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The Big Picture of Exercise

PARC Trainer Andrew talks us through the big picture of exercise.

The essence of exercise or physical training is the improvement of your current status, mood, wellness or performance capabilities. In order to illicit the “training response” one must ‘’stress the body” for adaptation.

The General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) described by Hans Selye (1907-1982) outlines the training response elicited by stressing and straining the human body physiologically and psychologically through the delivery of exercise or training.

The 3 stages of GAS are 1) the Alarm Stage (the stressor), 2) the Recovery Stage 3) Adaptation Stage (response).

When the appropriate stimulus is applied, the human body will repair itself, or condition itself to improve upon its previous status. However, if an inappropriate stimulus is applied, or, if the dosage is too much, then the Recovery Stage will can be prolonged, and you may spill over from the Adaptation Stage into the stage of Overtraining, where weariness, failed responses, injury and/or illness lay.

To prevent the agony of Overtraining, exercise prescription should include the F.I.T.T principles of Frequency, Intensity, Time and Type of exercise. This dosage should also follow the 6 Components of Exercise Prescription, which include 1) Overload 2) Intensity 3) Duration/Time 4) Frequency 5) Type/Mode of exercise 6) Progression/Periodization.

But of course, not just any-old exercise programing will do. It must be designed to your needs, capabilities and intentions. The S.A.I.D principle states that one will achieve Specific Adaptations to Imposed Demands when training prescription is closely applied to and monitored by a trained professional.

So as you can see, exercise prescription is not something one can just come up with off the cuff, and if you want to have the greatest opportunity to achieve your best results, working with a trainer on a regular basis will help you reach those results sooner, safer, and confidently.

Make an appointment with a Personal Trainer today!

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Small Group Training - Mic’d up 🎤

Join Jesslyn and two of our amazing members for a mic’d up session of Small Group Training

If you want to experience the fun of Small Group training for yourself, join us on Saturday 3 May at 8.00am and 9.00am for Small Group Training Come & Try. Bookings are available for Full Access members. 

Bookings can be made via our Customer Portal or the Xplor app. For more information click the link in bio

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Lest We Forget
 
A friendly reminder that PARC will be running on reduced hours today. 

Centre Hours: 1pm – 7pm 
Café Hours: 1pm – 5pm 
PARC Swim: No classes
Group Exercise: Reduced timetable, check Customer Portal for classes. 
 
Please visit our website to see a full list of our opening hours, as well as any alterations to operations over this time. 

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🚨 Waterslide closure 🚨

Please note that both our Green Constrictor and Blue Python waterslides will be closed until further notice.

Our Aquatic playground will remain open for member and guest use.

We apologies for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding during is period

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Warm Water pool accessible change rooms closure 🛠
 
As part of our tiling replacement project, the Warm Water pool Accessible Change Rooms will be closed 

Where to go? members can use the family accessible change rooms downstairs or the upstairs accessible change rooms during this period. 

For all the details, check out our blog: https://tinyurl.com/mryd8rk6

We appreciate your patience as we work to enhance your experience at PARC!
Lest We Forget - Anzac Day 2025 
 
Just a friendly reminder that PARC will be running on reduced hours this ANZAC Day. Here's what services we'll be running this ANZAC Day Public Holiday. 

Centre Hours: 1pm – 7pm 
Café Hours: 1pm – 5pm 
Waterslides Hours: 1pm – 6pm 
PARC Swim: No classes 
Group Exercise: Reduced timetable, check Customer Portal for classes. 
 
Please visit our website to see a full list of our opening hours, as well as any alterations to operations over this time. 

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Small Group Training Come & Try is back! 

Did you know you are more likely to reach your health goals when training with a friend? Having a workout buddy has proven to:

✅ Support each other's goals 
🤝 Help people stay accountable, 
📈 Improve performance, and 
👯‍♀️ most importantly, have fun while exercising. 

Join us on Saturday 3 May at 8.00am and 9.00am and experience a training session with friends. These sessions are open to our Full Access members, and bookings can be made via our Customer Portal or the Xplor app. Link in bio.

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Happy Easter to our wonderful PARC Community 🐰

We hope your day filled with treats, chocolate and happiness. 😊

A friendly reminder that we are open today with reduced operating hours. Our centre is open today and tomorrow from 7am-7pm. 

We hope you have a very hoppy day!

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A friendly reminder that PARC Is closed today for the Good Friday Public Holiday.

The Centre will reopen from 7am tomorrow 😊

Have a happy and safe easter long weekend 🐰

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