Increase fitness, strength and tone, reduce body fat, improve balance, stability and flexibility and learn how to make healthy lifestyle choices.

Total Body Conditioning combines interval training with functional strength, core stability, balance, flexibility and relaxation exercises and nutritional and lifestyle advice to offer you a truly holistic and effective exercise program.

Interval style training makes the program suitable for all fitness levels, from beginners to advanced.

Group sessions are run on:

Saturday mornings in Centennial Park (8.30am - 9.45am)

Wednesday lunchtimes in the Botanical Gardens (12.30pm - 1.30pm)

Total Body Conditioning Program ($160):

• A comprehensive lifestyle questionnaire to help you identify your appropriate exercise level and lifestyle factors to change to achieve optimum health.
• An 8-week balanced training program.
• A one on one nutrition and lifestyle consultation.
• Session 1 - Initial fitness assessment and flexibility session
• Session 2 - Interval training session with functional leg strength exercises
• Session 3 - Interval training session with functional upper body strength exercises
• Session 4 - Interval training session with functional core strength exercises
• Session 5 - Interval training session with functional leg strength exercises
• Session 6 - Interval training session with functional upper body strength exercises
• Session 7 - Interval training session with functional core strength exercises
• Session 8 - Final fitness reassessment and relaxation exercises

Total Body Conditioning Plus Package ($310) includes the Total Body Conditioning Program above together with:

• A Kathmandu heart rate monitor to help you effectively and safely increase your fitness level.
• A pedometer to track your daily movement and to encourage you to increase your incidental fitness levels.
• A copy of How to eat, move and be healthy by Paul Chek - a complete guide to achieving optimum health.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Total Body Conditioning?
Total Body Conditioning is a holistic group exercise program that focuses on improving all aspects of your health and fitness. It is designed to increase aerobic fitness, strength and tone, reduce body fat, improve balance, stability and flexibility and to teach you how to make healthy lifestyle choices. Total Body Conditioning combines interval training with functional strength, core stability, balance, flexibility and relaxation exercises and nutritional and lifestyle advice to offer you a truly holistic and effective exercise program. The interval style training makes the program suitable for all fitness levels, from beginners to advanced. The program consists of 8 sessions run outside in Centennial Park or the Botanical Gardens over an 8 week period together with nutrition and lifestyle advice to help you get real results.

Do I need to be fit to join Total Body Conditioning?
No - that's why you are coming to us! You will receive a comprehensive lifestyle questionnaire to help identify your appropriate exercise level. With the Total Body Conditioning Plus Package you will also receive a heart rate monitor and pedometer to make sure that you exercise at your own level. On day one of the course you will also take part in an initial fitness assessment so that we can adjust our program to suit all participants. In group sessions participants will train using interval style principles so that participants can train at their individual optimal levels.

What sort of results will I get?
Total Body Conditioning is a holistic exercise program that is designed to improve all aspects of your health. The physical benefits include increased fitness (cardio) levels, reduced body fat, improved balance, stability and flexibility and increased muscle strength and tone. The comprehensive questionnaire and nutrition and lifestlye consultation will help you make long term healthy lifestyle choices.

When does the next course run?
Total Body Conditioning starts approximately every 3 months. The next course in Centennial Park commences on Saturday 5th July 2008. The next course in the Botanical Gardens commences on Wednesday 23rd July 2008.

Where do we meet?

In Centennial Park we meet by the woods at Lachlan Reserve. To get there, drive down Dickens Drive through the centre of Centennial Park, cross over the intersection with Parkes Drive and continue along Dickens Drive. Park about 100 metres after the intersection near the toilet block - the meeting spot is by the woods on the right hand side of Dickens Drive.

In the Botanical Gardens we meet on the grass at the top of the big steps at Mrs Macquarie's Chair.

How is Total Body Conditioning different to other fitness programs?

• Total Body Conditioning focuses on improving all aspects of your health and fitness.
• Total Body Conditioning is designed to help you achieve long term health improvements rather than promising unrealistic “quick fixes”.
• Although Total Body Conditioning is a group program, the training and advice is individualised so that you have a safe and effective program to help you prepare for your individual goal.
• Your instructors will challenge and motivate you physically, mentally and emotionally.
• Total Body Conditioning is strictly limited to a maximum of 15 people.