I've been teaching group exercise classes and personal training for over a decade.  One of the most common technique mistakes I see occurs in the staggered stance position.  Most of the time, you use staggered stance for one-arm rows, lunges and tricep kickbacks. Many people will stand in staggered stance like this:   Notice my foot on my back leg.  My toes are turned out to the side.  This position puts a tremendous amount of pressure on your knee joint w...

One of the more frequent questions I'm getting about the new facility is, "What is Metabolic Blast?"  It's a unique group exercise class!  It's similar to circuit training, but with some twists.  Picture the gym, divided into stations, two people per station.  One person is doing TRX Rows, the other, squats with dumbbells.  You and your partner both do 10 reps of the exercise, then switch exercises.  You continue flip-flopping between exercises for five minutes.&nbs...

Despite the cold outside, things are heating up at Mix Fitness!  First, Mix Fitness took home second place in the business plan competition sponsored by the Loudoun Small Business Development Center this month.  Fourteen businesses entered their plan in the competition and all were three years old or younger and based in Loudoun County.  The top 3 won cash prizes.   The BIG news is Mix Fitness will be moving into a facility in January 2012!  We're planning to open a micr...

Despite the cold outside, things are heating up at Mix Fitness!  First, Mix Fitness took home second place in the business plan competition sponsored by the Loudoun Small Business Development Center this month.  Fourteen businesses entered their plan in the competition and all were three years old or younger and based in Loudoun County.  The top 3 won cash prizes.   The BIG news is Mix Fitness will be moving into a facility in January 2012!  We're planning to open a micr...

Coming from a personal trainer, that title should raise some eyebrows.  My eyebrows were raised a couple times in the past few weeks by the actions of a couple personal trainers.  The first story is based on a conversation I overheard while in a buffet line at a networking event.  I happened to be in front of a personal trainer (who I didn't know) and heard him say to a woman, "I'm watching you."  Immediately, I felt for this woman.  In general, women put enough pressure...

Coming from a personal trainer, that title should raise some eyebrows.  My eyebrows were raised a couple times in the past few weeks by the actions of a couple personal trainers.  The first story is based on a conversation I overheard while in a buffet line at a networking event.  I happened to be in front of a personal trainer (who I didn't know) and heard him say to a woman, "I'm watching you."  Immediately, I felt for this woman.  In general, women put enough pressure...