As we head into summer it is important to stick with our fitness routines, especially weight training. It has become increasingly apparent just how important weight training is to our long-term health. Summer is a great time to take your cardio workout to the great outdoors, but if you drop your weight training over the summer months you will lose ground in your overall strength.
This is particularly critical because during the summer we participate in lots of varied activities, regardless of physical preparedness. Summertime is often filled with weekend warrior syndrome – from waterskiing to softball, hefting heavy coolers to swimming, summer is more than ever a time to continue your weight training workouts.
The goal is to keep doing all those things we love, which does mean continuing your training routines. If we were kids who spend the majority of their days running, climbing, and wrestling their siblings, we wouldn’t have to train, but alas most of us are working or working at being adults, which seems to leave out recess and playtime. So don?t forget to build some time into your summer activities to stay in shape so you can enjoy the whole summer free of injury!
One of the benefits of being a member at BAC is direct access to talented trainers who can assist you in the process of improving your personal fitness, whether hiking, biking, skiing or camping. We have developed some new Outdoor Fitness Programs to help you stay fit and still enjoy the great outdoors! One great example is Jeremy?s bootcamp; they move things outdoors in the summer so come join us on Monday and Wednesday nights for a little extra weight and cardio training. Give us a call and make the time you spend in the club this summer really count!
Join the Bellingham Athletic Club team this summer for the Adventure Zone Summer Camp. It will include a day at the Birch Bay Waterslides, bowling over at Park Bowl, a trip to Trampoline Zone, and getting active around the BAC!
Looking for a Court Sport to try in the Summertime? Check out Pickleball!
For the last 12 years I have enjoyed teaching Pilates at the Bellingham Athletic Club. Maintaining my Pilates certification through Power Pilates over the years has helped me fine-tune workouts and keep members challenged. Following several foot and ankle injuries, I needed a non-impact method to build and increase my core strength. I quickly became enamored with Pilates. Working with members to strengthen their abs, back, and increase flexibility has been great fun! Come check out a class! This year I will celebrate my 25th wedding anniversary- I meet my husband Erik while attending graduate school at WWU. We have two amazing kids and have recently become empty-nesters. Outside of the BAC I enjoy baking, hiking, snowshoeing, traveling, gardening, spending time with friends and volunteering.
Heather has been a certified group fitness instructor at BAC since 1998. She teaches a variety of classes including Insanity, Total Body Conditioning, Power Pump and RIPPED. When not teaching, Heather is full-time paralegal and her and her husband Lance try their best to keep up with their very busy 9-year-old son, Hunter. She also enjoys running, hiking, working in her yard and spending time with friends and family. Come and check out one of Heather’s early morning classes at the Cordata club!
Celine Mauger teaches Zumba® Fitness classes at the Cordata location every Wednesday and Friday. She strongly believes that exercising can and should be fun and enjoyable and always strives to make every class a party. Her goal is to make her routines easy to follow so that everyone moves the whole time and gets a great cardio workout. She also shows modifications throughout the class for lower impact steps. Celine holds her Group Exercise Instructor Certification through the Athletics and Fitness Association of America. Only three rules apply in Celine’s Zumba® classes: Keep moving, have fun, and smile!
We often limit ourselves to repetitive common patterns rather than going through the full range of available motion in our neck and shoulders. Poor movement patterns can cause repetitive damage to the tissues in our shoulders even from simply using it in normal everyday activities (desk work, computer work, gardening work, construction work to name a few).
