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Fitness Training

AlterCenter is an alternative fitness center dedicated to helping drive consistent change & progress in our students' lives. To that end, we offer private, semi-private, and small group training, so that our students always have direct access to our expertise, and we have the space to work with each person individually. 

We're interested in working with people who are willing to train consistently, and who are willing to learn - as opposed to just being led through exercise.

How you engage with us depends upon your goals, experience, and lifestyle.  You can focus on one track of development, or create variety across disciplines in your training schedule. We offer training in the following categories and disciplines:

+ Explorer :: hiking, running, climbing, general mobility training & bodyweight conditioning
+ Warrior ::  Muay Thai kickboxing, Russian Combat Systema, advanced strength & conditioning
+ Artist :: pilates & dance training
+ Maker :: yoga, meditation, nutrition & cooking

 

Weekly Produce Box

A weekly supply of fresh living foods with recipes to help you make the most of them.

Living foods are the foundation of the Alter diet. Fresh, local, seasonal, organic foods nourish a healthy gastrointestinal tract and immune system; support adaptation to place (environment) and time (season); and promote greater life force/ vital energy.

Boxes are available for pickup each Tuesday from early afternoon to evening. Each Box provides one person with a week’s supply of the best fresh fruits and vegetables that we can obtain from local farms.
 
 

Tara Firma Farms Pastured Meats & Eggs

AlterCenter is a San Francisco pick-up location for Tara Firma Farms' CSA boxes, which include pastured meat & eggs.  Learn more about Tara's commitment to the health of the animals, the environment, and her CSA members on their website.  Sign up directly with Tara Firma to start receiving their boxes on the second Thursday of each month.

Monthly Nutrition Talks

On the fourth Friday of each month, join us for Healthy/Happy Hour, where we'll discuss nutrition and review cooking techniques that make it easy to stay on track, while enjoying fresh juices and healthy snacks.

Bodywork & Recovery

Massage and Bodywork Methods

  • Swedish Massage
  • Hendrickson Method / Orthopedic Massage
  • Craniosacral Therapy
  • Active Isolated Flexibility Training

 

 

Far-Infrared Sauna

The far-infrared sauna can be beneficial for exercise recovery, detoxification, increasing circulation and reducing inflammation.  Sessions of 20-45 minutes in length can stand alone, or be contiguous with bodywork, yoga, or other exercise.

Fish Stock

Ingredients

  • 3-4 whole carcasses of non-oily fish (i.e. sole, turbot, snapper, rockfish are best)
  • 2 tablespoons grass fed butter / ghee, coconut oil, or olive oil
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 1 carrot, chopped
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 3 quarts cold filtered water

Preparation

  1. At the seafood market (or counter), look for whole, non-oily fish that you can have fileted for you, taking the fish filets for one meal and the carcass (take the heads too!) for making stock.  Otherwise, you can just ask if they have carcasses they would otherwise throw away, that they can just give you. 
  2. Melt butter / oil in large stainless steel pot.  Add vegetables and cook on low heat until soft, 20-30 minutes.
  3. Add fish carcasses, cover with the water, and add vinegar.
  4. Bring to a boil and skim off the scum as it rises to the top. 
  5. Add bay leaf, then reduce heat, cover and simmer for 4 to 24 hours.
  6. Strain into pint-size mason jars, leaving at least 1" of space at the top if you plan to freeze.  Chill well in the refrigerator and remove any congealed fat at the top before transferring to freezer.

- adapted from Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon