Senior Auz Zadoff started teaching Total Body Resistance Exercises (TRX) classes earlier this month, joining the energetic team of trainers at the brand new Multimodality studio in Corte Madera.
New Om World (NOW), started by Marin Power Yoga instructor Susan Hauser, had its grand opening on Sept. 5. NOW is located on Tamal Vista Boulevard near Redwood.
Zadoff, who specializes in teaching TRX, is one of the many young trainers who teach classes including kickboxing, power yoga, and Tabata.
“I started doing TRX freshman year, and have been hooked ever since,” Zadoff said. “To be a certified TRX trainer at an intense studio is certainly a dream job for many; I’m lucky enough to have this job in high school.”
Hauser’s classes consist of high intensity yoga exercises, many of which are not typical in the conventional yoga style.
“I mix the spirituality of yoga with getting a good workout,” Hauser said. “The liveliness and loud music gets people grounded and focused, and there is still a clarity of the workout despite the live energy. That’s something that cannot be copied.”
According to Zadoff, the main attraction to the studio is the complex and intense mindset the participants have when they take the classes.
“I’ve always been into fitness and difficult workouts, but NOW it is on a whole other level,” he said. “The way I run my classes here is different from an introductory class for all levels. When people come into the studio, they’re aware that they’re going to be pushed into challenges outside of their fitness comfort zones to become better athletes.”
Personal trainer and Redwood varsity lacrosse conditioning coach Stein Skaar will also be teaching training classes at NOW. Skaar said he anticipates teaching athletes the tools that they need to continue a healthy lifestyle for not just the next five or ten years, but for life.
“Some of these kids I’m working with, I’ve known since sixth or seventh grade,” Skaar said. “Now I see them working hard, [Zadoff] included. They’re getting fitter and stronger and there’s nothing more rewarding to me to see them at their full potential.”
Skaar started his own fitness company, “Skaarfitness,” and also trains at Mt. Tam Racquet Club nearby the NOW studio. He emphasized the importance of working out for a healthy lifestyle, and not just for physical appearance.
“Sure, it’s great to look good in the mirror, but it’s not about that. It’s about being a fit, healthy person from the inside, too,” Skaar said.
NOW holds classes every day of the week, and offers discounts to all students.
“I think NOW will change the way people view fitness,” Zadoff said. “The trainers here want nothing else but to witness their athletes improve from hard work and dedication, and that to me is the number one factor to a healthy body and mind.”
