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Body PowerBody Power is the Monkey Bar alternative to weightlifting, and the best way to gain functional strength. Participants learn how to use their own body weight and a few simple devices to build overall functional strength and functional power. Our Body Power exercises first focus on improving basic body alignment, then focus on functional strength, power, speed, and stability. Our training methods not only develop muscle, they develop overall functional strength and athleticism. Boot CampBoot Camp utilizes High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) to create a cardiovascular workout. This class improves physical fitness with short intense intervals. You will work with a wide variety of equipment and techniques designed to challenge cardiovascular endurance, agility, and balance. Boot Camp can include anything from jumping rope to throwing medicine balls, from running in place to animal based crawling and jumping movements. Eischens YogaEischens Yoga is unique because it is the only yoga in the world to incorporate immediate sensory feedback. Students learn how use yoga asana (postures) to promote healthy joint alignment while maintaining the integrity of the pose. Eischens Yoga is appropriate for all students regardless of age, weight, flexibility, or fitness level. Students of Eischens Yoga have reported an increase in joint flexibility, increased range of motion, greater strength, calmness of mind, greater ability to cope with stress, and a decrease in muscle tension and pain. Brazilian Jiu-JitsuBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is primarily a ground fighting art and is quite possibly the best self-defense art in the world. BJJ is a grappling art which generally does not utilize striking as a means of defeating an opponent, rather it relies on technique, patience, and submission holds. BJJ takes advantage of body position, balance, and the path of least resistance. Perfectly executed BJJ requires very little energy or effort and is similar to a physical chess match. Since BJJ does not rely on strength or power, the size and strength of an opponent does not matter. This allows smaller people to gain advantage by using greater speed, flexibility, and technique over larger, stronger opponents. Mixed Martial ArtsMixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques and skills, from a mixture of other combat sports. The rules allow the use of both striking as well as grappling techniques, both while standing and while on the ground. This class is a No-Gi Jiu Jitsu class focusing on Takedowns, Submissions, and Ground'N'Pound for Mixed Martial Arts. Learning proper transitions of closing in the distance of striking into a takedown and smoothly to submissions. |
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