6 Fat Burning Workouts To Start Your Resolutions HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training)Doing a high intensity interval training workout is a great way to blast calories in a short amount of time. The best part is, that you will continue to burn calories throughout the day as well! By elevating your heart rate by doing an exercise for a short, intense burst (typically 30 seconds – 1 minute) and then resting for a short period of time (typically 10-30 seconds) you train your body to switch between aerobic and anaerobic creating a need for increased energy in the form of burning calories. Just 20-30 minutes of this style of a workout will do the trick!  Indoor CyclingGet your cardio in with a fun and inspiring experience. There is nothing like being in a dark room, music blasting, and a motivating instructor to get READ MORE

6 Calorie Burning Exercises To Get You Through Holiday Season! 1- Burpees Burpees are a simple and effective way to get a total body workout in and burn calories! They can be modified to fit anyone’s ability, or fitness level, you can add weight to make it more challenging, or remove the jumping to make it low impact, the possibilities are endless. You get the full benefits of cardio, strength, core, and more. For the most effective burpee workout, do as many as you can in 1 minute, take a 1-minute recovery and then repeat, trying to beat your record by at least 1 burpee each time. Repeat 3-5 times! - Fortis Fitness Personal Trainer, Tiffany Newlin, NASM, CES 2- Treadmill Sprint Intervals One of the best ways burn calories and continue to do so throughout the day is with interval sprints. On a treadmill, start by jogging READ MORE

Invest In Your EmployeesRecently, Fortis Fitness & YOGALUX was asked to start working with a local business.  This company is a successful, medium-sized business but had a very big problem: their employees were becoming increasingly sedentary and they noticed a decrease in productivity, an increase in sick days, and a lack of company culture.  After taking the time to analyze their issues, we designed a custom program for them: a 12-week weight-loss challenge that includes 2 private classes per week, weekly weigh-ins, nutritional advice, weekly motivational emails, and unlimited access to our classes and gym.  The company would provide prizes for teams that lost the highest percentage of weight each week, as well as 2 grand prizes for the male and female who had the highest percentage loss of weight at the end of the 12 weeks.We are happy to report that through only 5 of the 12 READ MORE