here are five ways tenacious calgarians can crush their fitness goals without even knowing it.
impact boxing and fitness
when training his clients, the founder of impact boxing and fitness, louis raposo, said he starts with establishing a strong foundation — much like building a house.
“we try to keep the mind, because the mind gets very bored,” he said. “so there’s always something different at our gym. it could be strength, it could be core, it could be conditioning, it could be boxing — we change it up all the time.”
with kickboxing as a new addition to the facility, raposo echoed that keeping the mind and body going is crucial for success.
“it’s the best fitness you can do,” he said. “we have a deck of cards where each card is an exercise; so we flip a card, and that’s 10 pushups, for example.”
with a lot of angles and plenty of movement, raposo said you have to be able to carry your own body weight, and whether you are a beginner, advanced, amateur, or child, he is determined to help you achieve your fitness goals.
“the reason we picked ‘impact’ as a name is to literally make an impact on people’s lives, which we have done for over 22 years.”
barre west (ballet, yoga, pilates)
with mobility, strength, and intense cardio at its core, barre west offers 45-minute and 50-minute group fitness classes. depending on the class, attendees might get more of a strength or more of a cardio component.