Scarborough Adult Education

A comprehensive guide to women’s fitness and wellness teaches you how to use knowledge about your female body to exercise smarter, breathe deeper, boost your metabolism, strengthen your core and pelvic floor, and improve your endurance and performance. 

You will learn how to optimize your breathing pattern to increase oxygen delivery to your muscles and brain, how to adjust your exercise intensity and duration to match your hormonal cycle, how to prevent common injuries and imbalances that affect women, and how to burn more fat and build more muscle with effective workouts. 

Instructor: Carole Freeman

Location: Zoom link will be provided prior to class

Dates & Times: Mondays, 6 PM -7:30 PM from January 6th - February 3rd, 2025 

Cost: $85

Additional Class Topics and Details: 

Week 1 - Monday January 6th, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Why Fitness is Different for Women. Women are not just smaller, weaker versions of men. We’ll help you map  your own fitness course that considers your anatomy, physiology,  hormones and unique strengths. 

Week 2 - Monday January 13th, 6:00 - 7:30pm 
Improve Breathing capacity. Learn to adopt the habit of more functional breathing, reduce shortness of  breath on exertion and have more stamina.  

Week 3 - Monday January 20th, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Increasing Respiratory Muscle Strength and Endurance You will learn how to open those airways, take in more oxygen, strengthen  your diaphragm and have more energy and endurance to do those things  you want to do while reducing shortness of breath. 

Week 4 - Monday January 27th, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Women’s Hormones and Cardio. Build endurance, burn more fat reduce strain. Learn new guidelines about  when, and how, to train that consider your female body and brain. 

Week 5 - Monday February 3rd, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Core Strength Training for Spinal Stability. How to improve core strength, back and spinal stability. Improve balance,  coordination and the importance of optimal breathing with pelvic floor  function.