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Time to MOVE BY R AC H A E L G E N S O N P H OTO BY CO U R T N E Y S L A D E WHAT MOVES YOU?
Th is is t he quest ion t hat MOV E Aust in Fit ness ow ners, Kat y Duggan and Jarrod Freshour asked me as I walked into my f irst MOV E cla ss at 5 a .m. It ’s t h is idea of discovering what moves each individual, a nd using that as a motivation to become physica lly bet ter, that inspired Kat y a nd Ja rrod to beg in MOV E . Bot h Ja r rod a nd Kat y g rew up sur rounded by f it ness— Ja r rod, a n at h lete plag ued by a s ma ny injuries a s ta lents, a nd K at y, a ch i ld t h at g rew up u si ng Au s t i n’s pa rk s a s her persona l g y m. A s t he t wo g rew, so did t heir love for f it ness, a nd w it h it , t heir desire to help ot hers reach t heir ow n goa ls to live happier a nd hea lt hier lives. They opened MOV E in Ma rch 201 2. Located in Ta r r y tow n, MOV E seeks to cha nge t he way people v iew f it ness a nd ma ke work ing out f un, f unct iona l a nd i nju r y-f re e —t h re e word s not com mon ly a s s o ciate d w it h f it nes s . K at y a nd Ja r ro d work w it h each cl ient to c reate a pla n sp e ci f ic to t h at i nd iv idu a l , whet her t hei r goa l is to build enough st reng t h to compete or just enough sta m ina to play tag w it h t heir ch ildren. Each cla ss is capped at approx i mately ten people, a l low i ng each per son to receive t he at tent ion he or she requires to succeed. Upon a r riva l at MOV E , you a re g iven a workout log, which is used to t rack prog ress w it h bot h workout s a nd d iet pla n s . A s a n adde d ch a l leng e, g roup member s a re encou ra g ed to develop a per son a l , we ek ly goa l t hat is w rit ten on t he boa rd. These goa ls ra nge f rom no sweets for a week to get ting eight hours of sleep at night to ta k ing f ish oil w it h mea ls. Rega rdless of t he goa l, each MOV E member is held accountable to t heir goa l by his or her cla ssmates. For MOV E mem b er s de si r i n g more , K at y a nd Ja r r o d of f er a 3 0 - d a y nut r it ion c h a l len g e t h a t r e q u i r e s b o t h prepa rat ion a nd ded icat ion . Ba sed a rou nd eat i ng whole
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fo o d s , pa r t ic ipa nt s mu s t remove pro ce s s e d f o o d s f rom t hei r d ie t , i nclud i n g s we e t s , a lcohol , g r a i n s a nd d a i r y. Th roug hout t he pro ce s s , MOV E prov ide s con su lt at ion s to discuss goa ls, mea sures body fat percentages a nd ta kes body composit ion mea surements. A s I entered my cla ss, I wa s im mediately st r uck by t he p o sit ive at t it ude b ot h K at y a nd Ja r ro d ex ude d de spit e t he ea rly hou r—music wa s pu mpi ng, t hey were ready to move a nd t hey were cer ta inly ready to ma ke me move. The cla ss bega n w it h some dy na m ic st retching, wh ich helped to wa r m up t he body. Follow ing t he wa r m-up, we moved on to sk i l l or st reng t h—t h is por t ion cha nges depend i ng on you r level . The i nex p er ience d MOV E R ( l i ke my sel f ) work s to develop a sk i l l , l i ke lea r n i ng t he cor re c t for m for dead l i f t or how to prop erly do a pu l l-up, wh i le t he more ex p er ience d cla s sm ate s fo c u s on i nc rea si ng t hei r streng th by adding weight to the skills sets they ’ve already b e en developi ng . The cla s s end s w it h a c a rd io p or t ion . According to Kat y, “No t wo workouts a re a like at MOV E .” But she a ssu red me t hat a l l prog ra m m i ng i nvolves h ig h intensit y movements for a g iven t ime or number of rounds t hat proves f unct iona l for your ever yday life. Despite t he sore muscles I felt at t he end of my cla ss, I lef t MOV E w it h a sen se of accompl ish ment , ac t ua l ly feel i ng i nv igorated a nd ready to ta ke on t he day. A s one of t he top 10 most ac t ive cit ies i n t he cou nt r y, t here is cer t a i n ly no shor t a g e of choices when it comes to f inding a f it ness compa ny, but t here is just somet h ing sp e c ia l a b out MOV E t h at m a ke s it s t a nd out a s a clea r opt ion . Ja r ro d a nd K at y h ave done more t h a n c reat e a f it nes s rout i ne —t he couple ha s develope d a com mu n it y a round t heir prog ra m, a nd it ’s t hat com munit y t hat rea lly inspires cha nge. If you’re ready to MOV E, sig n up for their f ree communit y workout—Sat urdays at 9 A M—at Move Austin Fitness.com .