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Resolution Revival

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Many of us make New Year’s resolutions every year and many of them revolve around improving our overall health and wellness—whether it is working out more often, losing weight, quitting a bad habit or just focusing on ourselves more. In a struggling economy, we all need to remember to invest in ourselves and honor those resolutions that often times get swept under the rug.

The Aspen Club is here to help you revive your resolutions and earn rewards for doing so! Keep track of anything you do at the club—a personal training session, a massage, a new class or even working out on your own. Earn points for each activity and you may win big! The Aspen Club with be holding various drawings throughout the challenge where you could win treatments, services and gift cards. The overall winner will win 6 months of complimentary dues and $800 worth of ACS certificates!

It’s simple. All you have to do is keep track of your own points with a check on your chart next to the activity.

** You must sign in at the front desk (get a membership card for
easy check-in!)

** You must sign in for fitness classes.

** The Aspen Club must have a record that the activity was completed in our
computer system.

See a membership advisor to get your individual sheet today!

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Vibration Training: Experience the benefits here at The Aspen Club!

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

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Research has confirmed that the benefits of one hour of strength training is possible in only 20 minutes and the newest addition to The Aspen Club is the way to do it. It’s called Vibrogym and it was the world’s first commercial whole body vibration training platform.

The Vibrogym generates vibrations that are transferred from the platform onto the body. Muscles contract and expand 30 to 50 times per second causing numerous benefits such as increased explosive strength, flexibility, bone density, metabolic rate as well as reduction in joint pain and cellulite to name a few.

The private sessions at the Aspen Club are 30 minutes long and can be purchased by session or in packs of 5 or 10. Contact Richard Fantini for more information or to book a session!

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Join now!

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

fitness-center.jpgAlthough most of us will be less than thrilled to say goodbye to the long summer days where the sun is always shining and the warm air heats our skin, it will soon be time to put away our hiking shoes and concentrate on the upcoming winter season. With the slopes opening in just over 100 days (wooohooo!), now is the perfect time to get in shape for those treacherous Highland’s bowl hikes and unbelievable powder days.

With the conceptual approval of our Aspen Living Project, changes at the club are in the near future. The Aspen Club is proposing to establish a healthy living community that will be an internationally renowned model for sustainable, healthy living development. With this, the club will be revamped and redone, allowing it to remain the valley’s premiere health club and spa. As we head into the future, we will begin to limit our membership so that can continue to live up to the reputation our members have come to expect. Now is the time to join our community and get a membership!

As a member of The Aspen Club & Spa, you will get your muscles moving in a setting that will make you want to work hard for your health. Member privileges include discounts on personal training, spa and salon services, boutique purchases, tennis and private Pilates. We have a full cardio deck with cardio theater, a massive weight area, a heated lap pool and over 50 fitness classes a week!

We have a membership for anyone’s needs. Please see Erin or Robert in membership to get in on this amazing opportunity!

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From India to Aspen

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

By Charles Agar of the Aspen Times

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Three local women with spinal injuries are back from stem cell treatment in India and say they’re much improved.

Amanda Boxtel, Leah Roland and Kasie Burtard turned to valley residents in 2007 for the thousands of dollars needed for a treatment banned in the United States, and all three women said the controversial embryonic stem cell injections paid dividends.

They are holding an event Tuesday at the Aspen Club to say thank-you to the community and also raise more funds for ongoing treatment overseas.

The cost of an initial two-month treatment at the 20-room private clinic in New Delhi is about $40,000.

For Boxtel, who was paralyzed from the waist down in a ski accident almost 16 years ago, it was her third trip for a treatment by Dr. Geeta Shroff, who uses a groundbreaking embryonic stem cell therapy to treat people with incurable diseases, or people with injuries deemed irreversible.

Boxtel experienced surprising results from initial treatments a year ago, she said, including use of muscles long-dormant and regained bladder control.

Subsequent one-month visits to India over the past year have meant more subtle improvements, she said.

“It’s going to be a really long road for me,” Boxtel said.

