聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Residents wishing to spend time on a regular basis working towards keeping their bodies active and fit in a group setting during the winter are thanking at least two energetic Kamsack women.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Kathie Galye, who this winter marks more than 10 years that she has been leading a group in fun exercise, and Maureen Humeniuk, who has taken on the relatively new routines known as PiYo (pronounced 鈥減ie-yoh鈥�), are at work with their groups in Kamsack this winter.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲ho says you have to jump, grunt, strain, and punish your body to get amazing results from your workout? Not with PiYo,鈥� Humeniuk said last week.
PiYo combines the muscle-sculpting, core-firming benefits of Pilates with the strength and flexibility advantages of yoga, Humeniuk said.
鈥淎nd, we crank up the speed to deliver a true fat-burning, low-impact workout that leaves your body looking long, lean, and incredibly defined,鈥� she said.
鈥淧iYo isn't like standard Pilates and yoga classes that make you hold long, intense poses, or lead you through dozens of repetitive, microscopic core movements,鈥� she said. 鈥淧iYo speeds everything up, including your results, by introducing you to dynamic, flowing sequences that can burn serious calories at the same time as they lengthen and tone your muscles and increase your flexibility.
鈥淲ith every action-packed PiYo session, you can burn excess fat and sculpt and define your whole body, as you minimize the aches and pains that can come along with high-impact workouts,鈥� she said. 鈥淣o matter your age, no matter your body type, PiYo will help give you dramatically visible, incredibly beautiful results.鈥�
Humeniuk, who was certified as a PiYo coach by Beach Body Canada in February 2015 in British Columbia, has been leading the PiYo classes at 6:30 p.m. each Monday at the Victoria School gymnasium and plans to continue to the end of June.
鈥淲e鈥檙e looking at the possibility to holding a second class, maybe this spring or summer,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he students say they want more of it, that once a week is not enough.鈥�
Although her sessions have had as many as 15 persons attend, Humeniuk said that the gym can easily accommodate twice that number.
It takes about three classes for one to 鈥済et鈥� the moves, and 鈥測ou just keep moving,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 really find that this is a great workout but it does not feel like a workout. It鈥檚 a fun workout, not jumping around.
鈥淚n PiYo you use your own body weight to strengthen muscles through the whole body. It develops muscles everywhere and tones the body everywhere.
鈥淢aybe we can do something at the Madge Lake Rec Centre if there are enough people interestedand it would also be nice to do something outside during the summer.
鈥淭o do PiYo, you have to bring a bottle of water with you because you do put on a pretty good sweat, but it does not exhaust you.鈥�
Doing PiYo since last year, Humeniuk said she has been able to burn off access fat from her body.
鈥淚 have sculpted and defined my whole body,鈥� she said, explaining that she had moved to PiYo LIVE because she had been finding aches and pains with a more high impact routine. 鈥淧eople of all ages are doing it.鈥�
Humeniuk said that beginning February 1, she will be taking further PiYo instruction via the Internet. She was one of 20 from 200 applicants to take the course that will be led by Michelle Park, the person who choreographed the PiYo routines.
鈥淚鈥檓 doing that so that I can get better at modifying some of the moves,鈥� she said.
In addition to instructing the PiYo class once a week, Humeniuk attends the instruction being offered by Kathie Galye, and Galye attends Humeniuk鈥檚 classes.
Galye, who in the past has led groups in step exercises, belly dancing, high-low aerobics and Zumba in addition to other types of strength training, continues under the name of Wabi Sabi.
Wabi Sabi is not an exercise, it鈥檚 just the name of the classes, Galye said. Wabi Sabi means 鈥渆mbracing the imperfections.鈥�
Strength training is important especially as we get older, Galye said. 鈥淚n the classes, we try to get all the major muscles exercised.鈥�
Galye has group fitness certification from Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association and is also a certified Zumba instructor.
鈥淲e鈥檙e currently doing interval training,鈥� she said, explaining that sessions begin with a dance-related warm-up, weights, cardio exercises and the sessions end with a cool down and 鈥渁 nice stretch.鈥�
She has been able to purchase weights, bands, exercise balls and steps for use in the sessions.
鈥淲e鈥檝e done drumming using the exercise balls.
鈥淎nd all the exercises can be modified for a particular participant,鈥� she said.
In addition to the classes, Galye has offered other instruction, including dance.
鈥淟ast year we did Latin After Lunch at the seniors鈥� centre,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hat was a lot of fun.鈥�
鈥淐ome; attend our exercise sessions. It鈥檚 never too late,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e mix it up every week.鈥�
