☕Member Appreciation event☕
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🍏Healthy Habits🍅
Eating with the season
With spring beginning, this time of year brings a wide variety of fruits and vegetables into their peak season. Fruits and vegetables have the most flavor when they’re the freshest possible! Every vegetable or fruit has a harvest season and luckily, they aren’t all at the same time, this is why we have plenty of food to consume throughout the whole year. As well every region offers a different product, due to the climate they are in, throughout the year, bringing even greater variety to our produce.
Fruits and vegetables can be purchased from the grocery store or a farmer’s market near you. These can also be grown by YOU at your house! Even if you don’t have a large garden space, it can be easy to grow different herbs or vegetables in a flowerpot. All you need is some soil, plenty of sunlight, and lots of water to make it happen!
Vegetables in season for April 🍄🟫🥑
RadishesSprouts
Spinach
Kale
Mushrooms
Leeks
Broccoli
Peas
Carrots
Cabbage
Fruits in season for April🍉🍑
OrangesLimes
Rhubarb
Cherries
Strawberries
Avocados
Stay on the look out for the survey!
A couple times a year we ask for your feedback! Accounting for the perspective and insight of our members is what allows us to be the successful organization that we are! Stay on the lookout in the coming weeks for the bi-annual survey coming to your email inbox. If you have trouble receiving emails from us, at each of our locations we will have a scannable QR code that will take you to the survey! If you have questions or trouble with this, please reach out to a Wellness Staff Member.
🧘Move More with us this Month! 🏃
We heard that April is National Move More Month! We want our people to keep moving just like we are here at MTS! Per the American Heart Association (AHA), only 1 in 5 adults and teens get enough exercise weekly to maintain good health. The AHA recommends per week at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise, or anything that gets your heart pumping fast!
Try these six tips to get yourself moving this April!
1. Plan a hike with a friend!
2. Get out to the garden and plant flowers!
3. Ride your bike rather than driving short distances!
4. Join in on a group exercise class!
5. After a meal, go for a short walk!
6. Stretch your muscles in the morning after you wake up!
Exercise of the Month!
Low Row
If you're looking for a way to spice up your routine give the Low Row a try! This exercise helps to improve posture and increase strength and stability for the back, targeting the latissimus dorsi (mid- back muscles), rhomboids (the muscles between the shoulder blades, and the trapezius (muscle that helps to "shrug" the shoulders). This exercise can be done different ways using different types of equipment. Below you'll see how Laura is demonstrating this for us on two different pieces of equipment. After setting up the equipment properly including selecting an appropriate weight or load, grab the handle of the cable, and using the arms to pull the cable straight in making sure to point the elbows straight back. You should feel the shoulder blades pinch together as you pull the cable back.
In this first demonstration she is working bilaterally (both of her shoulders) using a seated low row machine.
For this second demonstration, she is working unilaterally (one shoulder at a time) using a cable machine.
If you have questions about this exercise or maybe interested in updating your exercise routine, ask to speak to one of our awesome personal trainers that we have on staff!
We are here to help you be your best self!
✨Friendly Reminders✨
- Please keep conversations during all group exercise classes to a minimum!
- Please remember to sign up for classes and to cancel the class reservations if you are not able to attend!
-Please dry off before exiting the pool area and either entering the locker rooms or exiting the building!
- Please be kind and courteous to your fellow Wellness Members!
Pop-Up Classes...coming soon!
Keep an eye out in your emails and the MTS app for Pop-Up classes coming soon! A Pop-Up class is a special class that we won't be offering all the time! So, try your best to come check it out while they last!
More info coming to you soon!
april Class Schedules
Make sure to check the MTS app or website for live schedule changes
Townhouse
-NEW Class! Join Aline for On the Ball on Tuesdays at 9am!
-New Class! Join Aleah for Booty Builder on Tuesdays at 5pm!
-NEW Class! Starting April 13th, Join Amy for Core & More on Mondays at 9am in our 3rd floor alternate classroom space!
-Ask a Wellness Staff Member for more information about this alternate option for our group classes.
Dulles
-We are pleased to announce that Lainey is returning to teach water classes! 🌊
Please welcome her with a smile! 😄
-NEW Class! Join Sabrina for Core & More at 10am on Tuesdays!
Youngsville
-No schedule changes at this time!
We're hiring!
MTS Wellness is hiring for PRN instructors, if you know someone interested in joining our team, please have them send their resume to wellness@mtspts.com. We are in need of aerobics instructors, cycling instructors, yoga instructors and more!
We are excited to bring on new members on our Wellness Team! Over the next few weeks you will start to see new faces shadowing current instructors in class and eventually teaching some classes. We thank you for your patience as we go through a new transition.
Virtual Memberships and Virtual Add-on Service
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MTS offers a virtual wellness membership for $22 + tax per month.
This includes access to all of our live scheduled virtual classes and our video library, which allows you to participate in your favorite MTS classes on your own time. All you need is a smart phone, tablet or computer to get set up and started today!
We also offer a virtual add-on service for only $11.99 + tax per month added to your regular membership. With this add-on service you will have it all! It allows for you to come in house to use equipment AND have access to classes using our virtual platform.
Meet Our Wellness Team
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Taylor East Fitness Supervisor -
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Brian Broussard Therapy & Wellness Coach -
Laura Byerley Therapy & Wellness Coach -
Emily Helm Therapy & Wellness Coach -
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Shannon Marks Therapy & Wellness Coach -
Cindy Soileau Group Instructor -
Denise Meriwether Group Instructor -
Carmen Windham Group Instructor -
Aline Breaux Group Instructor -
Sabrina Courville Group Instructor -
Lainey Waguespack Group Instructor -
Nanette Cook Group Instructor -
Amy Francois Group Instructor -
Erica Duplechin Group Instructor -
Nate LeBlanc Personal Trainer -
Aleah Boutte Personal Trainer
Our wellness team is eager to welcome you into your gym routine! We'd love to assist you with establishing an exercise regimen or guiding you to choose a class that best fits your needs! We are here to help answer any and all of your questions!
Visit our website www.mtsphysicaltherapy.com for all your wellness needs!
As always, you can reach out to us by email at wellness@mtspts.com. You can reach Emily @ Youngsville at 337-703-6571, Cory @ Dulles at 337-703-3604, or Laura @ Townhouse at 337-571-1219.
About MTS Physcial Therapy & Wellness
MTS offers full physical therapy services, along with all inclusive wellness and gym memberships serving the Acadiana Area. Our approach is a concept that embraces all aspects of a person’s needs. We help you better understand the importance of body, mind and soul to your overall well-being.
With complete physical therapy services, relaxed settings, and supportive and encouraging staff at all locations, we will make it possible for you to get back to living LIFE again!
