Eating protein is an important part of making your muscles stronger after a workout at the gym. Regardless of what type of workout you’re doing — whether it’s a jog on the treadmill or an hour of heavy deadlifting — a meal or snack filled with protein is what you should be noshing on as soon as you’ve finished exercising. In this blog, we’ll explore what protein is, why it’s important to your body, and some high-protein foods you can eat to make your muscles stronger after your workouts at our Thornton, CO, gym.

When you’re at the gym, you work hard to make sure all your muscle groups get a good workout, but don’t forget your heart! During an average lifetime, the heart beats about 2.5 billion times and pushes millions of gallons of blood to every part of the body. In this blog, we’ll list some ways that you can protect and improve your heart health, both outside and inside our Thornton, CO, gym.

Since we all breathe every day without much thought, why would you need to concentrate on your breathing when you work out at the gym? It should just happen naturally, right? Well that’s true, breathing does happen, but there are ways that you can consciously change the way you breathe to improve your gym workout performance and results.

The plank is an excellent exercise to increase your core strength and stabilization. It’s also a rewarding exercise because people of all fitness levels can start doing planks for short increments (10-20 seconds) and then slowly build over time to hold a plank for 1-5 minutes. They give you a real feeling of accomplishment and you can see the results in your stronger shoulder and abdominal muscles. At Adventure Fitness Athletic Club, our team of personal trainers is here to help members of our Thornton, CO, gym use proper form during all their exercises, including planks.

A trap bar is a hexagon-shaped barbell that allows you to stand in the middle of the hexagon, instead of behind a straight barbell. When you lift with a trap bar, you place less force on your spine compared to a barbell, but still give your lower body a good workout. Adventure Fitness Athletic Club has state-of-the-art trap bars for our members to use at our gym in Thornton. We invite anyone who would like to learn more about how to use trap bars to ask one of our staff members for help.

At Adventure Fitness Athletic Club, we encourage all our members to get in a good stretch before and after their workouts. To assist our members, we have a Precor 240i StretchTrainer at our gym in Thornton that can ensure all muscle groups experience a thorough stretching in just a few minutes.

When you’re looking for a safe way to perform exercises using virtually unlimited ranges of motion, a cable machine is perfect for this type of functional training. Adventure Fitness Athletic Club has a Proformance Plus Functional Trainer at our gym in Thornton. Our members use this commercial-grade cable machine to perform just about any exercise, making it a one-stop-shop workout adventure.

At Adventure Fitness Athletic Club, we have a climbing wall with two auto belays at our Thornton, CO, gym. Our auto belays are great training tools for all skill levels. In addition to helping you perfect your climbing technique, they’ll help you build your overall strength, balance, and core muscles. Plus, during the winter, they’ll help you get ready for climbing the mountains in the summer.

Due to our naturally dry climate and high elevation here in Thornton, it’s a challenge to stay hydrated, especially when you exercise. Your fitness family at AFAC is here to remind you to drink your water before, during, and after your gym workout. As an added benefit, did you know that drinking more water can help you lose weight? The experts weigh in here.

One of the main benefits of dumbbells is that they’re portable and can be used almost anywhere — at home, school, or work, outside or inside. Even so, it’s important to learn how to use d-bells properly so that you can get the most out of your workout and avoid injury. That’s where the team at Adventure Fitness Athletic Club comes in! Not only do we have a wide assortment of dumbbells from 5-100 pounds at our gym in Thornton, CO, but we also have certified personal trainers on staff who can show you how to properly incorporate dumbbells into your workout.

Do you remember playing on a jungle gym as a kid? What a great workout that was! Adventure Fitness Athletic Club has an adult version of a playground workout at our gym in Thornton, CO — our TuffStuff CT Fitness Training System. It’s the perfect workout solution for people of all ages and fitness levels, offering ways for users to increase their strength, flexibility, and endurance on a jungle gym that’s built especially for grownups.

You might have heard of ropes being used for tug-of-war, mountain climbing, or sailing, but did you know that ropes are also one of the latest trends in workout gear at our Thornton gym? That’s right, they’re called battle ropes, and they’re a simple workout tool that anyone can use.

Members of Adventure Fitness Athletic Club are already making progress in their fitness resolutions by being a part of our Thornton gym. Thanks to our abundance of fitness equipment, classes, personal trainers, and specialty services like cryotherapy, our gym has everything our members need to reach their fitness goals. That said, if you truly want to make 2021 your year for fitness, it’s important to set specific objectives, giving yourself clear goals to work toward and measuring your progress along the way. Here, we’ve listed some valuable tips to help you crush your goals for the next 12 months and beyond. We are excited to see what the year brings to our AFAC family!

Have you ever heard of Smovey? If you’re interested in a fun, new way to stay fit, then Smovey should become part of your vocabulary. The owner of Adventure Fitness Athletic Club, Susan Schaffner, is a certified SmoveyVIBROSWING® System Coach and is here to help all members of her gym in Thornton learn how to benefit from Smovey’s innovative workouts and therapeutic vibration.

There are a variety of machines that provide excellent cardiovascular exercise. Two of the most popular are the treadmill and the elliptical trainer. Is one better than the other? The answer to that question depends on several factors. The good news is, Adventure Fitness Athletic Club has both treadmills and elliptical machines at our Thornton gym, as well as many other cardiovascular options, so that you can have access to all the equipment you need to get a great workout.

Are you looking for the perfect gift idea for the fitness enthusiast in your life? Do you need relief from the aching muscles you earned during those tough gym workouts? After a long day, could you use a massage to loosen up the knots in your neck and shoulders? Adventure Fitness Athletic Club can help! […]

What’s round, flat, and gives you a great workout all over? A BOSU® ball! While it might look like an exercise ball cut in half, a BOSU ball can provide an intense full-body workout by adding the element of instability to your movement. No matter which way you turn them, BOSU balls are great balance […]

It’s no exaggeration to say that COVID-19 has affected every aspect of our lives, including our fitness routines. At Adventure Fitness Athletic Club, we understand that our members are concerned about staying safe and healthy during the pandemic, and that’s our biggest concern, too! For this reason, we’ve taken extraordinary measures to keep our Thornton […]

What if you could find a training tool that helps you work on all your fitness goals at the same time? One that could help you build muscle mass, increase strength, lose weight, become more toned, make you better at your favorite sport, and improve flexibility? Does it sound too good to be true? It’s […]

Both kettlebells and dumbbells are excellent tools for exercise and fitness training, but there are some distinctions in design that set kettlebells apart from their dumbbell counterparts. Kettlebells are known as the “freest of free weights” due to the way they’re constructed. Kettlebells can be picked up from the top and swung, thrown, and moved in hundreds of different ways. This allows kettlebells to enhance the four main aspects of fitness — strength, cardiovascular, flexibility, and balance. They are used by beginners, professional athletes, and everyone in between.