It starts as early as your 30s. There is a natural loss of muscle mass as we age. The medical term is sarcopenia. What that means in simple language is that what you used to do to stay fit, may not be working as well anymore.
There is a growing amount of science-based research that shows weights and resistance training are one of the most effective ways to stop and reverse the loss of muscle.
Littleton resident, Wendy Campbell, understood the importance of adding strength training to her exercise routine. She says, “I’ve always exercised. Always! As you age, you may be thin, but your muscles go and you have to do something with weights. Every health podcast I listen to says… do resistance training and weight training.”
Campbell works out twice a week at The Exercise Coach. She explains why she chose this studio, “This is my two-day a week strength training. But what it does, it makes my yoga practice stronger. It makes me stronger in pilates. It carries over into every part of my life. It really is amazing!”
Campbell says The Exercise Coach fits her lifestyle much better than a big gym because, “You’re in and out in twenty minutes. It’s not hours at the gym. It’s a twenty minute workout. It’s effective. It’s efficient. I like the science behind it. And the more I came, the culture of this place is fun. The coaches are great. [Owner] Kyle [Gardiner] is great. I never leave here feeling worse than when I came. Meaning, I always feel much better after I’ve been here. And it fits into my life. When it fits into your life you keep doing it.”
Kyle Gardiner is the Owner of The Exercise Coach in Littleton. The Exercise Coach has a results-oriented protocol that brings clients in for 20 minute sessions twice a week. The equipment focuses on eccentric, controlled lengthening of the muscle, and isometric, static muscle contraction, exercises.
Gardiner talks about what a client should expect on their first visit, “When we fit someone onto a machine the first thing that we are going to do is test their ROM. That’s their Range of Motion. More specifically that is your joint angles when you’re performing the exercise. So, for instance, when we do a chest press or a leg press, the knee or the elbow joint is only going to exercise between ninety and one hundred and twenty degrees of that joint. It’s in that kind of middle range that is the safest.”
He continues, “That’s the part of the exercise where you are loading a muscle the most. So often times injuries happen at the very beginning stage of a press or at the post stage when your joints are locked out. We just don’t ever even go there. Right there that takes out ninety nine percent of joint related pain caused from exercise.”
“In addition, there isn’t any guess work. We are going to do a strength test first with every single exercise that you do. So in that way we don’t ever give you too much or often, what I would say is even worse, not enough.
It took all this courage to walk into the gym and you don’t even get anything done. That’s not acceptable. I think it’s important to really meet people where they are at right now. Where you’re at this second. We’re going to meet you right there and then we’re going to work you up from that point.”
Campbell contributes, “You get that burst of happy! It’s what you put into it. You can see the measurements so you can see your progress. You have all your numbers at any given time. I have the APP. So you can see how you’re doing, how you progress. And then you kind of hit plateaus. I’ve had few where I start going downhill. But so much of it is mindset. You’ve got to keep coming in with the attitude of give it all you’ve got. It’s only twenty minutes!”
The Exercise Coach is a great option for anyone wanting to get stronger. It's especially important to Gardiner to provide a welcoming studio that makes strength training accessible. He says, "The two biggest obstacles we hear about is either you have a lot of time, but you don't want to go to the gym. Or you don't have any time and you really want to go to the gym. It's either one or the other and we're able to address them both."
Kyle Gardiner
Owner of Exercise Coach Littleton
Stronger - The Exercise Coach Option
Kyle Gardiner opened the Littleton location of The Exercise Coach in January of 2022. Previously he had spent 12 years in marketing with Littleton’s Breckenridge Brewery. He shifted into the health and wellness market based on his desire to contribute to our community in ways that could make a lasting impact.
In his words, being the owner of The Exercise Coach, “Has been one of the most rewarding careers I could have ever envisioned.”
The Exercise Coach
6901 S Pierce St, Suite 301
Littleton, CO 80128
720.828.7353
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