Lapine Fitness Studio

Another member spotlight because our LFS members are the best! 🤩

p.floris has been with LFS and is a great example of what can happen when you consistently show up and challenge yourself! 💪

Rebecca has been coming to LFS going on 2 years, helping keep the community and our plants🌱thriving. It’s been great to witness her growth and see new members come in, see Rebecca going hard, and say “I want to be able to do what she’s doing”. Truly an inspiration!!! 🥹

This is Rebecca doing her 70 lb military press (mind you, she just started this exercise a few weeks ago). Something to be admired!! 🏋️‍♀️

Rebecca, keep on showing up and showing out!! 💃 Your coaches and fellow members notice and appreciate you. 🙂‍↕️🥰

Now this one is pretty advanced y’all! 🫠

Here at LFS we don’t usually train FOR stability; we train for strength. 💪

But once you get super strong, you need to ensure that not only is proper technique being executed, but that the things that are harder for coaches to see (like internal muscle stability) are also being prioritized. 🤞

Hence why we had Dan try lifting a barbell with hanging weight plates that can simulate the ‘shakiness’ of a bamboo/earthquake barbell. 🏋️‍♂️

Unlike a regular barbell, a bamboo/earthquake barbell, bends. Meaning the weight shakes as it moves. So if the weight is shaking? 🫨 The lifter has to fight not to, 🙅‍♂️ by engaging their core and shoulders that much more to make sure the movement stays controlled. 🙂‍↕️

So when Dan tries his regular bench again, he’ll know how to control the weight better. Because moving a weight with control and proper muscle recruitment >>> means moving a weight safely. 💪

Coach Johnny is flyinggggg! 👐

And Coach Gabe is channeling full Leo energy 🔥he’ll never let go ❤️‍🔥

Taking on the Titanic Challenge with Coach Amy providing the dramatic fan-blown wind effects for the full movie experience 🌬️🎬

We love a good love story at LFS 🥰

Who would be YOUR trio for this challenge? 😍👇

Once upon a time (about a week ago), the coaches of LFS took on the helicopter challenge. 🚁

You may or may not remember, but it was mentioned that the fierce Coach Amy thought up another challenge, convinced that the coaches’ core strength deserved a tougher test. 👺💪

Which brings us here, to the feared, revered, floating plank. 👻

The coaches had to anchor their legs on a box, and move from a straight arm plank to holding onto a barbell, which was anchored by another coach. 😵‍💫

Core stability was tested. Shoulder stability was tested. Mental WILLPOWER might have been the hardest test of all. 😪

Who will fall first??? 🫨

Which coach will be crowned the core king/queen? 🤴

Leave a comment below 🧐

It’s the start of graduation season…and LFS has been having some graduations of our own! 🎓👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓👨‍🎓

Just this week, one of our newer members, Mae, graduated to floor push-ups! 👏

Mae was doing her push-ups in the rack, executing well, as usual. A little…too well. 🧐🤨

Of course, we want members to keep form throughout the exercise! But coaches can sense when the form is SO good that an
additional challenge might be in order.🫣

This was one of those cases. And Mae, being the good sport she is, took Coach Morgan up on her challenge to move her push-ups down to the floor. 💃

Mae, being humble, was unsure if it was going to happen, since it’s been a while since she’s tried them. But with a gentle nudge of encouragement from the coach and the other lovely members in that session, Mae set out to defy gravity! 🙌

AND PUMPED OUT 4 PUSH-UPS JUST LIKE THAT! 😱

Mae, we don’t have a cap and gown to give you, but we are celebrating!!! With floor push-ups in your back pocket, we’ve now unlocked a whole new world of workouts! Congrats on the new achievement, and cheers to many more to come!🙂‍↕️💪