GAIN Fitness

Remember that fitness is living practice. It's a process, never finished. Always start where you stand and never give up.

RT @can: By the way, the two common recommendations I got for fitness were GainFitness and P90X. So I guess here we go?

So I've broadened the fitness concept to make it one of moderation and balance. -Kenneth H. Cooper

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. -David Frost

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. -William Feather

Success is dependent on effort. -Sophocles

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. -Dale Carnegie

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. -Oscar Wilde

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. -David Frost

"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them." -Denis Waitley

I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. -Michael Jordan

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. -Emerson

Laughter cures stress instantly. Read jokes, buy water balloons, prank your kids, your friends. Play and make life fun.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.-B.T.Washington

From a GAIN user..."I can't thank you guys enough for creating this App. It has truly changed my Life & Body for the better."

Foam roll or work over your muscles with a tennis ball before lifting or stretching. Breaks up adhesions and increases strength and stretch.

Don't stretch a muscle injury. Do comfortable range of motion moves to heal faster.

Eat a healthy snack or meal with a complete protein immediately after an intense workout. Feed your muscles pronto.

Pause at peak contraction, or simply flex and hold to increase muscle density.

Practice deep breathing to reduce stress, relax muscles, and increase oxygen intake to strengthen and nourish your whole being.

Roll your feet on a tennis ball to release tight muscles and regain mobility. Plus, it just feels good.

Foam roll or work over your muscles with a tennis ball before lifting or stretching. Breaks up adhesions and increases strength and stretch.

If you have knee pain, stretch and foam roll your hip flexors, TFL, IT bands, quads and calves.

Desk dominators, stretch your chest, neck and upper back like a demon to destroy tension.

Sit at a desk? Stretch your hip flexors and hammies and strengthen your glutes.

Try flexing the muscle opposite the stretch. Flex your quads for a couple secs during hammy stretches to go even deeper.

If you sleep on your back with a blanket over your feet, stretch your calves extra.

Foam roll or work over your muscles with a tennis ball before lifting or stretching. Breaks up adhesions and increases strength and stretch.

If you have knee pain, stretch and foam roll your hip flexors, TFL, IT bands, quads and calves.

Roll your feet on a tennis ball to release tight muscles and regain mobility. Plus, it just feels good.