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With every couples massage you’ll now receive this nice Aspen Club basket to take with you.
Relevant Tags:aspen, basket, couple, gift, massage, spa, wine Welcome Gay Ski Week 2008 Participants!
Monday is “
Discounts and Specials good all week.
Spa/Salon Discounts :
Book your appointments:
Book your appointment at the ‘Ski Week’ Aspen Club hospitality kiosk and receive 10% off all services
Membership/Massage Package:
50 minute massage and 3 (out of 5) day membership package $199.00 – must book at ‘Ski Week’ Aspen Club hospitality kiosk.
Aspen Club Boutique:
20% off everything!
Fitness
Choose a scheduled Group Fitness Class and receive full access to the
Monday- Pilates Mat 5:30pm
Tuesday- Body Pump 5:30pm
Wednesday- Deep Stretch Yoga 6:30pm
Thursday- Lunch Time Yoga at noon
Friday- noon spin class
10% off all PERSONAL TRAINING appointments!
GENERAL INFORMATION
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970.925.8900
www.aspenclub.com
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HOURS OF OPERATION: SPA HOURS:
Monday- Friday 6 a.m.- 9 p.m. Monday- Friday 10 a.m.- 8 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday 7 a.m.- 8 p.m. Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m.- 7 p.m.
RESERVATIONS:
All reservationists are required to ask for the following information when making an appointment:
1. Names of each guest booking – MUST identify “GSW” at time of booking for discount
2. Cell phone of client
3. Credit card to hold all reservations
4. Please notify all clients of our 24-hour cancellation policy. There will be no charge to cancel or reschedule a service if cancelled more than 24- hours prior to the appointment.
Gratuities are not included in the price of services. An 18% gratuity will automatically be applied to all services not checked out.
TRANSPORTATION:
Complimentary transportation is available for door-to-door service in
GARNISH CAFÉ:
Enjoy breakfast and lunch at the Garnish Café! Open 7 a.m. -2 p.m. Monday-Friday.
BOUTIQUE: Come in to the Aspen Club & Spa boutique and experience
FITNESS
The pulse of The Aspen Club & Spa is undoubtedly the Health & Fitness center, where members and guests not only exercise their bodies, but also expand their minds and rejuvenate their spirit through fitness training, mind/body classes and an array of other progressive offerings.
The fitness team is certified and credentialed from the most prestigious programs.
SCHEDULES:
We offer as many as 50 classes per week. Ski conditioning, BodyPump®, BodyFlow®, Hatha Yoga and spin classes are just some of classes offered. For a full schedule of our GROUP FITNESS, MIND & BODY and TENNIS SCHEDULES, please check out website at www.aspenclub.com and click on “Fitness Schedule” under Aspen Club & Spa.
PERSONAL TRAINING:
The personal trainers are experienced and certified fitness professionals who design programs for each individual’s needs. The fitness facilities at The Aspen Club & Spa feature over one hundred strength training machines and cardio equipment, as well as abundant free weights and strengthening tools.
PILATES:
The beautifully situated Pilates studio features an extensive array of equipment including a trapeze table, wall unit reformer, Wunda chairs and several reformer units as well as large skylights with views of
YOGA:
Allow our advanced yoga instructors to assist you in deepening your yoga experience. Yoga is, at its depth, intensely personal. Together we will find a practice that fits your purpose. We offer group classes as well as private sessions.
SpaAspen™
Boasting the largest spa in Colorado, the beautiful SpaAspen™ offers a wide assortment of luxury spa services, signature body treatments and spa packages to fulfill your needs. No matter what you are looking for, SpaAspen™ is sure to please. Groups are welcome and customized spa packages are available.
Access to the club is FREE with any spa treatment!
SPA MENU HIGHLIGHTS:
· Thai Massage- Massage performed on a mat incorporating limbering passive stretching. Wear loose clothing.
· Ashiatsu massage- Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy is a barefoot massage technique using deep compression effleurage gliding over the body, providing deep relaxation and stimulation of the lymphatic system of the body.
· Anti-Aging facial- Lifts and firms the skin. Helps to alleviate fine lines and wrinkles. Uses a cinnamon exfoliant mask which heats up on the skin to open capillaries. Immediate results are seen. Also evens the skin tone.
· Warm Stone Facial -Our most relaxing and rejuvenating facial. Your skin is gently cleansed and exfoliated. A green tea infused collagen mask calms, nurtures, and hydrates. Warm stones melt away stress in the face, neck and shoulders while crystals balance your chakras. A hand and foot massage followed by warm mitts and booties round out this blissful treatment.
