April+-+Fitness+Sampler

= Spring Fitness Sampler at Stevenson =

A good aerobics class will benefit your body in many ways: • strengthen your heart muscle and lungs by making them work harder • lower your blood pressure and cholesterol • stimulate the circulation of blood and lymph around your body which will strengthen your immune system • help you burn calories and reduce your body fat • raise your serotonin levels, stimulate your brain to release endorphins and so give you a natural "high" and easing any stress or anxiety increase your body strength so you are less prone to injury • improve the shape and tone of your body

Fitness Sampler- Class Descriptions
• Zumba combines high energy and motivating music with unique moves and combinations that allow the Zumba participants to dance away their worries. • It is based on the principle that a workout should be "fun and easy to do" allowing Zumba participants to stick to the Zumba Fitness program and achieve long-term health benefits. • Zumba is a “feel-happy” workout that is great for both the body and the mind. • Zumba is a fusion of Latin and International music - dance themes that create a dynamic, exciting, effective fitness system! • The routines feature aerobic/fitness interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body. • Zumba utilizes the principles of fitness interval training and resistance training to maximize caloric output, fat burning and total body toning. It is a mixture of body sculpting movements with easy to follow dance steps.
 * Zumba, offered April 8**

• Kickboxing generally refers to the sport of combining technique and style of boxing with kicking. • Currently, one popular form of kickboxing is known as aerobic or cardiovascular (cardio) kickboxing, which combines elements of boxing, martial arts, and aerobics to provide overall physical conditioning and toning. • Unlike other types of kickboxing, cardio kickboxing does not involve physical contact between competitors — it's a cardiovascular workout that's done because of its many benefits to the body. • Cardio kickboxing classes usually start with 10-15 minutes of warm-ups, which may include stretching and traditional exercises such as jumping jacks and push-ups, followed by an aerobic kickboxing session that includes movements such as knee strikes, kicks, and punches.
 * Kickboxing, offered April 15**

• Aerobics is a form of physical exercise that combines rhythmic aerobic exercise with stretching and strength training routines with the goal of improving all elements of fitness (flexibility, muscular strength, and cardio-vascular fitness). • Aerobics is a high-energy exercise class set to music. It will get your heart and lungs pumping, help you burn off body fat and improve your body's strength, shape and tone. Plus it can be great fun! • Aerobics classes will often include some anaerobic exercises as well.
 * Aerobics, offered April 22**

• A line dance is choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows without regard for the gender of the individuals, all facing the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time. • Line dancers are not in physical contact with each other. • Line dance now has very traditional dances to country music, and not so traditional dances to non country music. It now uses more than just the "stereotypical" country music, in fact line dancers dance to most styles of music: country as well as modern pop, irish, latin just to name a few! • Line dancing is practiced and learned in country-western dance bars, social clubs, dance clubs and ballrooms worldwide. It avoids the problem of imbalance of male/female partners that plagues ballroom/swing/salsa dancing clubs.
 * Country Line Dancing, offered April 29**


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