The adidas global Fitness Trainer Marta Formoso presents her top tips on how to strengthen body and soul during busy times in order to stay healthy and fit for a good start into the New Year.
Just before the year ends, work starts getting crazy and your agenda is full of activities. You’re trapped in the middle of Thanksgiving preparations, the Christmas season is about to begin, plans for New Year’s celebrations need to be coordinated and you don’t find any time to slow down and relax? Marta helps with words and deeds showing you how to cope in hectic times. “Mens sana in corpore sano is an old Roman saying that body and mind go together,” says Marta. “If both are in balance you can achieve best results, in your private life, at work or for your daily workout!”
Marta has been part of the global women’s trainer team since 2008, touring around the world and teaching different dance styles and Pilates workouts at Fitness Academies and multiple Fitness Conventions. Her advice is to fix a date in your calendar where you get some quality time for yourself. Pilates classes or dancing classes are good alternatives to relieve stress and get good exercise with your favourite music like Latin, Reggae or Hip Hop. If time is tight, stretching is a good alternative to reduce tension in your body. In any kind of workout session, a good portion of stretching should be integrated anyway. It reduces muscle tonicity and relaxes your body from the inside. In addition to an active workout, Marta enjoys getting herself pampered every now and then. “Going for a good massage or relaxation treatments, getting enough sleep, tasty food and a good laugh with friends is priceless for body and soul,” says the 28-year-old adidas ambassador.
For powerful workouts Marta wears the adidas Women’s TECHFIT PowerWEB line. TECHFIT PowerWEB is designed to focus your muscles’ energy to generate maximum explosive power, acceleration and endurance, so you don’t just perform, you outperform. Through the use of compression fabrics and applied TPU bands in specific areas, TECHFIT™ garments give you the ultimate edge and keep the power in your body. The compression fabric helps to decrease muscle vibration and increases blood flow in your muscles. TPU bands secure core stability in your moves and postures. The bands gently pull back your shoulders and flatten the abdomen by increased pressure under the POWERWEB bands.
For a fun dance class or a relaxing yoga class Marta slips into her Yatra line. The Yatra collection is a soft and lightweight range of apparel and footwear and is therefore perfect for low impact workout sessions. It offers the ultimate in comfort and performance with smooth fits, cotton hand feel, and lightweight and soft fabrics for superior moisture management during your workout. The Yatra Tops feature unique prints and high-quality CLIMALITE® fabrics to ensure comfort throughout your training as well as moisture management during high-intensity workouts. Marta completes her look with the Yatra ¾ Pant in pure steel featuring a distinctive all-over graphic print.
The Fall/Winter 2009 Women’s collection hit retail in July 2009 with several drop-in dates in stores where new concepts and colours are being introduced for an ultimate consumer experience. The Yatra collection has been in stores since July 2009, the TECHFIT™ collection hit retail stores in October 2009, including adidas Sport Performance stores and selected sports retailers all around the world.
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