Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Idea for Group X Workout!

Hello participant,

This week’s work out idea is one of the GROUP X Classes!

** Remember: Rec Center’s hours are:     Mondays – Fridays: 7am – 10:30pm
                                                                      Saturdays: 12pm – 10:30pm
                      Sundays: 1pm – 10:30pm **  

GET FIT is sponsored by PPOW - Peers Promoting Organized Wellness. Want to know more about us?
Go to http://www.ashland.edu/students/rec-services/fitness-wellness/ppow

Jump-start your workout with Group X!
It’s fun, safe, and effective for all skill levels!
Attend one of these great classes:
Turbo Kick® - the fat-blasting, ab-defining cardio workout that is sweeping the nation’s health clubs and allows you to burn up to 1,000 calories an hour! A mix of kickboxing and simple dance grooves set to heart pounding dance music that will have you looking forward to your next workout!
Zumba® Fitness - When participants see a Zumba class in action, they can’t wait to give it a try. Zumba classes feature exotic rhythms set to high-energy Latin and international beats. Before participants know it, they’re getting fit and their energy levels are soaring! There’s no other fitness class like a Zumba Fitness-Party. It’s easy to do, effective and totally exhilarating, often building a deep-rooted community among returning students. How many calories does Zumba burn? Roughly 500 – 1000 calories per hour.
Pilates®- developed by Joseph Pilates, which emphasizes the balanced development of the body through core strength, flexibility, and awareness in order to support efficient, graceful movement. Burns about 300 calories per hour.
Tabata - an enhanced form of interval training, an exercise strategy alternating periods of short intense anaerobic exercise with less-intense recovery periods. HIIT is an effective form of cardiovascular exercise. Usual HIIT sessions may vary from 9–20 minutes. These short, intense workouts provide improved athletic capacity and condition, improved glucose metabolism, and improved fat burning. Burns up to 500 calories per hour.

Indoor Cycling - is a group exercise class done on stationary bikes.  During the class the instructor simulates a ride.  Together, you travel on flat roads, climb hills, sprint and race!  It is truly a fantastic cardiovascular class.The beauty of indoor cycling is that you can do it even when its raining or snowing outside!  You are kept motivated by the instructor, the people around you and by the music!  Its lots of fun and burns 500-1,000 calories per hour based on intensity levels.
Yoga - Many people think that yoga is just stretching. But while stretching is certainly involved, yoga is really about creating balance in the body through developing both strength and flexibility. This is done through the performance of poses or postures, each of which has specific physical benefits. The poses can be done quickly in succession, creating heat in the body through movement (vinyasa-style yoga) or more slowly to increase stamina and perfect the alignment of the pose. Yoga typically burns up to 200 calories per one-hour session.
Try combining a higher intensity class like Zumba® or Tabata with a lower intensity one like Pilates® or Yoga for maximum results. You'll get a great workout and feel relaxed and refreshed afterward!
Check out the Spring 2012 Group Exercise schedule for more information on class times and class descriptions. You can also visit www.ashland.edu/students/rec-services/fitness-wellness/group-exercise for more info!

Idea for Climbing Wall Workout!

Hello participant,

This week’s email is about CLIMBING WALL and how you can use it to exercise!

** Rec Center’s Climbing Wall hours are: Mondays: 3pm – 8pm
                                                                      Tuesdays: closed
                                                                      Wednesdays: 3pm – 8pm
                                                                      Thursdays: closed
                      Fridays: 3pm – 8pm
                      Saturdays: 3pm – 8pm
                      Sundays: 3pm – 8pm **  

GET FIT is sponsored by PPOW - Peers Promoting Organized Wellness. Want to know more about us?
Go to http://www.ashland.edu/students/rec-services/fitness-wellness/ppow

-          The University of Calgary did a study and found that an average climber (defined by their criteria) burn more calories indoors than outdoors (under their parameters).

-          Rock climbing is a challenging exercise that works all major muscle groups in the body and burns a lot of calories

-          According to RockClimbing.com, more than 102,000 outdoor rock climbing sites can be found around the world.

-          Rock climbing also involves the use of all major muscle groups including those found in your hands, arms, legs, shoulders, back and abdomen.

-          Whether for fun or fitness, rock climbing improves your strength, agility, flexibility and endurance.

-          According to Harvard Health Publications, climbing a rock wall burns between 660 and 976 calories an hour, depending on your weight.

Idea for Pool Workout!

Hello participant,

I hope you're excited about this semester’s GET FIT challenge and that you're ready to complete all your workouts to win a prize!!

This is our weekly email, where I will send you different exercise ideas, so you keep motivated to achieve your goal!

This week’s work out is done in the pool!

** Rec Center’s Pool hours are: Mondays – Thursdays 8am-2pm/6pm-10pm,
      Fridays 8am-2pm/6pm-9pm,
      Saturday s12pm-9pm, Sundays 2pm-9pm **

GET FIT is sponsored by PPOW - Peers Promoting Organized Wellness. Want to know more about us?
Go to http://www.ashland.edu/students/rec-services/fitness-wellness/ppow

Pool Running
·         Works on lower abs as well as gives legs a chance to get a great workout without the pounding of being on concrete.
·         Can be done with aqua belt.
·         For best results, pool running should be done in the deep end of the pool.
·         Need to focus on running form while pool running.
o   Make sure your body is vertical and not an angle or horizontal.
o   Drive knees upward the straight down while arms go through a normal running motion.
o   Try to keep shoulders out of water.
Swimming with a Kickboard
·         Using a kickboard engages the ab muscles as well as works on leg strength.
·         Flutter kick and dolphin kick can be used, and kicking can be down on front or back.
Arms with Water Dumbbells
·         Keep arms straight out and push arms down into the water and bring arms back to starting position.
·         Put arms straight down in front of you with dumbbells in water and do bicep curls.
·         Float on stomach with dumbbell in each hand with arms extended out to sides.  Push the dumbbells into water in an arcing motion until they are straight under you and slowly bring arms back out to sides.
Arms with Weights
·         Bicep curls with weights in the water.
·         Side arm rise with weights.  Start with arms at sides then raise out to the side in an arcing movement all the way out of the water and up to the head then slowly lower arms back into water.