March, 2008 Back to Top
Posted: 03/18/08	Register Now for Summer Sports Camps! Experience the fitness and fun of Sports Camp, where kids learn all about basketball, soccer, tennis, and Speed, Agility, and Quickness – plus explore a variety of sports and fitness opportunities that will keep kids active and building healthy habits to last a lifetime. Instruction is taught at all skill levels while promoting self-confidence, balance, coordination, and teamwork. Basketball Learn the fundamentals of basketball! This camp concentrates on shooting, passing, defense and dribbling skills and is offered for all abilities between the ages of 6-13. Sports Mania Sports Mania will provide campers ages 6-13 the opportunity to participate in indoor and outdoor games ranging from jail ball to obstacle courses. Each day will offer a different theme with team games designed to challenge and inspire. Speed, Agility, and Quickness (SAQ) SAQ camp will focus on sport-specific training to include 1st step explosion, basic running form, linear and lateral quick foot drills, as well as relays and games that combine all skills. Offered for ages 6-13. Soccer This camp is designed to enhance your soccer skills! The concentration will be on passing, finishing, first touch, dribbling, and the rules of the game. Offered for all abilities ages 6-13. Tennis Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center’s tennis professionals help campers ages 7-14 improve current skills and learn new techniques. From beginner to advanced, instruction focuses on the fundamental strokes of forehand, backhand, serves, and volleys plus scoring and etiquette to prepare your child for participation in tennis as a lifetime sport. Camps are offered daily from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Registration forms are also available on our website at www.fshfc.com. Call 531-5000 for more information!
February, 2008 Back to Top
Posted: 02/08/08	Performance Training Offers Camps and Clinics Tailor-Made to Fit Your Lifestyle! Get in a great workout before work! Join Corporate Boot Camp! This clinic is designed to help build muscle, lose weight, develop core strength, and to have fun early in the morning. Dates: March 3-March 28 (M/W/F) Times: 6:00-7:00am Ages: 18 & Above Cost: Members: $145 Non-Members: $180 Call: PTI 531-5453 to sign up or for more info! Changing the Way You Work! Fit for Women is a clinic that includes cardio-lifting and is for women who enjoy a quick-paced and intense workout. Dates: March 3-March 27 (M/T/TH) Times: 9:30-11:00am Ages: 18 & Above Cost: Members: $216 Non-Members: $280.80 Call: PTI 531-5453 to sign up or for more info!
January, 2008 Back to Top
Posted: 01/15/08	As Seen on TV: Schedule your Fitness Assessment! A fitness assessment at Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center will produce a custom workout program for you and help ensure you are exercising within a healthy range for your body. The assessment will measure your height, weight, blood pressure muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, and aerobic capacity. This information is put into the center’s computer, which then prints a report for you and the center to keep a copy. During the assessment, you’ll also be asked to fill out a health history questionnaire. This questionnaire is useful in discovering what elements to include and what to avoid when designing your custom workout program. A follow up appointment will be scheduled in three months, to ensure your program is working for you and see if any tweaks are necessary. Another follow up appointment is scheduled at the six month mark to ensure your body is responding in a positive way to your exercise routine. Call 531-5000 today schedule your fitness assessment.
Posted: 01/02/08	Try a little of everything in the Fitness Sampler! This program offers all the tools necessary to achieve your fitness goals for 2008! 1 Metaplan Assessment - Find out your metabolic rate. 1 Dietitian Consultation - Put a meal plan into effect! 2 Personal Training Sessions - Get the absolute most out of your workouts! Cost: $130 Call 531-5740 today to reserve your spot!
