Featured Locals Fitness - The Body Shop

Featured locals fitness - The Body Shop Fitness Company in Southern Pines has extensive facilities, warm encouraging staff, knowledgeable trainers, and a history of changing people's lives by showing them how to be fit. The Body Shop has both free weights and tons of nautilus style equipment for you to change that body into what you've been dreaming of. The hardest part of truly changing your fitness level is just getting started. You build up slowly as your body gains strength and flexibility after each session. And the difference in the way you feel is incredible. You'll meet new people with common goals and have a great time in the process.

The Body Shop has an extensive floor of nautilus equipment and free weights to build your strength and stamina. Exercises for chest, shoulders, back, legs, triceps, biceps and calves can all be done within a quick stroll of each other. If you've been working out and you're looking for that extra boost to your workout, or you're intensity level has flattened out, their trainers can show you how to get over the hump. If you're just getting started, they can work with you to melt body fat away, increase your flexibility and get your legs back under you again, so you can begin to truly change your body. Once the process starts and you begin to see the difference in the way you feel and act, you'll slowly start to discover that you miss it when you're not there.

One of the first things that a lot of us need to do, when we get started is to get on a consistent schedule of cardio training. There's just something about pushing yourself on the treadmill or cross trainer after a hectic day. When the sweat starts to pour, the worries of the day and other concerns don't seem so big anymore. The more time you spend doing cardio, the more oxygen you bring into your body. Consistent Cardio = Higher Metabolism = More oxygen = Stronger Body = Better health = Better sleep = Better skin tone = A whole NEW You! And the stronger you make your body, the quicker your body burns fat that you take in. You don't have to eat sprouts and lettuce to keep a fit body. You just have to eat sensibly on a regular basis, and maybe splurge every once in a while. The great thing is that the more cardio you do on a regular basis, the easier it is for your body to process the fatty foods when you do eat them. In other words, you can afford to splurge a little bit, when you're working out regularly. Cardio pared with strength training and flexibility training on a regular basis can completely change your life.

The staff at The Body Shop can guide you through the process no matter if you're just getting started or looking to step it up a notch. The Body Shop has numerous classes to help you achieve that body you've been looking for as well. Step classes, bike classes, and strength training classes are all designed to enhance your work out regimen. Class schedules are posted online and in the gym for your convenience.

Let's Take a Look at Just what all The Body Shop Has to Offer Compared to Some of those so called Silver or Gold Class Gyms

Great Equipment and Facilities From free weights to the latest in Nautilus equipment and machines, they've got it all at the The Body Shop.

Great Staff  Trainers, Nutrition, Massage Therapists, MMA Training masters, Kenpo Karate, Step and Bike Classes, Staff that's been in the fitness and nutrition industry for years that understand how to put you on the right path, no matter what level you're at.

Katie Jo Schmidt - Trainer and WBFF Athlete helps others reach their fitness goals at The Body Shop.

Super Kid Friendly  Ever been to those gyms that just throw the kids in a room and you worry about them the whole time you're trying to work out? Not here. The Kids Shop always has activities going for the kids so you don't have to feel like you're just dragging them along with you. The kids have a ball and you know you're putting them on the right path to a healthy life early in the game.

Great Classes  Pilates, Yoga, Aerobics, Step Classes, Bike Classes, Body Shaping, whatever you're looking for The Body Shop has it at several times throughout the day so you can find a class that fits your schedule anytime. Check out this schedule for August.

Massage Therapist Lori Arbygasse offers a full range of massage therapy on site if you need to smooth out some kinks or loosen up tight muscles. You can set an appointment with Lori to come in for 30, 60, or 90 minutes and completely relax. Just give her a call at the gym   910-246-0075  or email her.

Military Friendly  If you're active duty and you have to deploy, just stop by and tell the Commish that you need to freeze your membership until you get back. Many of our active duty military men and women have already made The Body Shop their home for Fitness here in the Sandhills and Ft Bragg area.

MMA Conditioning Class Lynn Lane holds MMA conditioning classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays for all established, new and budding MMA artists. It's a rigorous routine that covers everything from Circuit Training, Ground Fighting, Bag Work, Kicking Drills and weight Training. If you're interested in MMA or taking it to the next level, stop by and see Lynn today. Lynn also has women's only classes so just let him know what you're interested in.

The Body Shop is also the home of East Coast Cross Fit. If you haven't seen or heard about this incredible fitness opportunity, you don't know what you're missing. Cross Fit will take your normal boring workout to a whole new level. There's a constant challenge of muscle confusion to keep you from hitting another plateau, and they offer special packages for Gym Membership and Cross Fit Membership together.

Killer Smoothie and Juice Bar The Smoothie Shop has all you favorite protein and fat burning shakes and smoothies on hand everyday. Bars, shakes, whatever. Let them stir up the nutrients and vitamins that your body needs to rebuild and get stronger everyday.

Tanning Beds on Site The Body Shop covers all your tanning needs from beds, lotions and packages to suit any budget. If you want to get that golden tan to make that body look even better, you can do it on site without ever having to drive to another shop. Work Out, Cardio, Tan, Relax.

The Body Shop Fitness Company covers all aspects of a perfect workout environment. Free weights, nautilus, cardio, massage, tanning, nutrition and smoothies, Kenpo Karate, MMA Training, East Coast Cross Fit. Whatever level you're at, or if you're just getting started, The Body Shop has something for everyone. They can show you the way to a better you. It's a lot easier than you think.

Really, when it comes down to it, it's all about discovery. There's a whole new you waiting to get out. It's inside you. The you that you've always known you could be. More Outgoing, More energy, looking better, enjoying life more. That road to discovering your true self that you've been looking for starts by getting on the right path. The Body Shop in Southern Pines is the guide.

    ***Summer's Not Over. Make a change that will change your life. You'll be surprised how 2 or 3 days a week will make a huge difference in the way you look and feel***

Have 3 or 4 months left on an old contract with another gym? Come talk to us.  We'll work it out and get you started for FREE.

Come home to a gym where you're more than just a membership fee. You're family here. Meet New Friends or Bring Yours With You. Start a Fresh New Chapter in Your Life in 2012 and make it your best year yet!

The Body Shop Fitness Company         1650 US Hwy 1 South          Map It

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