by alkalign | Dec 29, 2021 | Community, Fitness & Exercise, Motivation, Nutritious Movement, Testimonial
By Emmanuelle Hertel My journey to becoming an Alkalign instructor started from a place of low self-confidence and poor body image. From early childhood, the notion that I was chubby or “big-boned” was instilled in me by people very close to me, and then reinforced...
by Marlene | Jan 15, 2021 | Community, Fitness, Fitness & Exercise, Motivation, Nutritious Movement
Originally posted on Smart Bites by Zing. January is a time of resolutions. By now, most people have made one or two…or 10! We make them with the best of intentions, relying on willpower to overcome past behaviors we don’t like and turn them into something positive....
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 | 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 | 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...
