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The Health Point offers the following programs:
1. Training in progressive weight resistance
2. Training in aerobic exercising
3. Yoga classes
4. Special training for models
5. Special training for body builders and weight
lifters
6. Special weight training for athletes and sportspersons
But, what do these mean to you?
The first three programs are general exercise programs meant for people looking for general health and fitness. The last three are specialized programs meant for achieving different physical goals.
A brief introduction to them is given below:
I. Progressive Weight
Resistance: This method of physical training
uses weights (free or attached to machines) to build the strength of your
muscles. This does not mean you will turn into an Arnold Schwarzenegger
over night, but what it does mean is it will strengthen your overall physique,
and thereby improve the quality of your health and fitness.
It works on a simple mechanism - as your muscles
strengthen, you can further strengthen them by going for heavier weights,
or you can maintain any level of muscular fitness you wish. This kind of
training can be injurious if not done without proper guidance, but is one
of the best forms of exercise when done correctly. It also reduces the
effects of atrophy, and in fact reverses it.
Atrophy is the weakening and shrinking of muscles
which occurs in everyone from their late twenties onwards. This eventually
leads to an overall weakness that manifests itself as physical ailments
like arthritis, frequent injuries. These effects can all be effectively
fought off with weight training and in fact modern research shows that
atrophy can actually be reversed through weight training.
II. Aerobic Training: Our general fitness and physical well being is greatly determined to a large extent, by the condition of our heart, lungs and circulatory system. These three crucial parts of our system can be thoroughly exercised by what are known as aerobic exercises (that which uses oxygen is called aerobic). These exercises cause the heart to pump at a higher rate than usual and thus, cause it to become better during normal times (that is, when there is no exertion). The capacity of the lungs also go up substantially, the benefits of which hardly need to be explained. The circulatory system also improves and the overall functioning of blood (which is to carry oxygen to different organs, and take away their waste materials) improves substantially.
III. Yoga Classes:
Yoga is an ancient Indian system of exercising,
and developing certain mental aspects as well. It was developed by yogis
during the Vedic Age (around four thousand years ago), and has been handed
down the ages from guru (teacher) to shishya (student) over hundreds of
generations, and is vigorously practiced by millions of Indians even today.
Yoga is a multi-utilitarian form of physical activity, which deals not
only with the physical well being of a person, but also with his mental
and spiritual health.
Another branch of yoga, known as pranayama,
deals with the control of breathing. The techniques of this science can
be applied to a variety of situations/problems, like athletes' training,
people suffering from asthma, etc. This science has in fact been adapted
successfully by many athletes in the Western world to improve their lung
capacity and also to improve their control over their breathing.
IV. Special Training Programs: Weight training can be, and has been for the last two decades, pursued for various reasons:
? To improve a person's abilities at a variety
of sports (both professional and amateur athletes and sportspersons)
? To become stronger for physically demanding
jobs
? To better overall health and fitness
? To help lose/gain weight
? To create a harder, more attractive body (for
models, actors, etc)
? To follow a physical rehabilitation program
(for those recovering, or suffering from, physical ailments)
Timings :
| Yoga | 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. |
| Aerobics & Gym | 11.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m |
| Aerobics & Gym (Ladies Only) | 4.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.. |
| Aerobics | 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. |
| Aerobics Combined Batch | 6.30 a.m.. to 7.30 p.m. |
| Gym Combined | 5.30
a.m. to 9.30 a.m.
5.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. |
| Dance Classes | 7.00 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. |