Frequently Asked Questions

Workouts last between 12-20 minutes. The intensity of the work is high, so sessions are brief out of necessity.

You will feel changes within the first couple of sessions and you will be stronger by your second workout. You will begin to see visible changes after 8-12 weeks of training.

Absolutely! In order to stimulate change in the body, an intense stimulus is required. When intense exercise is delivered, 12-20 minutes is all that you will be able to tolerate. Once the stimulus has been delivered, your body requires 3-7 days to complete its adaptive response. As you become stronger and better conditioned, you will become more effective at generating intensity, so your workouts may be shorter and less frequent. Most of our clients train about 12 minutes once per week!

You will be greeted by your trainer upon arrival. Machine adjustments will be optimized for you prior to your session. Your instructor will guide you through 5-8 different strength training machines, monitoring your form and effort, ensuring an intense full body workout.

Yes, in fact it should be the only way older or deconditioned adults should exercise. This is because our super-slow lifting speeds, professional supervision, and specialized equipment won’t exacerbate any pre-existing injuries and will in fact rehabilitate or reverse many issues. Also, the older we get, the faster we lose muscle, which leads to falls, injuries, joint problems, loss of bone density and cognitive decline. The key to preventing or reversing these issues is engaging in a safe, yet intense strength-training program.

We all want healthy hearts, and we want to do everything we can to maintain terrific cardiovascular health. When you go for a jog, you’re using your legs and swinging your arms – you’re not working your heart directly. Instead, you’re placing a direct demand on your muscles, which in turn are placing the demand on your heart. Your heart cannot differentiate between the effort from riding a bike or doing squats. It merely responds to the need for oxygen and nutrients from working muscles.

Recent studies have shown that the heart can be improved more efficiently by placing an intense demand on the muscles via strength training rather than through steady-state activities. This is incredibly valuable information because while steady-state activity might end up strengthening the heart, it carries with it orthopedic side effects that can be destructive.

If you have chronic back pain, you should try Ultimate Exercise. Regardless of the cause, we discovered the most effective way to improve chronic back pain is through an aggressive strength training regimen that accurately targets the lower back musculature.

We do this for two main reasons – safety and efficiency.

Slow lifting dramatically reduces the forces that commonly cause injury to your joints, muscles, and connective tissue.

Slow lifting also reduces momentum, which requires the muscles to do most of the work. The result is muscle failure achieved in a minimum amount of time, giving you a much more efficient workout. When you can no longer move the weight, the stimulus for muscle growth has begun.