Are you looking for an exercise option that pushes your
fitness limits? Need an exercise option that gives you great results? How about
an exercise option that gets you out of the studio in less than an hour? If you
answered yes to any of these questions, say Hello to Xercise Lab!
Xercise Lab is the concept of Jenny Rowe, founder,
owner, instructor and busy mom to three young boys, 2.5, 5 and 7 years old.
Jenny is a Palo Alto resident and like so many parents
these days, is scheduled down to the minute of where she needs to be next.
Active all her life, including playing competitive tennis in high school and
college, she found it hard to make time to squeeze in exercise in between the
long hours of her TV reporter job. So she started teaching group exercise
classes after work that committed her to show up to work out. And now, other
people were relying on her for their fitness. Jenny soon discovered that she
loved this line of work and quit her reporter job and switched to fitness
full-time. She went to work for Western Athletic Club and became the Program
Designer for all of their clubs across the state of California.
She thought that one day she’d like to create her own
fitness company to fill the two big holes she found in the fitness
industry--The first being that most classes were too easy and didn’t offer
enough of a work out. And secondly, to provide a turnkey fitness program for
schools that have dropped their Physical Education program.
Fulfilling her first goal, she created Xercise Lab and
opened the doors to the first studio at Town & Country Village in June.
Xercise Lab consists of three labs, two for adults; Burn Lab and Build Lab and
Recess Lab, created for children.
Warning Sticker— This is Xtreme exercise, with an X. These
labs* are intense exercise programs for people who really want to be challenged
or step up their fitness level. These classes pack a punch! (*Recess Lab excluded.)
Photo courtesy of Lisa DeNeffe Photography
Burn Lab is a highly intensive, 45-minute,
pre-choreographed cardio fusion program that combines everything from
kick-boxing to boot camp drills in an interval-style format.
Build Lab is a no-weights weight workout. It offers
complete body-weight training in an intensive, 45-minute, pre-choreographed
format.
Calling all men! These labs are equal opportunity sweat
sessions. The exercises are very masculine and there are no dance moves in the
labs. Jenny wants everyone, especially men, to feel comfortable in an exercise
class setting.
Recess Lab is a pre-choreographed, cardio and
strength-training program for boys and girls, ages 4–12, disguised as fun movements and
games choreographed to music. All music created for Recess Lab is original and produced by Steve
Plunkett—front man for the ‘80s band, Autograph. Remember the song “Turn Up The
Radio”? It was a number one song in the ‘80s. Go to iTunes and listen to the
sample. You’ll feel like another lifetime just came rushing back.
Photo courtesy of Lisa DeNeffe Photography
Jenny’s second goal from her original mission is alive
and kicking. Individual
schools or school districts can purchase Recess Lab as an affordable
alternative to traditional P.E. classes when budget cuts have reduced or even
eliminated their own P.E. programs. Xercise Lab will train Recess Lab
instructors, a.k.a. your child’s regular teacher, in a one-day training program
at the school site and they can incorporate exercise back into the daily
curriculum.
Xercise Lab at Town &
Country Village is the official headquarters for the company. Jenny says she
plans to expand and offer opportunities to franchise the business every year.
Franchise owners will have to pass a high fitness level to be allotted a
franchise—no surprise here.
Lab fees are light on your
wallet and will keep you motivated on your fitness quest. And that's sure to make you jump for joy! For $75.00 a month,
adults can attend unlimited classes. $50 a month allows kids to attend Recess
Lab as many times as they like. And Jenny knows you don’t want to feel like
you’re just another face in the crowd. That’s why each class is limited to 15
people. And since you’re always on-the-go, you can register for classes through
the website: xerciselab.com.
Photo courtesy of Lisa DeNeffe Photography
Xercise Lab’s philosophy is
simple: Get in. Get out. Get on with your life. Exercise doesn’t have to take
up a chunk of your day. Scratch out 45 minutes three times a week for Burn Lab,
and 2 days a week for Build Lab, and bring the kids by for Recess Lab to
encourage their road to a lifetime of fitness.
