| LIFE'S A BOWL OF CHERRIES HERE !! |
| In our continuous effort to encourage exercise participation, and adhereance, while making workouts fun and rewarding. We bring you a variety of incentives, games, and wellness promoting programs. |
| Women on Weights An educational program to encourage more female participation in weight training and increase awareness of its importance and role in muscular balance and injury prevention. The workshop objective is to become confident in working all the major muscle groups in a variety of methods, from tubing, to machines, free weights and bodyweight. Participants will become knowledgeable in basic anatomy terms and proper body mechanics. |
| Test-A-Week A different fitness assessment test will be featured, each week All tests contribute to a complete picture of how effective your current workout is. |
| The Lean Bowl A 10-week football-theme incentive fat-loss contest. Team players get an initial and ending body fat composition analysis, and should weigh-in each week. Teams will advance yardage determined by pounds lost. A maximum limit is established to encourage 'safe' weight loss, and penalties may be incurred if lean mass is lost. |
| "Strive for a Prize" This is an on-going incentive program that allows members to earn points (automatically) towards prizes, by recording their workouts within the computer tracking program. This computer program allows members to track activities, and evaluate workouts. |
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| THIS JUST NAMES A FEW, OUR CREATIVITY WILL KEEP YOU COMING IN FOR MORE ! |
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| THE SCHAUMBURG SCREAM! Get prepared to journey on this scary path of varied exercises through the haunted fitness trail. The Halloween themed game is designed to promote cross training, prompt you to learn and try new equipment and exercises, and encourage asking questions of the staff, with a drop of competition. The first to survive this eerie tale of monsters and ghouls, and reaches the safety of the haunted mansion, wins! |
| RESOLUTIONS: A PLAN FOR SUCCESS (Offered Janurarys) Insightful 30 minute seminar that will help guide and inspire you to set goals and begin the first step towards the rest of your life ! FREE to everyone, including non-members ! SIGN UP NOW ! |
| OPEN HOUSE AND BEACH PARTY! Cardio Surf Class (with a beachball volleyball to cool down) -- Limbo Contest -- Drinks & Snacks (while they last) Non-Members are encouraged to come and join the party! Pick up a FREE one-week mini-membership pass. Here�s your chance to visit and use the Fitness Center Free of charge!! WEAR YOUR BEST HAWAIIAN CLOTHES AND YOU�LL GET A CHANCE TO WIN GREAT PRIZES |
| Just the thing to keep you motivated ... The Cross-Country Fitness Race, from New York to San Francisco (5380miles). Includes outside workouts, the objective is to earn 'fitness miles' by exercising consistently and at the proper intensity to advance across the continental USA. It�s easy and bonus miles are awarded for workout frequency. |
| Nutrition Trivia Test your knowledge and enter to win a T-shirt. Exercise for at least 20 minutes, and answer the posted nutrition question. (a new question posted every 2-3 days) Chance of winning depends on the number of �correct� answers submitted. Winner will be drawn |
| THE 12 DAYS OF FITNESS (December) Only one sign off per day, in any order. To be eligible to win you must have each health & fitness activity signed off by the staff. All completed activity sheets will be used in a drawing to get a prizewinner. |
| Get it all in about in 30 minutes ! Holiday Survivor Workout (3 min. cardio stations, 1-1/2 min. resistance stations) You must move quickly between stations. Use lighter than average weight amounts- down-grade as necessary. Ask staff for help at any time! Please warm up for 10 minutes (cardio machine of your choice) before beginning. Then, jump in at any point on the circle of exercises! |
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| NUTRITION 101- and Why Diets Fail An educational 30 minute power-point presentation, with plenty of handouts, that will throw out the useless propaganda and offer real tools to understanding how proper nutritional guidelines can make the difference for the rest of your life ! FREE to everyone, including non-members ! |
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| The "Reach your Peak" four-week, quick training, incentive contest. Teams of 3-4 will urge each other through the health and fitness tasks, and progressive goals. This is an expedition up the elevations of the worlds highest mountains, and personal obstacles. |