AGE REVERSING ESSENTRICS
This is a one-hour class that is streamed on the big screen. The instructor is qualified and trained to teach a variety of Essentrics classes . This is a stretch workout that gives your body the vitality it needs!
- Experience a pain-free body
- Age backward with strength and flexibility
- Support your favorite activities and lifestyle
- Boost your mood, energy, and brain health
WINTER CLASSES 2024
The instructor is streamed via Zoom and projected on a large screen at our centre for the class
Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
February 21 to April 24, 2024
May Hall, Seba Seniors Center, Seba Beach
Registration Deadline: Saturday, January 10, 2024
Cost: $120.00 (10 classes)
Drop-in participants are allowed if the class is not full. The drop-in cost is $14.00 per class.
HOW TO REGISTER:
- Pay at Seba Seniors Thrift Shop
- Wednesdays and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Cash, cheque, debit
- Only your payment will reserve a spot in class
- Minimum number of registrations – 13 students
EQUIPMENT
- Bring a yoga mat and water
- Dress in exercise clothes
What Is Essentrics
- Essentrics® a dynamic, full-body workout suitable for all fitness levels, that simultaneously combines stretching and strengthening while engaging all 650 muscles.
- This class will increase flexibility and mobility for a healthy, toned, and pain-free body. a slow-paced, full-body workout created by Miranda Esmonde-white, the author of the new york times bestseller, Aging Backward.
WARM UP
We start the class with some gentle movements from a standing position. We work the top 3 muscles (front, back and side) by swinging our arms, bending the wrists, moving in a nice gentle way to loosen up and warm up. For our lower body we do things like swinging our legs gently, gentle kicking and arm movements as we get ready for our class.
This class is all about movement as we work on range of motion, mobility, strength, flexibility and toning.
UPPER BODY
We root our body and get into a nice full back stretch. We then move into big movements to free up the spine and work through the arms, shoulders and back, focusing on rotation, lateral and forward and backward movement of the spine.
LOWER BODY
After that we do a series of movements working on the legs and lower body…lunges, stretching and toning the lower body, calf stretches, getting into the Achilles and our whole leg. We continue with light kicks and lengthening our legs as we work on our balance and toning. We also work on different movements, as we work to improve our balance in our lower body.
Now we move back into working on our arms, moving our fingers, wrists and more. Then we go back to our spine work, doing windmills, strengthening our backs as we add in lower body movements as well…nice big circular movements as we work on strengthening our functional movements.
We continue these transitions between our upper and lower body movements until we are ready to get down on the ground.
We do find participants often start using a chair to help with balance but as they progress through the series of classes, their balance and strength often improves enough to no longer need the chair for assistance.
ON THE FLOOR and CHAIR MODIFICATIONS
We start with a fitness strap to help us as we work on our range of motion and create a bit of resistance. We do a series of lower body stretching on our backs. We also do some core strengthening with some gentle movements to balance our body. The instructor will remind you to work within your own range of motion.
We work towards the end of the class with some stretching from a sitting position (either on the floor or in a chair), doing hip flexor stretches, hamstrings and other lower body exercises
COOL DOWN
Now it’s time to cool down with gentle spine movements, stretching and movement to cool down the rest of our body.
Now you are ready for the rest of your day!
