Can youth programming bring more members to your club? It did at Newtown Athletic & Aquatic Club, after it instituted its NAC Girls Club. The club successfully challenges teenage girls to enjoy fitness and start living a healthy lifestyle early in life. Since most exercise equipment is designed for the average adult, young people aren’t physically prepared for the adult health club. Special programming is rarely geared toward adolescents, and teenagers are too old for childcare and too young for adult strength training. But with the right music, guest lecturers and instructors, youth program director Andrea Biernbaum maintains that the girls are comfortable, enthusiastic and gradually preparing for the transition to adult health clubs. With this transition brings new members, and the girls encourage family members to join. Continue reading this entry »
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Let’s get ready to rumble! Boxing has become one of the hottest forms of exercise to sweep the gym scene. Why? How does burning up to 900 calories an hour sound? How about improving cardiovascular fitness and gaining a higher basal metabolic rate? You’ll also increase lean body mass, develop eye-hand-foot coordination, reduce stress, learn a skill, improve confidence and self esteem, and have a ton of fun!