Class conflict. Fort Wayne Fitness Blog

Class conflict. Fort Wayne Fitness Blog

Spiece Fitness has a benefit that some people don’t know exists and that is group fitness classes. Your gym may offer the same benefit – I know the Y does in Fort Wayne.  They are offered mornings and evenings and weekends. On Saturday mornings at Spiece...
Saturday mornings. Fort Wayne Fitness Blog

Saturday mornings. Fort Wayne Fitness Blog

Ten years ago you would find me at home on most Saturday mornings. Around nine years ago, I joined Spiece Fitness and started working out by myself in the weight room.  Five years ago a personal trainer who was a Spiece member asked me to work out with them. For five...
Go ahead- Punch me in the stomach. Fort Wayne Fitness Blog

Go ahead- Punch me in the stomach. Fort Wayne Fitness Blog

The guys at Basches Martial Arts say I have 6 or 8-pack abdominals. I don’t know if they are, but after looking at them I can say my abs are in the best shape of my life. Some people will ask me what I do for them so I thought I’d write about them today. ...

Shane, are you coming to class?

Last Saturday at Spiece while I was working my chest on the incline bench press I had something interesting happen. Derek, the personal trainer, had just finished spotting me and we were in between sets.  We heard a voice behind us say, “Shane. Are you coming to...
Working the Chest at Spiece Fitness

Working the Chest at Spiece Fitness

When I first started working out with weights, the chest was one of the muscle groups I exercised. The main exercise I performed was the flat bench barbell press and dumbbell flyes.  Forty years later, I still exercise the chest and bench presses are the main...