If you want to get the most out of your fitness routine, it's important to approach your workouts holistically. Your spiritual and mental health is just as important as your physical wellness. That's why Open has created a collection of classes designed to target every aspect of your mental, physical, and spiritual health.
Key takeaways
- Focus on strength training one to two times per week.
- Focus on conditioning and mobility three times per week.
- Focus on active recovery one to two times per week.
What Is a Holistic Fitness Program?
Holistic fitness is an approach that treats the body, spirit, and mind as an interconnected whole. Holistic health and fitness offer a well-rounded approach that incorporates strength training, conditioning, mobility, and recovery to yield the best results. With a mindset to build sustainable habits, holistic fitness programs enhance your overall quality of life and vitality.
Open’s movement classes blend modalities such as Pilates, barre, yoga, and bodyweight training to support mental clarity, emotional resilience, stress management, physical recovery, and strength-building. All of these elements are achieved through four class formats: Flow, Tone, Align, and Restore.
How Often Should I Workout?
Experts recommend 150 minutes of exercise each week, with a focus on conditioning and strength training to support bone, heart, and muscle health. If your routine uses Open’s in-person or digital hour-long class format, that means three days of conditioning workouts and two days of strength-training classes per week. Be sure to prioritize classes that focus on recovery and stretching at least one day per week.
If you’re a beginner, exercising for 150 minutes each week might be too intense. Instead of jumping into hour-long high-intensity classes several times a week, select beginner-friendly courses that gradually build your strength, flexibility, and endurance. Add 10 to 20 minutes of additional exercise each week until you meet the 150-minute mark
How Do I Meet My Goals With a Holistic Fitness Approach?
Your workout routine should be adapted to your body, capabilities, and fitness goals. If your priority is building muscle, you may want to increase the number of strength-training days or choose classes that integrate more resistance training to tone muscles.
If you want to focus on mobility and flexibility to support bone and joint health, look for yoga-inspired classes that flow with rhythmic movement to help your joints move through a healthy range of motion. You can also select restorative yoga classes, which are slow-paced and supported with props to keep the body aligned.
What Are the Top Holistic Fitness Programs at Open?
Whether you are a beginner or an intermediate practitioner, Open’s holistic fitness programs support your health and wellness goals wherever you are with the Open app. Remember to listen to your body and focus on the quality of your workouts rather than the quantity.
Here are some recommendations to get you started with a fitness routine at home:
Flow: Conditioning & Mobility
Our Flow classes are rooted in conditioning and training your muscles, elevating your heart rate, and targeting your core, while simultaneously moving your joints through a healthy range of motion. Aim for conditioning and mobility exercises three times a week.
Tone: Strength & Endurance
A blend of bodyweight and weighted exercises with explosive plyometric movements, our Tone classes are designed to build muscle and improve physical strength and resilience.
Restore: Recovery & Mobility
Our version of a yin yoga. Restore classes promote deep rest and calm your nervous system with longer-held postures, down-regulative breathwork, meditation, and sound. Incorporate active recovery and stretching programs once or twice a week.
Enhance Your Mind-Body Connection
At Open, our goal is to offer a holistic fitness routine that makes it as easy, safe, and sustainable as possible to accomplish your goals. Our mission is to prioritize movement for longevity, which is why our programs incorporate all of the elements needed for a well-rounded fitness regimen.
View our LA studio schedule or start a free trial to start your holistic fitness journey today.