There's an App for That?

At Bank On Fitness, we want our followers and clients to life their first life (not a virtual second one) to the fullest extent. We think our clients' first life is one in which health and wellness and being active should be #1 priority. That means being active during your free time, making heart-healthy food choices, and eating your fruits and veggies. And, in today's technology world, there are a ton of apps that can help you be successful in achieving your health and wellness goals. To name a few: Runkeeper, MyFitnessPal, EveryMove, Earndit, Loseit, MapMyFitness, and many more. (Visit PC Magazine to read a January 2014 slideshow on the 25 Best Fitness Apps.)

This week, we'd like to introduce you to GymPact.



Get the extra motivation to achieve your exercise goals with GymPact.

Any gym workout, run, bike ride over 30 minutes, or 10,000 steps in a day counts toward your Pact.

 

 

In GymPact, a member commits to working out three times per week. If he does not meet the "pact," he pays a penalty. That penalty is real money; a fee is charged to the user's credit card at the end of the pact week. If a member sets their pact for the minimum $5 and works out only one time, their credit card will be charged $10 ($5 for each missed workout that you committed to before the week started). Collected penalties are then distributed to the accounts of members who met their pact. For instance, if Bank On Fitness client Lucy met her pact of working out four times per week, she would be paid for each workout (the payout is usually around 30 to 40 cents per workout, but varies upon how much was collected from other users who did not meet their weekly pact). Members earnings accumulate each week. Once an account reaches $20, a user can transfer the money to their PayPal account.

 

Is this crazy? We don't think so. Neither do others. Since GymPact's inception 5.2 million workouts have been logged! Why would someone agree to pay a penalty if they don't meet their pact? ACCOUNTABILTY. If one will be charged a certain price for not working out, it just may be enough incentive to get you to check in at a verified gym (like Bank On Fitness) for a quick thirty minute workout or spend thirty minutes walking (tracked by your RunKeeper app, which is linked to your GymPact app.  Anything that works! For more information, take a minute or two to check out the GymPact site and associated reviews. Consider making a commitment. . .it may just up your real (not virtual) game! In the words of GymPact: Commit to you! Earn cash for living healthy, paid by members who don't.

Love us on Yelp!



Bank On Fitness followers: how much weight do YOU give rating and review sites?  There are a ton of them: TripAdvisor, Google Places, Spafinder, FourSquare, Angie's List and more. Have you checked 'em out? Many individuals place significant stock in these sites. In case you are unfamiliar, we'd like to introduce you to yelp!. We're not referring to a short sharp cry, typically of pain or alarm, which is the dictionary definition of yelp, but rather the rating and review site. According to the yelp site FAQs, "Yelp is an online urban city guide that helps people find cool places to eat, shop, drink, relax and play, based on the informed opinions of a vibrant and active community of locals in the know. Yelp! is the fun and easy way to find, review and talk about what's great — and not so great — in your world." If you'd like to learn more about this site, we recommend that you skim the company's many frequently asked questions by visiting the yelp! FAQ page.
 

Bank On Fitness is confident that the services we provide to customers exceed expectations, and we would like to share that fun fact with the online community. We are so confident that we just claimed our business on yelp! According to the below pie chart, about nine percent of businesses reviewed on yelp! fall into the beauty and fitness category, and Bank On Fitness must be a part of this rage. 
 



We have a favor to ask you. Yep, we want you to love us on yelp!  Bank On Fitness would appreciate your five star rating and positive review. Why? Because we appreciate our clients and want to spread our passion about health and wellness.  Please visit yelp! and rave about your positive Bank On Fitness' experiences.  Feel free to comment on our awesome studio, engaging client service, our fabulous instructors and trainers, or our in-depth knowledge of health, fitness, and all things wellness.  Frankly, we want you to tell the world that Bank On Fitness makes fitness FUN! Because you can bank on us to make it so.

Source: Social Quick Starter, by Constant Contact

Drum Roll Please. . .Our First Commercial!

We hope you will take 30 seconds to view our inaugural Bank On Fitness commercial.

Bank On Fitness Commercial

 

Gotta Try Tabata!

For those Bank on Fitness clients who have made considerable progress

and need to kick it up a notch, we want to introduce you to TABATA.

Nope, it's not drink or a fancy type of sushi, but if you've got 20 - 30 minutes, you can get a quick, but incredibly effective workout. Tabata is a high intensity interval workout done in a short period of time developed by Dr. Izumi Tabata, a professor at the Faculty of Sport and Health Science at Ritsumeikan University in Japan. Really it's pretty simple, but unbelievably challenging. Tabata is an equation: 20/10 x 8 = 4. The 20 represents seconds of work (as high intensity as you can handle), the 10 represents seconds of rest and the eight represents the number of rounds performed. So, the sum of this equation equals four minutes of intense exercise. Generally tabata practitioners will do three to six sets. For variety and, as an example, you may run in your first four minute set, do jumping jacks in your second four minute set, do mountain climbers in your third and so forth. For more information on the history and benefits, we refer you to these informative resources:

 

eHow: Tabata Training

 

Informative Tabata Video

Starting this weekend, Bank On Fitness will premiere our new Happy Half Hour (HHH) class at our studio on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings at 5:30 p.m. The HHH class will take your fitness routine to the next level with tabatas and abs! We'll do four different tabatas with minimal reset between sets. We'll then finish with some challenging abdominal work. These routines will get you ready for summer in next to NO TIME!  Join us. Yep, ya gotta tabata at Bank On Fitness.