· Alpine Rejuvenator- a SpaAspen™ signature treatment. Three part treatment: exfoliation, mask/wrap, pine oil application.
· Bindi- Based on an ancient Ayurvedic rejuvenation therapy. Includes an herbal body mask, dry brush detoxification, warm aromatic oil massage, mini-facial and finishes with a moist heat wrap. The ultimate experience calms the mind and rejuvenates the body.
We also do an assortment of waxing. Please see our brochure for a complete listing of spa services, including prices.
SALON:
At our full service salon, we offer everything from hair services to spa pedicures to acrylic nails. See brochure for prices.
TEETH WHITENING:
The Aspen Club and Spa is now offering cosmetic teeth whitening. The Beyond® WhiteSpa system can restore your natural white smile, removing years of stains. The painless procedure lasts one hour.
Exercise can be a great way to detoxify the system. When we sweat we release toxins and negative energy. Have you ever noticed if you have spent the night prior “over- imbibing”, the next day you might smell a faint smell of alcohol. If you workout you sweat out the liquor through your pores. Yoga, pilates and other alternative mat exercises that involve stretching and twisting are also great for releasing toxins. The inner organs are massaged and rinsed clean. Smoke, alcohol, unhealthy foods and even stress are considered toxins. Massage and acupunture are other ways to detoxify, getting rid of built up gunk and allowing fresh oxygen and blood into the body. To really clean out the system, try a recommended cleanse or diet, after consulting your physician. B Vitamins can help replenish the system if you haven’t been treating it so nicely. You can also try the steam bath. Happy detoxifying!
Relevant Tags:b vitamins, deal with stress, exercise, massage, pilates, vitamin b Massage has become pretty mainstream, you can see people getting massages at the airport, in the grocery stores, even at the local coffee shop thanks to the portable chair. Massage shops have popped up all over, and what used to be a luxury is now affordable and part of people’s to do lists. There’s got to be something to it, as our harried lives demand a breather now and then. I need a massage and I needed one yesterday. I don’t know if it’s all the downward dogs and peacocks I’ve been doing in my Yoga class or this not so fancy futon I have been laying my head on for months, but I wake up sore as all heck, some mornings are worse than others. Oh yeah, a little voice in the back of my head says, it could also be stress. Stress knots our muscles, tenses our shoulders, and seeps into our skin and bones.
Massage, in addition to kneading our tired backs, also loosens the tissues and things that get deposited there. I have read massage increases circulation, is good for the digestive system, and also allows fresh blood and energy back into our systems.
I had a chair massage recently from a woman who called herself an “energy healer”…Not only could I feel the tension sliding away as she worked on me, but after she pushed on a few pressure points, I felt toxins and stress literally being drained from my body, out through the hipcreases and then the ankles. It was a great experience and I am due for another, as I have a deadline looming and bills to pay. Me first! I say! I can’t work or focus when I am all twisted up in a ball. I need some release. Go get a massage today, your body and brain will thank you.
Relevant Tags:massage, muscles massage, stress Massage can dramatically affect the body on the whole through various techniques and manipulations, improve recovery, and enhance performance. To best understand massage we must first go over a couple basic concepts before we talk about the physiological affects of massage.
Most common types of massage used to help triathletes.
- Deep Tissue massage is probably the most effective massage technique a triathlete can receive. When deep tissue massage is used properly, it can break down adhesions, remove trigger points, relieve chronic tension holding patterns, break up metabolic waste, prevent injury, increase recovery time, enhance performance, and much more. Deep Tissue massage is best received well before events or throughout training leading up to races.
- Sports massage is usually geared towards athletes. However, it usually doesn’t get to deeper layers like deep tissue massage. Sports massage is very individually based, depending on the sport or activity in which the client normally participates. There is a lot of kneading (picking up the muscle and squeezing) techniques used in sports when working in specific areas. It uses a faster pace than most massages and is mainly geared towards athletes to increase circulation of blood flow before the event, increase oxygen during the event, and helps to eliminate waste after the event.
- Swedish massage is considered to be one of the most widely used forms of massage in the United States. Lots of lotion and oil are used to work on superficial layers of the body to increase blood flow. This type of massage is great for relaxation, but it may not get to deep layers where trigger points, adhesions, and possibly scar tissue live. Various techniques are used including effleurage, petrissage, friction, vibration and tapotement.
