Less than 20 Minutes?
Each session targets major muscle groups using different exercise machines. We move from one exercise to the next with minimal delay. In your first sessions, it may take 20 minutes or more to finish each workout. As your condition improves, you’ll shorten the transition times between exercises, and eventually you’ll finish the workout sooner.
Our health conditioning method is safe and effective, suitable for young and old, from serious athletes to those just beginning to build strength.
Twice a week or less?
Although exercise produces many exhilarating sensations, the beneficial changes we seek to achieve are not made immediately during exercise. We have all experienced examples of this “supercompensation” when a wound heals or when we develop a callus. The tissue takes several days to heal and improve after damage. We exploit this principle to our advantage.
First, we work out to apply specific physical stress that depletes muscle fibers in a way other activities do not. Then, we allow the body three to seven days to rejuvenate and improve.
Many of our advanced clients train by alternating two days one week and then one day the next, such as Monday and Friday on one week, then Wednesday only the following week, and so on.
We remove the guesswork by tracking your progress with accurate time recordings of every exercise. This way, we can prescribe the correct amount of exercise for your steady improvement.
What about once a week?
Your ideal training schedule is determined by how well you improve from one exercise session to the next. Several factors, including overall health, sleep, nutrition, and age, can impact an individual’s tolerance for exercise. For many people, one training session per week fits best.
How safe is this for someone who is not in good condition or is of advanced age?
If you have a pre-existing heart condition or other medical condition, you should consult a doctor before beginning any exercise program.
At Essential Exercise, you are always accompanied by a personal exercise specialist to ensure your safe performance on every exercise. We use our gradual tension method for every exercise, dramatically reducing the impact forces your body encounters.
Workouts use specialized equipment that lets us adjust resistance in one-pound increments to match any level of conditioning.
These machines provide low-friction resistance that accommodates our slow, steady movement. The combination of balanced resistance and gradual motion makes our training practically risk-free.
What about losing weight?
If you lose body weight during a calorie-restrictive diet, you lose both muscle and fat. Losing muscle results in a flabby appearance, reduced performance, and a slower metabolic rate.
However, by combining our training with healthy eating, you shed fat faster and retain muscle. Our training significantly influences the anabolic (building-up) process of metabolism, which in turn raises the metabolic rate.
When muscles are strengthened, the body’s contours become more shapely and firm. Your improved appearance is a powerful motivator for continued efforts in controlling food intake and achieving sustained fat loss.
I enjoy riding my bike and hiking, but won’t they also help me get in shape?
Recreational activities are an enjoyable part of life, and the fun they provide helps maintain mental health.
However, most activities are done against the random resistance encountered when moving against gravity, which does not give the load needed to stimulate muscle and bone improvement. For this reason, participating in activities like jogging, swimming, and most sports will not offset the natural loss of muscle that occurs with age.
Our training alone can increase muscle strength, which can help reverse the losses associated with aging.
We have also found that as our clients improve their strength through our training, they often become more active and spontaneously take up activities they haven’t done in a while. Their improved strength helps protect them from injuries that can occur during recreational activities.
We would like you to develop your strength with Essential Exercise conditioning sessions first. Then, you will be in better shape to take advantage of the benefits of additional activities done in moderation.
Why do we keep the studio at 64°?
Everything at the studio is designed to support your focus and effort. No mirrors, music, or other distractions. We keep the studio temperature at an ideal 64° year-round to prevent excessive body heat from interfering with your workout quality.
Yeah, but I want more than just stronger muscles.
Essential Exercise health conditioning is effective; no other single activity triggers as much improvement in the human body. This may challenge what you thought you knew about exercise, but science supports what we have seen for decades.
- Lose Fat More Efficiently
- Improve Appearance
- Build Bone Density
- Improve Insulin Sensitivity
- Improve Cardiovascular Efficiency
- Improve Ease of Movement
- Enhance Flexibility
- Protect Against Injury
- Improve Posture
- Manage Arthritis
- Reduce or Eliminate Chronic Back and Neck Pain
- Offset Age-Related Muscle Loss
- Speed Up Recovery From Injury, Surgery, or Sickness
Is it better to have prior workout experience?
Those with prior experience moving at conventional speeds during exercise quickly realize that our slow-motion health conditioning makes training much more challenging. Motivation is the number one key to learning; a lack of exercise experience may actually speed up your learning process.