Gina Jackson Personal Fitness

So, as many of you know, this fall is bringing quite a few changes to my life, the way of working and way of sharing information with you. My new studio opens after Labor Day and gives me a new way of working out with each of you. I can’t tell you how excited I am about the possibilities I envision will take place in this space. Sometimes the excitement is too much for words.

Prior to that opening, (watch the countdown in the corner, yeah, over there to the right), I will also open up my FitnessShoppe as a member of OpenSky to sell only the products, tools and resources that I love and use in my life and my fitness regimens. 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 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 →

I am not completely sure that these “interesting facts” are irrefutable, but my personal testimony is that it sure feels good in the process.  The ‘after-effect’ of the Hot Yoga class is complete mental and physical release and relaxation.  I am close to the point of renewal for my 10-series sessions at Surya  Yoga Academy in Hoboken. Here are a few of the reasons I will continue to regularly participate. Read the rest of this entry →

Just finished a long day and a glorious one.  Thanks to two fabulous classes of Pilates students (both new and old) an amazing yoga teacher, Anayra Calederon, the warmest temperatures January could offer, a luxurious hot bath and the soulful music of Eva Cassidy.

The renewed pursuit of Yoga as a healing, stretching and relaxing practice will be a new experience, for me in 2010.  I took my second class today, at Surya Yoga and haven’t stopped gushing about the studio and the two fabulous instructors I had the pleasure of working with (Kelly and Anayra.)  I signed up immediately for a 10-session pack and enjoyed Kelly and Anayra on Thurs and Sat, respectively.  My plan is to use the 10-pack, re-new regularly as another mind/body part of my regmine going forward. Surya Yoga, YES!

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Pilates is all about breathing, moving and building your strength; one breath at a time.   To heal and correct a body’s old habits requires re-training and re-education of motor control.  This involves new postures, movement patterns, mobility concerns and muscle imbalances. The Pilates method is a graceful, yet rigorous form of addressing each of these areas.  Private session training helps one to learn and work towards removing painful postures, correcting faulty movement patterns, improving mobility where needed and increasing stability where required.  In a studio setting, student and teacher work together to create an environment for optimal muscle balance and function. Read the rest of this entry →

In a day and time that we have an obesity epidemic, the creation of a marketing campaign to dupe the public into thinking there is a pill, chair or shoe that will help them gain control of their lives and body without work is unconscionably stupid. Read the rest of this entry →

I have a few clients that I work with only 1x a week. Some are in classes I conduct; others work privately or semi-privately with me in strength or pilates training. I encourage these “1X-mers” to particularly pay attention to the regularity of their exercise and to work toward doing something 2-3x time a week on their own. Read the rest of this entry →

Time to think about what you are doing and have done for the year.  Time for Thanksgiving preparations and that means the Annual Thankful Hike in the Palisades to prepare your body for the delicate balance of holiday, life, food and exercise. For the past few years, (since 2003) I have been leading outdoor excursions along the Palisades just to clear my head and have invited everyone I know to join me, just for the fun of it. Read the rest of this entry →

Did you hear this news?  Two new fitness offers come to the Galaxy Spa on Tues Evenings, beginning November 3, 2009.