Silverwood Heights Winter 2012 Indoor Programming:

• program schedule winter 2012
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• Silverwood Health Questionnaire yoga
  Click on this link to download the health questionnaire needed for all yoga classes
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• parq and you
  Click on this link to download the parq - needed for all fitness classes at SHCA.
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• nia pamphlet
  Click on this link to learn more about Nia!
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• freidt waiver
  Click on this link to download the waiver needed for Butts and Guts, Fitness Kickboxing Circuit and TRX Combo class
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• Nia Waiver
  Click on this link to download the waiver for the Nia class.
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We are very pleased to present our Winter 2012 lineup. There are some very exciting new programs that we are offering as well as your tried and true favorites. Please make sure to review our schedule (download with the link above) and register in January!

WINTER REGISTRATION DATE:

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

6:30pm – 8:00pm

St. Angela School Gym

Is Cost a Barrier?

Your Silverwood Community Association is sensitive to the needs of families facing financial hardships, and may partially or fully fund

participation fees in various activities. Subsidization is only to cover the cost of the program, and will not include membership to the Community Association. Subsidization is limited to 1 activity per person per session, and is available only to those who reside within our community boundaries. For information, please contact the President or Past-President at Registration Night, or by email at: president@silverwoodcommunity.org or please read our 2009 Cost As a Barrier Policy (PDF document download).

Winter 2012 Indoor Programming Descriptions

Adult Programs

Beginner Fitness (ages 17+)
If you are new to exercise, or it’s been awhile since you hit the gym, this class is for you.  We will concentrate on functional strength that will allow you to perform daily tasks more easily and with energy.  For this class, you will need running shoes, a towel, a yoga mat and a water bottle. Instructor: View instructor’s bio (Kapphahn-Gunningham)

Beginner Yoga (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) with Karen Dagdick (ages 13+)
This class introduces the inexperienced yoga student to the basic principles of movement, breath and alignment as we build on basic hatha yoga postures or “asanas”.  Emphasis will be on improving flexibility and strength, as well as reducing tension in the body.  Blocks and straps are provided.  Bring your own yoga mat.

Butts and Guts (ages 17+)
This class is a central and lower body workout that focuses on your abs, back, legs, glutes and core areas of the body.  Performing body weight exercises (such as: squats, lunges, planks etc.) will strengthen, condition and tone your body.  Your posture and stamina will improve.  You will feel better, look better, and learn to love the mountain climber exercise (ok, you may not love it)  This is a great class for all fitness levels.View instructor’s bio (Rob Friedt).

Fitness Kickboxing  Circuit (ages 17+)
The “Fitness Kickboxing Circuit” is an intense and challenging full body workout with elements from boxing, kickboxing, and other athletic movements. Your muscular strength and endurance, agility and coordination, and cardiovascular conditioning will all be challenged and improved. Using various equipment, such as shields/pads, medicine balls, and skipping ropes you will strengthen and tone while burning calories. View instructor’s bio (Rob Friedt).

Good Morning Boot Camp – Tuesday/Thursday (ages 17+)
Kick start your day with Good Morning Bootcamp! Works better than your cup of java. Using bodyweight exercises, resistance training, intervals, and games- because you’ve got to have fun while you sweat! The best part is you are done your workout before your busy day begins-no more planning to exercise after work, or missing kids activities. Bring comfortable running shoes, a mat for cooling down, and a water bottle. Get in and get energized for the rest of your day-all in only 50 minutes. View instructor’s bio (Mary Cheveldae)

Group Fitness Boot Camp (ages 17+)
Using body weight exercises, interval training, endurance exercises and flexibility training, we make you sweat! Wear comfortable running shoes, bring along a mat for cool down exercises and a bottle of water! View instructor’s bio (Mary Cheveldae)

Intermediate Yoga with Karen Dagdick (ages 13+)
A more challenging paced class for those who already have an ongoing yoga practice. We will work more deeply with the asanas. More advanced backbends, as well as some inversions will be introduced. Prerequisite: A minimum of one full year of practice with Karen Dagdick or equivalent (up to the discretion of instructor). Please bring your own yoga mat. Blocks and straps are supplied.

