What is in our workouts?

Olympic Weightlifting

Olympic weightlifting is a sport for men and women categorized by weight classes from the huge heavyweights to the small flyweights. Only two distinct lifts are performed -- the clean-and-jerk and the snatch.

• The Olympic lifts involve basically every muscle in the human body and this entails a great workout. Olympic weightlifting also forces stabilizer muscles to activate to secure the weight overhead in the lifts.

Gymnastics/Body Weight Exercises 

Gymnastics is a competitive sport in which individuals perform optional and prescribed acrobatic feats mostly on special apparatus in order to demonstrate strength, balance, and body control.

• The early Greeks practiced gymnastics in preparation for war, as jumping, running, discus throwing, wrestling, and boxing helped produce the strong, supple muscles necessary for hand-to-hand combat. 

Cardio

Cardiovascular exercise, also called cardiorespiratory exercise, involves movement that gets your heart rate up to improve oxygen consumption by the body. 

• The stronger your heart, the more efficient it is at pumping blood to the rest of your body. Over time, regular aerobic exercise can also help lower your blood pressure and improve your breathing.