Birthday Bash Boot Camp April 12 in Wray

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Saturday, April 12th is the Birthday Bash Boot Camp from 8-9:30 AM. The cost is $10 per session. Dani Rockwell, Liz Gillham and Thomas Hoff will be instructing. Boot camp addresses all areas of fitness including: fat/weight loss, full body strength, muscular/cardio endurance, balance, flexibility, agility and much more! Push yourself out of your comfort zone.

Encore Life 2014 Winter Class Schedule

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Encore Life 2014 Winter Class Schedule
Walk with Ease: Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday Jan 20th - Feb 21st 10:30am @ WRAC Location 

Pilates: Monday/Thursday Jan 20th - Feb 27th 5:15-6pm @ Encore Life Location

Strong Bones: Tuesday/Friday Jan 21st - Mar 14th from 9:30-10:30am @ Laird Community Hall

Hula Hoop Class: Tuesdays Jan 21st - Mar 11th 4:15pm @ Buchanan Middle School

Country Swing Class: Tuesdays Jan 21st - Mar 11th 6:30-7:30pm @ Wray Elementary MP Gym
Men in the Kitchen: Tuesdays through Feb 18th 3-5pm @ Wray High School Location
Men's Fitness: Tuesday/Thursday through Feb 27th 6-7pm @ Maximize Fitness Studio
Coffee Talk Fitness: Thursdays through Feb 27th 9:15-10am @ Hillbilly Heaven
Homework House: Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 3:30-5pm @ Senior Center Location

NJC to offer new round of fitness classes

***Press Release***

Registration closes on January 16^th

With the arrival of a new year and a new semester, Northeastern Junior College will offer a new round of fitness classes through the wellness center at the Bank of Colorado Event Center. These classes will run for eight weeks, beginning January 22 in correlation with the new 2014 Spring Semester A Term.

Classes offered will include two sessions of Yoga I, Cardio Kickboxing Aerobic, Dynamic Workout, Ultimate Warrior Workout (bootcamp), and Body Sculpting & Toning.  Classes begin on January 22^nd and run through March 14^th. Registration for a fitness class on campus gives the enrolled student full access to the workout and free weights and the walk-jog track at the facility during regular Event Center hours over the duration of class dates.  Cost of the classes is $138.75 for those ages 59 and under. The Prime Time learner fee, for those ages 60 and over is $79.00 per class.

Students have two time choices when it comes to the college’s Yoga I offering. Connie Henderson will instruct Yoga I on Wednesdays and Fridays, from 12:07-1:07 p.m. Petie Sabala will teach his version of Yoga I on Mondays and Thursdays from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Cardio Kickboxing Aerobics will be held Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., taught by Ashley Meick. 

Connie Henderson will also teach a Dynamic Workout Class on Mondays and Thursdays from 12:10-1:00 p.m.

Popular local trainer Alma Blagg will lead an Ultimate Warrior Workout (bootcamp) on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 6:20-7:30 p.m.

Last but not least, Lindsey Lorenzo returns by popular demand for a Body Sculpting & Toning                  Class to be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

To register for fitness classes please stop by the counter inside the Wellness Center entrance at the Bank of Colorado Event Center on campus and complete the appropriate paperwork and make payment. For additional information, contact Bo Beardsley @   970-521-6621. He can also answer questions about what is and is not included in the various classes listed here. There is limited enrollment in these classes and they tend to fill fast, so interested individuals are encouraged to register now.

Matter of Balance and Men's Fitness Classes start in October at Encore Life in Wray

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Encore Life in Wray will hold "Matter of Balance" classes, on Tuesdays and Thursdays during October from 9-11:00am.  This class is designed to benefit older adults who are concerned about falls, have sustained a fall in the past, or are just interested in improving balance, flexibility, and strength.  Class size limited to 12.  Encore Life will also hold a Men's Fitness class on Mondays and Wednesdays from October 7th to November 13th from 5:30-6:30pm.  This class will address achy muscles, stiff joints, and tissue restrictions by focusing on flexibility, mobility, and activation. To register for either of these classes, call Encore Life at 332-4701.

