Strength For Life

Each new participant will need to complete a COTA Strength for Life Enrollment Form and a Pre-exercise Screening form. (Download available in Quick links or collect from reception).
 

While completing the Pre-exercise form if you answered YES to one or more of the questions, you will need to provide a Medical Clearance from your GP or Medical referral form from your Excersice professional - Physio or Excersise Physiologst. 
(Download available in Quick links or from reception) 

Once you have collected your Referral form, Medical clearance or if you answered No to all questions above, you may move on to step 3.. 

 

Contact us to book in for your start up one-on-one assessment 
Book over the phone - 8391 0222
Book at reception - Adelaide Hills Recreation Centre, 2 Howards Lane, Mount Barker 5251.

What to expect in the session?
You will meet with one of our Strength for Life certified Personal Trainers
Together you will work through your forms and discuss and goals, restrictions or past injuries.

Then you will head into the gym space and work through a program designed specifically around you!
You will work step by step to learn the exercises and we will ensure correct posture and movement patterns. 

You will then receive a copy of the program to take into the Strength For Life Sessions. 
Please note this is a once off fee of $30

You are ready for Strength For Life!!

Double check our Group Fitness TImetable for session times.
Group Fitness Timetable

We encourage participants to arrive 5-minutes before the sessions start time. For safety of participants we do not allow late entries to class as the warm up is a very important part of exercise. 

For casual entry to the Strength For Life sessions it is $9 per class. Full Access memberships include Strength for Life sessions.

Strength training can have significant health and lifestyle benefits. There is a focus on exercises that are functional and produce improvements to lifestyle — and everyone has their own individual program. Current research shows that most chronic conditions can be improved or maintained with a progressive resistance program.

Before returning to class we require to see a RETURN TO CLASS - CLEARANCE FORM.
This form is avalible from the SFL Quick links or at reception.

The for is required to be filled out by your Health Professional.

The form assists our session Instructors to ensure a safe return to excersise. 

For participants that are paying casually the Assessment $30 and is a once off payment, then the cost is $8 per session. 

AHRC has a number of memberships that include Strength for Life classes aswell as other Older Adult sessions. for current membership options contact us over the phone or onsite and our friendly staff can help you select the best option for you. 

All new clients have a one-on-one assessment with a qualified Strength for Life instructor or exercise physiologist, a program is developed and the client is taken through the program. At each subsequent session there is a dedicated SFL instructor overseeing the SFL clients.