PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
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Fitness Center Orientation

Fitness Assessment & Personalized Exercise Programs

Adult Fitness Classes

Teen Strength Training

Strength Training for Women

Active Older Adult Strength Training

Blood Pressure Screening/Body Composition Testing

Fitness Testing for People with Arthritis

Personal Fitness Program

Weight Loss Challenge

Health and Fitness Certifications and Continuing Education

Check out our new Women & Youth Fitness Center located on the 2nd floor. 

Our Women & Youth Fitness Center is designed for women of all ages, children between the ages of 10 and 16, and active older adults. The Hoist Circuit equipment is a fun and innovative nine-piece line of strength training equipment that is effective and safe.  Hoist Circuit program significantly reduces the potential for damage or injury while developing muscles, joints and bones. This room will only be open during designated periods.  Check with the member services desk for a schedule.   

HEALTH & FITNESS

The Licking County Family YMCA Health & Fitness Center believes that physical activity is a key component of good health. It can help prevent disease and enhance the quality of life: mentally, emotionally, and physically. Yet according to the 1996 Surgeon General's report on physical activity and health, 6 in 10 Americans are not regularly physically active. (Regular physical activity means 30 consecutive minutes of moderately intense activity on most days of the week.) 

Wellness is a process of adapting patterns of behavior that lead toward health, heightened life satisfaction, and the integration of social, mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health. The Licking County Family YMCA Health & Fitness Center hopes to provide our members the opportunity to meet all of these goals.  Our center offers a variety of programs, and a diverse selection of exercise equipment to meet those needs. Health & Fitness Center staff is available to assist you with questions or concerns and supervise the Fitness Center throughout the day.  Health & Fitness Center staff can spot you, discuss exercise topics or programs, and assist you with any equipment.

Only full members 16 or older may use Health & Fitness Center.

Fitness Center Orientations

Fitness Center orientations are required prior to using our Health and Fitness Center.  This orientation provides instruction on the proper use of equipment and exercise techniques. Orientations are also a great time to ask any exercise-related questions. Orientations may be scheduled by calling 740-345-9622 or by checking with a Health & Fitness staff or Member Services staff.

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Fitness Assessments and Personalized Exercise Programs

This program involves two sessions: body composition, aerobic endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, and flexibility. During the first session, individual goals, medical history, and current exercise program are discussed as well as comprehensive fitness testing. This discussion allows fitness center staff to develop a program designed specifically to meet your goals, interests, fitness level, and medical history. In the second session, YMCA staff review the assessment results and provide a personalized exercise program. These sessions are designed for people currently exercising and familiar with an exercise program. Free to full members. To schedule a fitness assessment, call the Health & Fitness Coordinator Constance Wedemeyer @ 345-9622.

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Adult Fitness Class Descriptions

You must be 14 years old or older to participate. Adult Fitness Classes are free for full members. Classes are listed alphabetically below:

Ballroom Dancing

An energetic cardiovascular adult sport.  Participants learn how to do the Fox Trot, Cha Cha, Rumba, Waltz, Tango and Swing.  This course can lead to competition dancing.  It also builds communication skills between partners. Female participants need low-heeled non-scuffing shoes and male participants can wear tennis shoes. You do not have to bring a partner to attend the class.  Maximum per class is 20 adults.  Fee:  $20

Circuit Interval

This class is a fun way to achieve an intense aerobic and anaerobic workout using weights, balls, tubing, body bars, cones, and benches. You will feel right at home with the instructor.

Group Cycling

All you have to do is pedal.  Each cycling class brings a different aerobic or anaerobic workout.  We have endurance, strength, interval, and competitive cycling rides.  Please bring a water bottle, Biking shorts, gloves, and gel seat covers are welcome.  All instructors are certified in cycling.  Heart-rate monitors are on sale in our health and fitness department.  Class is located in the cycling room.

	Heart Rate
Endurance Ride	65%-75% entire ride
Strength Ride	75%-85% with hard resistance
Interval Ride	65%-90% bringing your heart rate up then back to 65% then repeating
Competitive Ride	80%-90% entire ride

Kickboxing

This program sculpts your upper body with jabs and lower body with a variety of kicks. This class is for people who love a good cardiovascular workout. Kickboxing may also incorporate boxing gloves from time to time.

Low Impact Aerobics

This class is a great way to start to exercise and/or for a low impact workout. Set to music, this uplifting workout helps build your aerobic base, strengthen your heart and burn calories. The instructor will keep you coming back.

Pilates

Pilates is a unique exercise system that gives rapid, yet lasting results:  a leaner sculpted body, increased abdominal and lower back strength, and improved posture.

Pilates Performer

Get the amazing, body-strengthening benefits of pilates plus an excellent cardio workout with this advanced machine.  Unlike most pilates machines, this machine features a removable rebounder for effective aerobic exercise.  You can also use the machine for the full complement of traditional pilates exercises, known for developing a strong, flexible and lean body. This class is located in the Women & Youth Fitness Center.

Pilates & Yoga

The first 30 minutes of this class is pilates and the second 30 minutes is yoga.  This class is designed to provide you with the best of two worlds in a shorter period of time.

Silver Sneakers®

This program is designed to provide a fun and challenging way for you to continue the lifelong journey of holistic health.  The program is easily personalized to address multiple fitness levels and differences in health needs.  A variety of equipment and techniques will be used in this program.  Chairs will be used for some of the exercises and will be available to you as necessary to work toward improved strength and endurance.  If you use a wheelchair, you will find this program adaptable to your specific needs.

Step

Step aerobics provides an outstanding cardiovascular workout. You can tailor the intensity of the workout to your fitness level by adding or subtracting risers from underneath your bench, or using arm movements. Great teachers, choreography, and motivating music help to make this class a success.

