| t | <font color="#993300" size="2"><strong><font face= | t | Welcome to the Monkey Bar Gymnasium's Online Membe |
| "Arial">Welcome to the Monkey Bar Gymnasium's Onli | | rship! We recommend that you complete the followi |
| ne Membership! We recommend that you complet | | ng steps before beginning your training. If you h |
| e the following steps before beginning your traini | | ave any questions about getting started, please co |
| ng. If you have any questions about getting | | ntact us!
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| started, please <a href="http://www.monkeybargym.c | | |
| om/excluded-page-7/">contact us!</a></font></stron | | |
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| <p><font color="#993300" size="2"><strong>1) <a hr | |
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| ef="http://www.monkeybargym.com/members/?page_id=8 | | |
| ">Fitness Test</a></strong></font></p>
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| <p><font color="#993300" size="2">Where you begin | | 1) Fitness Test
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| depends on your current level of fitness. We | | |
| suggest you begin at the stability level and work | | |
| your way up so that you adapt your body to the de | | |
| mands of the exercises. Follow the progressi | | |
| ons and proceed to the next level only when you ca | | |
| n maintain perfect form at the current level.</fon | | |
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| <p><font color="#993300" size="2"><strong>1.</stro | |
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| ng> <strong>Stability (and alignment)- </strong>Th | | |
| is level focuses on improving your ability to alig | | |
| n your body correctly. It is extremely impor | | |
| tant that you develop a good base before moving on | | |
| to the strength level of training. </font>< | | |
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| | | Where you begin depends on your current level of f |
| | | itness. We suggest you begin at the stability lev |
| | | el and work your way up so that you adapt your bod |
| | | y to the demands of the exercises. Follow the pro |
| | | gressions and proceed to the next level only when |
| | | you can maintain perfect form at the current level |
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| | | 1. Stability (and alignment)- This level focuses o |
| | | n improving your ability to align your body correc |
| | | tly. It is extremely important that you develop a |
| | | good base before moving on to the strength level |
| | | of training.
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| <p><font color="#993300" size="2"><strong>2</stron | | 2. Strength is the second level of training. Stre |
| g>. <strong>Strength </strong>is the second level | | ngth level focuses on making the same stability ex |
| of training. Strength level focuses on makin | | ercises more challenging through greater range of |
| g the same stability exercises more challenging th | | motion and added resistance. |
| rough greater range of motion and added resistance | | |
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| <p><font color="#993300" size="2"><strong>3. Power | |
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| </strong>is the highest level. Power level | | |
| exercises are much faster and more dynamic and thu | | |
| s require much higher levels of both strength and | | |
| stability. Have you ever heard the statement | | |
| "Speed without control is a dangerous thing? | | |
| " Stability and strength are essential | | |
| to your success at power level.</font></p>
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| <p><font color="#993300" size="2"><strong><a href= | | 3. Power is the highest level. Power level exerci |
| "http://www.monkeybargym.com/members/?page_id=8">C | | ses are much faster and more dynamic and thus requ |
| lick here to take the Fitness Test!</a></strong></ | | ire much higher levels of both strength and stabil |
| font> </p>
| | ity. Have you ever heard the statement "Speed wit |
| | | hout control is a dangerous thing?" Stability and |
| | | strength are essential to your success at power l |
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| <font color="#993300" size="2"><strong>2) <a href= | | Click here to take the Fitness Test!
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| "http://www.monkeybargym.com/members/?page_id=76"> | | |
| Workout Tips</a><br />
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| At the Monkey Bar Gymnasium, we focus on tradition | |
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| al bodyweight exercises. As you progress fro | | |
| m stability to strength, to power, you will learn | | |
| how to add resistance to these traditional movemen | | |
| ts. Proper alignment and good form are criti | | |
| cal to your success and a must if you want to avoi | | |
| d injury. Our workout tips offer suggestions | | |
| on how to progress safely. Just remember<st | | |
| rong>, "if you strain to gain, you will end i | | |
| n pain"! </strong></font><font color="# | | |
| 993300" size="2">The Monkey Bar Gymnasium's workou | | |
| ts are extremely physically demanding and must be | | |
| approached with caution. If you are new to w | | |
| orking out, try only doing half of each workout fo | | |
| r the first 2-4 weeks and slowly work your way up | | |
| to the full reps, sets, and weight recommendations | | |
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| | 2) Workout Tips
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| "2">3) <a href="http://www.monkeybargym.com/member | | |
| s/?page_id=5">MBG Video Library<br />
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| | At the Monkey Bar Gymnasium, we focus on tradition |
| | | al bodyweight exercises. As you progress from sta |
| | | bility to strength, to power, you will learn how t |
| | | o add resistance to these traditional movements. |
| | | Proper alignment and good form are critical to you |
| | | r success and a must if you want to avoid injury. |
| | | Our workout tips offer suggestions on how to prog |
| | | ress safely. Just remember, "if you strain to gai |
| | | n, you will end in pain"! The Monkey Bar Gymnasiu |
| | | m's workouts are extremely physically demanding an |
| | | d must be approached with caution. If you are new |
| | | to working out, try only doing half of each worko |
| | | ut for the first 2-4 weeks and slowly work your wa |
| | | y up to the full reps, sets, and weight recommenda |
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| | | 3) MBG Video Library
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| </font></strong></font><font color="#993300" size= | | The Monkey Bar Gymnasium is unlike most other gyms |
| "2">The Monkey Bar Gymnasium is unlike most other | | , because we don't use traditional equipment or fo |
| gyms, because we don't use traditional equipment o | | cus on isolating large muscle groups. Our workout |
| r focus on isolating large muscle groups. Ou | | s focus 100% on functional fitness and full body m |
| r workouts focus 100% on functional fitness and fu | | ovements. Please visit our video library in order |
| ll body movements. Please visit our video li | | to familiarize yourself with our exercises. |
| brary in order to familiarize yourself with our ex | | |
| ercises. <br /> | | |
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| <font color="#993300" size="2"><strong>4) <a href= | | -------------------------------------------------- |
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| </a><strong></strong></font><font color="#993300" | | 4) Nutrition
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| • Working out is only a small part of being t | | • Working out is only a small part of being truly |
| ruly physically fit and healthy. </font> | | physically fit and healthy. |
| <p><font color="#993300" size="2">• <strong>L | | • Less then 1/4 of all adults eat the recommended |
| ess then</strong> 1/4 of all adults eat the recomm | | number of daily servings of fruits and vegetables. |
| ended number of daily servings of <strong>fruits < | |
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| /strong>and <strong>vegetables.</strong></font></p | | |
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| <p><font color="#993300" size="2">• You can < | | • You can significantly improve your performance b |
| strong>significantly improve your performance</str | | y eating a diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables |
| ong> by eating a diet that is rich in fruits, vege | | , and whole grains. |
| tables, and whole grains.</font></p> | | |
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| </font><font color="#993300">Eating a <strong>pla | | |
| nt based </strong>diet will help <strong>decrease | | |
| </strong>your risk for <strong>high blood pressure | | |
| , stroke, certain types of cancer,</strong> <stron | | |
| g>heart disease</strong>, <strong>type 2 diabetes< | | |
| /strong>, and other health problems related to <st | | |
| rong>obesity.<br />
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| | • Eating a plant based diet will help decrease you |
| | | r risk for high blood pressure, stroke, certain ty |
| | | pes of cancer, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and |
| | | other health problems related to obesity.
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