Fitness Reviews by I AM Modern Magazine
for Northern Virginia and Metro DC

SuperSlow is a revolutionary exercise regimen that produces a leaner, stronger body in two 20 minute workouts per week. The workout involves four to six weight machines, each targeting a specific muscle group. Weights are slowly raised over a period of 10 seconds and lowered for 10 second, until the targeted muscles reach total momentary fatigue. The client is encouraged to push beyond total fatigue for an extra 10 seconds which is when the results occur. SuperSlow offers a professional certified personal instructor who has completed a rigorous certification that requires complete knowledge of SuperSlow method and equipment, anatomy and physiology, safety, and, goal achievement. According to the studio, independent studies have shown that a SuperSlow exercise regimen compared to a regularspeed identical regimen yielded a 50% greater strength gain over 8 weeks of carefully supervised exercise.

SUPER SLOW ZONE
2 Pidgeon Hill Dr, Suite 180
Sterling, VA
(703) 421-1200
www.superslowzone.com

Sacred Well is a community-based studio in which students practice in a safe, noncompetitive environment. The studio offers several sessions of yoga each year that are designated by level so there is a clear path of how you can progress in your practice. Students tend to stay at this studio for a long time – many people have studied at Sacred Well since it first opened in 2000. This is the only studio we found that offers a regular Yoga Nidra class, which is a style of yoga that induces complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation and is part of the training one needs for deeper stages of meditation. Kirtan, a call-and-response chanting experience, is offered monthly and is open to the public. Classes tend to fill up so always call first to make sure there is room to drop in.