Saturday, May 21, 2011

This isn’t your kid’s fourth period gym class - Roseville Press-Tribune

This isn’t your kid’s fourth period gym class - Roseville Press-Tribune

Woodcreek opens gym to public for Monday night fit club
By Sara Seyydin Gold Country News Service
Philip Wood/The Press Tribune
Brad Eickman, one of the leaders of Team Beachbody, follows along with a video played during a recent Woodcreek High School’s Fit Club night.
Woodcreek High school’s gym has turned into a secret resource in the quest to get fit for summer.
Students, teachers and parents have been hitting up Woodcreek Fit Club for a couple months now, but more people are catching on. The club is open to the public at 7:30 p.m. each Monday night.
Woodcreek social science teacher, swim and water polo coach Grant Guensler lost 30 pounds after he started the P-90X fitness and nutrition plan. That spurred him to share the program with his athletes, as well as their families.
“My goal was to promote fitness so they’d have the right mentality at home with the kids,” Guensler said.
Each week a new video from the Beachbody line, which includes P-90X and Insanity, is projected on the big screen in Woodcreek’s gymnasium. Beachbody coaches help lead the workouts and even sample Beachbody recovery products afterward.
While the event is free to the public, any donations collected benefit Woodcreek’s athletic fund. The group has grown to over 30 people in just a few months.
Anthony Hyland of Roseville attends the Woodcreek Fit Club. Hyland weighed 308 pounds before starting the P-90X plan. His doctor told him he had to lose weight or risk more health problems. So far he has lost 103 pounds and dramatically improved his health.
“It changed my life. I do a lot more things with my kids,” Hyland said. “A lot of my friends are sitting at home watching professional athletes with ripped bodies instead of having one. If you really want to change your life, get out here.”

Reach Sara Seyydin at
saras@goldcountrymedia.com.

Ready to Get Fit?
What: Woodcreek High School Fit Club
When: 7:30PM Mondays
Where: Woodcreek High School Gym, 2551 Woodcreek Oaks Blvd. Roseville
Info: Email Grant Guensler at gguensler@rjuhsd.k12.ca.us

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