From a standing position, take your feet outside of your hips, toes slightly turned out. Bend your knees and gently lower your hips. Bring your elbows inside of your knees as you do this. Bring your hands together in front of your chest and use this to drive your elbows gently into your knees. This Read more

If you’ve been trying to change your weight or your body composition, you already know that progress isn’t linear. Maybe you’ve been tracking your weight and see no progress. If you’ve been eating a healthy diet and exercising on a routine basis, it can be so frustrating to feel like you’re not progressing toward a Read more

When you think of exercise, what immediately comes to mind? Going out for a jog? Loading up weights at the squat rack? Or maybe both? All of those classify as exercise, but they serve different purposes. If you want to increase your squat 1-repetition maximum by 50 pounds, a daily cycling class won’t get you there. Read more

When you approach the doors of American Family Fitness Virginia Center Commons for the first time, the first thought that runs through your mind is, “The gym is in the mall?”. From the outside, it may appear that way, but as soon as you step through its double doors AFF VCC welcomes you to an Read more

Feel like you’re bracing for impact anytime something major is about to happen this year? You’re not alone. 2020 has thrown us all for a loop, taken all of us on a wild ride, given us way more than we can handle. (I could go on with trite sayings that all sound like they were made Read more