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...
by Marlene | Apr 15, 2019 | Community, Environment, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Motivation, Nutritious Movement
Every challenge we host in our studios brings out the best in us all! We are happy to end our March Madness Buddy Challenge with this amazing testimonial from one of our Los Altos studio clients, Kristen Stothard. She shared with us what ALKALIGN stands for and we...
by Marlene | Mar 11, 2019 | Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Mobility, Motivation, Nutritious Movement
Your body is a system of systems that work together to help you functionally move in everyday life as well as perform better in every activity you engage in. Why would you treat your body as separate parts on your workout days? We’ve all heard the infamous line from...
by Erin Paruszewski | Feb 11, 2019 | Environment, Fitness & Exercise, Functional Fitness, Mobility
Barry’s Bootcamp recently opened in Palo Alto, CA and my Co-Director of Innovation, Lizzie, invited me to join her for a class. We alternated between running on the treadmill and heavy weights on the floor. During the second set of treadmill sprints it happened: the...
