Health & Leisure Centre

FLOOD UPDATE 14th May 2012

The gym will remain closed until further notice!

PLEASE BE ASSURED WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET YOUR GYM UP AND RUNNING ASAP!

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• The Soccer Pitches remain open as normal, slots available from 5pm-10pm (closing).Many thanks for all your support and kind words, it’s really nice to know we have such loyal members.
• Function Room - It is with regret that we have to inform you that our Function room will not be open until 1st May 2012 at the earliest. We are now taking booking for May onwards.
• THE POOL WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
•  We would like to advise you that Maghull Injury and Holistic Therapies Clinic is now up and running and can be found in the same building. Please call Diane on 07872  344414.

Last year 43,000 people signed up to hold a coffee morning, raising over £8 million.

This year we want to raise even more money to help change the lives of people affected by cancer. Find out about how Macmillan helps.

How did it start?

The event started in 1990, when a local fundraising committee decided to hold a coffee morning where people came along to meet and mingle – as they might ordinarily do – but donate the cost of their coffee to Macmillan in the process.

The idea seemed such a simple, yet effective one that they suggested the model be taken up nationally. The first National World’s Biggest Coffee Morning was in 1991, when 2,600 people registered to hold coffee mornings across the country. Since then it has raised over £60 million in total for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Make your free weight workout a fat-burning session by doing 15 minutes of aerobic activity before you begin lifting weights. Run, bicycle or do Jazzercise to get your heart rate up to its optimal fat-burning level. Once you’re in the target zone, you can stay there by doing reps more quickly and skipping the normal 2-minute rest period between sets.

Use free weights to lose weight by concentrating on large muscle groups rather than individual muscles. You can use a barbell to do a quick series of bench presses and burn more calories than you would doing dumbbell curls, for instance. To do a bench press, lie with your entire torso on a bench and your feet planted firmly on the floor. Hold the barbell against your chest with palms underneath the bar. Lift the barbell by extending your arms until they are straight and lowering them again with resistance.

Work out with free weights at least three times per week. A schedule of alternating days will help you build muscles more quickly by giving them time to rest in between workouts. Remember: your muscles will continue using extra calories even when they are at rest.

Choose free weights that are heavy enough to tire out your muscles. You should not be able to do more than 15 reps per set, and you should need to rest between sets.

Burn more calories during step aerobics by strapping 2 lb weights to your ankles and wrists. Adding weights during aerobic exercise helps boost your body’s metabolism, helping you get past weight loss plateaus.

Fitness : Sports Performance
Top athletes and everyday sports enthusiasts are always looking for better ways to train their body and gain a competitive edge. For serious athletes, workouts on the Power Plate® machines enhance the results of conventional training and explosive strength training, as well as serve athletes and trainers alike to speed recovery times. Because of the extensive academic and independent scientific research, professional sports teams throughout the world use Power Plate® machines as part of their strength and conditioning programs. Acceleration Training™ exercise is designed to dramatically enhance sports training as both a supplement to and an alternative form of training. In just minutes, range of motion and stability can increase, providing a perfect warm-up before training or competing. In addition to being an ideal pre-event tool, Power Plate® machines are an excellent means of continuously maximizing performance. As the vibrations stimulate fast-twitch muscle fibers, athletes who use Power Plate® machines over time experience a dramatic increase in explosive strength, motor learning, muscular endurance and overall agility.

Fitness : Golf
Power Plate® training is helping the world’s finest golfers perform to their best ability. PGA TOUR players including Mike Weir, Rory Sabbatini & Nick Dougherty count on Power Plate® machines to improve their fitness.

“Over this past year, I have begun to address my fitness level and physical imbalances. This has directly led to better performance and higher finishes. The Power Plate® has become an important part of my transformation. I own a Power Plate® and recommend it to anyone serious about improving their game.”

–Rory Sabbatini, PGA TOUR professional
4-time PGA TOUR winner

Science has elevated equipment technology to its legal limit. Now its time to focus on you, the golfer, to maximize your physical ability.

Benefits : Wellness
You don’t have to be an athlete or in need of physical therapy to benefit from using Power Plate® machines. There are health benefits possible for everyone, such as enhanced metabolism, increased bone mineral density, reduction of the stress hormone cortisol, elevation of Human Growth Hormone and improved lymphatic flow. Power Plate® machines help the body in all these ways with little impact on joints and ligaments, and without always feeling like traditional “exercise.”

Wellness : Anti / Active Aging
Power Plate® machines provide a solution to preventing age-related muscle loss and skin wrinkles. Firstly, Acceleration Training™ exercise using Power Plate® machines contributes to a more youthful feeling due to an increase in the secretion of serotonin, the “feel good” neurotransmitter. Secondly, not only can Power Plate® machines improve muscle strength, but they also help increase flexibility and range of motion

Benefits : Testimonials

The vice-captain has been instrumental in the Reds’ success over the last decade, during which he’s made more than 500 appearances.

Jamie kindly opened the Northwest Soccer 5 a side football pitches right here at Cheshire Lines Health & Fitness Centre. A fantastic day where Jamie presented the kids with competition medals. A fantastic day had by all.

Football Pitch Bookings:

Monday – Friday, 1 hour blocks from 5PM – 9PM: £40 (£25 under-10s)

Saturday morning blocks (9-11) available by phone request.

