The New Year is here!  Every January I’m inspired by enthusiastic people sharing their New Year’s resolutions with me.  It is very apparent that the fitness business booms in January.  With an increase in fitness related activity, inevitably, there is   a rise in injuries a few months down the road, usually in March or April.  [...]

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Calling female Athletes (ages 13-16) and Parents! Are you serious about your sport and want to excel at the high school or the club level? If so, then you need to be on a good strength and conditioning program.
We’ve been in your shoes… Let us help you transform your sports experience through education, sound [...]

Welcome Parents, Athletes, and Coaches!!  
Impact Fitness DC is a huge fan of the female athlete.  We are female athletes, who all have become fitness and health professionals to encourage healthy lifestyles.  We specialize in the female athlete because of her special needs and qualities.  In our combined years of experience, we have all experienced the [...]

Jenn Schwartz August 2009
My strongest belief about the benefits of exercise is that exercise is most beneficial to the brain.  Other benefits, weight loss and strength gain, are secondary to the benefits for the brain and only occur because the relationship between food, energy, exercise, and learning are hard wired into our brains.  The mental [...]

From The Oprah Magazine
It’s a dietary jungle out there (beware of that growling chocolate mousse!). David L. Katz, MD, helps you hack an easy-to-follow path to great nutrition.
If your annual New Year’s weight loss resolution disappears as quickly as the Champagne that prompted it, you can do something to make this year different. Start by [...]

Motivation is a “term applied to explanations of why people behave the way they do-why they start some activity, choose its direction, and persist in it”.1
Motivation plays a large role in our daily activities; it also particularly affects our exercise and wellness behaviors.  For example “a person who is motivated to feel and look better [...]

Jenn Schwartz June 2, 2009
You may already know why you break your diet.  I hear the same reasons too often.  They include two reoccurring variables: lack of self control and stress.  By studying your daily energy cycle you will figure out a way to combat your insidious eating patterns.  This achievement can be done [...]

Anna Weilkoszewski May19 2009
Impact Fitness has developed a new program, “The Fitness Inventory Program.” This program is a guide and method to begin implementing an effective workout routine. It encourages diligence, observation, and education in an exercise program. This program is only available through Impact Fitness. The program includes a custom journal authored by Jenn, [...]