Focal Fit Training Studio

For those who don't know, we are partnered with Rapid Fitness in the US. They roll out great monthly content and we contribute with a monthly video on subjects that overlap with psychology, fitness and mental health. We're starting to get quite a nice little playlist together on YouTube. Check it out at the link in our bio!... #focalfit #fitness #winnipeg #localbusiness #personaltraining #winnipegfitness #wellness #holistic

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Trainers should always have the mindset of working themselves out of a job. Even though a lot of our clients are likely best served through regular, long term training arrangements, we want to make ourselves unnecessary wherever possible. Joe was Brodin's client a few years ago. He had a demanding schedule in the summers and some big aspirations to become a firefighter. It was obvious what he really needed was to make most of the few months he could regularly work with a tra...iner and ideally become self sufficient with fitness. A few years later it is clear Joe is exactly that. He gained an understanding of proper workout construction and built upon his knowledge of nutrition as it relates to his goal of gaining muscle. That coupled with consistency and hard work has lead Joe to some really impressive results! Great work Joe, keep it up! #focalfit #fitness #winnipeg #localbusiness #personaltraining #winnipegfitness #homeworkout #motivation

Always fun keeping up with moving targets We're genuinely happy to be able to see up to two people at a time, but will have to wait until we can have 3 or more for the r class limits before offering promos. However, classes are back to $15! No lines, clean and open space. ... See you next week! #focalfit #fitness #winnipeg #localbusiness #personaltraining #winnipegfitness

Focal Fit Sale Get 20% off your first 3 months when you work with Laura 2 or more times a week! Here's a success story from a client Laura coached online through lockdown:... "While I've been exercising for years, I was pretty much focused on using my treadmill and I knew I needed to add some variety to make my time and effort pay off. Laura helped me by putting together a schedule of resistance training, HIIT, and treadmill workouts that used equipment I had and fit my schedule. I didn't have a lot of weight to lose but I have lost some and feel the difference in my strength and fitness as I just go about my regular daily routines. I'm looking forward to seeing more results as I continue to work with Laura." Take advantage of this opportunity to hit the ground running with your post-lockdowns goals! #focalfit #fitness #winnipeg #localbusiness #personaltraining #winnipegfitness #sale #winnipegsale

We are looking forward to being able to offer services at Focal Fit again beginning Monday February 15th (we’ve had enough days off). Based on the guidelines we have been provided as of now we will offer classes limited to one person. We will be removing punch cards and membership options and each class will be $20 and be first come first served. Online booking will be available before the end of the today.... We are hoping the province will realize that members of the same household should be able to work out together, but for the time being we encourage couples to decide between themselves how to share bookings. Anyone who is set up with a personal trainer will be contacted by their trainer to arrange appointments. With this plan we are trying to split the difference between our trainers receiving less than ideal compensation while still being able to provide services to their clients. Focal Fit ownership is truly inspired by how eager our trainers were to reduce compensation just to get their clients back in the gym! #focalfit #fitness #winnipeg #localbusiness #personaltraining #winnipegfitness #wereinthistogether

Home stretch Some general tips if you've ever slipped on a goal. You may find yourself in one of several positions. ... 1) You're killin it. As you were. 2) You're a little behind. Not an issue! Take stock of the adherence you have been capable of until now rather than discredit it due to what is simply a lack of perfection. We all lack perfection! Finish strong 3) You're behind enough that you either won't make it or would have to suffer a lot to make up the difference. Take a deep breath... If setting goals only ever makes you resent yourself, progress will be hard to come by. Failure is a valuable teacher when viewed through the right lens. If you dropped your cell phone, you wouldn't step on it since it's already down there! You'd pick it up and try to take better care of it. Do that with this challenge. Accept you fell short until now and make the most of the next 5 days 4) You're hearing about this challenge for the first time. Hop on up this bandwagon! Remember, the point is to keep it small and achievable to ease a transition back into regular workouts; presumably in some kind of gym setting. Check the 20 post for guidance setting up your goal. #focalfit #fitness #winnipeg #localbusiness #personaltraining #winnipegfitness #challenge #2021goals

