Cardio Blast! Offered Monday and Wednesday at 7:15am!

This is a high energy, high intensity class that gets your heart rate up and works all areas of the body through a variety of moves, including jumping, punching, kicking, squatting, etc. Cardio Blast combines multiple elements, designed to improve cardiovascular health, endurance, bone density and coordination while burning fat and toning muscles. In addition to achieving a great workout, you’ll have a blast doing it!

Cardio Blast is lead by Nicole Barbour.

Nicole grew up in Columbus and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Master’s Degree in Education at The Ohio State University. During college, she competed in rowing, cycling and triathlons and worked for the Department of Recreational Sports. She taught high school for a year after graduating but was laid off and moved to Florida to start a branch of a tutoring company. While there, she obtained certification to become a Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor and worked part-time at a gym. She’s worked with clients of all ages and abilities, and I taught a variety of classes. I soon found that I enjoyed working in this field more than in academic education. I recently moved back from Florida to be close to my family and friends. I am passionate about fitness and enjoy helping others reach their goals! She is also an endurance athlete and enjoys outdoor sports. She is energetic, encouraging and values her relationships with members and clients.

Nia offered Wednesday’s at 7pm!

Nia is a path to condition, heal and express yourself through movement and sensation. A dynamic blend of dance arts, martial arts and healing arts, balancing technical precision with free-form expression, Nia brings the body, mind, emotions, and spirit to optimum health through music, movement and self-expression, guided by the sensation of pleasure. Through Nia practice, you learn to foster awareness of your life through physical sensation, allowing the ‘voice of the body’ to direct your actions and choices, leading to a general state of what Nia calls ‘dynamic ease’. Practiced barefoot to music, each person is invited to move at his/her own level of intensity, adapting moves to their body potential at any given moment. While delivering cardiovascular, whole-body conditioning, Nia creates a loving relationship with one’s own body by tuning into ‘the body’s way’, the innate intelligence of the body. Nia is designed for any body. This is a classic Nia class for all ages and fitness levels. Come dance and play with us in the joy and magic of Nia! Preregistration for classs required.

Nia is lead by Kathy Anthony.

Kathy Anthony is a licensed massage therapist, a Certified Nia Green Belt Instructor and Nia 5 Stages Facilitator. Kathy’s personal journey with Nia has been one of great joy, passion, self-healing and awareness. Kathy enjoys sharing that passion and joy with her students. With heartfelt gratitude, Kathy enjoys helping empower others through Nia, to tap into the innate intelligence and wisdom of their unique body and unique being, igniting self-discovery and self-healing in all realms; physical, mental, emotional and spiritual, in a safe, fun and magical environment.

Boot Camp offered Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30pm!

Boot Camp is a high-intensity, full-body workout which combines cardio and toning exercises using body weight and light barbells.

Boot Camp is lead by Nicole Barbour.

Nicole grew up in Columbus and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Master’s Degree in Education at The Ohio State University. During college, she competed in rowing, cycling and triathlons and worked for the Department of Recreational Sports. She taught high school for a year after graduating but was laid off and moved to Florida to start a branch of a tutoring company. While there, she obtained certification to become a Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor and worked part-time at a gym. She’s worked with clients of all ages and abilities, and I taught a variety of classes. I soon found that I enjoyed working in this field more than in academic education. I recently moved back from Florida to be close to my family and friends. I am passionate about fitness and enjoy helping others reach their goals! She is also an endurance athlete and enjoys outdoor sports. She is energetic, encouraging and values her relationships with members and clients.

Core Conditioning offered Monday and Saturday

Core Conditioning focuses on strengthening and toning the upper and lower abs, obliques, lower back and glutes using floor exercises. This class also includes full-body stretching to improve flexibility and range of motion.

Core Conditioning is lead by Nicole Barbour.

Nicole grew up in Columbus and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Master’s Degree in Education at The Ohio State University. During college, she competed in rowing, cycling and triathlons and worked for the Department of Recreational Sports. She taught high school for a year after graduating but was laid off and moved to Florida to start a branch of a tutoring company. While there, she obtained certification to become a Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor and worked part-time at a gym. She’s worked with clients of all ages and abilities, and I taught a variety of classes. I soon found that I enjoyed working in this field more than in academic education. I recently moved back from Florida to be close to my family and friends. I am passionate about fitness and enjoy helping others reach their goals! She is also an endurance athlete and enjoys outdoor sports. She is energetic, encouraging and values her relationships with members and clients.

Hip Hop Fitness Monday at 7:45pm!

While running, jogging and walking may be more popular forms of exercise, hip hop dance can be used as a fun alternative to help you achieve aerobic and anaerobic benefits. The aerobic benefits occur as a cardio exercise that gets your heart pumping and your breathing rate up. The anaerobic benefits occur as you strengthen your thighs, glutes, calves and other muscles in your legs and arms. Best of all, hip hop dance puts less of an impact on your feet and knees so you give your body a new way of working out. The fast-paced workout that comes with doing hip hop dance is something that can be very beneficial to your body. You don’t have to appreciate hip hop music in order to get the benefits of a class, either. Come prepared to move your body in new ways and get aerobic and anaerobic results right away. This high energy class uses the latest sounds in rap, R&B and pop music. Break, pop and lock!

Hip Hop Fitness is lead by Amber.

Amber is super excited to be joining the amazing team at EquiVita! Amber’s love for dance started at the age of three. Growing up Amber studied multiple styles of dance in both Columbus and New York City, and received her Bachelors of Fine Arts from Wright State University. Amber’s love of Zumba came about after having her baby girl in January of 2010. She was looking for a fitness class in which she could work off her baby “padding”, as well as fulfill her artistic outlet in dance.

Zumba! Rumba! Saturday, at 9:15am!

Want a dynamic aerobic workout that is an absolute blast? This dance-based class features interval training with fast and slow Latin infused rhythms combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. You’re going to love the upbeat tempos and rhythms!  Zumba is cardio dance party with an atmosphere full of Latin and international music. You’ll forget you’re working out with the sexy but simple moves to dance music like Cha Cha, Salsa, Reggae, Rumba and more. Best of all, you don’t need any previous dance experience or to be a great dancer, just have fun! Its fun and effective, using interval training combining fast and slow rhythms for an effective aerobic workout while at the same time targeting your legs, abs, glutes and arms.

Zumba is offered during the week, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 pm and Saturday morning at 9:15!

Please preregister for this class.

A little about Wendy, your weekend  Zumba instructor!

Wendy Rieser has a Bachelors Degree in Music from the Ohio State University. She is a professional vocalist, but has always loved dance, dance performance and teaching dance. Wendy has a versatile dance background in Ballet, Show Choir, Musical Theater, Drill Team, Jazz, Tap and Hip-Hop. Wendy was certified in Zumba Fitness in 2009.  Wendy combines the Latin essence of Zumba (Merengue, Salsa, Cumbia and Reggeaton) with her past training to create an exciting and exhilarating workout!

A little bit about Amber, weekday Zumba instructor!

Amber is super excited to be joining the amazing team at EquiVita! Amber’s love for dance started at the age of three. Growing up Amber studied multiple styles of dance in both Columbus and New York City, and received her Bachelors of Fine Arts from Wright State University. Amber’s love of Zumba came about after having her baby girl in January of 2010. She was looking for a fitness class in which she could work off her baby “padding”, as well as fulfill her artistic outlet in dance.

EquiVita’s Kick-Ass Cardio & Fitness

Tis the season to Kickstart your fitness!

Kick Ass Cardio is the original program designed by EquiVIta’s own Transitional Fitness Trainer Christopher Yeoman a military veteran with over 28 years of martial arts experience, incorporating moves from Muy Thai , Tae Kwondo, and the ever popular realm of mixed martial arts

Kick Ass Cardio gives you a pulse pounding, fat burning , stress relieving workout that is totally tailored to your level.
Kick Ass Cardio is instinctive and easy to master,
 and then you adjusts the same techniques on an individual level to increase the
 intensity and just how hard you bring it.

Traditional Cardio-Kickboxing classes provide no kinetic feedback to the body allowing for sloppy technique and no real sense of the bodies full potential of motion. In Kick Ass Cardio that feed back is imperative to the full experience and helps develop muscle strength , better balance, develops bone density, as well as increasing stamina.

Testimonials from our KAC clients

“I came to Equivita looking for a kickboxing class to try. I found a place that cared more about my health and wellbeing more than filling a class. I was surprised by the diversity of the classes offered and the kindness of the staff. They cared about my goals and helping me safely obtain them. The variety and varying difficulty of classes made it easy to obtain my goals. The massage therapists helped keep my body in tip top shape while I was taking all my favorite classes.” ~ Ashley Davis : Satisfied client at EquiVita

“I started in February and attend at least 2
nights per week. I continue to go for a couple of reasons. 1) The
workouts are never the same, and Chris is always increasing the intensity
level. 2) It has improved my stamina and my strength. I am an avid runner
and I run approx 20-25 miles per week. While my cardio levels are good, I
needed to increase my strength training and improve muscle tone. This
class is helping me do exactly that!
When I started this class, it was amazing to me how tired I was 15 minutes into the class.
I’ve taken other cardio kickboxing classes in town, and the intensity level
Chris brings is a bit higher which I really like. I also like that Chris
makes sure that proper techniques are used in the class, and he goes out of
his way to teach those techniques so that students maximize their
performance and minimize injuries.” ~ Matt Usher Satisfied client at EquiVIta

This class is about personal power. Accept the challenge and prepare to amaze
yourself.

