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2008 CLASS SCHEDULE

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY
12:30PM PILATES/YOGA COMBO BEGINNER TO ADVANCED TAMARA	COMING SOON	12:30PM BOXERCISE ON THE BALCONY Laura	COMING SOON
6:00PM WALK-JOG -RUN OUTDOOR CIRCUIT Dan

 

Class Descriptions:

Walk-Jog-Run Outdoor Circuit – Time to get outdoors and get fit whilst exploring some of this great city of ours. From the Botanic Gardens, Harbour Bridge, Observatory Hill or The Opera House, every week is a new and interesting location. We run, skip, jump, walk, push, pull and bound in a class designed to give you the ultimate cross-training experience.

This class is for everyone. From complete beginner to elite athlete this class is designed to enable every person to work to their own potential. Class leaves from the canon & anchor at Macquarie Place at 6:05pm sharp

Pilates – Focusing on your ‘power house’, your deep abdominal stabilisers, Pilates strengthening your body from the inside – out. Correct your posture, strengthen your whole mid-region, gain control over your breathing, improve your flexibility and generally de-stress in the boom class of the new millennium.

Yoga – Combat stress, greatly improve flexibility and joint range-of-movement, increase strength, relax and unwind in this ancient form of exercise from which everyone can benefit.

Boxercise – A dynamic, effective and fun workout that is suitable for all levels. If you are looking for a fantastic cross-training challenge this class is for you.

Flexibility – Enjoy a deep stretch opening your spine, limbs and body to improve mobility & posture. Raise your energy levels and flexibility through breathing, yoga and deep tissue stretching.

Exercise Tip THE BOSU

Many of you may have noticed the new dome shaped half fit ball with a solid base at the gym. This is the BOSU. This piece of equipment is a relatively new training aid that focuses on balance, coordination and strength. Whilst performing standard resistance training exercises on the BOSU the bodies neuromuscular system (balancing) is subjected to a whole new range of forces.
These new forces are fantastic for improving core conditioning, balance, coordination and whole body muscle recruitment.
There are a wide range of abdominal, back, core, upper and lower body exercises that can be done on the BOSU so see a trainer to find out how effective this latest fitness product can be!

 

A workout a day keeps colds at bay!

A new study published in the American Journal of Medicine has found that otherwise sedentary individuals who partake in moderate exercise have fewer colds than their inactive counterparts.

Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center randomly assigned 115 overweight and obese, sedentary, postmenopausal female study participants to either a moderate exercise regimen or to a once-weekly stretching session.

The moderate exercise consisted mainly of brisk walking for 45 minutes a day for five days a week, and the stretching comprised one weekly 45 minute session. The participants were tracked for twelve months, and their health monitored through questionnaires which were filled out quarterly to record the occurrence of allergies, upper respiratory tract infections (colds and flu) and other infections.

Over the year-long study, the exercising group appeared to enjoy a decreased risk of suffering colds, whereas the incidence of colds in the stretching group actually increased slightly. During the last quarter of the study, the stretchers risk of colds increased to 3 times the rate of that in the exercising group. Throughout the year study 48 per cent of stretchers reported colds compared to 30 per cent of exercisers.

Cornelia M. Ulrich, PhD, senior author of the study, said; ‘although we did not find an effect overall on upper respiratory tract infections, our study suggests that moderate-intensity training can reduce the risk of colds in postmenopausal, non-smoking, overweight or obese women. This finding is of clinical relevance and adds a new facet to the growing literature on the health benefits of moderate exercise.’

Source: IHRSA, 2 November 2006

 

QUOTE OF THE MONTH

“Even if you are on the right track,
If you sit down you won’t go anywhere”

“Your health is not a matter of chance,
It is a matter of choice”

 

ODYSSEY HEALTH CLUB & SPA

Ultimate Fat Loss Program For Members

Over the past few months the Odyssey trainers and I have been reviewing the latest health and fitness literature, attending seminars with some of the best sports scientists and physical trainers in the world and re-working my own 100 page manual compiled over the last 15 years with one goal in mind. To develop the ultimate FAT LOSS and BODY TONING program possible.
Well I believe that I now have completed that program and now I want to give every Odyssey Health Club Member the chance to do it!

How it works!

The program is a comprehensive 12 month plan that incorporates 2-3 weights workouts and 2-3 cardio workouts per week. Obviously, the better results will come from people able to do 6 sessions per week but I realise that in the real world this is not often possible. But to take part in the program you must commit to at least 4 sessions per week if you expect to get the complete results!

The program is broken up into 5 x 10-11 week periods with each of these 11 week periods broken down further into 4 wk, 4wk, 2wk & 1wk mini programs. This keeps variety high and the body constantly being challenged. A major key to the program’s success.

How to get started – The program is simple but it is essential you receive professional instruction for some exercises as they can be dangerous if performed incorrectly. So in each 11 week period you will receive 2 x 60-75min personal training sessions (1 each at the beginning of each 4 week block). You will also be able to call on the trainer at any time if you have programming questions.

Cost – As a special promotion I am going to give all members the complete 12mth program with diagrams & descriptions, 2 x 60-75min personal training sessions per 11 weeks, a comprehensive nutritional plan and on-going trainer support for ONLY $99 per month.

If you have been struggling to get the results – this program may be the answer you have been looking for.

Contact Matt at the Odyssey Health Club and

Get Started!

Life is an adventure – Live do not just be alive!

Matt Crowe