WRAC in Wray Announces Fall Class Schedule

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The WRAC in Wray has announced their fall class schedule.  Classes include morning aerobics, high intensity interval training, yoga, stretching, weight loss, endurance, and more.  For complete details visit their website wracofwray.org or call them at 332-4451.

Snowball Challenge being offering by NJC

***Press Release***

Fitness promotion helps you develop life changes

The unseasonably warm day this past Saturday had all kinds of people out doing all kinds of physical activities. Remember, it is winter in Colorado and the snow will once again fly. The fitness promotions department at the Bank of Colorado Event Center at Northeastern Junior College invites everyone to participate in this spring’s Snowball Challenge.  Like a snowball that gets bigger and bigger the more it rolls across the white surface, this fitness challenge encourages you to begin with individual short-term goals  and  eventually obtain a larger long-term goal. The Snowball Challenge runs January 28^th through April 28^th, 2013.

Every two weeks, participants will pick one healthier or more active change to make to their life and they will add it to their previous goal. You’ll be asked to focus on things you want or need to make different in order to approve your overall health. Among these changes could be life-style alterations in nutrition and specific fitness goals as well as emotional and psychological changes.  By adding these small changes one at a time over an eight week period, it is more likely that some of them will stick long-term.

You’ll be asked to turn in your goals, and then track your own progress, turning in a log every two weeks to document that you have continued to keep up with your commitment. In order to move on through the challenge, each participant will be required to show on paper that he or she has kept up with the goals by completing the activity 6 out of the 7 days per week.

All participants who complete their goals and turn in logs every other week will be able to have their name in a drawing for a prize at the end of each small-term goal cycle. Prizes will include gift cards to the college’s bookstore and Northeastern 18 and Plainsman Grill,  athletic apparel, or free access to one week of workout classes. Each participant who successfully completed the challenge will receive one month free access to the event center. A grand prize will be awarded to the overall  challenge winner which will be selected from whomever has completed all the short term goals and in doing so, has achieved their long-term goal.

To participate in the Snowball Challenge, all participants are required to enroll in the PED 110 Fitness activity class ($134.72) and pay a one-time fee of $5 to contribute to purchasing weekly prizes.

According to NJC’s Bank of Colorado assistant manager and health  and  fitness promotions coordinator Kari Mueller,  “I will provide weekly challenging exercises for you to incorporate and ideas and motivation to help you push through those difficult weeks in order to obtain your goals,” she said. “You can expect research-based nutritional information that is on the rise and proven to help in creating a healthy lifestyle.”  Mueller sites a few examples of how the goal setting in the Snowball Challenge might work, “Let’s say the first week you set the goal of drinking eight  8-ounce  glasses of water each day. On week three, you then set the goal of adding 10 minutes of vertical core exercises to your previous goal, so now you are drinking the right amount of water and doing some vertical core exercises,” she explains. “On your fifth week, you add the goal of adding lean protein to your breakfast every day, so now you are doing three good things for yourself. Every two weeks you are adding something else to make you better!”

Mueller notes that over a period of eight weeks, you will have adopted some great life-style changes that are going to improve your physical well-being.  Mueller also said that while you are doing the Snowball Challenge, you will also have access to the use of the fitness center on campus and can work-out in the facility as much as you want during this time.

For more information, contact Mueller at 521-6614 or email her at kari.mueller@njc.edu     Participants must sign up for this challenge by Monday, January 28^th. You can do this at the Bank of Colorado Event Center on NJC’s campus.  

New year brings new set of fitness classes to NJC

***Press Release***

Northeastern Junior College’s wellness center and Extended Studies Department are offering you some new opportunities to keep your new year’s resolution. Five new fitness classes begin on January 24^th. Sign up now to enroll as they are expected to be popular offerings. The instructors are seasoned fitness experts who have mastered their own physical fitness and enjoy sharing what they know with other learners.

The college has always offered yoga classes, and this continues when Petie Sabala and Connie Henderson return to teach at different times on different days. Sabala will offer yoga from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, January 24^th to March 14^th.  Henderson will teach a yoga offering from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on  Wednesdays and Fridays, January 23-March 15^th. Yoga will enhance general health and well-being through strength, flexibility, balance and relaxation techniques and exercises. Students practice yoga according to their individual fitness levels and abilities.