Step Interval

This class is similar to a step class except it involves increasing the heart rate to an anaerobic level in intervals, using various pieces of equipment or high intensity exercises.

Teenagers Only - For teens 13-19 years

This course is a fun, music driven workout for teens.  Instructors have the choice of kickboxing, aerobics, pilates or tone & strengthen.  Registration is required, but the class is free to full members.

Tone & Strengthen

This class offers 30 minutes of strength resistance training for your body using balls, benches, mats, heavy weights, and tubing. Never the same routine twice. Everyone welcome.

Yoga

Yoga integrates the mind and body to create a sense of well-being. You will learn to focus the mind and breathing while increasing your flexibility, strength, and endurance with poses.

Zumba

Zumba is the newest, hottest and most fun workout routine. Zumba features aerobic interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body.  Zumba utilizes the principles of fitness interval training and resistance training to maximize your calorie burn and total body toning.  It is a mixture of body sculpting movements with easy to follow dance steps.

All instructors have the ability to teach all fitness levels in all classes.  If you have certain restrictions or need additional information on choosing an adult fitness class that is right for you, please contact the Health & Fitness Coordinator Constance Wedemeyer @ 345-9622.

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Teen Strength Training Program

Teen Strength Training is a 7-week program designed to educate youth 12 to 16 years old on proper strength training principles and techniques. The program helps teens learn how to perform free weight exercises correctly and design their own fitness program. Each session also begins with education on an exercise-related topic (nutrition, supplements, basic anatomy, etc.) and an opportunity for teens to ask questions. At the conclusion of the program, teens are eligible to take more advanced classes on topics such as sport-specific training and plyometrics. Classes are free for full members.

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Strength Training for Women - beginning to intermediate

Strength Training for Women is a program designed to ease women back into an exercise program through circuit and free weight exercises in a group setting. Class is located in the Women & Youth Fitness Center on the second floor.  Registration is required with a limit of 12 participants.

Strength Training for Women - advanced

Strength Training for Women- advanced is a program designed to provide a forum for women to learn to perform circuit and free weight exercises in a group setting. Classes meet three times per week to target exercises for specific muscle groups. Information is also provided on basic nutrition, lifting techniques, and other health-related topics. Classes are available and free to full members only.  Class is located in the Health & Fitness Center.  Members must be tested by our Wellness Center staff to move into this level.  Registration is necessary.

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Active Older Adult Strength Training

The Active Older Adult Strength Training program is designed to provide information and lifting techniques for the older adult. Classes meet twice a week to discuss different age-related health topics as well as to dispel the myths of strength training for older adults. The class consists of lectures and exercises performed in the fitness center. Classes are free to full members 55 years and older.

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Blood Pressure Screening/Body Composition Testing

YMCA members may have blood pressures taken or body composition tests throughout the day provided staff members are available.

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Fitness Testing for People with Arthritis

Fitness testing for people with arthritis requires taking a resting  heart rate, blood pressure, written functional assessment, and body fat (optional). Active tests involve three flexibility tests, walk assessment, and balance assessment. Individuals with arthritis may participate individually or in groups of up to four individuals. The program is free for individuals involved with YMCA Warm Water Arthritis classes. Appointments may be scheduled through the Member Service Desk or by calling 345-9622.

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Weight Loss Challenge

The purpose of the YMCA Weight Loss Challenge program is to help those individuals who are overweight and need assistance with their weight loss achieve success.  This program helps you adopt behavioral changes to help you better meet your weight loss goals.  The course combines education and exercise classes teaching proper techniques to help you learn how to exercise more effectively.  There is a point system to determine the winner.  The individual who accumulates the most points at the end of the challenge is the winner.  Registration in required.  Cost of program.  $20

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Health & Fitness Certifications and Continuing Education

Principles of Health & Fitness

This basic-level course provides practical and theoretical information for instructors of all YMCA health and fitness programs.  Included in this program is information on leadership, basic exercise physiology, healthy lifestyles, and safety guidelines as well as the YMCA missions, philosophy, and the national program training system.  It is a prerequisite for all other YMCA health and fitness certification courses.

Core Muscle Training

This course focuses on the functional anatomy of the core muscles (abdomen, back) of the body and how they relate to posture, movement, and injury prevention.  Included is information on exercise selection for implementing and designing abdominal and body toning classes, and the muscle strengthening component of group exercise classes.  Includes practical sessions.

Rubber Resistance – Upper Body

This YMCA continuing education course was developed in collaboration with SPRI Educational Services.  It provides training for exercise instructors in the practical application of strength training techniques using a variety of upper body rubber resistance exercise tools.  The course includes program theory and guidelines, practical sessions utilizing a number of hands-on resistance training techniques, and program development information.

Rubber Resistance – Lower Body

This YMCA continuing education course was developed in collaboration with SPRI Educational Services.  It provides training for exercise instructors in the practical application of strength training techniques using a variety of lower body rubber resistance exercise tools.  The course includes program theory and guidelines, practical sessions utilizing a number of hands-on resistance training techniques, and program development information.

Yoga Ball

This YMCA continuing education course was developed in collaboration with SPRI Educational Services.  It provides practical information and techniques for teaching yoga postures and poses using stability balls.  These movements help develop posture, balance, strength, and flexibility.  The training includes program theory and guidelines, practical sessions of hands-on technique work, and program development information.

Xerball

This YMCA continuing education course was developed in collaboration with SPRI Educational Services to provide training for exercise instructors and personal trainers in the practical application of strength training techniques using a weighted medicine ball.  The training includes program theory and guidelines, practical sessions of hands-on technique work, and program development information.

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