Zebra Blog

Located in Kingsport, TN, Vida Hot Yoga seeks to provide a challenging, yet approachable, fitness experience and an environment that celebrates each individual for showing up and striving to improve their health and fitness. Owners Ashley and Nate Davis reached out to...

By Elisabeth Clay While I am not the biggest fan of watching wrestling, I do believe there are things they do and a mindset they have that is very beneficial to competitive BJJ. If you keep up with my other blog posts, then you already know how I believe having a...

Martial arts gyms are often considered the home of tough, unstoppable, hardcore athletes. And they absolutely are, but all too often, especially in gyms that may have a lot of MMA fighters or competitive jiu jitsu athletes, it may be difficult for the gym owner to...

By Kaitlin Young In the not so distant past, I split my time between training for fights and working as a personal trainer. It’s a profession that goes hand in hand with fighting very well. Sessions can be scheduled around practices easily.  We’re usually accustomed...

Gym owners have repeatedly heard the benefits of adding fitness programs and fitness space to their martial arts facilities. For those that have decided to move forward and have dedicated a portion of their mat space to fitness, deciding on what fitness equipment to...

By Elisabeth Clay Every sport has warm-ups — getting the muscles warm and more pliable, thereby reducing injury. Some of these warm-ups are sport specific and are used to learn basic movements utilized in each sport. Why Warm-Ups Are Important I'm sure a lot of you...

Yoga studio owners work hard at providing top notch yoga instruction to their students. However, many yoga studios and their owners would benefit from the addition of other fitness programming to provide more options to their students, bring in additional members, and...

Winter is almost here, and in most parts of the country, that can mean everything from snow to rain to freezing temperatures and months of mud. How do you prepare your gym for the upcoming months of challenging weather? Coat Hangers/Hooks Nothing is worse than piles...

By Kaitlin Young Sparring is far and away my favorite part of training, and I’m not alone here. We’ve all known someone who attempts to only show up on sparring day. It’s fun! We get to try out things we’re working on. We get our heart rate up without thinking about...

I will begin with a story, more specifically, a confession. There were a few years where I was so focused on training I did not go to family events, eat with my family for meals (always watching every bite I ate), never went out, and just was hyper focused on training...