The One on One Fitness Blog
“Give Back”
When financial uncertainty was impacting families and businesses across Centre County, One on One chose to deepen its commitment to the community. That decision led to the creation of Give Back, a philanthropic initiative rooted in service, partnership, and long-term impact. Learn how this program continues to strengthen local organizations and reflect the heart behind our mission.
Focus Point of the Week: Half-Kneel Stabilization
Half-kneel exercises like cable chops and kettlebell halos may look simple, but they play a powerful role in building core stability and protecting your spine and hips. In this article, we explain why the half-kneeling position is so effective, what proper core stabilization should actually feel like, and how small adjustments in posture can dramatically improve the benefits. Understanding the purpose behind these movements will help you move better, both in the gym and in daily life.
GLP-1 Medication: How To Avoid Rebound Weight Gain
GLP-1 medications can jumpstart weight loss, but what happens when you stop taking them? This article explores the critical “window of opportunity” while appetite is reduced and momentum is high, and how to use that time to build sustainable habits that last. Learn why mindset, accountability, and intentional lifestyle changes are the key to turning short-term results into long-term success.
Focus Point of the Week: Overhead Pressing
Overhead strength plays a bigger role in daily life than most people realize, from putting away groceries to lifting a child overhead. Training the overhead press builds strong, stable shoulders while improving total-body control and supporting long-term joint health. Learn how to choose the right variation and perform it safely to build strength that carries over beyond the gym.
Focus Point of the Week: Planks
Planks are a staple in many workouts, but small changes in form can greatly affect their impact. This article breaks down how to establish a strong plank position and avoid common form changes that reduce effectiveness. Learn how proper setup and alignment can help you get more out of every plank you perform.
Back to Basics: Manipulating Variables
Exercise variety keeps workouts engaging, but changing exercises at random can actually slow progress or increase injury risk. This article explains how to create variety the smart way by adjusting training variables like intensity, pace, and tempo, so your workouts stay effective and aligned with your goals.
Back to Basics: Know Your “Why” Behind Every Exercise
It’s easy to go through the motions in a workout without fully understanding why you’re doing certain exercises. In this article, we explore how training with purpose—and knowing the “why” behind each movement—can make your workouts more effective.
Back to Basics: Focus on the Last Three Reps
The last few reps of an exercise are often the hardest, but they may also be the most important. Learn why focusing on the final three reps can improve strength, muscle tone, and body composition, and how maintaining proper form and mental focus can help you get more out of every workout.
Back to Basics: Three Keys for Proper Exercise Form
Good exercise form isn’t about memorizing endless cues or exercises. In this article, you’ll learn three easy-to-apply concepts that help you move more effectively, reduce injury risk, and get more out of your time exercising.
Focus Point of the Week: Squats
The squat is one of the most important movements we use every day but doing it well takes more than just bending your knees. Small breakdowns in mobility, alignment, or control can quietly limit progress and increase strain over time. Learn what proper squat technique really looks like and how refining it can help you move and feel better.
The Missing Key to Lasting Habit Change
Lasting habit change doesn’t start with better strategies or more willpower. It starts with your mindset. When healthy habits are built on a foundation of gratitude instead of deprivation, they stop feeling like a chore and begin to feel like a choice.
Why Healthy and Happy Should Come First
Healthy and Happy isn’t the result of success. It’s the tool we use to make choices that align with our long-term vision and support consistency over time.
Focus Point of the Week: Indoor Cycling
Indoor cycling provides is more than a cardio workout. It’s a joint-friendly way to build strength, boost endurance, and feel more confident in how you move.
Focus Point of the Week: Pushups
Pushups are one of the simplest ways to build upper-body strength—but small form mistakes can limit your results. This quick guide breaks down the muscles you should feel working and the most common technique slips, along with easy cues to help you get more out of every rep.
Focus Point of the Week: Glute Activation Exercises
Many people breeze through their warm-up without much thought, but taking a moment to engage the glutes can make a meaningful difference in how well you move. Intentional glute activation helps support your hips, back, and knees, setting you up for safer, more comfortable strength training and daily activity.
Thriving Through the Holidays: Your Nutrition Roadmap
The holidays don’t have to derail your health goals. With a few simple mindset shifts and supportive strategies, you can enjoy the season fully while still feeling your best. Here’s how to thrive, not just survive, this holiday season.
Focus Point of the Week: Resistance Band Training
Resistance bands are effective tools for improving strength, stability, and muscular endurance. Lightweight, portable, and highly adaptable, they make it easy to train anywhere while still getting a quality workout. Check out the full article to learn how to get the most out of resistance band training.
Avoid “Cheap Intensity”
Gauge the effectiveness of your workouts by how SMART they are instead of how HARD they are. Read on to learn how we can help you avoid "cheap intensity".
Focus Point of the Week: Eccentric Training
Discover why slowing down your reps can deliver big results. Learn how the lowering phase of every movement — known as eccentric training — builds strength, protects your joints, and improves how your body moves.
Focus Point of the Week: Diaphragmatic Breathing
Most of us take thousands of breaths a day without realizing how much each one affects how we move, train, and recover. Learn how diaphragmatic breathing improves stability and posture while helping you train more effectively.
Focus Point of the Week: The Rower Machine
Think you’re using the rower machine correctly? This week’s Focus Point takes a closer look at proper form and essential settings to help you maximize your time spent on the rower. With the right technique, each stroke becomes smoother, safer, and more effective.
Focus Point of the Week: Bench Pressing
Bench pressing is one of the best ways to build upper-body strength, but only when it’s done right. Learn how to press safely, protect your shoulders, and make every rep count.
Focus Point of the Week: Shoulder Packing
“Shoulder packing” is the simple technique that keeps your shoulders stable and strong during pressing, pulling, and stabilizing movements. In this post, we break down why it matters, and how to apply it so you can protect your shoulders and get the most out of each exercise.
Why Your Muscles Feel Tight Even After You Stretch
Stretching and foam rolling can feel good in the moment, but the relief rarely lasts. Most “tight” muscles aren’t actually short; they’re overactive because the nervous system is trying to protect the body. Discover how addressing stability and muscle activation, not just flexibility, can help you move with ease.
Focus Point of the Week: Deadlifts
Unlock the power of one of the most effective full-body movements. Learn why deadlifts go beyond strength training to improve posture, prevent injury, and build lasting mobility.