Kari Mueller will offer a circuit training class on Tuesdays and Thursdays, January 24-March 14^th from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Circuit training is a form of conditioning that combines both resistance and cardio training to improve fitness and health. By varying the intensity throughout an activity, students will burn fat and eliminate boredom.

Mueller will also offer a cardio blast class on Mondays and Wednesdays, January 23-March 13^th from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.  This will be a high energy, fun cardio class set to music that will get your body moving. Cardio will include a variety of high and low floor work, intervals and basic dance moves. Strength, balance and flexibility exercises are also included. All levels of fitness are welcome and it is a great calorie burning workout.

Lindsey Lorenzo, a seasoned instructor returns this January with a popular Pilates class. She will teach Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., January 24-March 14^th. Pilates is the ultimate exercise for anyone who wants to tone, streamline, and realign their body. The focus is on the abdominals, or “powerhouse,” which supports the back; this makes Pilates an ideal exercise for those with back problems--or those hoping to prevent them.

New this semester will be a kettlebells class, taught by Kari Mueller, on Mondays and Wednesdays, January 23-March 13^th from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Kettlebells are bowling ball sized weights with a single lopped handle on top. They range in weight from two pounds to over 100 pounds. Kettlebells focus on conditioning and engage multiple muscle groups at once. They are a great way to get a whole body workout in a short time.

All of these classes will be held at the Bank of Colorado Event Center and include an 8-week membership to the facility. Students in these classes can work-out as many times as they choose per week during this time. The cost is $134.72 or a mere $16.84 per week or $2.80 per day (based on six days a week) which is less than the daily punch card rate. These instructors are all happy to work with individuals of all fitness levels, helping you see how to modify movements for your particular ability.

To register for any of these five classes, contact the Extended Studies Department at 521-6900.

A Healthier Weigh - Yuma County Coming in January

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The Colorado State University Yuma County Extension in partnership with the WRAC and the Wray Community District Hospital is hosting A Healthier Weigh -- Yuma County Health Challenge. It is a 12-week challenge that encourages increased activity, making wise food choices, and living a healthier lifestyle. This year will also include bonus tips on the link between health and wealth and how to improve both. Participants will also benefit from WRAC discounts and a fitness age assessment. The challenge is conducted with teams of 4 adults or as an individual. Participants must weigh-in at the beginning of the challenge on January 7 or 10 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm or 5:00 to 6:00 pm. Registration fees are $40 per individual or $160 per team. For more information call 332-4151.

North Sterling State Park Hosts Triathlon

***Colorado State Parks Press Release***

STERLING, Colo. - North Sterling State Park will host the HITS Triathlon Series on July 28 and July 29.  Water levels in the reservoir remain good for swimming, fishing and boating. The HITS Open, a nationwide series of swimming, biking and running races held at sites across the country, is designed for everyone from individuals attempting their first triathlon to aspiring professional athletes.

                     There will be several heats held over the two-day period. Each heat will begin with the swim and then transition into the bicycling followed by the running.  David Piper, North Sterling State Park’s Manager, said all three stages for each of the events will be held in the park and centered at the swim beach pavilion. The swim beach area will be busy both days, with athletes, vendors, and food service staff. The public is welcome to watch or enjoy the swim beach area when the triathlon athletes aren’t swimming. During the swim portion of each heat, the area will be closed to swimming to allow athletes to compete without interference.

                     North Sterling State Park offers fast, rolling courses for the biking and running. The Open, Sprint and Olympic run courses will take place on hard packed trails, while the Half and Full athletes will continue onto safe, rural country roads dotted with farms. The swim will take place in the waters of North Sterling Reservoir and feature gorgeous views and plenty of room for mass starts.

                     Colorado Parks and Wildlife was created by the merger of Colorado State Parks and the Colorado Division of Wildlife, two nationally recognized leaders in conservation, outdoor recreation and wildlife management. Colorado Parks and Wildlife manages 42 state parks, all of Colorado’s wildlife, more than 300 state wildlife areas and a host of recreational programs. To learn more about Colorado’s state parks, please see: http://www.parks.state.co.us.  To learn more about Colorado’s wildlife programs, please see: http://wildlife.state.co.us