Volume 1, Issue #3 Spring 2011
Greetings <<First Name>>,
Welcome to the Spring issue of the JCC's Fitness and Lifestyles Newsletter!
Congratulations on getting the year off to a good start. We have seen a lot of new faces in the Fitness centre and our 'Stick with it!' Fitness Challengers are the most dedicated bunch we have seen.
This issue we introduce some funky new fitness training tools now available in the fitness centre. We welcome back a popular trainer and launch our new Weightloss program. Plus we give you a sneak peak of what is coming up for Spring and Summer 2011.
Enjoy!
Talitha, Shari and your Personal Training Team
WHAT'S NEW
BACK IN ACTION
A familiar face is back at the JCC. We are excited to have fitness expert Natalia Orekhova back on the Personal Training team and teaching some of her popular group fitness classes. Natalia is a an experienced personal trainer with expertise in:
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Posture correction
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Weightloss
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Pre/postnatal
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Self Defense
Interested in booking a session with Natalia? Stop by the Fitness Centre desk to book an appointment or contact Natalia directly.
JUST PROMOTED
Shari Feuz B.A., the JCC's Personal Training Supervisor has taken on the additional role of Fitness Centre Manager.
Shari's diverse experiences in the fitness industry include 14 years as a personal trainer at venues including a women's only health club, a private business club as well as managing a high-end personal training studio.
Shari spent several years outfitting home and commercial gyms, publishing an international fitness and wellness magazine and managing a large scale health & fitness conference.
Shari is a freelance health and fitness writer and is featured in the latest issue of Alive Magazine.
Please welcome Shari as your new Personal Training & Fitness Centre Manager and your go-to-gal for all things fitness!
 Congratulations to all the of the Fitness Challengers who Stuck with it for all 7 Weeks!
Here are the top 25 Fitness Challengers who earned the highest number of points for the physical activity they performed over 7 weeks.
Kirat Malik
Sol Rennie
Tom Kirkpatrick
Judy Stern
Margo Fluker
Norm Archeck
Alvin Siy
Lloyd Baron
Edith Kirkpatrick
Dawn Mauro
Mark May
Michelle Aderem
Dana Troster
Nadine Frame
Gideon Frame
David Berson
Marla Simcoff
Catherine D’Aoust
Lorne Mallin
Martin Welch
Reisa Schwatrzman
Bill Galloway
Corin Neuman
Becky Solomon
Lisa Averbach
Way to get STUCK ON FITNESS!
NEW FITNESS TOOLS
NEW TRAINING TOOLS AT THE JCC: UGI BALLS
WHAT IS UGI?
The UGI ball has squish of a beanbag, the bounce-back of a stress ball and the beauty of simple design. -UGI Website
WHY WE LIKE IT
Very few tools make it into our Trainer’s toolbox. The versatility, durability and fun of the UGI ball is a welcome addition allowing hundreds of modifications to classic exercises and a tonne of new ones too.
Plus, UGI was created by a trio of Vancouver’s own fitness leaders and entrepreneurs who just happen to be your fellow JCC members.
HOW YOU CAN PLAY
Grab a UGI and play. There are 4 New UGI balls in the JCC Fitness Centre you can play with. 1 X 6 lbs, 2 X 8lbs, 1 X 10lbs. A large poster in the Fitness Centre demonstrates a sample of exercises to try.
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Register for our 8-Week UGI class where you learn everything you need to know to do your own UGI workouts at home, PLUS you get your OWN UGI Ball, exercise guide, and workout timer. LEARN MORE.
NEW TRAINING TOOLS AT THE JCC: KETTLEBELLS
WHAT ARE KETTLEBELLS?
A kettlebell is a cast iron weight with a handle.
WHY WE LIKE THEM
The American Council on Exercise (ACE) recently demonstrated that Shorter duration workouts are required when training with Kettlebells. Study participants burned approximately 20 calories per minute during a typical kettle bell workout. That is aproximately 400 calories in a 20 minute workout which is an incredible amount of calories. This suggests that the use of kettlebells provides a much higher-intensity workout than standard weightlifting. A 200 pound person would have to spend approximately 1 hour on a treadmill or 30 minutes of intense weight training to achieve the same caloric expenditure. In terms of calorie burning, these results are equivalent to running a six-minute mile pace, or cross-country skiing uphill at a fast pace.
HOW YOU CAN PLAY
The JCC FItness Centre has 4 new Kettlebells you can use in your training. 8kg, 12kg, 16 kg, 20kg.
