YMCA offers Rock Steady Boxing for people with Parkinson’s

Boothbay Area YMCA is now providing Rock Regular Boxing for Folks with Parkinson’s on the YMCA, which is a free, eight-week program. Registration is presently open for the session that begins on Tuesday, June 29. Courses are held on Tuesday and Thursday, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Class sizes are small to offer individualized consideration: and subsequently, house is restricted.

Rock Regular is a research-based train program that’s used across the globe. Drawing upon conventional boxing coaching strategies and work, the mission of enhancing the standard of life for individuals with Parkinson’s illness by means of train and optimistic social interplay. Courses are designed to be enjoyable, push boxers to work arduous, and to deal with a full vary of challenges confronted by individuals who perform with Parkinson’s.

Boxers endure a various coaching routine to enhance power, endurance and physique management, all of that are related to being a superb fighter. Boxers practice to enhance: stability, hand-eye coordination, pace of motion, agility, muscle energy, psychological focus and rhythm.  All of this stuff occur to be points for individuals with Parkinson’s. So as a substitute of specializing in the precise signs of Parkinson’s, individuals can be taught a brand new talent that’s enjoyable and a superb stress reliever whereas addressing most of the signs of Parkinson’s. and, it’s extra enjoyable to inform your youngsters and grandkids that you just’re going to boxing class than bodily remedy.

Rock Regular Boxing permits individuals battling Parkinson’s, a degenerative motion dysfunction, to take and energetic position in enhancing their properly being with non-contact boxing impressed health coaching. Workout routines are primarily based on conventional boxing frills and designed to optimize agility, pace, endurance, stability, hand eye coordination, and general power. Whereas workout routines are tailored to particular person capabilities and health ranges, they continue to be rigorous and allow members to push previous self-imposed limits of ability- in different phrases, to struggle!

Rock Regular Boxing is led by Catherine Stecher, a licensed Rock Regular teacher. Catherine has been main this program at her native YMCA in Massachusetts for 2 years. Catherine and her household reside in Maine throughout their summer time months.

For added details about Rock Regular Boxing, contact Robin Maginn at [email protected] or 633-2855.