Reversing some 16 years of muscle atrophy won’t be easy, she said, and she’s not sure she’ll be able to walk as a result of the treatment.

But Boxtel is grateful that she has improved muscle control, can now walk on her knees and can wiggle her toes.

And muscle aches from physical therapy are signs of healing, she said.

Burtard, who made her first trip to India this year and stayed two months, can now move her quadriceps muscles, can stand with the help of leg braces and took her first step without them during her time in India.

Since the treatment, Roland, who walks with a cane, is off medication, and can stand straight with her knees locked and has improved use of one hand affected by her injury.

The women said the treatment program in India was rigorous, with morning and afternoon physical therapy sessions as well “gait training.”

“You have to work hard and dig deep to make ‘em fire,” Roland said of atrophied muscles.

But it’s working, she added.

“We are improving,” Roland said.

But it wasn’t all about physical therapy and hospital rooms.

Burtard rode an elephant and went to the Taj Mahal, and Roland said she “went native,” shopping in markets and practicing yoga and meditation with locals.

All three said that time them made them grateful for clean air and drinking water in Aspen.

Doctors in the U.S. are “curious” about the results of stem cell therapy, Boxtel said, but don’t condone the treatment, which raises ethical issues for many and won’t pass a “conservative” Food and Drug Administration,.

Doctors at the Craig Hospital, however, are updating “unreliable and archaic” testing for spinal injury patients, Boxtel said, and in the future will be able to better measure improvements.

The fundraiser will be at the Aspen Club on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. and is a chance to eat, drink, listen to live music and talk with the three women about their experience overseas.

“Come check out our new bodies,” Roland said with a laugh.

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Zele Community Table

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Interview with Kim Moore at Zele Cafe with Michael Conniff with Aspenpost.net 

Kim Moore, Carmela Tafoya, Michael Conniff

Michael Conniff: How did you get started with personal coaching?

Kim Moore: I was a counselor at CMC [Colorado Mountain College], and the climbing professor—the outdoor education director—said: “You need to meet this woman who helps people live the life of their dreams.” I said take me there now. What a great job! It brings together academics, career, professional.

MC: Why is counseling not enough?

KM: Because you have a certain template in school—these are the classes you can take, these are the careers. That wasn’t enough. So much more that goes into it.

MC: Like what?

KM: Action and accountability.

Carmela Tafoya: Our counseling model today isn’t about giving a people a method and strategy for their lives. It’s just talking about the problems. Just more and more problems.

KM: They get to justify their problem. “Every time I start dating something new, they end up taking advantage of me.” They’re re-living it.

CT: They model about what you don’t want and what doesn’t feel good. It’s a psychotherapy model. You have to ignore those things and focus. I’m a proponent of psychotherapy. I mean even Freud. But more Jung. That’s fine for a particular point for particular things, but there’s so much beyond that. They need someone to look at the broad spectrum of their lives.

KM: People are tired of coming up with it themselves.

CT: They need an action plan.

MC: What’s your training for this?

KM: I was trained in counseling with a master’s degree in counselor education. It was mental health counseling. Coaching is more functional. If people really had a psychological problem, I’d ask them to get therapy.

CT: I think it’s borderline—I’d do that if it’s more medically or mentally determined. What coaches do is also borderline—it crosses borders when you feel more comfortable with the individual. I go to a counselor, a psychotherapist. There’s not a stigma around it.

KM: Tiger Woods has a coach.

MC: So where do you start with someone?

KM: I ask them: “Where are you and where do you want to be.” Where have you been that’s less relevant. It’s the idea of “so what?”

CT: The past is past. Leave it there.

MC: Isn’t there a danger in that?

KM: In ignoring the past? The patterns emerge anyway. Where you were is always present. An example of that is myself with Carmela.

MC: Your own personal coach. You’re a coach with a coach.

CT: My specialty is exercise, nutrition, quality of life.