Just contact us at:

614.298.8781,     or     amilligan@equivita.com

Or sign up here   REGISTER!

Instructor:

Christopher Yeoman, Boxing Instructor
Christopher started training in the martial arts at the age of eight. He attained his black belt of Tae Kwon Do in the style of Ji Do Kwan when he was twelve and then achieved his 3rd Dan belt when he was around twenty. Christopher entered the United States Navy shortly after high school and spent over 8 years traveling and living abroad in countries such as Japan, Korea, and Thailand.
In those travels he had the opportunity to study numerous martial arts in the specific countries of origin. While abroad he immersed himself in arts such as Eskrima from the Phillipines and Bojutsu from Okinawa. He was privileged to experience the cultural differences and history from numerous teachers, providing him with a unique experience and perspective in his own teachings of physical, mental conditioning, and self defense. Christopher has taught at the college level classes in human behavior, situational response, and the bodies response to stress during times of crisis. Christopher looks forward to bringing his experiences to Kick Ass Cardio and sharing them with you.

What ever shall I wear?

We at Kick Ass Cardio are not picky. Shorts a T-shirt and comfortable shoes are the dress code.
But in order to protect those hands we do require hand wraps. Now we at EquiVita are proud to offer Title hand wraps for purchase in our office for $7.00 or you can rent them for $2.00. These wraps are available at various sporting good stores around Columbus. What you are looking for / asking for is called a Semi Elastic Mexican Handwrap that is 180″. For those with smaller hands it is always better to go longer than try and go shorter and not have enough protection. If you have your own wraps or hand protection go ahead and bring it, as we said we are not picky.

Tribal Belly Dancing, Thursdays 6:30-7:30pm

Tribal Belly Dancing

Taught by Aneaj

Tribal Belly Dancing is a combination of Spanish, North African and Indian dances. It’s fun, funky, powerful dancing that emphasizes body awareness. This class is designed to help the novice learn critical steps to help create a solid belly dance foundation of arm, hip, shoulder, belly, head, leg and foot movements. The spontaneous dancing comes from taught steps combined into a set of movements. Those sets of movements are then done as an improvisation or used in more choreographed dances to music.

A little bit about Aneaj Deletra:

Aneaj has been a member of Almaazah’s Crescent Moon Dancers and the Creative Director for Tribalusions. She trained formally with Almaazah, Columbus, Ohio and Yasmina Ramsy, Toronto, Canada in professional presentation and teaching of Middle Eastern Dance and has also taken intensive instructor training with Paulette Rees Denis Portland, Oregon. Her involvement in Middle Eastern dance includes troupe performances and performances of a solo nature locally, throughout North America and Eqypt. Aneaj has a Communication of Arts Degree, and combines her love for radio and belly dancing through the web station Hipdrop.com, which features belly dance music and interviews from belly dance artists.

Our newest way to start your day…’Get Moving!’ Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 am

Here’s our newest class inspired by a request from one of our clients:

Get Moving!

taught by Drew

Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 am

Do you have a hard time getting up in the morning? Do you wish you could start the day off in a way that not only makes you feel good, but also helps the rest of your busy day to go by smoother? Then come check out Get Moving: an early morning exercise class designed to get the blood flowing, loosen muscles and to improve concentration so you can take on those challenges of the day. Get Moving is designed with an intensity in mind that will make you sweat and burn calories, but without making you feel like passing out right afterwards! The benefits range from improving joint pain/movement, sore muscles, flexibility, improving cardiovascular endurance and so much more. So come on over to EquiVita and start your day off right with Get Moving!

A little bit about Drew:
Drew is dedicated to listening and helping each client achieve his or her personal fitness goals. After struggling with his own health and having to undergo emergency surgery a few years ago, Drew became dedicated to getting his body into shape as well as his overall well being. While succeeding in achieving his own goals, he watched as others struggled and complained about “not getting anywhere” and he naturally became more and more interested in helping others reach their potential. Fate then handed him the opportunity to work towards an occupation where he can help others when he was laid-off from his Graphic Design position, allowing him the time to return to school and work towards the rewarding career change. Drew’s goals are to continue to learn and study in order to better assist each and every client the best way possible. He is still dedicated to maintaining his own health as well, running and exercising almost every day and training for marathons. Since changing his lifestyle, Drew has never had a recurring problem from the disease that plagued him years earlier.