Pick your poison Got some new cardio options for when things open back up! Elliptical speaks for itself, but you can also hit stuff! For most people cardio is the definition of necessary evil, so making sure you have some options to change it up can be extremely valuable. Feel free to request having the bag set up. You have to bring your own gloves and restrictions will probably mean your trainer won't be able to brace the bag for you.... #focalfit #fitness #winnipeg #localbusiness #personaltraining #winnipegfitness

15 days left in the countdown challenge What's your progress looking like? If you hadn't joined at the beginning, 15 days is still plenty! Remember the point is to keep it small and achievable to ease a transition back into regular workouts; presumably in some kind of gym setting. ... But the goal can be nutrition or daily habit based too. Refer to the 20 post for some evidence-based tips on setting the right type of goal. If your behind, no problem! Only a quarter way there so there's lots of time to catch up! #focalfit #fitness #winnipeg #localbusiness #personaltraining #winnipegfitness #2021goals

Home workout motivation from our trainer @__ryanmurray Fitness Tip (General Motivation Stuff): When it comes to fitness, doing something is almost always better than doing nothing. Working out at home can feel frustrating when you don’t have access to gym equipment. You might lose motivation to do anything active. However, even a small amount of exercise can be extremely beneficial to help maintain your fitness level or even improve it. Get creative at home and find small wa...ys to incorporate resistance training into your daily routine. Ryan will also be sharing some exercises in future posts! #focalfit #fitness #winnipeg #localbusiness #personaltraining #winnipegfitness

COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE AND HABIT FORMATION So obviously gyms weren't included in reopening (non gov gyms anyways; don't get me started). BUT! In all likelihood we're probably looking at about a 20 day gap between now and when we do get to open in some capacity. ... While there's no guarantees, what small fitness change could you commit to within the next 20 days? I can't emphasize this enough, the smaller the better! And the closer it is to something you're ALREADY doing the better. Setting large goals for short periods of time is rarely fruitful. People tend to overestimate what they can accomplish in a short amount of time and underestimate what they can accomplish in a long amount of time. My observation is that people cheat themselves out of long term progress because they constantly set themselves up to fail by their own unreasonable standards in the short term. So keep it small and post here or dm us for some accountability! I (Brodi) am going to try to put some time into the new punching bag 4 times over the next 20 days. I've already gotten in about once per week, but I'd like to get my heart rate up a little more often. So over 20 days I want to increase the frequency of my favorite cardio workout. 1 down as of this morning! Eating out 3 times a week? Shoot for 2. Having a frap a day? Try lower milk fat a couple times a week. Doing one half-assed home workout a week? Get in a short Ab workout on one other day. If your brain makes changes slowly then so do you! Don't fight it #focalfit #fitness #winnipeg #localbusiness #personaltraining #winnipegfitness #2021goals

It's been fun breaking in this new addition during lockdown. Anyone with long femurs: your welcome. #focalfit #fitness #winnipeg #localbusiness #personaltraining #winnipegfitness

@lauraganderson 's client Taylor showing off just a few of the fun ways to put in work at Focal Fit! We've got good stuff and we keep it real clean #focalfit #fitness #winnipeg #localbusiness #personaltraining #winnipegfitness #hipthrust #squats

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Focal Fit is partnering with @accessing.your.practice and offering yoga on Saturdays starting this weekend! Starting out with one class at 11:15am to let everyone sleep in which is ideal for recovery! The benefits of resistance training for mental health are substantial, but nothing is more backed by research than yoga. Focal Fit is here to provide the most evidence based resources available to your self care, so we couldn't pass up the opportunity to ...offer this service to our clients. No only that, but resistance training and yoga go together like peanut butter a c chocolate when it comes to self improvement and recovery Sign up online on our website and don't wait, we are keeping classes small to make sure everyone is safe and comfortable #focalfit #yoga #winnipegyoga #fitness #winnipeg #localbusiness #personaltraining #winnipegfitness

I've come to prefer the cable tricep kickback to the dumbbell tricep kickback. The resistance is constant throughout the movement and it extends the range of motion considerably. Slight disadvantage might be that there is not really a practical way to hit both arms at once (you COULD use a long piece of fabric such as a jui jitsu belt) so in most settings it will be more time consuming. I'd have to say it's worth it. No wonder @__ryanmurray put it in my program when I hired h...im! More on that later #focalfit #fitness #winnipeg #localbusiness #personaltraining #winnipegfitness #cabletricepkickback #cablemachine

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