KM: The pattern for me is lack of consistency. I always get great results in a very short time in whatever I’m striving for. Then it just goes away and I don’t notice. I forget all about that. Because I’d rather eat, drink, and be merry. It doesn’t serve me because I end up not as happy as I could be with being in my body—it affects it all. I don’t even want to have sex. I don’t walk in and out of the room the same way. That’s the weird thing.

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Congratulations to Jack and Bonnie Wilke

Friday, February 29th, 2008

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Congratulations to Jack and Bonnie Wilke

Aspen Club Members of the Month!

Jack and Bonnie have been members here few quite a while. They have been very active in the Aspen community and have been role models to all on what it truly means to live the Aspen Life! They have been committed to their own health and wellness by taking Pialtes and personal training sessions and their dedication to their fitness program is setting the precedent for healthy living.

Both Jake and Bonnie have had to address some injuries and/or health issues but this proves to be no set back to achieving their health and fitness goals. Catherine Cussaguet, their Pilates Reformer instructor praises their consistency, labeling it as remarkable! What she finds inspirational is that do not limit their workouts to trainer only sessions, they also include cardiovascular workouts into their daily routine. Besides training at the Club the Wilke’s enjoy the beautiful outdoors, whether it is walking their dog every day, Bonnie enjoying the numerous Nordic ski trails her in Aspen or Jack taking a few runs down the mountain they are incorporating health and fitness in their everyday life.

Dawn Shepard, their personal trainer, agrees, that the Wilkes are truly inspirational. “They live a very active- Aspen lifestyle. I really appreciate their sense of humor, their tenacity when dealing with injury and how much they really care about each other. Having loving relationships in your life is key to being happy and healthy.” We are excited and proud to have the Wilkes as part of our Aspen Club Family. We wish them continued success; we are honored to be part of their journey.

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Moab Skinny Tire Festival

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

The organizers of the Moab Skinny Tire Festival asked me to pass this on.  It’s a great event, which I’ve attended a number of times, and a good opportunity to get in some fun, early season training.  Money raised goes to the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the Moab Cancer Treatment & Resource Center.  I may or may not be able to attend, but I strongly encourage you to.  Please contact Beth if you have questions.

 
We have the Moab Skinny Tire Festival next week.  We still have room and the temperatures may be decent :) .

 

Moab Skinny Tire Festival, March 1-4, 2008.
2 or 4 days of Supported Road Cycling including
Arches National Park & Dead Horse Point State Park.
Fun rider festival party, event expo, bike/wheel demos.
http://www.SkinnyTireEvents.com or 435-260-8889

 

Beth Logan

Beth@SkinnyTireEvents.com

435.260.8889

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Aspen Cycling

Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Aspen Club & Spa Cycling Newsletter
IN THIS ISSUE
Indoor PowerTap Classes
Upcoming Events
JOIN OUR LIST
Join Our Mailing List
Watch a Powertap Video
Issue: # Month/Year
Bike Race

As usual the winter is just flying by.  Can you believe the snow that we’ve had?  At this rate we won’t be able to mountain bike until August.  Oh well, the skiing has been amazing – I hope you’ve been getting up there.
Indoor (PowerTap) Cycling Classes
Upcoming Events
 
Sincerely,

Mark Alderdice
malderdice@aspenclub.com

Lead Cycling Instructor
Aspen Club Health and Performance Center
1450 Crystal Lake Road
Aspen, CO 81611

(office)  970.920 5837
(fax)      970.925.9543
www.aspenclub.com

Please contact me if you’re interested in buying your own PowerTap.  Used properly, a power meter is the most effective training tool available to cyclists.  All the pros use them, and they’re not just for indoor use, they are designed to be used out on the road.

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Free Cycling Clinic

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Cycling Clinic 2/7

This clinic is for endurance athletes of all levels looking to improve their cycling mechanics and train properly. Whatever distance or event you are planning to do, this class will help you prepare for the upcoming season. We will cover:

  • Stretching to improve flexibility and prevent injury
  • Proper cycling mechanics for maximum efficiency
  • Drills to improve cycling efficiency
  • Determining your cycling pace for training and racing
  • Using weights to build muscle strength
  • Cycling injuries and how to overcome them

Please contact Bryan Medrano for more information at bmedrano@aspenclub.com

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Aspen Triathlon

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Endurance Coaching Rates

Triathlon:

  • $400 per month for a weekly personalized training plan and coaching, no hourly sport performance sessions

 

Swimming, Cycling (road or mountain bike), or Running:

  • $300 per month for a weekly personalized endurance sport training plan and coaching, no hourly sport performance sessions

 

Personal Trainer/Sport Performance Analysis (swim, bike, run, weights, etc.)

  • $90 per hour charge $100
  • Six Pack (6 sessions at $85 per hour) ($95)
  • 12 Pack is ($80 per hour) ($90)

 

2008 Schedule of Endurance Classes

 

Week of          Event                                                                                      Location         

1/28                 Running Clinic (Free see pg. 2 for details)                                  TBD

2/4                   Cycling Clinic (Free see pg. 2 for details)                                  TBD

2/11

            Strength Training for Endurance (Free see pg. 2 for details)       TBD

2/18                 Training for Multisport (Free see pg. 3 for details)                     TBD

2/28                 Swimming for Endurance (Free see pg. 3 for details)     TBD

 

3/3 – 5/2          Spring Triathlon Classes (see pg. 4)

 

5/5 – 5/9          Aspen Club Super Sprint Triathlon (see pg. 5)

 

5/12 – 8/15      Summer Triathlon Classes (see pg. 5 & 6)

 

8/16                 Aspen High County Duathlon/Triathlon              Aspen Rec. Center

 

Running Clinic 1/31  6:30-7:30pm

 

This clinic is for endurance athletes of all levels looking to improve their running form and train properly. Whatever distance or event you are planning to do, this class will help you prepare for the upcoming season. Bring your running shoes or just listen along.

 

We will cover:

  • Stretching to improve flexibility and prevent injury
  • Proper running form for maximum efficiency
  • Drills to improve running form and joint strength
  • Determining your running pace for training and racing
  • Using weights to build muscle strength
  • Running injuries and how to overcome them

 

Cycling Clinic 2/7

 

This clinic is for endurance athletes of all levels looking to improve their cycling mechanics and train properly. Whatever distance or event you are planning to do, this class will help you prepare for the upcoming season. We will cover:

 

  • Stretching to improve flexibility and prevent injury
  • Proper cycling mechanics for maximum efficiency
  • Drills to improve cycling efficiency
  • Determining your cycling pace for training and racing
  • Using weights to build muscle strength
  • Cycling injuries and how to overcome them

 

 

Strength Training for Endurance 2/14

 

This clinic is for endurance athletes of all levels looking to improve their muscle strength and prevent injuries. Whatever distance or event you are planning to do, this class will help you prepare for the upcoming season. We will cover:

 

  • Properly warming up before strength training
  • Stretching to improve flexibility and prevent injury
  • Correct form during exercise
  • Lower body exercises
  • Upper body exercises
  • Core and hip exercises

 

Training for Multi-sports 2/21

 

This class is for athletes just getting involved in multi-sport endurance events. Whatever distance or event you are planning to do, this class will help you prepare for the upcoming season. We will cover:

 

  • Picking an event
  • Training cycles
  • Train the weakest sport
  • Determining your pace for training and racing
  • Overtraining
  • Injury Prevention

 

Swimming for Endurance 2/28-Pool

 

This clinic is for endurance athletes of all levels looking to improve their swimming form and train properly. Whatever distance or event you are planning to do, this class will help you prepare for the upcoming season. Bring your swim trunks or just listen along. We will cover:

 

  • Stretching to improve flexibility and prevent injury
  • Proper swim form for maximum efficiency
  • Drills to improve swim technique and joint strength
  • Determining your swim pace for training and racing
  • Using weights to build muscle strength
  • Shoulder injuries and how to overcome them
  •  

Spring Group Training for Aspen Club Triathlon

 

