Health Club Newsletter

February is for Fitness!

According to meteorological groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, we’re looking at six more weeks of winter. You might as well make the best of it at The Body Architect. Try something new—TRX Core training or Good Morning Sunshine— a metabolic wake-up call for early risers. Shake off the cold and move your body. We’ll have you feeling and looking your best by the time spring does arrive.

Stephen Anderson

Renew Your Membership & Bring a Friend

Come in from the cold! The Body Architect is the perfect antidote to winter. Get in shape now so you can make the most of spring and summer activities. No enrollment fee for renewing members. Need some motivation? Bring a friend along for a one-week trial.

TRX Core Training Comes to the BA

Contrary to speculation, those odd-looking contraptions suspended from the BA rafters are not medieval torture devices. It’s the TRX suspension training system—one of the hottest and most effective core training methods around.

TRX suspension training eliminates the need for weights and cables—your body weight and gravity provide the resistance. It’s a full-body workout that combines functional strength, core stability and balance training all in one.

TRX was developed by a Navy Seal—U.S. Military personnel are among the system’s many fans. But you don’t have to be in fighting shape to use it. Performed properly suspension training is safe for all fitness levels.

Get Suspended!

Sign up now to experience TRX suspension in a personal training session. Coming soon: small group (limit 4) TRX training sessions. To learn more about TRX ask at the desk!

Three Reasons to Exercise: Health, Happiness and a Longer Life

The next time you’re on the fence about coming into the gym, let these three simple truths be your motivation.

1. Exercise is one of the best defenses against illness. When you work out you ease symptoms of stress or depression, both of which lower immunity. Exercise also improves sleep, so necessary to maintain good health.

2. Exercise adds to the quality of your life.

Exercise has been proven to increase concentration, creativity and productivity. It may sound counterintuitive but making time to work out can actually help you accomplish more.

3. Mindful and regular exercise is the best anti-aging secret!

Regular exercise increases life expectancy and keeps you fit enough to enjoy it. Not only will regular workouts keep your energy levels up, exercise improves learning ability and memory.

Personal Training: Give Yourself a Valentine!
Personal Training: Give Yourself a Lift

Exercise is a no-brainer, right? But busy schedules create tough choices. An appointment with a personal trainer can keep you on track. Give yourself a mid-winter pick-me-up: a personal training session that’s all about YOU. The certified personal trainers at the BA will create a customized program, designed to ensure that you achieve your fitness goals at a pace that’s just right.

Personal training is so much more than working with a fitness coach to make sure your form is correct. When a trainer is standing by your side counting reps, you’ll challenge yourself that much harder to maximize every minute of your workout. At the end of a session, you feel great and you stand just a little taller.

Do you have an injury? Don’t sit on the sidelines. Injuries often benefit from gentle strengthening exercises. Our trainers can create a targeted program to bring you back to optimum health.

Whether you meet weekly, monthly or twice a year, working with a BA trainer can make a difference in the way you experience fitness. The Body Architect offers PT packages as well as the option of training with your spouse or a friend.

Got 30 Minutes?

Our new 30 minute training sessions are the hottest deal in town at just $40. And our trainers can get a lot done in half an hour. Ask about package pricing!

New Morning Class!

Good Morning Sunshine!

Get into your groove before the rest of Portland even wakes up. Join us Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 am and start your day percolating on pure energy. This class will offer a full spectrum of fitness techniques to burn calories, improve strength, core stability and balance. Have fun and leave energized with your workout behind you!

New Boot Camp!

Runners’ Jam
4 Weeks/2 Sessions Per Week

Running coach Dave Carter offers personalized training to support your running profile, whether you’re training for your first 10K or taking a fast walk up to a run. You’ll learn proper biomechanics, how to prevent and overcome injury, and how nutrition supports maximum performance. Dave puts the fun in functional training!

Starts in February. Sign up at the desk!
Members $180
Non-Members $240

Come to Dave’s FREE Runners’ Jam Seminar February 4th

Running One-on-One

Want Dave Carter all to yourself? In five sessions, he’ll have you ready to run a 10K or just lap your friends on Baxter Boulevard. Dave will help you improve your running style and efficiency with a sound strength training program and create a running and workout schedule to support your running goals.

5 Sessions $390

BA Boot Camp is Back!

Open to men and women, BA Boot Camp offers adventure and challenge at your personal edge—with huge results. Our bodies adapt quickly to workload changes, which is why the same workout performed over and over, delivers less and less. Make physiological change happen using methods that engage your body’s adaptive responses. Whether you’re looking to lose weight, improve strength, endurance, well-being—or all of the above, take your fitness commitment to the next level at BA Boot Camp. Four weeks: Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 6:00 –7:00. (You can also choose two mornings a week only, cost will change accordingly)

$180 members
$260 non-members

Simply Good Nutrition: The Series
A four-week nutrition program with Heidi Michaels

Heidi is offering a four-week series in which she will cover the basics of sound nutrition and coach a small group in setting specific nutritional goals, from weight management to healthier eating. Rachel will address each individual’s progress in weekly, sixty minute sessions. Attend Rachel’s lecture on September 30th!

Members: $80
Non-Members: $120