ISENHURST COUNTRY CLUB

We have three beauty therapy rooms with fully qualified beauty therapists and experienced alternative therapists.Full changing facilities are available with showers, toiletries, hair dryers and lockers, all at your disposal.

Classes are weight bearing activities and will help increase bone density, thus helping the delay of osteoporosis, especially in women. You will obtain an over all feeling of achievement and improve self confidence through doing classes.

Because it would appear to make no immediate impact on your body shape, flexibility is often the forgotten element of fitness. In reality, it is just as important as aerobic efficiency and strength.

Flexibility is measured by the range of motion (ROM) in your joints. While athletes may need to improve their ROM in order to enhance performance, a certain amount of flexibility is important for everyone, simply in order to perform daily tasks efficiently.

Once again, it is a common misconception that flexibility decreases with age. People of all ages can retain a high degree of flexibility, providing that they exercise and stretch regularly.

The first step toward increasing flexibility is to relax. Avoid the ballistic or 'bouncing' approach to stretching which we often see on TV infomercials. The best way is the 'static technique' which is as follows:-

First, get into a stretching position that is comfortable, and then relax. Breathe deeply and reach a little farther, but stay relaxed. The moment the stretch becomes a strain, ease up. As a general rule, you should hold each stretch for about 20 seconds.

Your muscle will respond best when a slow, gentle force is applied at an elevated tissue temperature. This is why it is best to warm-up and then stretch. It is also important to work the muscle through the complete range of movement, particularly when weight training.