- Neuromuscular massage is extremely broad in what it can do for an athlete. Neuromuscular massage includes treatments such as myofascial release, trigger point therapy, muscle energy techniques (MET’s), cross fiber friction, Cyriax (cross fiber friction on a specific lesion point), isometric strengthening, postural analysis, functional muscle testing or resisted range of motion testing, and much more. This type of massage is best used for someone who has specific issues such as a high hip, buckling knees, pain in a specific area, recurring pain, chronic pain, a postural dysfunction, traveling pain, balance problems, and much more. A client usually comes in with 2-3 areas that need to be worked and normally 60-75 minutes are spent analyzing the posture, checking alignment, testing range of motion, and then breaking the layers down to the specific muscle or problem. A good neuromuscular massage therapist can determine which muscles need to be strengthened and which ones need to be released. They should also be able to give you isometric exercises to strengthen the weak areas. A good therapist should always give you homework. Common problems among triathletes are weak hips. This can be caused by a functional (muscle related) high hip, which is usually misdiagnosed as a leg length discrepancy. This is something a neuromuscular massage therapist can work with to level out the hips and to strengthen them assuming there isn’t a structural leg length discrepancy and the only way to verify that is by an x-ray.
How often should you receive massage? Massage is most beneficial when receiving it on a regular basis, especially if you are a very active triathlete. The most common amount is once per week because any less its almost starting over every time you come back in for a massage, depending on the amount of training you participate in. The idea is to make a big difference and the problem with coming in any less is that it is very difficult to break down layers of the body or even the whole body when frequent visits aren’t made. Try to find an affordable massage therapist who meets your needs and stick with them, try not to jump around therapists.
There are many physiological affects that happen under a therapist’s hands. By decreasing the damage done by heavy training, aiding in recovery, and reducing fatigue, massage allows you to train harder, longer, and more efficient thus giving you better performance while preventing injury. Keeping your body in tune is vital, whether you’re going sub-4 hours in a half ironman or doing your first sprint triathlon.
Known benefits of massage therapy:
- According to Elliot Greene of American Massage Therapy Association, when massage has been substituted for rest, massage has been recorded to show 20-75%, even 100% muscle recovery, that is why you usually see boxers getting massage between rounds instead of resting.
- Break up metabolic wastes thus reducing that fatigue feeling when you shouldn’t be feeling fatigued, like at the beginning of a workout. Metabolic wastes build up either by vigorous activity or by inactivity. Massage works like a pump, like the heart pumps the blood, massage dramatically moves wastes and lymph though the lymphatic system, which does not have a pump. Metabolic wastes is composed of nitrogenous wastes from the breakdown of proteins, inorganic phosphorus, sodium chloride (salt), excess water, carbon dioxide from increased respiration, and urea (AMTA Elliot Greene & Human Anatomy & Physiology). Basically massage increases the body’s ability to make the necessary secretions and excretions.
- The oxygen capacity of the blood can increase 10-15% after a massage (AMTA Elliot Greene).
- Neuromuscular Massage can specifically help with balancing out muscles by loosening contracted (shortened) muscles and stimulating weakened/flaccid (stretched out) muscles. What does this mean to a triathlete? By releasing contracted muscles, it may make the weak ones stronger promoting more efficient training, which increases performance in the long run. Massage gently stretches out the muscle and connective tissue that surrounds the body by reducing tension without irritating the muscle. It is also vital to know which muscles need to be stretched out vs. stretching every single muscle when certain muscles may already be stretched out. A therapist should be able to show and prove this to you.
- Lactic acid and carbonic acid build up after exercise begins. These waste products irritate nerve endings and muscles thus affecting performance. These waste products can lead to cramping if not flushed out. As you exercise, acids are formed when glycogen in the muscles and liver are burned to keep you going. Pain persists until these acids are stored again or flushed out via the lymph system. Once the lymphatic system is flushed out, muscle recovery rates increase.
Aches and pains don’t always have to be part of your training; a good coach or a competitive athlete should tell you so. As your training increases for the upcoming season and your body gets in shape, wastes get backed up. Your body needs more oxygen and nutrients than ever before to keep it in tiptop shape. Make sure you listen to your body’s needs so it can lead you to your goals.
After attending 3 years of undergraduate work, Josh Shadle focused his attention to the Boulder College of Massage. Josh is the owner of TRI-Massage and is a local Boulder elite triathlete. Inside triathlon named him an all-american in the 20-24 age group. He currently resides in Boulder and plans to turn professional in the next 2 years. You can find more information about TRI-Massage and appointments at www.TRI-Massage.com or www.joshuashadle.com to find out about his racing career.
