VIDA Specialty Squad: Christine Kontra
Christine Kontra is a VIDA personal trainer and group fitness instructor who is also a badass martial arts athlete. She recently won a world championship in kickboxing!
Christine Kontra is a VIDA personal trainer and group fitness instructor who is also a badass martial arts athlete. She recently won a world championship in kickboxing!
At VIDA Fitness The Yards, we recently brought in some amazing new equipment that we think will take everyone’s workouts to the next level! Take a minute to learn about these new pieces, and find out what The Yards General Manager Colleen Palomaa is most excited to bring to the gym floor.
With the help of one of our registered dietitians and tons of hours logged lifting weights and hitting the indoor cycle studio, VIDA member Brian O'Connell has lost more than 45 pounds this year alone! We had to learn more about his incredible journey.
Our Beginner's Guide to VIDA Fitness breaks down everything you need to know to make the most out of your gym membership.
Nick Scherer joined VIDA in April 2017, and it’s safe to say that he’s found his #fitfam. We caught up with him to learn more about his motivation to become a part of the VIDA community, his typical workout routine, and how he spends his time outside the gym.
Let’s be real: Your gym bag is pretty much your life. It’s stashed with everything you need for a workout, but it also carries the essentials. So what does the #VIDAFitFam keep in their gym bags? We decided to take a peek and find out!
Every four years at VIDA, we swap out all of our cardio equipment and bring in a fresh collection of bikes, ellipticals, treadmills, and stepmills for you to enjoy. You’ll always find the latest and greatest because that’s what our members deserve! Before the new equipment makes its way to the gym floor, we’re giving you an inside look at what to expect with these upgrades.
Join VIDA Fitness Master Trainer and yoga instructor Kelly Moyers for Yoga Trapeze, a prop-based inversion yoga class that’s the best of both worlds: It’s therapeutic because it can help minimize stubborn back pain, but it’s also a lot of fun because, well, who doesn’t wanna feel like they’re flying through the air?
Even with those doubts and failures, I stayed the course--which I’ve learned is the key to fitness. It’s less about obsessing over a “perfect” diet and workout schedule 100 percent of the time, and more about consistency, focus and not giving up.
If you regularly hit the gym, you know that your gym bag is pretty much your life. We got curious about the contents in the gym bags of those in the VIDA community, so we decided to take a peek for ourselves!