by Nikole Gessler | Apr 5, 2022 | Articles & Videos
Whether you love or hate the rower (ergometer), you’re used to seeing it in workouts. You know how to switch the screen from the calorie setting to meters, but what’s actually the difference? Should your strategy in workouts change based on this setting? This is...
by Nikole Gessler | Apr 4, 2022 | Articles & Videos
One of my favorite workouts is the Benchmark Annie (50-40-30-20-10 Double Unders and Sit Ups.) When you see Sit Ups in a workout do you think of them as an easy movement where you can catch your breath before you go on to the real movements? Do you think of them as a...
by Nikole Gessler | Apr 1, 2022 | Articles & Videos
You have surely noticed our Personal Record Bell hanging up at the gym. Inscribed on the bell is “Better Than Yesterday” and it symbolizes a whole smorgasbord of things. It represents celebrating and honoring your hard work, day in and out, days where you brought it,...
by Nikole Gessler | Mar 31, 2022 | Articles & Videos
Once you’ve found a great fitness program that is fun, safe, and effective, the next area to focus on is your ability to be consistent. Being consistent seems like a simple, almost boring, topic, but it is actually incredibly powerful. Consistency is also a result of...
by Nikole Gessler | Mar 29, 2022 | Articles & Videos
It seems like it just started, but we are actually well into 2022 already! At Recursive, we hold our annual planning meeting in December, to firstly review the year that’s been, and plan for the one to come. Part of this planning process sees us setting some goals, be...
by Nikole Gessler | Mar 28, 2022 | Articles & Videos
We have all heard the “No Pain, No Gain” cliche. Many of us, far too many times. While I don’t necessarily agree with the delivery of the message, it does highlight an inescapable truth of life: Without some sort of uncomfortable stimulus we will never undergo any...