December, 2007 Back to Top
Posted: 12/20/07	Whether You're a Seasoned Athlete or First Time Distance Runner, Marathon-Focused Power Hour is for You! Parkwest Therapy Center and Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center (FSHFC) is teaming up to offer you a specially-priced Marathon Power Hour series to members and nonmembers of FSHFC! Join us the second Wednesday of the winter months at 6:00 p.m. Each session is prepared and led by exercise physiologists, registered dietitians, and sports medicine certified physical therapists. You don’t have to be a distance runner to benefit from Power Hour. Topics include: January 9 - Running up that hill… Learn proper nutrition while training, adjust your workouts for cold weather, and a variety of cross training routines. Former Olympian and fitness expert Missy Kane will be on hand to share training tips and personal experience. February 13 - Bumps in the road? Are you feeling frustrated with your training? Is your diet fueling you up or slowing you down? Are you doing all you can to prevent injury? March 12 - The finish line is yours! Arm yourself: race day hydration and nutrition, and what to avoid at all costs. Proper stretching, and keys to peak performance. This program is FREE to members and nonmembers can choose from $10/class or $25 for the series. Call Becka Wilson at 531-5740 to reserve your spot.
Posted: 12/04/07	A Holiday Fitness Sampler Special! The perfect gift for the fitness enthusiast! 1 Meta-Plan Assessment 1 Dietitan Consultation 2 Personal Training Sessions Cost: $130! Want to know your resting metabolism? A visit with a registered dietician will help you to most effectively apply that information. Are you doing the right exercise program and using the correct form? Do you have muscle imbalances that need to be addressed in order for your workouts are more effective? The Fitness Sampler will answer these questions and more! For more information call 531-5740.
Posted: 12/04/07	Short on time? BLAST!! BLAST is a new program offered only at Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center designed to work major muscles in a manner that gets you better results in a 30-minute BLAST!! -30 minute Training Sessions -Challenging Full Body work-out -Groups of 2 or 3 members -2x/week -$17/session ($34/week) -Call 531-5740 today to reserve a spot!
November, 2007 Back to Top
Posted: 11/19/07	Tackling Obstacles We might have best intentions to exercise regularly. But sometimes, life just gets in the way. Meet three members of Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center (FSHFC) who overcame obstacles that kept them from fitness routines, and are back and stronger than before. Chris Leichtweis As a former Olympic wrestler, fitness has always been an important part of Chris Leichtweis' life. Chris' professional life became busy when he started his own business, Safety and Ecology Corporation. Building his company became Chris' focus and the gym wasn't a priority for close to ten years. "My days became longer and I needed more energy. My wife inspired me to get back to the gym and I started working with my trainer, Julie Stelter. She makes exercise fun," said Chris. "The first month back was a struggle," says Chris. "Now my blood pressure is better than ever and stress-wise, I'm the best I've ever been." Dan Beverly When Dan Beverly learned he was diabetic, work became busy and his mother fell ill. "Life got in the way and I stopped exercising for five years," Beverly said. Dan returned to FSHFC and was amazed at what happened after working with registered dietitian Barbara Foster in the Weigh to Go program and training with Kyle Hundley, ACE-CPT. Did Dan see a change in himself after exercising again? "Absolutely. My blood sugar went down, I lost weight and had an immediate change in how I felt," Dan said. Fred Marsh Fred Marsh has been a member of FSHFC for 15 years and a runner since 1968. Fred started running mainly to control blood pressure. He eventually developed intense heel pain called plantar fasciitis, an obstacle for any runner. "Trainers at FSHFC were able to guide me when that happened and also show me different types of exercise," Fred says. "Now I work on strengthening my muscles, which helps give me stronger bones." Fred still runs and works stretching into his routine. "I'm determined to touch my toes - my grandma always said to 'sit like you have a ramrod up your back'! She lived to be 101, so maybe she had a point there," Fred laughed. Call Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center at (865) 531-5000 for more information.
