to The Fitness Loft. Please feel free to join in the discussions and ask any question you may have. We are building a community and its starts here.

Welcome

TFL BLOG — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:03:23 GMT

Welcome to my blog. Please check back soon for new entries.