Like the majority of us, we have been tricked at one point or another into these diet fads, pills, and other weight loss promotions to shred body fat. To put it simply, they don’t work. High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), however, will be your best friend. These workouts are great for getting …
Strength Train with a Purpose
There are many different types of strength training, but is the type of training appropriate for the goal you are trying to reach? Whether your goal is muscle building, enhancing stamina, or losing weight, it is important to make sure that you are using the right type of strength training. Power …
Exercises For Low Back Pain
You may be experiencing that low back pain that just lingers around and never fully goes away. It may leave you thinking that you should rest and the pain will go away over time. This may seem like the right thing to do, but let’s get moving instead. Doctors are recommending that you keep moving and …
What Group Fitness Taught Me
Group Exercise or Group Fitness is any form of workout taught in a group setting. Working out in a room full of strangers can be a nerve-racking experience and the atmosphere can seem incredibly intimidating or overwhelming. Don’t let the fear of that keep you from trying out group fitness though. …
A Beginner’s Guide to the College Fitness Center: Exercise Principles
Half of the fun in working out is using your creativity to come up with the workouts in the first place. As long as you have the underlying principles in place, the methods that you choose to achieve your goals can be customized to fit your interests. Exercise Principles Specificity: Exercising …
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At Home Tabata Workout
The start of the Fall semester is here! Even if you aren't ready to hit the gym or for in-person group fitness classes, we at Get Up and Do Something will have you covered with a variety of at home workouts that can be done with body weight or anything that you can find at your house for weights, …
The Perfect Gym Bag
Have you ever pulled up to the gym and realized you forgot your headphones? What about a hair tie? Or deodorant? Today we're going to talk about what to pack for the gym so that you never forget the essentials or have to go smelly in public post-gym ever again. My Gym Bag Well first, you need …
4 Accessory Exercises Towards Bigger Squats
Building a bigger squat does require performing squats as a part of your workout routine, however, squats alone may be limiting your strength. Accessory exercises are an integral part of building strength and putting up bigger squat numbers. These accessory exercises will help build strength in …