Fitness & Wellness Blog

We’re coming with you on your next vacay! Here’s the definitive guide to all our warmer-weather destination locations, plus exclusive offers and packages just for you. EXHALE AT THE GANSEVOORT TURKS & CAICOS The word “vacation” is often associated with images of tours, dining, and physical activity but there is a definite trend moving towards health and wellness, and here in the Turks and Caicos Islands, you may choose from a myriad of healthy resources to recharge your body, mind and soul and have you feeling refreshed and healthier than when you arrived. Learn more > EXHALE AT THE FAIRMONT SANTA MONICA Stay, play, save. Experience the very best of Santa Monica

by Core Fusion Co-Founder, Fred DeVito 1. Don't quit on your plank position. This is the foundation for all positions to come in class and the challenge is more mental than physical. 2. Clear your mind, focus on your breath and give your best effort to every position and every move. 3. Less is more. Focus on form over movement and make this your mantra. 4. In thigh work, do your best not to straighten your legs and come out of the position. You may need to reduce the intensity by coming up higher but try not to completely release the position. 5. For all abdominal work focus on pulling in and breathing without releasing your ab

By Fred DeVito It’s a new year, and now more than ever, you’re ready to conquer your fitness goals. At the beginning of a new year, we’re usually pretty good at keeping up with our goals. Then, life interrupts – we make it to an occasional class, we fret over our loss of control, then we beat ourselves up over the entire ordeal.  This dynamic is called self-induced stress, and is a common pitfall that leads to low morale and poor self-esteem. How quickly we can go from being on top of our fitness routine to falling completely off the wagon! Here are a few ways to put a halt

Flat Back is an old-school exercise: it has roots with Lotte Berk, the founder of the Barre technique back in the ‘60’s. It has been a staple in core conditioning exercises for barre classes ever since. There are so many benefits of mastering the Flat Back position. It’s a results-oriented, efficient exercise with real results that keep students returning to the barre: a leaner waistline and a stronger core. If you can master this position, it’ll improve your performance in every other exercise in the class, as well as your posture, strength, and balance in the studio and out. In Flat Back, you press your back into the wall and

Round Back is a classic barre exercise: it has roots with Lotte Berk, the founder of the barre technique back in the 1960’s. It’s also a functional exercise position for gymnastic and springboard diver athletes. A staple in core conditioning exercises in every barre class, Round Back is the second exercise position in your core conditioning trifecta: Flat Back, then Round Back, followed by the Curl. Flat Back and Round Back are two of the most misunderstood barre exercises – and they’re also some of the most effective. Both exercises complement each other to brace and stabilize the core, but with Round Back, there is an added challenge: spinal flexibility. As

Push-ups will help strengthen and tone the entire upper body, and also works your stabilizing muscles in your core. It is best to think of this exercise as a moving plank. HOW TO DO IT: Place your hands (with your fingers spread open and facing mostly forward) off the mat a bit wider than your shoulders on the floor.Shift your weight to the front of your thighs with your bent knees slightly wider than your hips and your feet uncrossed and toward your glutes.Assume a horizontal body position with your ears over your shoulders, your chin in, your tailbone dropped, your shoulders over your hips and your fingers spread open.Lower

It’s here: our January calendar! It's a new year but some things stay the same, like our commitment to making wellbeing a part of our day-to-day routine. From self-care tips to planning your workout, here’s what we have planned this month. No matter how much (or how little!) time you have, there are plenty of ways to get that done-and-done feeling and make time for wellbeing – every day. Find out what exhale’s experts are up to this month!

Same great classes. New great vibes. And we can’t WAIT for you to experience it! Exhale’s newly created Innovation Lab has been developing fresh new variations and movements for exhale’s Barre class. The result? Flowing, challenging additions that will engage your whole body and mind and leave you with an even greater sense of length and total body strength. Read on to find out more! Who’s involved? The Innovation Lab is led by Bergen Wheeler, exhale’s National Director of Mind Body Innovation and Talent. Every quarter, a team of teachers come together to innovate and evolve a class genre supported by a panel of movement experts (see innovation advisory board panelists below). What’s our

In honor of #BikiniDay, here’s a special Bikini Day workout! But first, repeat after us: Every. Body. Is. A. Bikini. Body. Yep, your body is beautiful – in whatever swimwear you choose. Barre class is one of the best ways to feel long, lean, and strong in your bikini with moves that work for every body type to sculpt, improve posture, and tone. Here are our favorite moves for a bikini body: OVER THE SHOULDER There’s no better time to tone your upper back so you’re confident and have good posture in your bikini and strapless dress! These 3 exercises targeting your upper back are perfect for at home or on-the-go. You