$400 per client, member

$40 Drop-in Rate, member

$50 Drop-in Rate, non-member

$550 non-member

 

Early Bird discount-15%  sign-up by February 22, 2008

Refer a friend (training partner)- Both you and your friend will save 15%

Dates: March 4, 2008 – May 8, 2008

Includes:

  • USA Triathlon professional coaching
  • Personalized training plans
  • Aspen Club tri shirt-sarah will order
  • 18 group classes/workouts
  • Free fuel at every workout- Talk to Mark
  • Aspen Club Tri Race- 3 stations(bikes, treadmill, laps in the pool)

Date

Day

Time

Location

Workout

3/4

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Endurance Training

3/6

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Injury Prevention

3/11

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Swim Clinic

3/13

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Strength Training

3/18

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Run Clinic

3/20

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Cycling Clinic

3/25

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Swim Clinic

3/27

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Running Workout

4/1

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Nutrition

4/3

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Cycling Workout

4/8

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Swim Clinic

4/10

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Run Workout

4/15

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Swim Workout

4/17

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Bike/Run Brick

4/22

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Swim Workout

4/24

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Bike/Run Brick

4/29

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Race Prep

5/1

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Swim Workout

5/5-5/9

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Aspen Club Tri

 

 

Aspen Club Tri Week

 

Super Sprint Distance

  • 400 Yard Swim – 20 lengths of 20 yard pool (5 to 15min)
  • 6 Mile Bike – on a trainer (15 to 40min)
  • 2 Mile Run – on a treadmill (10 to 25min)

 

Groups of 3 participants race at the same time

 

$70 for all racers except those enrolled in the spring classes, limit to 50 participants

 

Athletes must schedule time for the event during the week of May 5 to May 9, Times TBD

 

No timed transitions, everyone gets 10 min recovery between the swim and the bike (enough time to towel off and walk safely to the bike and put on shoes), and 5 min recovery between the bike and the run (enough time to change shoes if needed and walk safely to the treadmill). The athlete can start whenever they are ready, but the clock for the next event starts after the allotted recovery time or when the athlete starts exercising, whichever is first. If the athlete takes more time than the recovery allowed, the clock for the next event starts whether they are exercising or not and is included in the total time.

 

Awards:

Aspen Club membership, massage, personal training- ect.

Results will be posted.

 

Aspen Club employees are encouraged to participate, but in exchange they must volunteer on one of the scheduled days. They can oversee the swim, bike, or run to make sure the athletes go the correct distance and record the time.

 

Summer Group Training for Aspen High Country Duathlon/Triathlon

 

$500 per client for Tri, member

$400 per client for Du, member

$40 Drop-in Rate

$?, non-member

Dates: May 12, 2008 – August 14, 2008

Class Includes:

  • USA Triathlon Professional Coaching
  • Personalized training plans
  • Aspen Club tri shirt
  • 28 Group Classes/Workouts

    • Free fuel at every workout

Date

Day

Time

Location

Workout

5/13

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Endurance Training

5/15

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Injury Prevention

5/20

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Swim Clinic

5/22

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Strength Training

5/27

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Run Clinic

5/29

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Cycling Clinic

6/3

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Swim Clinic

6/5

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Running Workout

6/10

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Nutrition

6/12

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Cycling Workout

6/17

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Swim Clinic

6/19

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Run Workout

6/24

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Bike Workout

6/26

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Bike/Run Brick

7/1

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Swim Clinic

7/3

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Bike Workout

7/8

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Bicycle Repair

7/10

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Bike/Run Brick

7/15

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Swim Workout

7/17

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Bike/Run Brick

7/22

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Transitions

7/24

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Bike/Run Brick

7/29

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Swim/Bike Brick

7/31

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Bike/Run Brick

8/5

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Race Prep

8/7

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Swim/Bike/Run Brick

8/12

Tue

6:00 PM

TBD

Swim Workout

8/14

Thurs

6:00 PM

TBD

Swim/Bike/Run Brick

8/16

Sat

8:00 AM

TBD

Aspen High County Tri

 

 

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