March 31, 2004

By: Ingrid Kelly
Website: http://www.1st-in-fitness.com

Living Fitness opens at Newport Coast Shopping Center

Just in time to help you keep your New Year’s resolution of staying fit or getting back into shape, Living Fitness has opened at Newport Coast Shopping Center. Living Fitness is a state-of-the-art personal training facility, providing the finest in motivational instruction and service.

A grand opening reception will be held on Saturday, January 10, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visitors can take a tour of the luxurious and convenient facility, as well as enjoy hors d’oeuvres, champagne and giveaways. Visitors can also meet owners Tom and Nicolette Kousoulas, who have over 30 combined years of experience in the health and fitness industry. In Hollywood, they achieved distinction among the nation’s top trainers, and have kept some of the world’s most expensive bodies in shape.

Living Fitness offers the county’s most experienced fitness instructors, along with the latest cardio equipment. The facility has treadmills, stair climbers, elliptical trainers and bikes by respected names such as Precor, Life Fitness and StairMaster. Each piece is equipped with its own individual plasma-screen for DVDs and CDs.

Living Fitness also has the newest strength equipment by Life Fitness and Hammer Strength and a wide array of performance tools guarantee maximum results in performance, strength, muscle building and toning. This is also the first fitness facility in Orange County to offer Life Fitness’ exclusive Signature Line of advanced strength training equipment.

There is also a dedicated Pilates studio designed to provide a soothing place to discover the benefits of strengthening, elongating and toning your physique. The staff at Living Fitness offers complete fitness assessments, nutritional counseling and more. The facility also has luxurious locker rooms with amenities such as fresh Frette linens, spacious custom wood lockers, showers, and a complete offering of toiletries.

Personal training is a major focus at Living Fitness and only the most experienced trainers are hired. The Living Fitness training system is an integrated mind and muscle technique that combines traditional strength exercises with balance, coordination and dynamic flexibility moves adopted from other disciplines such as yoga and pilates.

The Living Fitness training system consists of five phases, with a personal trainer taking the member through the five phases. When the phases are completed, the member returns to phase one, but at an advanced level. Members continue to go through the phases but at higher levels, so results continue steadily. This progressive training system produces maximum fitness and prevents injury and boredom. The program also places emphasis on cardiovascular training, providing unique and fun cardio challenges for faster results or enhanced performance in a sport.

Author Notes:

Ingrid Kelly contributes and publishes news editorial to http://www.1st-in-fitness.com.  A source of information and helpful tips on various types of fitness equipment.