WARRIOR WITHIN:
Holistic fitness classes for Women dealing with Breast Cancer
At Urbanfitt, we believe that EVERYONE deserves to feel powerful and fit.
We have been blessed to work with several clients going through treatment and post treatment. We believe that everyone can create improved vitality with appropriate exercise and improved mind body connection. Personally, I am truly grateful for the way these clients have expanded my day to day milking the joy out of life mandate.
We feel so passionate about the impact exercise has on the outcome of a major illness, that we are now offering FREE classes for these courageous warrior women. Anyone in treatment or post treatment is welcome. If you feel like moving and sweating a little, you're ready to try Warrior Within.
"SICKNESS IMPLIES A CONTRACTION OF LIFE, BUT SUCH CONTRACTIONS DO NOT HAVE TO OCCUR" Oliver Sacks
Not everyone can afford the big bucks to see me or another Urbanfitt trainer privately so we want to give a little back and offer our time and expertise and share our positive environment with those who need it the most.
Warrior Within is a holistic fitness workshop that is appropriate for any woman feeling ready to start moving during or post breat cancer treatment.
Like all of our other classes and workshops, group sizes will be kept to a maximum of 10 people so each individual will get the attention, modifications and support they need to effectively and safely participate in class.
The American Council of Sports Medicine recently released exercise guideliness for cancer patients.
Kathryn Schmitz, an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics and a member of Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine headed up a 13-person American College of Sports Medicine panel that devised the exercise recommendations based on a number of published studies looking at the safety and effectiveness of physical activity during and after cancer therapy. The panel focused on studies about exercise for people with breast, prostate, hematologic, colon and gynecologic cancers.
Research has shown that regular exercise can improve quality of life for many cancer patients, giving them more energy and making it less arduous to go through treatments such as chemotherapy.
Although the same 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity activity suggested for the general population is also recommended for people with cancer, the prescription is not one-size-fits-all. The panel noted that although most forms of moderate exercise, such as strength training, yoga and swimming, are good for cancer patients, exercise regimens should be tailored to accommodate fitness levels, diagnoses and safety requirements.
Said Schmitz, "We now have a compelling body of high-quality evidence that exercise during and after treatment is safe and beneficial for these patients, even those undergoing complex procedures such as stem cell transplants. If physicians want to avoid doing harm, they need to incorporate these guidelines into their clinical practice in a systematic way."
Starts Wed September 8th
Wednesdays 1-2
Thursdays 8am-9am
Registration required.
Space reserved on first come basis.
Please phone 416.964.3309 to reserve your space.
LOCATION:
559 College St #204
Class Format
1) Dynamic warm up focusing on improving mobility particularly in upper body
2) Strength and core training focused on building body awareness and improving posture and alignment. We utilize cutting edge fitness tools you might not see at a big box gym!
3) Myofascial release, yin yoga postures and detoxifying stretch.
We are experts at providing modifications for people needing them. Our philosophy: it's better to move than not at all so we will find a way to make sure you can participate in a manner that suits you as an individual.
COST:
FREE! or $15 donation per class to
BENEFITS OF WARRIOR WITHIN:
Address mobility issues in upper body
Improve lean body mass and decrease risk of osteoporosis
Immediate improvement in mood with a little jolt of endorphins
Expand social ties and prevent isolation (strong predictor of health outcomes!)
Decrease risk of recurrence
Decrease nausea
Improve quality of life during and after treatment
Exercise is an essential part of the Complete Congestive Therapy (CDT) program that manages the swelling of lymphedema.
Help you get your MOJO back!!!!
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED!
Jane Clapp
Founder,
Urbanfitt
Employing the mind/body connection—in the form of qigong (Chinese internal energy exercises)--helped me immensely in my successful battles with four bouts of supposedly terminal bone lymphoma cancer in the early nineties. I practiced standing post meditation, one of the most powerful forms of qigong--as an adjunct to chemotherapy, which is how it should always be used.
ReplyDeleteQigong kept me strong in many ways: it calmed my mind--taking me out of the fight-or-flight syndrome, which pumps adrenal hormones into the system that could interfere with healing. The deep abdominal breathing pumped my lymphatic system—a vital component of the immune system. In addition, qigong energized and strengthened my body at a time when I couldn't do Western exercise such as weight-lifting or jogging--the chemo was too fatiguing. And it empowered my will and reinforced it every day with regular practice. In other words, I contributed to the healing process, instead of just depending solely on the chemo and the doctors. Clear 14 years and still practicing!
I learned qigong from Ramel Rones, disciple of Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming of Boston. It's very important to learn qigong from a highly-qualified teacher who has learned from a bona fide master with a lineage originating to China. Beware--many self-proclaimed "masters" teach untested qigong!
Bob Ellal
Author, 'By These Things Live: Chronicles of a Four-Time Cancer Survivor'