Summer, Anxiety, and Fitness

Around the Club – We will be starting an outdoor boot camp for members.  This will include tires, pull-up/dip bars, agility ladders and cones.  This will be a small group training class for only $99 a month for 8 classes taught by Cornelious.  This classes will be limited to 8 people per class.  Stop in and ask for scheduling options. Summer, Anxiety, and Fitness For many, Memorial Day weekend kicks off the summer season. Based on the cloudy, rainy weather we had, looks like Workout Anytime Chatsworth members will have to wait for the official start of summer which is June 21! Many people who had family reunions and community events planned, probably had “anxiety” about the weather ruining their plans or were “depressed” by the rain. These feelings and expressions are very commonplace today. But for many, anxiety and depression are not just an expression; they are consumed with these feelings each and every day. Recently two famous people brought this subject to light: Prince Harry (depression) and Cleveland Cavaliers basketball player Kevin Love, who had to leave a game this season due to having an anxiety/panic attack. The words “mental health” are now mainstream and no longer carry a negative connotation. All it takes is a few famous celebrities to bring these issues to light, and we always seem to rally behind them and their cause. Exercise, diet, yoga, and mindfulness are all the top things to help manage these mental health issues. 40 million people or 18% of the population are affected by anxiety. 7 % have depression. 5% of the population will have some sort of panic disorder in their life. This means that when you are working out at the Workout Anytime Chatsworth club, approximately 30% of the members or almost one and three members may have or have had one of these three mental health issues. These statistics hopefully will resonate with our members who now have the opportunity to introduce family members, co-workers, neighbors or friends who may be suffering from these health problems, to the Workout Anytime Chatsworth club, as a potential resource for helping them manage their illness. If they have not been a club member before, it may be a little intimidating, so pick a slow day and time for their first orientation to the club. You’ll be helping a friend and you may pick-up a new workout partner too!  July 4th Community Events The Chatsworth fireworks take place in Eton which is about 3-4 miles from Workout Anytime Chatsworth.  The fireworks will be June 29th at gates open at 5 PM, free admission, free parking and will be at Eton City Park.