Athlete Body Shop Classes at Athletic Playground

Classes offered at Athletic Playground in Emeryville, CA

• Creative Conditioning: Balance & Weights
  • Description:
    • Blending aspects of Chachi’s Creative Conditioning class with weight lifting, we’ll enhance our balance, coordination, and strength using a variety of fun equipment. Classes will be highly varied and include animal movements, balancing obstacles, various kinds of “bells” (bar/kettle/dumb), and other fitness equipment (TRX, bands, medicine & Swiss balls, battle rope, etc.) to develop power and agility. We will inject a healthy sense of play while making use of compound, whole-body, multiplanar movements that enhance balance, build muscle, and create more resilient bodies!
  • Ages: adults and 14+
  • Wednesdays 5:55 – 6:55pm

• Parkour & Acrobatics with Tiny Tots & Parent Participation
  • Description:
    • Encourage the natural athletic abilities of your tiny tot with parkour and acrobatic movements such as rolls, climbs, jumps, swings, obstacles courses, and group games. A variety of safe equipment will be used to develop better body control, balance, agility, and to generally keep everyone moving and having fun while following the 3 rules at Athletic Playground: Be Safe, Be Nice, and Be Active!
    • Parents are invited to accompany their child in the class and move their bodies, too!
  • Ages 2-5, 3-6
  • Schedule:
    • Tuesday 3:30 – 4:30pm, Ages 3-6
    • Saturday 10:15 – 11:15am, Ages 2-5
    • Saturday 11:30-12:30pm, Ages 3-6

To sign up for classes

• Go to tapgym.com (Athletic Playground’s home page)
• Upcoming classes for the current week are listed by default towards the bottom
• Use the “Teacher” drop down menu to select “Steve Trutane”
• Click “Book Now” for your desired class(es)
  • You’ll need to sign in or create an account
• Class pricing information
  • See “Pricing” information at tapgym.com
  • Above classes are 2 credits.

UPCOMING CLASSES:

• Agility Arts 
  • Description
    • Fall safely, navigate obstacles, improve balance, coordination, reflexes, power!  This class will boost your agility and help bomb-proof your body against injury, enhancing the skills and abilities that tend to decline with age. The workouts take place in a safe & soft space, allowing us to practice how to fall safely & get back up with ease. We’ll balance on and navigate around various obstacles to challenge our balance and speed up our reaction time. In the process, we will enhance proprioception, core strength, and reinforce the body parts that interact most with the world: feet, hands, wrists, ankles, as well as improve power in the muscles that support us in many other sports and daily activities.
    • Each class will start with a comprehensive, full body warm-up with animal movements. Classes will also include a variety of conditioning stations using equipment you won’t find in a typical gym: padded boxes and crash mats, aerial silks, gymnastic rings, lyra, trapeze, slack line, weighted sled push, balance boards/beams, juggling, and more!
    • Drawing from different disciplines such as parkour, MovNat, yoga, calisthenics, Olympic weightlifting, martial arts and circus arts, it will allow you to progress your skills in a safe environment with fun equipment and an experienced & attentive instructor.
  • Ages: adults and 10+
  • Schedule: TBD

PREVIOUS CLASSES:

• Feet, Hands, Core, Fun! 
  • Description
    • Feet & hands are your primary contact with the external world. Core strength is essential for your intrinsic stability and efficient movement. This class provides conditioning for the high-tech anatomical gear in your feet/hands/ankles/wrists, and combines that with whole core strengthening for the abs, hips, glutes, shoulders & spine. Employing a variety of simple-yet-effective exercise equipment and body weight movements that will vary from week to week, the class will enhance the power of your core, hands, and feet to improve your strength, efficiency, and balance that will carry over to a variety of activities, sports, and life in general.
    • Steve brings his experience as a barefoot runner since 2009 (Barefootr.com) and a core devotee (MoreCore.org) to help you unlock the athletic potential of your feet, hands, and core.
  • Ages: adults and 14+
  • Schedule: By request (contact Steve)

• Juggling – All Levels
  • Description
    • Learn how to manipulate various types of objects with your hands and feet: balls, clubs, rings, hacky sacks, soccer balls, (but no flaming torches 😉 Beginners can work on learning the basics while more advanced students can explore new patterns, passing to a partner, or juggling while balancing on yoga blocks, balance board, or an exercise ball. Juggling is a fantastic way to improve your hand-eye coordination, mental focus, balance and it’s also lots of fun!
  • Ages: adults and 12+
  • Schedule: By request (contact Steve)