Fitness Centre
We have some new equipment in the Fitness Centre
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| StepMill | Keiser's Indoor Cycle Bikes | |
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| Cybex 750AT | StepMill |
THE STEPMILL
The total amount of work required by the legs is greater when you are stepping. The muscles used and the amount of work required by the body is less when one walks on a flat surface. Comparatively If there is a 60-90 degree bend in the knee and hip more effort is required. Don’t believe me? Try walking the stairs or a hill vs. walking a flat path. After a few weeks of conquering the Stepmill you will find a newfound ability to conquer hills and staircases of varying altitude. You can use this machine in a variety of ways. If you are constantly changing the way your body steps then you can be sure to work all angles of your glutes/quads/hamstrings/calves while still burning fat and reaping the cardiovascular benefits.
CYBEX 750AT
The CYBEX Arc Trainer is 3 machines in one. At the lower incline levels, the “glide” is a cross country skier. In the mid-range levels, the motion is a “stride” (like an elliptical except with proper positioning). At the high levels, the “climb” of a stepper or climber. Glide, Stride, and Climb.
KEISER’S INDOOR CYCLE BIKES
Uses Eddy Current Resistance. The flywheel acts as a conductor and passes through a magnetic field generated by two powerful magnets (two opposing magnets pass over the flywheel of the bike). By varying how much of the flywheel comes into contact with the magnetic field you can increase or decrease the amount of resistance. The more of the flywheel that comes in contact with the magnetic field, the higher the energy that is being generated with each turn and the more difficult it becomes to ride.
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To access the Fitness Centre or participate in Fitness Classes at John Braithwaite Community Centre, simply purchase a North Vancouver Recreation Commission fitness membership or pay a daily drop-in fee. You can find out more about our Fitness Centre services by reading this page or by downloading our current FitnessServicesbrochure.pdf page 2 (504k).
Fitness Centre Hours
| Monday to Thursday | 6 am-10 pm |
| Friday | 6 am - 8 pm |
| Saturday | 8 am - 7 pm |
| Sunday | 9 am - 5 pm |
Fitness Services
To book an appointment for a consultation or personal training, call 604-982-8300 or drop by the Front Office. For answers to your fitness or training-related questions, drop by the Fitness Centre or call 604-982-8316.
Check out our Get Started or Personal Training packages!
"Get Started" Consultation
Get started with an orientation to our facility, then we'll design a start-up program that will give you some of the tools you'll need to reach your fitness goals.
Lifestyle Checkup Consultation
We can assess what you are doing now and help fine-tune your current program to put the challenge back into it and maximize your results.
Personal Training
Let our highly qualified staff work one-on-one with you to design a tailored fitness program that will motivate you to reach your fitness goals.
Core Training
Looking to ramp up your workouts? Try adding body balls, BOSUs and wobble boards to challenge your abdominals, lower back and hip musculature. Ask our knowledgeable staff about core training ideas or classes.
Diabetes Fitness
Gentle exercises to help stabilize diabetes, lose weight, decrease your need for insulin, lower cholesterol and avoid complications. For more information, email or call Min Naruki-van Velzen at 604-983-6423.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Classes
Work towards restoring optimal health under the close supervision of our Exercise Specialists and Cardiac Rehab Fitness Instructors. For anyone with a heart condition or considered at risk. For more information, email or call Min Naruki-van Velzen at 604-983-6423.
Physiotherapy
Active Life Physiotherapy provides the North Vancouver community and recreational athletes with one-on-one physiotherapy expertise and support services in a unique community centre setting. We are located in the fitness centre of the John Braithwaite Community Centre, lower level. Please visit our website www.activelifephysio.ca to learn more about our services.
Fitness Health & Lifestyle Consultants
Rob Wynen
Fitness Centre Supervisor B.Sc. (Kinesiology), BCAK (Registered Kinesiologist)
604-982-8316
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Rob has 10 years of experience working as a rehab professional in the hospital and private sectors. This ergonomics specialist and hydrotherapy instructor can be found hiking and cycling in his spare time.
Burn all the diet books.Dirk came down to the fitness centre last week and let me in on a great new diet book. He didn’t expect the reaction he got which was a combination of “not another one” to “what is the latest fad on the market”. To say the least my enthusiasm to the book without even opening it was a shade less than watching pre season Canucks hockey this year. For those who know me this reaction won’t be a surprise to you. I pretty much detest all diet books, this includes the ones that work, don’t work and the other 50% which are just plain goofy. A quote from a prof of mine that has stuck with me is that “you can tell how overweight someone is by the size of their diet book collection”. It stuck with me because I have lived with family members who continued to gain fat tissue as the diet book collection continued to grow in our house. The rational around the notion that diet books are helpful is that if we educate people about healthy eating they will gain the tools needed to switch their dietary patterns and achieve that beautiful body on the cover of all those books. This is of course assuming you are not reading one of the many diet books out there that I would consider unhealthy or pretty much a waste of time. Even within my profession the “educate and they will change” mentality is widely accepted. In my experience this is rarely the case. Most people know exactly what constitutes a healthy diet, what is missing is the commitment to take action. This is where I feel diet books lead people astray. Cognitive dissonance is a term used to describe a disconnect between what someone knows they should be doing and what they are actually doing. In this case you know you shouldn’t be eating that extra donut but it is just too yummy for you to resist. The feelings afterwards are predictable, you feel a sense of failure and disappointment. If you know you are in need of a change to your diet an action to alleviate a sense of cognitive dissonance is to change your diet, another would be to start the process of changing your diet, that process often starts and ends with buying a diet book. While buying and reading that diet book has not changed your eating habit you have dealt with the guilt of not taking action. This is why I am no big fan of diet books, why the more diet books one owns the more likely they are to put off taking action and why the diet book industry is doing better than ever at a time when obesity is surpassing all historical trends. I would suggest that a better choice of reading material would be a book titled “how to quit stalling and finally have the will to change my behaviour”. Rob Wynen |
Sukhi Kambo BKin, RCT
The last few years Sukhi has primarily focused on working with people who have Cardiac issues and related co-morbidities; she still however enjoys working with the many other varieties of gym goers. Her main pointers for having a healthy lifestyle are: use resistance training and interval cardio training to boost muscle mass, increase cellular metabolism and become fuel efficient, eat a nutritious, well balanced diet, do yoga and drink water to stay balanced and calm. Love your life because this is YOUR life and it is up to you to be happy no matter what obstacle is standing in front of you.
Connie Russell, Certified Personal Trainer.
Connie enjoys working with people of all ages and abilities. She is passionate about empowering her clients with the latest findings pertaining to fitness. "It is easier to stay committed to your workout when understanding the almost magical, physiological changes that occur in the body as it adapts to a well designed exercise program."
Matthew Conway
Bachelor of Human Kinetics from U.B.C.,
A.C.S.M. Clinical Exercise Specialist,
C.S.E.P. Certified Personal Trainer,
First Aid, C.P.R., & AED Certification,
Certified in Neuro – Proprioceptive taping
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Matthew's philosphy is to inspire and motivate people to enjoy physical activity of every kind. His passion is helping individuals overcome barriers in life, through physical activity. He has worked extensively in a rehab setting for over nine years. Specializing in teaching core and back health fundamentals. Matthew have taught lecture classes in Lions Gate Hospital on Blood Pressure and continue to run Heart Smart Cooking classes.
Matthew specializes in cardiovascular and physical rehabilitation and working with people with special needs, in joint rehab programs and most recently with cardiac rehab individuals.
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