Welcome to Threshold Fitness
Providing practical, sustainable fitness programs for busy individuals.

Threshold Fitness promotes optimal fitness through healthy nutrition and regular exercise. A Threshold Fitness training program may be for you if you:

• Don’t exercise but want to start
• Exercise some, but want help setting and reaching goals
• Want to lose weight
• Want to get more fit
• Want help finding the time in your busy schedule to exercise

Click here to learn more about Threshold Fitness.

Heath and fitness news

Plan a ‘balanced’ exercise program

A quality, balanced exercise program should include aerobic exercise, resistance training, stretching exercises and balance training.  Many individuals are familiar with the first three types of exercise, but working on improving balance is sometimes overlooked.  Benefits of good balance include improved agility and motor control in sports, as well as in daily activities.  Improved balance is thought to decrease lower extremity injury rates in several types of athletes.  And as we age, the risk and fear of falling can negatively impact our quality of life significantly...read more...

Did you make New Year’s resolutions that included eating more healthily and getting more fit, but now you are not quite sure how to start?  Break down your large, nonspecific goals into “SMART” goals, that is, ones that are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely.  To work toward eating more healthily, you could, for example, have a SMART goal to eat at least 5 fruits or vegetables per day, every day for the next week.  To work toward getting fit, you could, for example, have a SMART goal of being active for 30 minutes, 5 days per week for the next 2 weeks.  At the end of the time assigned to each goal, reflect back, or better yet, review notes you made in a training diary, and see if you accomplished your goals.   Use this information to continue planning future SMART goals that will bring you closer to your target.  A Threshold Fitness program can assist you with your goal planning, so contact us to find out how.

Fruits and vegetables could modify gene linked to heart disease on abcnews.com
Weight Watchers works - Scientific study finds on Reuters.com
Arthritis and the exercise gap on NYTimes.com
Increasing muscle mass may lower type 2 diabetes risk on USAToday.com
7 tips for balancing training with life on CNN.com
Food plate replaces Food Pyramid on abcnews.com
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Get fit!

1. Make a commitment to yourself to stick to a plan.
2. Consult with your physician if applicable (go to FAQs if you're not sure).
3. Set goals.
4. Review your current schedule and obligations.
5. Fill out the Start-Up Packet and sign up for a plan.
6. Get fit!

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