Virtual Fitness
What is Virtual Training?
Virtual Training is provided for users where loneliness, mental and emotional health issues have skyrocketed since the pandemic began. The programs that are designed for virtual fitness allows its users to build a sense of community, even from afar.
Being solo, at-home, and self-directed workouts, which lack this connectedness, including the energy and encouragement which comes along with working out as a group. For most of the people, physical activity and connectedness highlight the list of our mental health needs, and they are turning to virtual or outdoor and distanced studio workouts which acts as a healthy coping mechanism for pandemic stress.
Cardio Training
Our wide range of treadmills, bikes, and cross-trainers gives a facility the freedom to choose fitness equipment that fits its needs. Burn fat fast with our international trained trainers and equipment.
Crossfit Training
CrossFit is a strength and conditioning program that uses constantly varying functional movements executed at high intensity. We aim at improving cardiovascular and respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy.
Strength Training
Use our resistance machines and free weights to induce muscular contraction which builds the strength, anaerobic endurance, and size of skeletal muscles. Our plate loaded machines from Impulse Sterling are designed to replicate the feeling of using free weights but with emphasis on form, safety and effective workouts.
What equipment do I need?
The equipment for virtual training can range from nothing at all to bench presses. There are some few equipments that can help you utilize your home are to make a gym.
- Resistance bands: This is super versatile equipment. You can use them for so many pushes and pull movements.!
- Dumbbells: Dumbbells are an excellent way to challenge yourself. Normally, if you do squats with just your bodyweight, try the same while holding five-pound dumbbells for the best result,
- Jump rope: Jumping rope is another way to get the heart pumping. You can use this for doing warm -ups or inquire your trainer how to incorporate it into the ongoing workout.
Goal of virtual training
The main goal of virtual training here is to maintain a “high intensity”. If you wish to sweat to burn your calorie level of exercise to boost your conditioning and cardiovascular strength, you can undertake the virtual training.
Benefits of Virtual Training
- It helps you slim down, burn calories and build muscle
- It improves oxygen and blood flow
- It can lower your blood pressure and blood sugar
- It helps you to maintain your fitness if you opt for a healthy diet
Frequently Asked Questions
It usually depends on your fitness levels, the type of training you undertake and the intensity you are training at. But you should always remember that something is always better than nothing. Try to fit in a quick HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) workout or go for a short run if only you have 30 minutes to spare. In case you are doing a strength workout, set more time for warm ups and take enough rest between sets where you needn’t be slogging for hours.
If you want to experience real changes with best results definitely you should mix up your routine. As you can see if you repeat the same workouts or use the same weights it will plateau by stopping the response to the training stimulus. It is advisable to increase the intensity, frequency and the type of training as often as you can.
If you wish to build your muscles, you should start weight training. Lifting heavy weights is very effective to rip the muscle fibres and also it replaces the damaged muscle fibres to form new strands which increases the muscle size enhancing the thickness. Choose heavier weights for lower reps and take a longer pause between sets. Also don’t forget to increase your calorie intake as you need to feed your muscles if you want them to grow.
Getting a six pack is not so easy by just doing 100 sit-ups per day as it won’t guarantee a defined set of abs; You need to combine different workouts to reduce body fat. You should be cautious to follow a perfect diet plan and also include some cardio and fat burning HIIT in your daily routine. Track your calorie intake using apps like ‘HealthifyMe’ or ‘My Fitness Pal’ to help you succeed in your weight loss goal. After which, you can work on core exercises which include plank variations, bicycle crunches and cable rotation to target the abdominals and increase the muscle mass.
Generally, weight lifting will help you burn most of the calories. Do workouts which increase your heart beat and drenches you with sweat. This can burn more calories to speed up your metabolism if done on a regular basis. HIIT exercises burn at least 25% - 30% more calories than a steady-state exercise such as a run. Henceforth, combine cardio, weights and HIIT specific training besides a diet plan which can lead to calorie deficit, an effective route to lose weight.
Exercising helps you to reduce stress and improve your self-confidence to alleviate anxiety and improve concentration. Moreover, it releases endorphins which boosts the feeling of happiness. But you should not over strain as this itself can put your mind and body under stress raising the level of stress hormone cortisol. The better key to maintaining mental health is to do your exercise with a proper workout plan and healthy diet chart.
