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Wellness
Gym
Shape up in our full fitness gym. Drop in for a day or join through one of our various membership options. Locker rooms and showers are available.
Circuit Training
Get the heart pumpin', get the muscles jumpin'! Get toned in a fast paced full body workout, all while hanging out with friends. Wednesday from 6:00 to 7:00pm.
A La Carte Lunch Class
For lunch, instead of consuming calories....how about burning them? This is a lunch time exercise buffet with a variety of tidbits on the menu to be sampled at each class. From gym ball, pilates and roller exercises to weight machines or maybe even a little yoga, you will indulge in a variety of exercises that will wet your palette.
Pool Classes
Water Aerobics: A fun exercise class to music which will help to stretch, tone and strengthen muscles while improving your cardiovascular fitness level.
Appropriate for expectant mothers who are healthy.
Joints in Motion: A water class consisting of stretching and light mobility exercises to improve general flexibility, maintain muscle tone and keep you moving. Perfect for anyone with painful, stiff joints or for Seniors who want a light exercise program in warm water. This would also be a good class for expectant mothers who have back discomfort or who simply wants to “unweight” the load from her body.
Massage - Click Here For Available Massages
Heal and balance the body while doing nothing! Wow, is that possible? It sure is! Let our certified massage therapists cater to your body’s healing and relaxation needs. Through various styles of massage we’ll melt your tension away, increase circulation, release toxins, all while bringing the body back to balance.
New York City Workout
A unique exercise class combining strength, flexibility, co-ordination, balance & core exercise. Appropriate for people of all fitness levels, from the athlete to the inactive adult.
Boot Camp 101
A challenging, fast paced class to get the lungs workin, heart pumpin & muscles jumpin.
Body Recall
A nationally recognized and certified "no sweat" adult physical fitness and movement class. This is a refresher course in how to perform correctly movement patterns with which we are already familiar. The program explores full joint mobility in postures that are conducive to successful effort, and helps improve and maintain functional strength and balance.
Body Recall is a class that is beneficial for everyone: the overweight, the diabetic, those recovering from operations illness and injury; the heart patient, those restricted in mobility and especially for those who are sedentary. Keep moving, get energized and experience an improvement in overall well-being!
Ski Walking
Ski Walking is simply walking with poles - no snow and no skis are required! Elite cross-country skiers are the most aerobically fit athletes of the planet and they have been Ski Walking for decades when they couldn’t get on snow. Now Ski Walking is attracting individuals of all ages and all fitness levels. And now you can become a Ski Walker too!!!
Ski Walking Fun Facts:
- 500,000 Finns are Ski Walking everyday - no skis, no snow required.
- Ski Walking is the fastest growing fitness activity in Europe.
- Ski Walking burns up to 40% more calories than just plain walking.
- Unlike walking, running and biking, Ski Walking works the arms, shoulders and abs.
- Ski Walking provides all the low impact benefits of walking, while reducing knee, hip and joint strain and keeps the spine in better alignment.
- Ski Walking produces up to a 46% increase in energy consumption (Cooper Institute, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sports 2002 publication).
- Ski Walking has been used at the University of Wisconsin in the rehabilitation of patients after myocardial infarction (MI). In the MI study, the oxygen uptake increased on an average of 21% compared to walking without poles.
- Ski Walking poles are modified trekking poles, custom made in Norway and come with patented comfortable straps, durable carbide tips and removable rubber tips for use on hard surfaces (pavement).
You can purchase Ski Walking poles at Sierra Sports & Physical Therapy.
From time to time, free Ski Walking Clinics are offered at Sierra Sports. Please call for the next clinic date.
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