by Marlene | Jan 15, 2020 | Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Motivation, Nutritious Movement
At Alkalign, we focus on movement patterns, not muscle groups, when exercising to develop a functionally strong body. At its core, exercise is all about movement. Alkalign is a workout that always builds you up and never breaks you down. You only get one body; start...
by Marlene | Dec 10, 2019 | Community, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Mobility, Testimonial
The reasons people walk in the doors of our studio vary from person to person, but the reasons they stay are powerful. We love hearing about the reasons our clients choose to keep coming back and how it has impacted their life. Our client and friend, Champa, recently...
by Marlene | Oct 25, 2019 | Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Mobility, Motivation, Nutritious Movement
As a product of our ‘hardcore’ society, we’ve been conditioned to believe ‘No Pain, No Gain.’ This could not be further from the truth, but moving past that mindset requires you to re-evaluate the way you’ve been trained to think...
by Marlene | Jun 18, 2019 | Community, Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Motivation
After umpteen years of pounding the pavement and flirting with every new exercise trend – and having just received a “gnarly MRI” on my knee – the stars aligned and Elise Fiechtner brought Alkalign to Ada, Michigan. I quickly learned that “low impact” doesn’t mean...
by Marlene | Jun 10, 2019 | Community, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Motivation, Podcast
Alkalign founder and owner Erin Paruszewski and Master Instructor Cathy Purnell join forces as newbie podcasters to have conversations on health and wellness in their brand new podcast called “Alkalign Unplugged.” As a lifelong athlete, Erin is...
by Marlene | Apr 25, 2019 | Community, Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Motivation, Nutritious Movement
As I reflect upon the past year, I would never have dreamed that I would do one Alkalign class, yet a year later I’m at almost 200 classes! I never considered myself an “excerisey” person, and definitely not a barre class person. No way. Not me. I tried a barre...
