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Life is crazy — AbsoluteFIT gets you ready to face it at any moment! Six thirty-eight a.m., day three of our spontaneous spring break visit to the Happiest Place on Earth. We’re in line for the Extra Magic Hour, a perk of staying on-site at Disneyland in which you get to get up insanely early... Continue Reading →
Fitness is a lot of things, not just a numbers game. If you are trying to get fit, you’re probably gonna start thinking about the numbers — number of calories burned, number on the scale, number on the tag inside the waistband of your jeans. And honestly, sometimes, the numbers are how you know whether... Continue Reading →
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ve likely heard of the caveman diet, otherwise known as the Paleo diet. The Paleo diet is a modern take on eating the way hunter-gatherer humans ate in the Paleolithic era (2.5 million to 10,000 years ago). This diet consists of lean proteins like fish, meat and poultry,... Continue Reading →
Challenge can come from inspiration, and inspiration is where you find it — sometimes on the big screen. One thing I’ve learned in my AbsoluteFIT journey is that I constantly need to seek new challenges: to avoid boredom, to keep seeing results, to add some kapow! to my workout. And if there’s a bigger inspiration... Continue Reading →
"My AVAC® Triple WOW Team Helped Me Achieve Results I Never Dreamed Were Possible" Two years ago my autoimmune disease was limiting my mobility and causing severe pain. I was told remission wasn't possible. I sat down for an orientation with Ashley Ingoglia, AVAC® Certified Personal Trainer in hopes of developing an exercise plan to... Continue Reading →
Need motivation? Just look Tabitha’s way! Pretty much everyone in the AbsoluteFIT studio holds Tabitha in a certain amount of awe: She’s not only strong, fit, and a joy to be around, but also the mother of three young children (AVAC childcare FTW!), with a fourth on the way! With trainer support, she’s made some... Continue Reading →
Nobody but you even notices — much less cares — what the number is on your dumbbells, or kettlebells, or medicine ball ... Here’s something I’ve learned, weight training in AbsoluteFIT: “Heavy” is relative. And not just from person to person — i.e. what you can lift easily, I struggle with — but for the... Continue Reading →
Ahh, spring — if winter comes, can you be far behind? The other day, I overheard someone at AVAC® say, “Summer bodies are made in the winter!” Now, I am of the firm and unshakeable opinion that EVERY body is a “beach body” — I can’t stand the idea of shaming the imperfect ones. That’s... Continue Reading →
Basim was overweight and pre-diabetic for 20 years when he finally decided to seek help from John Kensit, Certified Personal Trainer at Almaden Valley Athletic Club®. Click HERE for more information about working out with John Kensit, Personal Trainer.
