Angela Lee has studied Qi Gong for over 8 years with Grandmaster Cai Qiu Bai from Shanghai, China. She holds a masters degree in Chinese Medicine and is also an acupuncturist and lecturer. She has studied the martial arts as well as Chinese language and culture in her attempt to understand the art of Qi Gong. Workouts using free weights and excercise machines are particularly effective in dramatically boosting fitness levels and also play a key role in the prevention of osteoporosis. Strength training enables women and men to metabolize food more efficiently, often resulting in significant loss of body fat and an increase in lean muscule mass.
Special care is given to bio-mechanically correct techniques for lifting weights.
Tai Chi is offered through the Cal Aerobics program. Due to pool access, these classes are for women only Splash into shape while staying cool and relaxed. This class utilizes water as the resistance in exercises designed to work both your muscles and your cardiovascular system. In this 6-week introductory class, students learn the basic yoga poses and breathing techniques, to lay a foundation for a lifetime of this healthy art, as well as for other yoga classes. This is a dynamic class in which yoga poses are linked together with breath, developing endurance, strength, and flexibility.