Active Soccer provides fun, healthy and inclusive play through accessible, progressive and structured football programmes that compliment current government initiatives for all young people aged 4 – 14yrs.This is done with the belief that every child should be able to participate in the program of his or her choice regardless of race, religion, creed, gender, ability, or financial status. This spirit is fostered in an environment where everyone has a chance to play and learn, regardless of skill. Through this Active Soccer attempts to help deliver the government targets of 2 hours of physical activity per week delivered through schools to work with parents towards the goal of an hour of moderate intensity activity 5 times a week. Active Soccer’s long-term goal is to give its participants positive experiences of sport through a fun and engaging experience that will increase their chances of a more sustainable active lifestyle.

Brand Values

Through our wealth of experience we have experienced at first hand the wide reaching benefits of structured physical activity on young people. More specifically our aim is to provide an experience that will benefit the child mental, physical and social health in a way that will benefit all parties involved from parents and schools to local communities and the child themselves. As a result every area of Active Soccer is focused on delivering our commitment to FUN, HEALTHY and INCLUSIVE physical activity through football.

Fun

Unlike other football coaching schools Active Soccer is committed to delivering a fun and engaging experience to young people in order to facilitate their immediate as well as long term participation in physical activity. To achieve this all our courses and programmes are carefully structured to provide the most effective balance between competitions and play whilst also maintaining a recognisable environment similar to lessons attended during school.

Healthy

Active Soccer looks to position itself within the already established platform from which young people can become involved in physical activity and as a result look to offer a route to the government recommended targets for leading healthy lifestyles. At the heart of our company’s ethos is a commitment to the government’s target of ensuring young people receive 5 hours of physical activity per week in total, 2 of which are delivered by schools. It is expected that through this level of activity the current levels of poor health in the UK will be reversed.

Inclusive

We believe that no child should be excluded from participating in physical activity due to factors that could have easily been avoided. As a result Active Soccer aims to constantly evaluate the delivery of all its coaching sessions to implement a programme that is available for as many young people as possible. In order to implement this as effectively as possible every key stakeholder must be taken into account, with particular emphasis being placed on increasingly time starved and risk averse parents.

For the 80%+ of people who do not want to join a gym this is a way to get exercise and improve your life and your health. If you think that exercise means you have to wear Lycra, feel the pain, sweat profusely and plan to put aside a couple of hours three times a week to accommodate changing, exercise, showering etc., then think again….   The FeelGood Factories are women only fitness studios where we have fun as well. They will help even the least fit of women to lose inches, tone muscle, gain energy and feel good!

Ladies who never thought they would ever regain their figure have lost 70+ inches in less than a year. Our clients range from young women, through motherhood to seniors in their 90’s –it works for any lady who wants to tone up and get back in shape. Most ladies join after having had a baby or when they have put on the inches, often without realising it and now feel that their body shape is a lost cause. It is not!!

Any woman 18 or over can join the FeelGood Factory. Many of our ladies would not want to visit a traditional gym but like the opportunity to exercise regularly for health and weight reasons. In our centers you come as you are! There is no need to change into special clothing, just wear something comfortable that you can move around in. All you need is a pair of socks and a towel. The machines help you do the rest!

We have exercise physiologists on our team who have helped to develop the machines and the exercise programs used all over the World.

We aim to ensure you get the best benefit from your 30 minute program. Our aim is to help support and encourage you to meet the goals you choose but no pressure – if you don’t feel like putting in the some extra effort then let the machines take the strain. The 30 minute exercise routines can be slotted in at any time of the day.

After you’ve exercised you go shopping, work, and pick up the kids -so easy- no need to shower or change!” We have re assessments after every 12 visits and will support you every step of the way to regaining the fitness you want and deserve. We all want to live younger, longer and there is no better way to get the exercise you need to be able to do this.

What is Assisted Exercise?

Ever thought that basic sit ups were too difficult or that exercise was only for fitness fanatics? Why not work smart not hard – Here’s how it works:

Then gradually build up your strength until you can increase your own power! And help to reduce body fat as you increase your muscle tone.
The six principles of using the machines are simple but very important for our bodies:

• Concentration
• Breathing
• Centering
• Alignment
• Fluidity
• Precision

By concentrating on this in our exercise programs we work smarter and not harder and quickly see results.

20 Good reasons for beginning a powered exercise program

• Improvement in posture – through strengthening the core muscle groups and readdressing muscle imbalance
• Inch loss as the muscles are lengthened and strengthened creating a leaner longer looking body, toned and firmer
• Improved flexibility and mobility
• Live up to your potential physically and mentally
• Minimise and even reverse the effects of ageing – live younger, longer
• Make new friends
• More energy – rediscover the zest for living
• More self esteem -feel happier and healthier
• Less injury through pulled muscles
• Better digestion and raised metabolism
• High blood pressure and cholesterol ore easier to control
• Ward off  heart attacks, cardiovascular disease, lung problems, diabetes and osteoporosis
• Relax more and cope better with stress
• Sleep better
• Assist the immune system and increase the body’s resistance to infections
• Work smarter not harder – all you need is comfortable clothes – no lycra
• You can start the program if you are deconditioned, disabled, or fit
• No sweat or pain
• Achieve a better body
• Have fun!

Shapemaster have been pioneers of Power assisted exercise since the company was formed in the mid 80’s.Our aim is to provide the most effective exercise possible by understanding how the human body responds to exercise.

As our knowledge of the human body increases, our methods of training or body conditioning needs to change to reflect this. NASA has probably conducted the most extensive research into the effects of aging and how to get fit without stressing the bodies’ tissue or joints.

It is with the aid of their knowledge and our innovative and unique approach, we find ourselves at the forefront of power assisted technology.

“All data on human physiology acquired from 45 years of human space flight shows that Shapemaster have found the optimum way to keep people fit and healthy through Safe Shaping of the human body.” Dr Baker, NASA.

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