Private lesson: Technical introduction to the Kettlebell Swing and how to incorporate kettlbells into your workout.
Instructor: Meghan O'Connell, JCC Personal Trainer , Certified Kettlebell Instructor
$36/ 30 minutes
Image & model credit: Thanks to Ajamu Bernard, Founder of the Kettlebell Academy
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HEALTH TALKS
Health Talks (free)
Join Dr. Allana Polo, Naturopath, for enlightening talks about natural remedies to common health concerns.
Allergies & Asthma April 13 6:30-7:30pm
Detox & Cleanse June 13 6:30-7:30pm
Golf Therapy (free)
Add yards to your drives, improve accuracy and increase endurance to finish your round strong and without pain. This physiotherapist-run seminar will give tools to improve your golf game through core strengthening, flexibility, balance and postural exercises.
Presenter: Michael Wall, Registered Physiotherapist
We May 18 6:30-7:30pm
Topics & schedule
Trainer Talks
These are the lectures you wish you attended when you were 15 years old, before the weight gain, before the belly started to protrude, before the shoulders started to hunch, before you spent hundreds of dollars on memberships to gyms you never set foot in. It's not too late to get it right!
Trainer talks are fun, interactive lectures delivered by an expert personal trainer. Each 1-hour session provides a wealth of focused information and practical tools to optimize your training.
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Brand new to fitness? Make a SMART start.
Th April 14 7:00 - 8:00pm 8231
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Ab training secrets. No more wasting time on the wrong strategy.
Th April 28 7:00 - 8:00pm 8232
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Poor posture. 10 Strategies to straighten up.
Th May 12 7:00-8:00pm 8233
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Shortcuts to weight-loss. Tips and tricks to optimize results.
Th May 26 7:00-8:00pm
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What’s all the buzz about core training?
Th June 9 7:00-8:00pm
M $15; NM $18 /session. Register for 3 or more Trainer Talks at once and save $4 per session.
Topics & schedule
FEATURE PROGRAM
Weightloss Club
The most significant and most difficult part of losing weight is the lifestyle change that must occur for success. Changing too many things at once rarely works.
Weighloss Club is an 11-Week support and exercise program developed by JCC Personal Trainer Shari Feuz, a kinesiologist with over 14 years experience.
Weightloss Club includes all the facotrs you need for successful change:
Accountability of a group
Measurement and tracking of your results
Celebration of success
Lean eating coaching
Smart Goal setting
The best in fat blasting exercise
Motivation to work hard and stick with it!
We 6:00-7:30pm
Code 8238
Apr 6-Jun 29 (11 sessions) | no class Apr 20, Jun 8
M$198 / N$264 +HST
Please contact Shari directly for more information.
COMING SOON
We aren't just hanging out in the little fitness office twiddling our thumbs, here are some of the cool things we are working on for you:
Smokin' Hot for Summer
4 weeks of fat blasting and physique sculpting (May 2011)
Hiking and Backpacking 101
Want to climb the Grouse Grind this summer? Start training! (May 2011)
Pre-season Golf Conditioning
Work out your kinks before you hit the links (May 2011)
Details coming soon!
WE'RE NOW ON FACEBOOK!
THANKS FOR READING, <<First Name>>
We love feedback so please send us an email or stop by for a visit!
Your Fitness & Lifestyles Team,
Talitha Johnston
Fitness Director, 604.257.5111 ext. 218
Shari Feuz
Fitness Centre & Personal Training Manager, Personal trainer 604.257.5111 ext. 214
Your Personal Trainers
Adrian Lucanu
Alexei Orekhov
Catherine D'Aoust
Cristy Villegas
Elizabeth Roy
Meghan O'Connell
Melanie Galloway
Rocio Kriwoy
LOYAL READER CONTEST
Thanks for reading the JCC's Fitness and Lifestyles Newsletter!
You can be the first to learn how to incorporate the hottest fitness trend into your workouts. This issue we are giving away a complimentary KETTLEBELL TRAINING LESSON with certified Kettlebell Instructor: Meghan O'Connell
30 minute session/Value:$36
How to enter
Send us an email with the correct response to the following question.
Q: According to research by the American Council on Exercise, how many calories can you burn per minute during a kettlebell workout?
We will randomly draw (1) one name from all responses received by April 8, 2011.
Image: JCC Personal Trainer Meghan O'Connell Teaches the finer details of the kettlebell swing.
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