Gina Jackson Personal Fitness

OK, so you have been working out regularly-–on your own or with your trainer–for a few months now. You like the results you are feeling in your body and really do not want to let the upcoming out-of-town trip [or vacation for that matter] stop your progress.

You have finally moved away from the stationary machines in the gym and begun to incorporate free weights into your routine. Your shoulders, arms, chest and even your legs are beginning to show the definition you have been seeking for so long. It is simply impossible to carry those 15, 20 or 25 lb dumbbells in your carry-on luggage! Your partner said to forget even thinking about lugging the 5, 8, or 10lb weights as well. Dilemma? Oh contraire!

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A teacher/trainer/friend shared this video link this morning and while letting the water boil for coffee I was captured  completely by the performance. You will be too when you see it. Most of us will think, oh this is impossible for me to do. Might be. Yes, the performers are professionals and if working your body with consistency, focused attention and commitment can change your one step forward to be just a little lighter, than you will be doing all that is necessary for you – at this time.

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I hate to tell you because some of you will think I am a wild woman (well maybe a little of that assumption would be quite true) but I love this video workout demonstrating the freestyle use of the TRX.  It actually mirrors many of the moves I use in my own personal workout on a weekly basis; minus of course the pullups. Read the rest of this entry →

Yes, I can throw heavy weights around quite easily.  I have, on occasion, loaded the leg press with 2X my body weight  and comfortably worked my legs.  But now, in my new personal training space, Pilates4Fitness Movement Space, there will be no need for weights anymore.

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I have established a new relationship with a great new community resource; OpenSky.  More details about what you can get from it  in the coming weeks.  In the meantime, they sent me a Pilates/Yoga Mat to test out from Aurorae Yoga Mat.  Just pulled it out of the box and already I like what I see.

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Spirited day and a spirited month.  Denise and Mike finally joined us and Soni took Mahesh’s place; several were  missing in action, but the group that showed on the last full day of June’s Summer Fitness in the park were on!

We tried something new (a surefire repeat, I might add) Jumping Jacks with an ankle resistance band. Whew!  Check the video.

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My laptop and Google Nexus phone (which I love) necessitate that I use my thumb in a repetitive motion so much so that I  have a new compressed joint that requires a massage to release it every few hours.  Funny that the greatest improvement to most our lives (technology, computers and smartphones) can and will cause so much more stress to our physical being.

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I just received a most disturbing call from an adult.  A parent looking for private training assistance to help her teenage daughter develop a “more refined derriere.  If this call had come from an adult seeking to refine and reshape her own body, I would have jumped at the opportunity to show her “what, how and how often” we can and need to work the body – and the butt – to tone, shape and define it.  The fact that the work was for an athletic teenager under twenty years of age disturbed me. Read the rest of this entry →

Need a Private Coach to keep you pumped and focused on your weight loss training?  Need a little guidance on how to work effectively for 45 minutes in the gym or home?  Need support and guidance on how to stretch those tight hamstrings after your run?

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I guess you can tell from my blog entries of late, that I have been playing around with another tool for core training in the past few months, using the TRX Suspension Trainer with both my personal workouts, my private strength/resistance clients and now my Pilates Mat students.

Defying gravity with a new challenge is making all of us stronger, sleeker and determined to continue using the tool.   The tool permits a full and complete range of motion throughout a workout, which in turn creates a more functional, safer and more successful method of training.  Read the rest of this entry →