October, 2007 Back to Top
Posted: 10/31/07	Fort Sanders Tennis Teams Dominate! Congratulations to all the Fort Sanders Tennis teams who have enjoyed impressive victories over the last two years. In this time period, the coaching staff of Zach Laycock, Joey Hall, and Lanny Martin and their teams have put together over twenty-five winning records on local, state and sectional levels. As recently as the past four months, Fort Sanders has compiled winning records in both the Summer and Fall GKTA leagues as well as the USTA BMW Women’s Combo Doubles leagues. Fort Sanders boasts ten championship or runner-up records just in the 2007 GKTA Summer and Fall season: Champions - GKTA 2007 Women’s Summer Interclub – B-2 and C-1 Red Champions – GKTA 2007 Junior Summer Interclub 12C Blue Runners-up - GKTA 2007 Women’s Summer Interclub – A-3, B-3, B-1 Champions – GKTA 2007 Women’s Fall Interclub - B-2, B-3 Red, C-1 Red Runners-up – GKTA 2007 Women’s Fall Interclub – A-4 In USTA BMW Women’s Combo Doubles leagues play Fort Sanders, under Coach Zach Laycock and Lanny Martin, produced 5.0, 5.5, and 6.5 local championship teams and a local 5.5 runner-up team. All went on to the state competition in Chattanooga the weekend of Oct. 20-21 with the 5.5 teams taking second and third place (the second place 5.5 team will go on to sectionals as a wild card) and the 5.0 and 6.5 combo teams winning their divisions and going on to sectionals in Baton Rouge in January 2008. Congratulations to the coaches and all the players for all their hard work and winning ways!
Posted: 10/12/07	'12 Weeks to Christmas': FSHFC's NEW Training Program! Join Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center's New Training Program: "12 Weeks to Christmas"! Group Personal Training Fun, Energetic Workouts! 2 training sessions per week JOIN ANYTIME Pay every 2 weeks $80 per person Groups of 3-6 M&W or T&TH - you set time Contact Becka Wilson at 531-5740
September, 2007 Back to Top
Posted: 09/24/07	Get the Most Out of Your Workout Did you know that you should change up your workout every two to three months? A personal trainer can update old programs, help with motivation, and assist you in reaching goals that are individual and special to you. From the most knowledgeable exercise expert to a fitness novice, everyone can reap the benefits of personal training. Resistance training challenges your muscles to change. Benefits of flexibility training include of decreased risk of injury, increased postural awareness, reduced stress, improved range of motion and muscular balance. Cardiovascular training helps you find your optimum target heart. Too high or too low a heart rate can defeat the purpose of all those minutes spent on the cardio machines. Call Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center for more information at (865) 531-5000.
Posted: 09/07/07	FALL POWER HOUR: Free Nutritional Counseling Available This Fall! Power Hour will again be offered to members and nonmembers the second Wednesday of the fall months. Choose the 10 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. class time. Sessions are prepared and lead by registered dietitians and certified personal trainers. Topics include: October 10- Not all fats are equal! Learn about the differences between types of fat: saturated, unsaturated, trans-fat, etc. November 14 –Holiday Recipes Learn how to adjust your favorite holiday recipes! Discover the small changes that will make a big impact on your waistline. December 12 –Cheat Fair Cheat fair during the holidays! Learn about plate size and how much of it should be filled with what. Is it ok to have a little space on it for that Christmas cookie? This program is FREE to members and $25 for nonmembers. Call Becka Wilson at 531-5740 to sign up.
July, 2007 Back to Top
Posted: 07/12/07	Welcome to the new Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center website! Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center is a top-notch facility and we hope our new website reflects that. Please take a moment and let us know what you think of our website's new look. Also, drop us a line and let us know if we could add or change any content in order to serve members in the best way we can!
June, 2007 Back to Top
Posted: 06/27/07	Summer Camps at Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center Experience the fitness and fun of Sports Camp at Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center… ...where today’s kids learn all about basketball, soccer, and tennis – plus explore a variety of sports and fitness opportunities to keep them on their toes, moving, and building healthy habits that last a lifetime. Download the brochure!