Men’s Floor Hockey – (ages 17+)
Bring along your floor hockey stick and enjoy the fun of the game.

New Year New You – (ages 17+)
The most popular resolutions involve healthy lifestyle changes – get fit, lose weight.  This is your year to be healthy, and without the silliness of fad gadgets or diets.  This class promotes better health and energy through regular exercise  Accept options for each exercise and work at your level.  Whether you are new to exercise, haven’t had time for yourself in awhile, or are a regular to the gym, this is the class to work at a level that is challenging and fun for you.  Bring a friend or make a friend – having an exercise buddy will help you both with your commitment to good health.  For this class you will need running shoes, a towel, a yoga mat and a water bottle. View instructor’s bio (Norma Kapphahn Gunningham)

Nia (ages 17+)
Nia is like chocolate….You can’t describe it – you have to taste it.  Nia combines movement forms and concepts from dance arts, martial arts and healing arts, offering a holistic body, mind, spirit celebration.  Benefits of Nia:  stimulates pleasure, cardiovascular conditioning, increased energy, strength, flexibility, mobility, agility, grace, power, balance, posture, stability, focus, concentration, body/mind/sensation awareness, relaxation, and stress reduction.  All movements are adaptable and can be personalized for any level of fitness; from beginner to athlete.  Nia cultivates health, fitness and well-being by choosing “pleasure” over pain and fostering creativity, confidence and self-expression.  If you love dancing and the concepts of yoga, you’ll love Nia.  No prior experience is required.  Everyone is welcome, so join us for Nia!  Prepare yourself for music, magic and movement.  Bring water, wear comfortable clothing that makes you feel good inside and out and a yoga mat if you have one.  Nia is typically done in bare feet, but feel comfortable to wear runners.  Come experience the joy of movement and the benefits of moving your body…The bodies way…Your body’s way.  See NiaNow.com for more information or YouTube. View instructor’s bio (Shelley Bates)

Pilates (ages 17+)
STOTT Pilates Mat classes help to tone and flatten your core while improving your posture.  STOTT is a contemporary approach to Joseph Pilates original methods that will help restore the natural curves of your spine and stabilize the muscles around the joints.  It creates a natural, balances sense of motion  and is a mind-body workout that can be tailored for any disability or fitness level.  A mat and comfortable clothing is all that is required. View instructor’s bio (Diane Hein)

Stretch and Strength (ages 17+)
Important elements of body fitness and health are:  strength, cardiovascular health, agility, flexibility and balance.  This class promotes strength, flexibility and balance through the use of body weight,a variety of free weight types, and movement borrowed from yoga, pilates and sport.  For this class you will need a towel, a yoga mat and a water bottle.View instructor’s bio (Norma Kapphahn Gunningham)

TRX Combo Class (ages 17+)
The “TRX Suspension Trainer” uses your body weight, angles, and gravity to perform a full body workout while strengthening your core and improving your posture.  During this combination circuit class you will burn away the fat while performing metabolic resistance training, interval training, muscular strengthening, etc.  The TRX is appropriate and adaptable for beginners through to serious athletes.  In addition to the TRX, you’ll use other fitness equipment, such as skipping ropes, exercise tubing, medicine balls, etc. to take your fitness goals to new heights – in Silverwood Heights! View instructor’s bio (Rob Friedt).

Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Karen Roden- beginner/intermediate – (Ages 17+)
This class is a Vinyasa Flow yoga class linking breath to asanas or postures. Designed to increase your balance, flexibility, strength and mind body awareness you will gain athletic ability and help manage stress. To enhance the mind body awareness, dimmed lighting will be used to help eliminate competition and judgment and to provide a relaxing atmosphere. No experience is necessary as the program will begin with more introductory poses that are clearly explained and broken down so that everyone can adjust for their body types/conditions. Participant forms will be provided at the time of registration. Please bring your own yoga mat. Blocks and straps are provided. Instructor is Karen Roden who has over 22 years of fitness instruction.  View instructor’s bio (Karen Roden)

Zumba (latin dance fitness) – (ages 16+)
The Zumba® program fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program that will blow you away. The goal is simple: We want you to want to work out, to love working out, to get hooked. Zumba® Fanatics achieve long-term benefits while experiencing an absolute blast in one exciting hour of calorie-burning, body-energizing, awe-inspiring movements meant to engage and captivate for life!  The routines feature interval training sessions where fast and slow rhythms and resistance training are combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. Add some Latin flavor and international zest into the mix and you’ve got a Zumba® class! See instructor’s bio: Patricia Cruz. and Denise Medina

Youth and Children’s Programs

Art Around the World (6-13 yr olds)
We will be doing three projects this session: Japanese, African and a culture of the student’s choice. We will be using a variety of mediums such as watercolour, printmaking, patterns and scratchboard techniques. Instructor’s Bio: Sarah & Chrissy.

