Essence Lifestyle

You’re Never Too Old to Exercise

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:06:00 GMT

Did you know that older adults experience the same relative improvement in fitness and strength as younger people who exercise? Also, that older people are capable of handling high-intensity exercise?

The West Australian (1 May 2012) recently published an article by Leah Fogliani highlighting the benefits of exercise for seniors. According to Lifelong Fitness exercise physiologist, David Beard, some of these include:

Staying fit so you can keep doing the things you have to do (or want to do)
Maintaining good brain function
Reducing the risk of dementia and mental decline
Feeling more confident and in control
Regulating your appetite
Improving your mood
Sleeping better.

A great form of exercise for people of all ages is walking. For seniors the benefits are even greater:

You strengthen your bones
You improve your balance
You reduce the chance of falling.

So don’t let getting older be your excuse for doing less. Exercising daily becomes even more important as we get older. One hour of physical exertion can make a big difference to the other twenty-three hours in each day. It’s a small price to pay for all-round improvements in health, happiness and energy.

Massage at Essence

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:30:00 GMT

Bill Grace – One of the business owners at Essence is now offering therapeutic massage at the club.

“I have 30 years experience as a masseur, I trained in London in the 80’s. I have massaged in health spas in Europe and run private practices in both New Zealand and Australia.”

It is hard to categorize massage as it is something that evolves with experience and time, but I guess my massage would best be categorized as Swedish massage using trigger point and deep tissue massage techniques.

I offer 50 and 80 minute sessions at $80 and $120 respectively. Currently, bookings are available Monday – Thursday from 12 noon – 3pm.

Pilates:

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:19:00 GMT

For those of you who haven’t taken us up on our free Pilates trial, the offer continues through to the end of January, 1 free 1 hour Pilates reformer class with a qualified physiotherapist. So if you haven’t tried this great form of training, book your free session this month.

Train with a friend

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:13:00 GMT

Welcome back to the club in 2012. Working out with a friend is always a good way to stay motivated with your training. Through January if you bring a friend into the club, they can train with you free of charge for 1 week, then if they join the club, you get 1 month free time added to your gym membership.

So motivate one or more of those lazy friends to come down and work out with you at Essence this month.

Cheers
Bil

Christmas 2011 at Essence

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:37:00 GMT

The Essence Team wishes all of our members a very merry and health filled Christmas. It is definitely a time to kick back, relax and enjoy the good life. But for those hard core members who want to keep their training going through the Christmas break here are our opening hours over the Christmas, New Year period.

Changes to our regular opening hours for the 2011-12 festive season:

Sun Dec 25th        CHRISTMAS DAY – CLOSED

Mon Dec 26th        BOXING DAY – CLOSED

Tues Dec 27th       PUBLIC HOLIDAY 8am – 12noon

Wed Dec 28th       6am – 12noon (no classes)

Thu Dec 29th        6am – 12noon (no classes)

Fri Dec 30th         6am – 12noon (no classes)

Sat Dec 31st        8am – 12noon (no classes)

Sun Jan 1st         NEW YEARS DAY – CLOSED

Mon Jan 2nd        PUBLIC HOLIDAY 8am – 12pm

Tues Jan 3rd        NORMAL HOURS

Pilates at Essence

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:46:00 GMT

The new Pilates program has begun at Essence, with a team of very experienced Physiotherapists at the helm. Pilates is a great stand alone approach to exercise but what excites us most is the opportunity to offer our members Pilates as part of a well balanced and integrated exercise program. It is a great addition to training for people who are interested in refining their exercise routines in any way.

We are offering all of our members a complimentary 1 hour session to try it out for themselves, just talk to us at the front desk to book your trial session. Currently we have sessions on Thursday evenings from 5-8pm with Shelia and Mon and Fri sessions from 12 noon – 3pm with Brett. In the new year Brett will also be offering a couple of morning sessions.

Bear in mind that our Physio Pilates program provides the opportunity for participants to claim rebates back through private health funds.