March Challenge
For the month of March we are heading back to the cardio machines. This challenge will be to see who can get the fastest time on a 1500m row on the Concept2 rower. History Looking for a way to continue...
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February Fitness Challenge Congratulations to our member Chris Palamos for winning January's fast 3mile stationary bile challenge with a time of 4:04! Also congratulations to strength coach Jonathan James for having the fastest overall time of 4minutes flat! Our second...
continue readingExercises That Develop Muscular Strength
Muscular strength is the ability of muscles to apply maximum force in a single repetition, or very few repetitions. Generally 6 reps or less to fatigue. Training muscular strength is not for the feint of heart. It requires you to...
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Pursuing Excellence in the Gym and in Life
For too many people the concept of pursuing excellence may seem like a big, scary and hard task to accomplish, let alone on a daily basis! At Function Health Club, we strive to continually pursue excellence in our fitness and...
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Summer Nutrition Check In
Summer has come to us early this year. Although sometimes it doesn’t stick around consistently in Vancouver, we want to stay energized to take advantage of every second. Back in January we talked 2016 resolutions and then yesterday followed that up...
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Grip Strength Predicts Death Risk Better Than Blood Pressure
Terms like blood pressure, cholesterol and heart rate are common when talking about health. We have been taught over and over again to measure the readings for these biometrics, and how important it is to keep those readings within "healthy"...
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