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Prevent Fitness Plateaus with Total Gym Training DVDs

At some point, everyone reaches a fitness plateau. It’s perfectly natural. Your body gets used to doing the same workout routine day in and day out. The secret to breaking through a plateau is to change how you perform your workout by adding new variables like increasing weight load, changing the duration of your workouts or trying new training techniques (e.g., high intensity interval training).

Add diversity to your Total Gym routine with GRAVITY Training DVDs. Led by GRAVITY Master Trainers, the DVDs are designed to challenge the body in new and fun ways.

Trainers – Total Gym DVDs offer dynamic exercise alternatives to keep GRAVITY sessions fresh and participants coming back!

Check out these popular DVDs and click here to explore the entire DVD library:

GRAVITY :: Core Centric (NEW) Join recognized fitness presenter Rob Glick for GRAVITY :: Core Centric — Total Gym training for the all-important core! Develop a “Foundation,” get “Defined” and go “Extreme” with three Core Centric workouts that deliver dynamic functional training straight to the midsection to fortify core muscles, reduce back pain and build solid, lean abs at any fitness level.

GRAVITY :: Totally Hot Award-winning international presenter Helen Vanderburg throws out a high-energy total-body sculpting workout. This fun cardio-resistance program drives participants through high-rep exercises with minimal recovery to get fat-burning results! A “Hot” series of challenging, quick tempo exercises focuses on every muscle group while working in multiple planes of motion with little to no rest for a fast-track to improved strength, endurance, speed and muscle definition. Take hot up a notch.

More tips for plateau prevention:

Maintain a regular workout routine & healthy diet (think about calories in vs. calories out).

Check out the newest Total Gym models Sport, GTS and PowerTower, with more incline levels and advanced features to progress Total Gym training.

Get exclusive Trainer Tips to modify and/or challenge Total Gym DVD workouts at GRAVITYClubhouse.com. It’s FREE to become a member. Just create your log in and click on “All Programming and Online Extras” to find Trainer Tips for most GRAVITY DVDs.

Fitness Wisdom Wednesday: Increase Lower Body Strength & Flexibility

Hi! I’m Lee Stover, a GRAVITY personal trainer and ballroom dancing fitness expert with Performance Enhancement Institute located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

In today’s video, I demonstrate 3 exercises on my Total Gym GTS that I use in my weekly workout regimen to increase my lower body strength and flexibility. The beauty of Total Gym is it allows you to stretch and strengthen muscles at the same time!

These 3 exercises are PLYO-SQUAT variations. To execute the first exercise, you will need to bring your knees to your chest during your jump. The second requires you to bring your chest and arms between your legs as you jump. You can also tap your heels together. The last exercise includes a split jump during the jumping motion.

These exercises improve the spring in your legs which is great for dancing swing, jive or samba. These exercises are not limited to ballroom dancers. Athletes competing in sports that require elevation such as football, basketball or soccer will also benefit from these Total Gym-inspired exercises.

Note: Do not try these exercises until you are comfortable performing basic squat jumps on Total Gym.

Keep dancing, tackling, shooting, kicking or whatever activity you enjoy!

Total Gym “Black Friday” FLASH Sale!!

You’ve been waiting all year for a deal like this! Get commercial quality Total Gym equipment at a stellar price. But you only have 12 hours this Friday, November 26 to snag these deals!

We’ve got a surplus of gently-used Total Gym GTS Commercial Models and new Total Gym Dual-Ring PlyoRebounders ready for the taking. This equipment has only been slightly used at tradeshows or photoshoots.

Total Gym GTS + Exercise Guide = FLASH Sale priced at $2,395!

Get the new dual-ring Total Gym PlyoRebounder for total body plyometric training + Workout DVD featuring Todd Durkin = FLASH Sale priced at $595!

Supplies are limited. Prices available during FLASH Sale times only – 6 AM EST to 6 PM PST. Add to cart buttons will be live during sale times only on November 26.

Happy shopping and seasons greetings from Total Gym!

Fitness Wisdom Wednesday: Eric Isaacson’s Total Gym Tennis Workout

Here’s a special guest post from Eric Isaacson, collegiate tennis player and son of Dan Isaacson, personal trainer to Hollywood A-listers and president of Sports Management International, Inc.

I started working out on the Total Gym at age 13 and I am 23 years old now and still use it. Total Gym has truly changed my life! I started playing tennis at age 13 and my dad put me on a training program that consisted of high repetitions with light weight for building lean muscle mass and endurance. I have been on that training program ever since and it has allowed me to make the varsity tennis team at Notre Dame High School my freshman year and go on to get recruited by Azusa Pacific University to play collegiate tennis.

What I love about the Total Gym is that it is convenient and easy to use. My family has had a Total Gym for ten years now and it is so much easier for me to work out at home as opposed to going to the gym. Total Gym is a piece of equipment that has allowed me to work out injury free because it does not pull or strain my muscles like regular free weights or even ordinary gym equipment. I have been able to work out smarter on Total Gym. What I mean by this is that I am able to work out for just 30 minutes every other day while still training hard for tennis. With Total Gym, you don’t need to work out for hours like you would at the gym. With simple, easy-to-do exercises, you can start to see the results very quickly. I have been able to work out effectively and efficiently on Total Gym and that is what I love so much about it. I am exhausted after playing tennis on my work out days but with just 30 minutes on the Total Gym, I have completed a workout that would have taken me an hour at the gym.

Watch this video to see the 5 Total Gym exercises that have helped me build lean muscle mass and improve my tennis game.

Have any comments or questions about Eric’s Total Gym tennis workout? Leave a note in the comments section below.

Fitness Wisdom Wednesday: The Benefits of GRAVITY Felt ‘Round the World

Let’s talk about GRAVITY training on Total Gym. You know from experience that Total Gym requires you to lift your body weight against gravity to perform total-body exercises. You are literally fighting gravity to fight the effects of gravity (e.g., the saggy parts) at the same time!!

GRAVITY 101. GRAVITY is a small group cardio and strength training workout offered in fitness facilities and taught by a certified fitness professional on a commercial version of the Total Gym (similar to the one you use at home). GRAVITY Personal Training and Pilates classes are also offered on Total Gym.

GRAVITY is available in health clubs in over 200 U.S. cities and 23 countries. The benefits for Total Gym users:

• You are already familiar with the equipment, so you skip the “new workout learning curve;”
• You’ll see great results from working out in a motivating group environment with instruction from a trained fitness pro;
• You’ll get new ideas for your at-home Total Gym workouts; and
• Your first GRAVITY class is usually free. The cost for GRAVITY sessions thereafter varies by fitness facility.

The FIRST 5 PEOPLE TO SEND US A PHOTO OF THEMSELVES IN A GRAVITY CLASS WILL RECEIVE A GIFT! Email your photo to totalgymblog@efisportsmedicine.com.

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