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Adult
Aerobic Programs
We
invite 9th graders through adults to
our aerobic and strength programs.
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 Group
Cycling
Cardiovascular workout
without wear and tear
on the joints and muscles. For all levels.
Step
Classes
From easy-to-follow step
movements to more
challenging choreography, the YMCA offers a variety of different step
programs
throughout the year for all fitness levels. Check the flier
brochure
case and Health & Well-Being Schedule for those classes
currently being offered.
BOSU
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multi-functional core training device used
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 Power
Flex
Free-weight
training in a group setting with
music. Because there is an increased risk of injury for
seniors,
this class is not recommended for our active older adults.
Strictly
Strength
Tone
and strengthen muscles using a variety
of training techniques with resistive machines.
30 Minute
Express
Express classes are
designed for individuals who are limited for
workout time. Participants are in and
out of the classes in a 30 minute time period.
Personalized
Strength
Training Program
Required
Class
Orientations
To introduce new
participants to class structure, movements and body
stabilization, several Health & Well-Being programs require a
one-time
orientation before participating in classes. Refer to the
schedule for specific classes requiring an orientation.
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YMCA/IDEA
Get
Real Weight Management
A 14-week program
offering a realistic plan for taking charge of your
weight. It is a practical experience and
one that you control based on your own goals. Rather than
placing the
focus on weight loss, we focus on the process that emphasizes feeling
good
about yourself just as you are today.
Instructors help you work towards improving your weight and your
lifestyle habits through realistic and gradual modifications.
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YMCA Baseline
Assessment and Individualized Workout
A
free service to determine your fitness baseline from which a
personalized workout program can be designed.
American Heart
Association CPR & First Aid
Certifications
offered monthly throughout
the year with a nominal fee attached.
Y Personal
Fitness
A
free community program in a caring and private environment.
Targets those who struggle putting activity into their
lives.
YMCA Body
Composition
Analysis
Certified
Fitness Specialists determine your
percentage of lean tissue compared to body fat using skin
calipers.
A target weight is estimated.
Y
Healthy Back Workshop
A
free community workshop offered twice per
year at the YMCA. It can also be brought
to company sites. Handouts about back anatomy, back-pain
risk, and back
exercises are provided. Execution of the
15 Healthy Back exercises are demonstrated by the instructor
and then
practiced by the participants.
Yoga
Includes
peaceful stretching and breathing.
With practice, students progress in strength, flexibility, health, and
relaxation.
Y Pilates
Pilates
mat work exercises for the body’s core
muscles: abdomen, hips, and low
back.
Y Wellness
Coaching
Work
one-on-one with a certified personal
trainer and get the support, structure, and motivation you want to
succeed with
your goal. Our core values of caring, respect,
responsibility, and
honesty are reflected in our program to assure a comfortable and
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Activate
America: A YMCA of the USA Initiative
Let’s Activate Sheridan!
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As many of us know,
America is in a health crisis so severe that it threatens to reverse a
centuries-long trend. For the first time in memory, this
generation of children could face a lower life expectancy than their
parents. It is the defining issue of this generation and the
next.
As
a result of over five years of extensive work and research through
National projects like the Gulick Collaborative and Pioneering
Healthier Communities, the YMCA of the USA has determined that the
factors defining this health crisis are within our society’s power to
influence.
Well-being is not just about exercising to lose
weight. It is about the condition of the whole person in
spirit,
mind, and body as realized by the individual. It is a
progressive
definition of wellness that provides a framework for the health seeker
and recognizes the many factors that influence total health.
Individuals
and organizations working in this arena must ask themselves if they
have programs that can support the health-seekers – those children,
adults, seniors, and families searching for ways to succeed in
improving their lifestyles. The ongoing research by the YMCA
of
the USA’s projects mentioned earlier, is showing the following:
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Current
program mixes do not provide a “starting
point” for health seekers and is predominantly exercise oriented.
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There
are few options in which families can
participate together.
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Health
seekers want to develop relationships
with health and fitness professionals who will listen to them, support
their goals and follow-up with them.
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Fitness
facilities, public health departments,
hospitals, schools, government, and other community organizations must
work
together and act as powerful catalysts for community change.
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Innovative
and holistic programming is needed
for health seekers.
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Health
seekers want comfortable relationships
with health and fitness professionals. They want to be
listened to,
motivated without being intimidated, and be gently coached to
succeed.
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Human
resource professionals in health and
fitness must understand the staffing needs of the health seekers and
hire
accordingly.
To
succeed in overcoming our nation’s health
crisis, the YMCA of the USA has recognized five critical gaps that must
be closed. We have to:
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move
from competing for a market share of
the fitness population to targeting health seeking youth, adults,
seniors,
and families.
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move
from viewing membership as providing
access to facilities, programs, equipment, and personal trainers to
defining
membership in terms of relationships, engagement, support, and
involvement.
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move
from “canned” programs focused on a single
activity or service to a variety of programs, activities, and events
developed
locally for and with health seekers, fostering small communities of
support.
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move
from environments primarily designed
to support fitness and program activities to those primarily designed
to
support individuals in their pursuit of well-being.
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move
from leadership that is building-centered
to leadership that balances internal and external focus on supporting
the
pursuit of well-being by all.
Realizing
that this community endeavor is a marathon effort and not a
sprint, the Sheridan County YMCA
has been receiving strategic and tactical support from the YMCA of the
USA along with
tools and resources to assist us in
impacting the future health of our community. The Sheridan
County YMCA
committed to join the YMCA of the USA’s
next phase of “Activate America”
called Capacity Building. |
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