Cheerleading (9-13 year olds)
Learn the basic principles and techniques of competitive cheerleading. Learn to do cheerleading jumps, as well as stunts. A beginner class with everything a cheerleader would have to know from safety to cheer etiquette. Open to both boys and girls. This class will prepare you for stunting in junior and senior level cheerleading. Please bring runners/athletic shoes! If you have a set of pom-poms, feel free to bring them along as well. Instructor Mallory Pearson

Exercise Fun for Families (8-12 yr olds – Adult Must Attend with Child)
Exercise is fun with your kids when you play games and activities that will increase cardiovascular health, strength, endurance, balance and co-ordination, and flexibility.  Run, jump and skip along with your child to share in the benefits of physical exercise while having fun in group and individual exercises. View instructor’s bio (Karen Roden)

Fun Ballet & Mime (3-4 year olds & 5-6 year olds)
This class is for your budding ballerinas to learn the basic steps required to dance like their favourite Prince or Princess. Included in this class will be Mime where they get to pretend and act just like the real Ballerinas. All children who register for this class can wear either a Ballet leotard or a swim suit. If they have Ballet shoes to wear them but if they don’t, bare feet will be just as good. Instructor Jennifer Gelleta

Musical Production Class (Ages 8-11)
This class is to help make your children have more confidence in front of a big crowd and get to perform those songs that just get played over and over again in the house. We will learn all about improvisation, acting with a script & putting the acting and small movement to a favourite piece from a musical of the children’s choice.   Instructor Ema Scorey.

Progressive Tennis (8-14 year olds)
Progressive Tennis (PT) is a system of scaled down courts, racquets and modified balls, used to promote early success and to speed up the development of basic fundamentals. PT allows players of all ages to learn and play the game more quickly, efficiently and successfully. In this program players are taught the fundamentals; contact point, set up, grip, and recovery to give them a solid foundation to play tennis. All lessons will be run by a certified Tennis Canada instructor.

Sports ABC’s  (4-6 yr olds) A great way for your young child to be introduced to many fantastic sports. Instructor Sydney Harms

Tot’s Tennis (3-5 year olds) A certified instructor uses a series of stories, colorful books, games, small-format courts  with decorations and age-adapted equipment like large inflatable balls, lower nets and bigger rackets to teach.  Colorful story-books and stickers (“My First Tennis Book series) add excitement and feed youngster’s imaginations through many educational adventures in a journey across countries and cultures.  Keeping playing at home is easy with the “Starter Kit” which regroup all the adapted equipment to the stories.

Yoga Kids (8-12 year olds) Over the course of 10 weeks, we will learn about breath, learn lots of poses and learn how to link the two together to form a routine!

Zumbatomic (Kid’s Zumba!) (6-9 yr olds)
Kids love to crank up the music, shake, wiggle and have a blast with their friends. So why not get fit while you are at it?” Zumbatomic® is a specially designed class to encourage kids to develop a healthy lifestyle and to incorporate fitness as a natural part of their lives through dance, music and exercise.” It is not a dance class, it is a Party! See instructor bio: Andrea Dielschneider

Instructor Biographies

Shelley Bates
Shelley is certified with SPRA Group Fitness, 200 hour RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) , Level 1 with YogaFit, Nia White Belt Teacher, along with First Aid and CPR.  She has been teaching 10-14 Yoga and Nia a week for about 5 years now.  She is passionate about sharing the joys of body, mind and spirit health with you through Nia, right in the Silverwood Community.

