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Jun 28

YMCA offers free programs in the Park – Kokomo Perspective

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In an initiative to get into the community and help Howard County get active, the Kokomo Family YMCA has unveiled a seven-week workout program.

We were looking for ways to get into the community and to get people engaged in a healthier lifestyle, said Director of Healthy Living China Antoine. While accomplishing those two things, we also wanted to create an environment where people werent intimidated by coming into a health facility.

The program, Workout Wednesday, was unveiled June 7 in Foster Park with a one-hour yoga session led by yoga instructor Debbie Baker. The crowd of yoga participants peaked at 50 attendees.

We had a fantastic instructor, Debbie Baker, who did a great job of accommodating everyone who attended the first class, especially those who had never done yoga before, said Antoine. We even had a father attend because his two daughters wanted to go, and the girls ended up going off to play. The dad stayed to finish the session.

Over the course of the seven weeks from June through August the classes offered and instructors teaching will vary. This program will feature many of the YMCAs most-visited classes, such as Yoga, Bootcamp Ripped, Refit, Zumba, and High Intensity Interval Training.

Its not the same thing every Wednesday. You get a little taste of everything we do at the Y, and this is a great time to take advantage of that for free, said Antoine.

The classes are provided free of charge with the convenience of everything needed to workout at the disposal of those who are partaking in the class. Culligan of Kokomo provides free water, GNC Live Well provides pre- and post-workout supplements, and the Greater Kokomo Chamber of Commerce provides sunscreen all free of charge.

We wanted to take care of as many hassles as possible, said Antoine. That way people arent worried about having the right stuff or being unprepared. On our first session, a lot of people didnt have yoga mats, and we had plenty to accommodate those who needed one.

Coming up, the next Workout Wednesday class will be offered June 28 from 6 to 7 p.m. Attendees will participate in the Refit class. Similar to Zumba, Refit entails a good amount of dance moves but with more of a focus on the actual exercise.

There is a lot of specific squatting and lunging that focuses more on the actual toning of muscles, rather than the cardio workout that Zumba provides. Its a unique class that a lot of people dont really know about. Its a great hybrid class for those who arent very comfortable with all of the dancing required in Zumba because everyone knows how to lunge or squat, said Antoine.

For Antoine and her Healthy Living associates, she wanted the citizens of Howard County to know this class is truly for everyone.

If there is any hesitancy about joining the classes, take the time to come out and just watch the first time and see what it is like. We dont want this to be a miserable time for anyone participating. As Howard County being one of the lower counties on the health index in Indiana, we want our community members to take advantage of something like this and take that first step, said Antoine.

For more information on Workout Wednesdays and the slated dates and programs visit, http://www.Kokomoymca.org/event/workout-wednesday.

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