Put down the barbell if you want to tighten up.
That’s the advice from retired volleyball pro Gabrielle Reece, whose new class for gym chain 24 Hour Fitness only uses body weights and dumbbells.
"Looking back, I don't know if heavier lifting was always the most functional," says the 6-foot-3 athlete. "There's a very specific place for lifting heavy — if I am a bodybuilder or center line on a football team. Overall, most humans don't need to be banging heavy weights because it's hard on your joints and it's not actually that functional."
Reece developed HighX — which stands for high-intensity, explosive training — in 2012, but it’s coming to 24 Hour Fitness this fall. It’s a 50-minute circuit training class that works different muscle groups in three-minute intervals.
"It isn't just, we're gonna hammer your legs and upper body, but (we’re gonna) move in and out of those places," says Reece, 45. "It's a journey where I try to bring you to a group of muscles then away from it, maybe work on balance if I know you're a little fatigued so you can see where your weaknesses are and work on them."
The Gym Thorpe — who has also tried her hand at golf and surfs in her spare time — developed the class in Hawaii, where she lives. She still teaches it to friends and the community three times a week.
Volleyball star Gabrielle Reece now has her own fitness class, which she recently led at 24-Hour Gym on E. 53rd St.
MICHAEL TRAN/FILMMAGICReece, seen here fully clothed, posed in ESPN’s Body issue this year.
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"It keeps me very much in touch with the program and also forces me to stay creative because I'm trying to continue challenging myself,” she says.
Her strict regime is paying off: The athlete and her surfer hubby Laird Hamilton paddleboarded nude for this year’s ESPN The Magazine Body Issue.
But she’s a real person just like the rest of us, she insists, and isn’t above a little Photoshop magic.
"They can fix it afterwards if you know them well enough," she says.
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