Mary Cheveldae
SPRA, YMCA, CPR-C/First Aid, Twist Conditioning, BTS Step Certified.  Mary teaches a Bootcamp style class with focus on using multiple muscle groups and multi-plane functional movements. By combining cardiovascular exercise with resistance training-you get a more efficient workout!  She subscribes to: High intensity interval training HIIT, Muscle Confusion, and Fun.  Mary is an instructor who gets bored with the same routine everyday-change the exercises and change your body!

Patricia Cruz
Zumba fitness is for everyone!  Come and join the dance party of Latin infused rhythyms if you’re ready to burn calories and have some fun.  I look forward to seeing you!

Andrea Delschneider (Zumbatomic)
Hi, I’m Andrea Dielschneider and I love teaching Zumba, Zumba Toning and Zumbatomic classes. The reason is simple: Every class feels like a party!  Come join me and you’ll see what I mean.

I have a real passion for teaching fitness classes and hold many certifications including SPRA Group Fitness, Keiser Spin, Group Power, Group Step and Mat Pilates.  The first time I tried Zumba I was hooked.  It is exercise in disguise.  The best part is you will squat, lunge and work your core all while having so much fun!

Rob Friedt
As a Certified Personal Trainer (since 2009) and Group Fitness Instructor (since 1996), Rob is passionate about what he does. He will give you the personal attention and motivation keeping you on track to achieving your goals.

Rob is a volunteer instructor at the YMCA currently teaching spin and athletic circuit classes.  You may also see him instructing at some of the City’s leisure centers.  As well, Rob operates outdoor fitness bootcamps in Kinsmen Park – spring, summer, and fall.  Some of Rob’s areas of focus are weight loss, functional strength, core, athletics, plyometrics, and sports specific training.  For more information about Rob, his classes, or weekly fitness and wellness tips, go to www.robfriedt.com or  www.facebook.com/RobFriedtPersonalFitness

Norma Gunningham-Kapphahn
Norma is a certified group fitness instructor, with additional certificates in Sport Movement and Fitness Yoga.  She is an avid skier, cyclist and runner, enjoying all the seasons outdoors in Saskatchewan.

Diane Hein
I am a certified STOTT Pilates Instructor with experience in beginner to advanced mat lessons, as well as pre and post-natal and rehab.  I obtained my certification in March of 2010 after experiencing first-hand the rehab benefits of Pilates due to a joint injury.  I am a firm believer in exercise that works with the body, not against it, and am able to modify most exercises to suit any level or disability.  For more information please visit my website at www.newdirectionspilates.ca

Denise Medina
I’ve been a certified Zumba instructor for almost 2 years and I love it!  Why?! Where else can you burn so many calories and have so much fun doing it?  I want you to come and try a class.  You’ll be hooked – guaranteed!  I will teach salsa, cumbia, reggaeton, belly dancing, merengue and many more international styles of dance while toning you from head to toe!  Don’t be shy!  Ditch the workout and join my party!

Karen Roden
Karen Roden, a native of Silverwood Heights, has been instructing group fitness over 22 years within the community, City of Saskatoon and various fitness facilities within Saskatoon.  Her experience is varied – group and individual fitness and sports training.  She holds certifications in group fitness, yoga, and aquafitness as well as First Aid and CPR.  Currently, Karen teaches Vinyasa Flow Yoga, interval/bootcamp class formats, family fitness classes, and hockey team dry land training.  She enjoys running and has completed numerous half and full marathons.  With her wealth of experience and knowledge in physical fitness, she can motivate and train participants of all ages and ability levels while ensuring that everyone is safe and having fun in the process.

Sara and Chrissy
Both graduated from Bishop James Mahoney highschool this past summer.  Christine received the visual art award from BJM and Sara received the AP art award from BJM.  Both are involved with AP Art and plan to pursue art in the future.  They have both instructed the community association art classes before.

Rules & Other Community Association Memberships

• Children and adults enrolled in SHCA community programs are required to stay in the area where the program is being conducted; other areas of the school are out of bounds. Failure to comply with this rule may lead to forfeiture of the gym time for this programs and others in the future.
• Our facility contract requires that all classes are required to have an adult over the age of 18 present.
• Parents are responsible for the supervision of their children during community programs.

The Silverwood Heights Community Association honours other community association memberships.