» Product Focus
Adding Equipment Adds
FUN
Equipment-based classes are a mainstay in clubs today. Are you keeping up?
G
roup exercise has come a long way at the Markham Centennial Community Centre.
Just a few years ago, members had
to carry their steps into a squash court or up two flights of stairs to a banquet room that doubled as an exercise studio. “The squash court was too small, the
music came from a boom box and the acoustics were terrible,” recalls Carol Manning, a community program su- pervisor for the City of Markham, just north of Toronto, who oversees 30 in- structors teaching in five community
42 Fitness Business Canada May/June 2013
centres across the city. Today, six years later, Centennial
Community Centre boasts a spacious group exercise studio with a sprung floor, a high-quality sound system and floor to ceiling mirrors. It’s also is home to an impressive
collection of equipment. “We have stability balls, dumbbells,
gliding discs, yoga balls, BOSUs, tub- ing, focus gloves and a lot more,” says Manning, “and 20 to 50 of each piece of equipment.” “Group exercise is more popular
than ever in our facilities,” she says. “Our members and instructors love
FUNctional FITness PLAYground The FUNctional FITness PLAYground is a multi- movement platform designed for group exer- cise classes of four, eight or 16 people. The hub of this concept is the "HANG Training System," a versatile floor-mounted anchoring solution designed for use with a wide variety of func- tional exercise tools. The system acts as the perfect hub for the TRX Suspension Trainer, TRX Rip Trainer, Resistance Bands, Battling Ropes and other highly effective bodyweight training tools like the Lebert Buddy System and Lebert Equalizer. A key feature of the HANG Training System is the patented Power Step which provides enhanced user stability and added safety for youth and beginner users. In addition, each Power Step provides varying de- grees of resistance ranging from 40 to 80 per- cent of the user’s own bodyweight. The HANG Training System requires just a 12’ x 12’ area while in use and only one square foot of floor space while not in use. For more information, visit
www.hangtraining.com
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48