The Performance Center will focus rehabilitation as well as performance training in a private setting within The Aspen Club and Spa. We will offer various devices designed to  improve stability, endurance, agility and strength including:

• Vibro-Gym

• Functional Trainer

• VO2 Max and Fitness Performance Testing

• Gait Analysis

• Alignment assessment & Orthotics

• Alter G Treadmill 

Amanda Boxtel is one of the first to try out the Alter G anti-gravity treadmill. Read what she has to say about her experience:

“Today I walked on my legs for thirty minutes in the most normal unrestricted gait for the first time in seventeen years of paralysis!  No, I didn’t even use my leg braces.  Imagine being a NASA astronaut suspended in a pressure regulated device that defies gravity.  Today was my third day on the Aspen Club & Spa’s newest toy, the Alter-G, an anti-gravity treadmill.  With the help of my trainer, Mark Alderdice, and my friend Zander, I threaded my legs into a pair of customized neorene compression shorts and wormed my way into the machine.  Mark zipped the skirt-like extension at my waist to the ballooned frame and I wiggled my legs into position.”

“Words can’t even describe my sensation of standing tall in my five foot seven frame on my own two legs while walking in a true heel-toe-bend-knee-swing-forward motion.  As I marched onward consciously focusing on planting one foot in front of the other, I stretched my memory back to when I was a teenager recalling the days when my legs ached after ballet or running hard.  Today my legs ached…and they are still aching and tingling as I sit at my computer this afternoon.  I have longed to feel my leg muscles ache since that fateful ski accident that rendered me a paraplegic seventeen years ago.”

“While the idea of unweighting isn’t new, the Alter-G is apparently the first company (www.alter-g.com) to use a pressurized bubble that provides a counterforce to a person’s bodyweight, reducing the effective weight on the treadmill surface.  In essence, the machine gave me unrestricted mobility to maintain my normal body position and a somewhat normal gait.”

OPEN HOUSE: June 22nd& 23rd
8-11am & 4-7pm

Join us for snacks and drinks at the open house unveiling of The Aspen Club’s new PERFORMANCE CENTER!

Get ‘weightless’ anytime with a free session on the anti-gravity treadmill – and receive a gift card towards one of our many spa/salon/fitness services.”

The Aspen Club Performance Center – launching summer 09 will target rehabilitation as well as performance training in a private setting within The Aspen Club and Spa. We will offer various devices designed to improve stability, endurance, agility and strength including:

Vibro-Gym
Functional Trainer
VO2 Max and Fitness Performance Testing
Gait Analysis
Alignment assessment & Orthotics
Alter G Treadmill

Our Local’s appreciation spa special has been extended until June 15th! Take advantage of over 25% savings in the spa for two extra weeks!

50 minute massage or facial: $99 ($90 for members)

80 minute massage or facial: $140 ($135 for members)

Introducing the new Mini Menu, for the client on the go and the Mountain Man package.

Spa Aspen Mini Menu:

All treatments below are for 25 minutes at $85

Day Brightener Massage
Treat your feet Massage
Foot Reflexology
Lymphatic Drainage
Craniosacral Massage
Refresher facial
Body Scrub 
 
Salon Aspen Mini Menu: 
 
Manicure $35           
Manicure without polish $25
Polish change on hands or toes $18
Paraffin treatment $5
Deep conditioning treatment $25
 
The Mountain Man Package:  $300

Includes:
Gentleman’s Facial
80 Minute Sports Massage
Hand Treatment
Foot Treatment
 
*Perfect  gift for Father’s Day!

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THE ASPEN CLUB & SPA FACILITATES INNAGURAL YOUNGER NEXT YEAR RETREAT

Best-selling authors work with health and fitness experts to create comprehensive wellness retreat

Aspen, CO–  The Aspen Club & Spa will facilitate a six day retreat this month based on the best selling book, Younger Next Year. Participants will receive training, coaching and nutritional advice from best-selling authors as well as various experts in the wellness field.

Co- authors of the Younger Next Year books, Chris Crowley and Harry S. Lodge, M.D., will focus on the core concepts of the science of aging to facilitate a week of strength and endurance building, fitness assessments, wellness coaching, hiking, nutritious meals and spa pampering. The retreat will take place May 31-June 6, 2009 in Aspen, Colo.

“Heavy on exercise, nutrition and the limbic (emotional) life—it’s a fancy spa week with a ferocious, Younger Next Year spin. Slightly hard work, a lot of learning and great food and drink, “ said Crowley.

The authors will work with the director and founder of The Aspen Club & Spa’s Sports Performance Center, Bill Fabrocini and his expert team of teachers, speakers, doctors and health experts. Fabrocini is a board-certified clinical specialist in orthopedic physical therapy and a certified strength and conditioning specialist who has trained and worked with world class athletes.

The book, Younger Next Year, gives readers a plan to eliminate 50 percent of all illness and potential injuries as they age—and teaches how to become functionally younger every year for the next 5-10 years. The week begins by establishing a personal base for each participant—examining flexibility, strength, stamina, weight and more.  From there, each participant will learn how to log efforts and progress, as well as have the opportunity to follow up with a personal wellness coach.

The coaches and trainers will also focus on emotional and social side of your life for the next thirty years. They will help participants with the mind-body connection and will customize their approach to the individual client’s needs.

This retreat is the first of its kind for The Aspen Club and participants will shape the future of the program. It will be offered at a half price rate of $4,000 (or $7,000 for a couple) which includes healthy meals throughout town and lodging at the historical Hotel Jerome.

Space is limited for the retreat. Call Kim Moore for more details and to sign up. (970) 920-5861 or kmoore@aspenclub.com.

ABOUT THE ASPEN CLUB & SPA

The Aspen Club & Spa, located in Aspen, Colorado, has earned its reputation as one of the premier health and wellness facilities in the country through a focus on unparalleled service and an innovative culture. The Aspen Club is a private membership club and has served that Aspen community and its guests since 1976.

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Did you participate in our Pledge to Be Fit offseason project? Are you a teacher or student in one of the Valley’s school districts? Are you a Music Festival Student just here for the summer?

The Aspen Club has a special membership for you! We offer catered memberships to fit your lifestyle and needs in Aspen. Call membership today to inquire about special rates.

The Aspen Club wants you to be a part of our family. See you this summer!

Get Your Gift Card for Mother’s

Day!

Gift Cards are the perfect gift for mom!

Redeemable throughout The Club including

spa, salon, boutique, fitness, membership. Call

925-8900, go to the front desk or  

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Deep in the heart of Aspen, under the expansive balloon of The Aspen Club’s tennis bubble, ten teams suited up in their best sweats to show the town just how much hard work and dedication will get you…$100 gift card to Cantina.

Saturday was one for the record books when the Long Johns won multiple games in a row before being crowned the ultimate champions of The Aspen Club’s Semi-annual Off Season Dodgeball Tournament. After defeating the club’s own Spa Pimps in the finals, the team celebrated by spraying their sparkling wine trophy all over the court that had seen some intense dodgeball action for three hours that afternoon. 

The winners were given a $100 gift certificate to The Cantina and were spotted there 15 minutes later spending their prize. They were joined by some of the 2^nd place Spa Pimps team members as well as the winners of best costume, the Please Hit Me’s. 

The games were often intense and besides a couple of bloody knees and a black eye or two, fun was had by all!