Riverside Health and Fitness

Every year in Riverside between January and March, oranges are found in abundance and ripe for the picking along the streets of Victoria and just about anywhere an orange tree can be found. A farm we frequent every year to offer a helping hand (and to also get a good workout in) is the Astfalk farm. In total, we filled two large boxes, totaling 1466 lbs of oranges to be brought to Overflow Farms!

Overflow Farms is a non-profit organization here in Riverside dedicated to growing wholesome foods for the community, local food banks, pantries, and churches who help those in need

The winner of our orange picking competition was Mike and Mary Disbrow! Mike and Mary picked a total of 300 lbs of oranges together! Wow! Good job everybody and great time working together!

Good job to our RHF Running and Walking group last Saturday! Many of them had new PRs to celebrate! What a way to start this year strong! 💪

Celebrating a successful 6th year of health and fitness on December 13, 2025!

-Winner of the 2025 Best You Transformational Challenge Winner was awarded to Lisa Higgins!
-Medals handed out to all 4 competitors of the 2025 Best You Transformational Challenge
-2025 Todor Award for Most Inspirational Athlete was Awarded to Kathleen Garcia
-Our judge panel of health, inspirational, and fitness experts and former Best You champions Patty Astfalk (2021) gave feedback on judging and being your Best You from the inside out!
Special Thanks!!!
-Music by our very own resident DJ and RHF member, Armando of Q the Music Entertainment
-Breakfast tacos by Pam Nusser from Blackberry Farm Catering
-Medals and trophies by Kristy from Trophies Unlimited
-Our 2025 Best You Judge Panel: Trainer Nancy Castro from San Diego Spiritual Wellness Stretch and Strength and Riverside Trainer Robert Ciresi

What a celebration and thank you all for being a part of it!

Feeling festive this morning at the Lopers Holiday Classic Race. What a way to finish 2025 strong during the holidays!

Our next race will be the Citrus Heritage race. Please contact us for more information and to be a part of the fun. This is a great way to start the new year strong together!

It's that time again! Time to announce the winner of our annual Planksgiving Challenge!!! Patty did an UNFORGETTABLE and impressive plank time of 00:07:21.00! For all members who participated, congratulations for giving it your best!

Riverside Health and Fitness aims to make your experience as a member enjoyable and fun! Workouts don’t always have to be painful and lonely. That’s why every quarter, we introduce a competition to keep things interesting! We strive to find ways to motivate you all to be your Best You together.

We hope you all had an amazing Thanksgiving with loved ones! Our morning today started with committed members after Thanksgiving Day getting their workout in and sticking to routine. Some like RHF member, Clark and family decided to represent Riverside Health and Fitness away on vacation at a local Turkey Trot. Super proud of all who continue to keep fitness as their lifestyle!

Riverside Health and Fitness aims to make your experience as a member enjoyable and fun! Workouts don’t always have to be painful and lonely. That’s why every quarter, we introduce a competition to keep things interesting! We strive to find ways to motivate you all to be your Best You together.

Our third quarter competition was all about muscular strength and flexibility. We measured that based on the longest time each RHF athlete can hold a dead hang with an overhead bar during this quarter.

A huge RHF congratulations to Gary Astfalk for the longest dead hang time of 00:02:01.64!! For all members who participated, congratulations for giving it your best! Gary displayed all aspects of successful muscular strength and flexibility which include adaptation to grip strength, mobility and flexibility, and trust in his trainers. Job well done!

Riverside Health and Fitness supports runners and power walkers of all levels and age groups! As a group, we train and encourage each other each week to reach that finish line with safety and progression in mind. Some have gone through our training and have completed their first race with us! Its an honor seeing many hit that goal! We had so much fun finishing the Mission Inn Race last weekend and look forward to the next race together! Contact us for more info and to join in on the fun!

Riverside Health and Fitness aims to make your experience as a member enjoyable and fun! Workouts don’t always have to be painful and lonely. That’s why every quarter, we introduce a competition to keep things interesting! We strive to find ways to motivate you all to be your Best You together.

Our second quarter competition was all about consistency. We measured that based on the amount of steps each RHF athlete logged in with their trainers during this quarter.

A huge RHF congratulations to Patty Astfalk for the most steps and consistently logging in her steps each day! Patty did an amazing 1,440,034 steps!! Wow! For all members who participated, congratulations for giving it your best! Patty displayed all aspects of successful consistent training which include discipline, accountability, trust in her trainers, and dedication to healthy fitness habits in and outside of the gym. Job well done!

FUN FACT: Patty has been our reigning champion for the Steps Competition for 6 consecutive years now! She is one consistent athlete! This year, she averaged about 17,349 steps/day! We are so proud of her!

A message from our Most Inspirational Athlete, Todor Anguelov:

“I’ve very recently been given the option, and have decided that every day is gonna be a great day. That leaves the door open for an awesome day. Apparently, what you decide will be true, will actually become true. Please do the same, and decide that today will be a great day!”

Riverside Health and Fitness aims to make your experience as a member enjoyable and fun! Workouts don’t always have to be painful and lonely. That’s why every quarter, we introduce a competition to keep things interesting! We strive to find ways to motivate you all to be your Best You together.

Our first quarter competition was all about muscular speed. We measured that based on the most steps each RHF athlete can complete in 10 minutes on the stairmaster during this quarter.

A huge RHF congratulations to Alex Gibbs for 893 steps in 10 minutes on the stairmaster!! For all members who participated, congratulations for giving it your best! Alex displayed all aspects of successful muscular speed which include adaptation to endurance, efficient use of energy reserves, and maintaining speed just below VO2 max. Job well done!

From working out with your significant other, to working out with friends, to even working out by yourself, your investing time and love to the thing that will improve your health and fitness! Two thumbs up to many of you making that investment today! Your RHF trainers appreciate you all being our Valentine ;)