Date: 17/09/2007
Glossop Leisure Centre is offering supervised personal exercise courses for young people this autumn.
The courses, which are supervised by qualified National Academy trainers, are tailored to suit each participant individually. Personal cardiovascular programmes will include balance and co-ordination, speed, agility and strength training.
Over 2 months, the young people will be working out in the gym twice a week for 45 minutes. They will be training on cardiovascular machines such as treadmills, bikes, resistance equipment and weights,
Before signing up for a course, the participants will attend a personal assessment with a parent or guardian present. These 30-minute assessments will help the coaches to identify the specific needs and goals of each young person, so that an appropriate training plan can be drawn up.
At the end of the 8-week period, each child will be assessed to see what improvements have been made in areas such as strength, cardiovascular capacity, weight and body mass index (BMI).
The courses, which are open to young people of all levels of fitness and ability, are divided into two age categories: 11 to 13 years and 14 to16 years. They start in the week commencing 17 September.
There will be 4 courses: 2 of them will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays between 4.00 and 4.45 pm and 4.45 to 5.30 pm; and the other 2 will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 4.00 and 4.45 pm and 4.45 to 5.30 pm. There will be no more than 6 children on each course.
The cost of each course is £60.
Councillor Andrew Bingham, High Peak Borough Council's Executive Member for Social and Community Development, said: "These courses are specifically designed to improve the fitness through carefully planned personal training programmes. It is a wonderful opportunity to really start getting healthy and learning to stay that way."
For more information contact Sarah Johnson or Lee Forsyth at Glossop Leisure Centre on 01457 863223