Select Fitness - Programs - Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, South Tucson

Select Fitness
Rick Friedman
5501 N. Swan Road Suite 150
Tucson, AZ 85718
Phone: 520-299-1350
FAX: 520-299-9886

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Select Fitness is owned by Rick & Diana Friedman. This dynamic husband and wife team have a combined 27 years in the personal training and fitness industry. Rick grew up in Rockaway Beach, NY, where, for 12 years, he owned and managed The Exercise Club, a popular local fitness facility. Rick is a nationally certified personal trainer, and has trained clients from 13 - 90 years of age, helping them to improve their health and achieve their fitness goals. Diana grew up in Short Hills, NJ, and, for 7 years, was the owner and head fitness trainer at Wall Street Boxing and Fitness, a boxing and fitness facility located in Madison, NJ. Diana is a nationally certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor. She is also a nationally licensed Massage Therapist, yoga instructor,Pilates instructor, and a Certified Phoenix Rising

Yoga Therapist. They both moved to Tucson in 1997, where they met while working at Canyon Ranch, Tucson's very own world-renowned health and fitness spa. Together, they bring their experience and enthusiasm to Select Fitness, helping to make it the Foothills premier personal training studio. All the fitness programs at Select Fitness are designed by fitness professionals, and are customized to help you reach your fitness goals. Although the programs are individualized to each person, they all have one common thread - periodization. Periodization is carefully planned and built-in volume and intensity changes over the course of a fitness program for the purpose of constantly stimulating progress. Without change in a program, the body adapts to the work load and reaches a plateau. Likewise, change for the sake of change without sound physiological reasoning will undermine your progress. In order to make progress, whether towards losing fat or building muscle, the body must be prepared for each new phase of the training program.

Select Fitness trainers all maintain national certifications. Most hold undergraduate degrees in exercise science or physiology. All of our trainers are experienced in providing individualized attention to each client. During each session, careful attention is paid to maintaining proper form, range of motion, correct speed of movement, breathing and a host of other factors that make for safe and effective exercise. Of course they provide that important motivation necessary to get you through when the workouts become challenging. What motivates our trainers more than anything else is achieving results with their clients. They feel responsible for their clients reaching their fitness goals and to making Fitness a permanent part of their life.

Select Fitness Program Progression Explanation

Week 1

The emphasis of this week is to start developing a specific base of aerobic conditioning and muscular development. This is a “medium” workout week that should not produce excessive soreness.

Week 2

The emphasis of this week is to actually create a training effect through a safe progressive overload in resistance training and aerobic work. This is a “hard” workout week that will challenge you.

Week 3

The emphasis of this week is to continue the progress generated in the first two weeks. This “medium hard” workout week is good preparation for the upcoming weeks.

Week 4

The emphasis of this week is to peak the workout intensity of the first month of training. This “very hard” workout week will start the conversion phase from aerobic base conditioning and muscular development to anaerobic power and strength accumulation. This week will push you to making your first major advancements towards your personal fitness goals.

Week 5

The emphasis of this week is to allow your body to actively rest from the first month of training. This “light” workout week is extremely important, setting your body up to make great progress in the next month of training. Your trainer will also retest you on this week to record your progress.

Week 6

The emphasis of this week is to prepare your body to move into an increased level of training. This “medium” workout week will be a gradual increase in intensity from the lighter week 5 program.

Week 7

The emphasis of this week is to generate a training effect in your body. The high intensity aerobic work and anaerobic interval training along with the strength training will be increased in duration and intensity. This week of “hard” workouts will push you to the next level.

Week 8

The emphasis of this week is to continue your body’s adaptation process in the upper training zone. Concentrate on your goals as you work through this “medium hard” week in preparation for the coming weeks.

Week 9

The emphasis of this week is to give your body a maximum challenge in the upper level training zone. This is a “very hard” week that demands intensity in your training and dedication to your goals.

Week 10

The emphasis of this week is to allow your body to actively rest from the previous month of upper level training. This “light” workout week is extremely important in setting up your body to make great progress in the coming weeks. Your trainer will also re-test you to chart your progress.

Week 11

The emphasis of this week is to prepare your body to move into another increased level of training. This “medium hard” workout week is challenging and will stimulate your body for an increased adaptation effect..

Week 12

The emphasis of this week is to give your body the ultimate test for your personal fitness goals. Do not try this “very hard” workout week without having completed the previous 11 weeks of training.