Todd Smith Fitness

Before you add intensity, ask one question: have you built the base?

Most women over 40 are doing cardio backwards — chasing intensity with no foundation under it. Think of fitness as a pyramid: it can only be as tall as its base is wide. That base is zone 2 cardio, and it builds your aerobic fitness, endurance, recovery, and your body's ability to use fat for fuel.
Jump straight to high-intensity and you just add fatigue and skip the foundation.

Build the base first — so when you're ready to train harder, your body can actually benefit. Train smarter, not harder. https://www.toddsmithfitness.com/

You think you're too old to start lifting. You're exactly who needs to.

Age is the reason to build strength, not the reason to skip it. The muscle you build now keeps you strong, mobile, and independent for the decades ahead, and it's never too late to start. At Ultimate Workout in Omaha every move is coached, controlled, and scaled to you, so you build strength safely at any age. Muscle-first, every level, every age.

Start today, first class is on us.
📍 76th & Cass, Omaha.

Everybody in the longevity world is talking about VO2 max — and they're right, it matters: a higher VO2 max tends to mean a longer life. But here's what keeps getting left out — muscle mass. I'd argue it's an even stronger predictor of how well you age.
So don't chase one and skip the other. Cardio for VO2 max, strength for muscle — train both, on purpose. And the best part? It fits in just three hours a week.

Come join us at Todd Smith Fitness: https://www.toddsmithfitness.com/

You're working out and still not seeing results. It's not that you're lazy, most gyms just stop at the workout. 💙 Results come from four pillars: mindset, nutrition, workouts, and recovery. At Ultimate Workout in Omaha all four are coached, and the parts most gyms upsell are included: nutrition guidance, InBody scans, and a coach on the floor every class. We guarantee results if you do the work. The workout was only one quarter of it.

🔗 Come get the whole system, first class is on us: https://ultimateworkout.com/new-member/
📍 76th & Cass, Omaha.

A different take on training after 40.

A naive trainer assumes a standing dumbbell press beats a seated lateral raise for your shoulders. But that standing press demands core bracing, thoracic mobility, balance, and leg stability — most people don't have all of it, so they just survive the lift. A seated lateral raise hits the same deltoids, is easier to master, safer, and lets you actually target the muscle.
Everyone argues sets, reps, and load. The real questions are simpler: Can I do it correctly? Can I stay injury-free? Can I do it pain-free for the next 20 years? Can I master it? Complexity is not progression — mastery is. Come train that way with us: https://www.toddsmithfitness.com/

This is what leg day looks like at Todd Smith Fitness.

Coach Jadyn walks you through it: banded hip thrusts, glute hyperextension, hamstring curls, a little abduction (can't forget the glutes), and the leg press to finish. Five exercises, targeted muscle stimulation, and the lower-body strength that supports your metabolism.
And if past injuries have held you back — that's exactly what our trainers are for: adapting every workout so everyone can progress safely. Zero excuses, just smart training. Come train with us: https://www.toddsmithfitness.com/

Today's the last day to vote for Best of Omaha 2027 — so we let our members and trainers say why.

"The people are the best. The weight training is the best." "Fit at every age — I'm not getting injured, I'm just getting stronger." "The camaraderie. The expertise. Everybody's welcome." "By far the best thing of my day." "Eleven years, and it's my favorite 60 minutes of the day."
For 41 years we've grown on word of mouth, not ads — so your vote is the community saying "this works." Today's the last chance to cast it, and it takes a minute: https://www.omahamagazine.com/vote/. Thank you, Omaha.

Most people train their core completely wrong. Here are three myths getting in your way.

Meet the muscle almost everyone forgets: your transverse abdominis — the deep core that holds everything in. Myth 1: cardio is the best way to lose belly fat (your body adapts to steady cardio fast). Myth 2: endless crunches flatten your stomach (train the core with resistance instead — drop the high reps, add load). Myth 3: the "missed muscle" — crunches barely touch your TVA, so work it through moves like the dumbbell pullover.
The better approach: lift heavy, train your TVA, and skip the endless cardio. Come train with us at Todd Smith Fitness: https://www.toddsmithfitness.com/