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FITNESS
Michelle Combination Classes
Mason Step-n-Sculpt – 10:30 a.m.
Fitness M/W/F, CC
Director Cycle/Core – 4:30 p.m. M, CC
Cycle ‘n Sculpt – 11 a.m.
Hours of operation T/TH, CC
Cardio Sculpt – 9:15 a.m.
Weekdays: M/W/F, TD
6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Step Plus – 10:25 a.m.
SAT, TD
Weekends Senior Boot Camp – 2 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. M/W, and
Sunday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 5:45 p.m. M-TH, all at CC
Strength and Stretch –
New resident Fitness 2:15 p.m. T/TH, CC
Orientation (required) Balance and Strength –
2 p.m., F, CC
Cowan Creek | Tuesdays, 2 p.m. Slim Down – 4:45 p.m.
Texas Drive | Tuesdays, 7 p.m. T/TH, CC
No need to pre-register. April Anson is a regular participant in the Step-n-Sculpt class.
New members are required to
attend Orientation prior to using Combo Classes: Convenient and Challenging
the Fitness Centers or the Rectangular platforms cover the floor of the aerobics studio like stepping stones
swimming pools. at 10:30 a.m. on any given Monday, Wednesday or Friday at Cowan Creek Fitness
Center. It’s time for Step-n-Sculpt, and the room full of enthusiastic participants will
Fitness Center spend the next 35 minutes stepping lively to the musical beat of an aerobic routine
Information Line choreographed by fitness instructor Leslie McCoy.
But when the music stops, the “steppers” don’t call it a day. They take a break,
512-948-7755 hydrate, and prepare for scene two: up go the platforms and out come the mats and
the free weights.
Pool and hot tub closings, Sun City Texas resident April Anson rarely misses this popular, hour-long combina-
class cancellations, inclement tion class that usually ends with a little core work and stretching. “Combo classes are
weather and other pertinent like killing two birds with one stone, as the old saying goes,” says April, 57, who also
attends Step Plus at Texas Drive and occasionally Cycle-n-Sculpt at Cowan Creek.
information updated “I think you get more bang for the buck since you are getting a decent workout in
throughout each day. both aerobics and strength. It’s great for those who are short on time.”
And that short-on-time group would include April, a self-described “avid” pickleball
Children’s swim hours player. The former Austin resident, who retired from the Internal Revenue Service in
2013, is also a member of the Hiking Club and plays Canasta regularly with a group
For kids ages 4-15 years of neighborhood friends. She purchases a Fitness Center all-access pass each month
OCTOBER - MARCH and attends a variety of group fitness classes up to five days every week. A regular
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the in advanced classes such as Power Cycle, which is devoted entirely to cycling, April
says she finds the multi-faceted combo classes to be equally challenging.
indoor pool Step-n-Sculpt is just one of several combination classes offered at both the Cowan
Children’s age restrictions Creek and Texas Drive fitness centers. Check out our fitness calendar, with its de-
tailed class descriptions, and explore the possibilities!
Children under the age of
four, per the CA Rules/Reg., ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG
are not allowed at the pools
or in the Fitness Centers.
Mr. Etiquette
Please don’t enter the
pools with a skin rash or
open wound. It will attract
the piranhas, and we can’t
be responsible.
Remember, Mr. Etiquette is watching.
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