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Thank you so much to everyone who joined us at the studio on August 11 to celebrate BeFitSRQ's one-year anniversary!

We had a wonderful time celebrating with delicious snacks, fun decorations and even a talented magician (abracadabra!). We also raffled off some great prizes, so congrats to all of our winners!

Celebrating our One Year Anniversary!

Exercise of the Month: Squat with Overhead Press

Here's an excellent variation on a staple exercise that you can incorporate into your workout routine - the squat with overhead press. This full-body exercise not only burns a lot of calories, but it's a great workout for the muscles in your lower body, upper back and core. Here's how to do it:

You know exercise is important. In fact, exercise is crucial to develop good health and wellness. But what kind of exercise is best? No one perfect exercise exists. Instead, the best way to exercise is to incorporate several different kinds of exercise into your workout routine – four kinds to be exact.

The four core elements of exercise are aerobic exercise, strength training, developing core muscles and interval training.

Summer in Sarasota means lazy days outside enjoying our beautiful bay and beaches. It's about everything water-related - boating, jet skiing, paddle boarding, kayaking, sailing and just plain swimming.

The summer months also mark a time when many of us head outdoors to exercise, playing tennis and golf and walking along the beach or the Ringling Bridge.

Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, also known as natural hormone therapy, is a form of alternative medicine that’s gaining popularity.

Many people consider it a good way to treat several diseases, as well as a way to alleviate menopause symptoms and reduce osteoporosis risk.

Here’s some quick advice: If you haven’t incorporated high-intensity strength training into your exercise routine, you should. The benefits are endless.

There’s even some research out now to suggest that high-intensity strength training could fight cancer.

Bodyweight exercises are gaining momentum in the fitness world due to the effectiveness and simplicity of getting in shape using your own body weight. Planks are a wonderful strength-training exercise for the whole body. In fact, planks are one of the most effective exercises you can perform because they only require a small time investment and they engage multiple muscle groups, allowing you to quickly achieve substantial results.  

Planks are great for core conditioning but they also work your glutes and hamstrings. Plus, planks support proper posture and improve balance.   

As you get older, it’s easy to stop moving as much as you did when you were younger. But if you want to stay healthy and strong, it’s important to stay active and keep your muscles in shape.

It’s crucial for more mature individuals to keep up regular movement because the effects of long periods of inactivity are very damaging to the body.

BMI and body fat percentage are weight-loss terms thrown around with little explanation, so if you're confused about what they mean or which you should pay more attention to, you're not alone. Here's a brief primer to help.

BMI stands for Body Mass Index. It's a simple measure of the weight of a person scaled according to their height. You can use Body fat percentage to determine your BMI, or follow these steps: