Action Potential Fitness

You do not have to live pain during this Pandemic! Professionals such as our Corrective Exercise Specialists can help you learn how to move your body to heal your discomfort and increase your mobility and strength, all from the comfort of your home! Contact us today to discuss our Virtual Personal Training programs!

Wishing you the happiest of New Year's from our community to yours!

Happy New Year's! A few thoughts from our Behaviour Change Specialist, Zita, on New Year's and Resolutions. Zita is hosting a FREE workshop tonight where these ideas will be explored in more depth. To join us and get more details, visit the event page:... Setting Your Intention: Visioning 2021 and Beyond https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10164578803005128&id=583095127

It may still be 2020 for a few more hours, but we are already heavy into ##2021goals mode, as we entered our first set of clients into our new planners. Can you tell whose is whose?

We have opened up an additional 3 spots in our Quarantine Conqueror Virtual Cohort. Covid-19 has been devastating for most of us on multiple fronts. We are all feeling the emotional, psychological, intellectual and physical impacts of a life that is largely dictated by strict restrictions and regulations. This program, led by award winning health professional Zita Dube-Lockhart, (Certified Personal Trainer/Behaviour Change Specialist/Nutrition specialist), is designed to he...lp support people with these challenges, while creating a positive, supportive and affirming community space to make small but meaningful changes to improve their quality of life through the Pandemic and beyond. We currently have room for only 3 more people to join our cohort, which includes a 60 minute personal intake /lifestyle assessment, weekly 1:1 coaching, group workshopping and discussions, customized goals and tracking tools and access to fitness, nutrition and lifestyle resources- including our entire library of live stream and on demand fitness classes. To learn more about this program, send us a DM or email us at [email protected]!

It's a pretty wonderful thing when, on the day that our industry is presumed to be locked down, we are still receiving multiple new client inquiries for virtual training services. We are eager and excited to welcome new clients via live stream and/or on demand programming, and have been spending the last week preparing for that transition so that it is smooth and effortless on all parties. Today, we are spending our day working out all the details of this new rollout and ar...e eager to share them with our communities. But first things first: a detailed equipment inventory which will allow us to equip ALL our clients with the specific equipment that they need to be able to stay healthy, strong and physically active during this new phase! Remember: supporting local means more than just retail shopping. Your local fitness studios, mechanics, accountants, business coaches...we all need your support right now!

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We will be going live at 730pm with an important announcement. Please join us if you can.

We agree with the need to mitigate as many risks as we can when it comes to managing the pandemic. As Qualified Exercise Professionals (QEP), certified by the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, educating people about the fundamentals of movement, physiology and exercise science is a key aspect of our profession. Managing exercise intensity in public settings has been deemed a priority by our public health leaders. QEP can play an important role in this by ensuring tha...t our members are equipped with the tools and knowledge they need to perform their self directed programs safely while still getting a great strength, muscular endurance, stability or flexibility work out in. Beyond implementing all COVID-19 regulations, protocols and guidelines, we have developed our own internal protocols which are based on evidence-based exercise science to take even more precautions with our membership. All APF training pods are equipped with Rate of Perceived Exertion charts, scientifically proven to help exercisers identify and control their workout intensity. Our stations are also equipped with individual interval timers to help manage recovery periods, which are an essential component of controlling intensity and maximizing fitness gains. All our APF suggested workouts of the day (#apfwod) have intensity and recovery intervals programmed into them to help members self direct all aspects of their workout. We firmly believe in establishing self-efficacy and support self-directed fitness. But we also recognize that most of the population is limited in their understanding of how to do so safely and effectively. As Health and Wellness professionals, QEP can play an essential role in supporting public health during the pandemic and beyond. We encourage the YourAlberta (Government of Alberta), City of Edmonton, and Alberta Health Services to work with us to help us play an even bigger role in keeping Alberta's population strong, active and healthy. Fitness isn't a problem; fitness is an essential part of the solution.

Converting our Fitness Studio into an open access gym has been one of the easiest 'pivots' we've had to make so far! Because of our firm 'Zero Shared Equipment' policy, we have everything you need to create the perfect work out tailored perfectly for your needs and your goals. Every single one of our TWELVE 10x10' Training Pods is equipped with their own:... - Hand Sanitizer, Disinfecting Wipes, and Disinfectant Spray, and individual clipboards with our APF Workout of the Day, Symptom Checklist/Waiver, and Rate of Perceived Exertion Chart; - Self Myofascial release, stability/balance pads, corrective exercise, and stretching tools; - Fitness bench, with 7 different adjustable positions. - Suspension Trainer and Resistance Cables (light to extra heavy) - Bosu Ball, Slam Balls, Med Balls, and Bender Ball - Barbell Pump Set (up to 100 lbs) - Dumbbells (from 5-20lbs per POD, w/up to 95 lbs available) - Pilates Mat, Yoga Mat, and Fitness Mat - Glider and Glider Mat We also have two fully equipped Olympic Lifting Stations available for booking, which include Squat Racks, Cable Attachment, Pull Up Stations, a Glute Machine, and loads of weights and lifting accessories. Other additional equipment that can be pre-booked include: Kettlebells of all sizes, ladders, hurdles, resistance bands, wall balls, heavy bags, stability balls, and more! Your local boutique studios offer so much more than cardio classes. Check us out and #supportlocal

Thank you Edmonton Journal for taking the time to talk to local boutique studio owners about how these new restrictions will impact our operations. In the last 12 hours, the government has added further clarification on what is and is not allowed, and we are exploring what our options will be for accommodating our group fitness members in the coming weeks. https://edmontonjournal.com//edmonton-area-fitness-studios