Spectrum June 2013 Issue - The Spectrum Magazine - Redwood ...
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Mobius: A Continuous Path to Better Fitness<br />
By Julie McCoy, contributing writer<br />
Do you want to get in shape this summer, or simply<br />
stay in shape?<br />
Mobius Fit, a unique 6,000-square-foot gym at<br />
1709 Woodside Road, can help you do just that.<br />
“This is a personal health club,” explained Gordon<br />
Bliss, manager/partner at Mobius Fit. “This is a<br />
full-blown club that caters to individuals.”<br />
RAW classes<br />
Specializing in small group personal training,<br />
Mobius Fit provides what is known as Real Athletic<br />
Workout (RAW) classes, which involve using TRX<br />
cables and weights. RAW classes provide a totalbody<br />
workout. You can burn approximately 600 to<br />
700 calories for each RAW class you take.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are several different levels, including<br />
Vitality RAW for beginners, seniors and people<br />
with injuries; Foundation RAW, which provides<br />
a great workout and a stepping stone to some of<br />
Mobius Fit’s advanced classes; and Active RAW,<br />
for those who want to challenge themselves.<br />
Class size is limited to 12 people per class. <strong>The</strong><br />
instructors provide personal training, so when<br />
people take the RAW classes, they don’t have to<br />
pay for a personal trainer.<br />
Kickboxing, stretch and yoga<br />
classes too<br />
In addition to the RAW classes, Mobius Fit provides<br />
kickboxing, spin, stretch/yoga, roller and Zumba classes.<br />
Bar Method classes taught by<br />
Wicked’s Melissa Chait<br />
Mobius Fit also recently began offering classes<br />
that use the Bar Method, which helps you burn<br />
fat, carve muscle, reshape your body, sculpt your<br />
arms, trim your waist and enhance your posture.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bar Method provides the same training ballet<br />
dancers use. Melissa Chait, an accomplished<br />
actress and dancer who is most well-known for<br />
her performance in the hit Broadway musical<br />
Wicked, is leading the Bar Method classes.<br />
Managing partners have decades<br />
of experience<br />
Bliss, who has 40 years of experience in<br />
the fitness industry and a degree in human<br />
performance from San Jose State, runs Mobius Fit<br />
with Ross Headley, who also serves as manager/partner.<br />
Headley, who played football in college, holds a<br />
bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology and has<br />
been a personal trainer since 1998.<br />
Many members from surrounding areas<br />
Approximately 40 percent of Mobius Fit’s<br />
members live in <strong>Redwood</strong> City, while 60 percent<br />
are from surrounding cities and towns, according<br />
to Bliss. He estimates that 20 percent of the gym’s<br />
membership is from Menlo Park, 20 percent is<br />
from Atherton and 20 percent is from Woodside.<br />
Owners Ross Headley and Gordon Bliss greet members<br />
every day!<br />
Trainer Ulises Lemus instructs a member in proper workout form.<br />
Named after Mobius loop<br />
Why is the gym named Mobius Fit? “Mobius loop<br />
is an infinite loop,” Bliss explained. “We call it<br />
our continuous path to better fitness. Diet and<br />
exercise have to be a continuous loop.”<br />
Training people to be like athletes<br />
DeAnn Teixeira, exercise instructor at Mobius<br />
Fit, instructs the RAW classes, runs the Shape of<br />
Challenge 12-week weight-loss program and is an<br />
on-site nutritionist. As a trainer, nutritionist and<br />
wellness coach, she uses her background to help<br />
people get set up for success.<br />
“I want people to go beyond what they think<br />
their limitations are and to surprise themselves,”<br />
she said. “People are not looking to be skinny;<br />
they’re looking to be fit. <strong>The</strong>ir role models are athletes<br />
now, so we train people to be like athletes.”<br />
Giving you the tools to succeed<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City resident Pam McNair, who walks<br />
to Mobius Fit, said, “<strong>The</strong>y give you the tools to<br />
succeed. It’s a lot of fundamentals and then you<br />
build on those as you move up in class. You’re<br />
building on core movements. As you join, you move<br />
Different responsibilities<br />
While both Bliss and Headley do a little bit of everything<br />
at Mobius Fit, Bliss focuses on Mobius Fit’s website,<br />
kickboxing classes and spin classes while Headley<br />
concentrates on teaching the RAW classes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> two have known each other for 30 years.<br />
“We have a good friendship,” Headley said.<br />
Like family<br />
Mobius Fit is like a family, Headley stressed. “We’re<br />
really developing that family feel,” he said. “Everyone<br />
knows your name. You’re not just a number.”<br />
Goal is to be 500 strong by the<br />
end of the year<br />
Mobius Fit currently has about 400 members. <strong>The</strong><br />
goal is to have 500 members by the end of the<br />
year, according to Bliss. “By the end of the year,<br />
I’m hoping to have a waitlist,” Bliss said. “That’s<br />
kind of our goal.”<br />
Offshoot of Fitness 101<br />
Mobius Fit, which opened in October 2011, is an<br />
offshoot of Fitness 101, a former health club that<br />
was in Menlo Park. Prior to opening Mobius Fit,<br />
Bliss and Headley worked together at Fitness 101.<br />
from Foundation to Active. Your core strength increases.”<br />
McNair added, “It’s a very small environment.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y’re very motivating. <strong>The</strong>y help you achieve<br />
whatever your goal is.”<br />
A total-body workout<br />
Bonnie Black of Menlo Park participates in the<br />
RAW, stretch/yoga, roller and spin classes at Mobius Fit.<br />
“I love the trainers,” she said. “It’s just so focused.<br />
You get the most excellent workout because of<br />
the variety and trainers. What they offer here is a<br />
total-body workout. It’s just amazing the results<br />
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