Wichita Health & Fitness Resources

Find more information about Wichita health clubs, martial arts, and tanning salons.

Health Clubs

Finding a good health club or fitness center shouldn’t be difficult, but finding one that you’ll constantly want to go to is a different story. When deciding if a health club is for you, examine the membership terms. How much will you truly commit to? Don’t sign up for a five year fitness center membership if you’re not going to commit to it. A club membership will lock you into a commitment that you will have to pay off whether you attend or not, so don’t commit to what you won’t do.

When finding a good fitness center, you should only choose one that offers a plan you will stick to, one that’s close enough to get to that you won’t feel inconvenienced, and you should only choose one that you feel comfortable going to. Health and fitness can be fun if you make it that way. Do find a good health club, do commit to a good health and fitness program, and, whatever you do, don’t just attend because it’s springtime. April showers may bring May flowers but, apparently, they also spark laziness in people who quickly forget about their new year’s resolution. Don’t be one of those people – decide now that you want to improve your life, and seek out a fitness center near you.

• Centerworks® Pilates - The only facility in Wichita dedicated exclusively to the Pilates system and the only established Pilates teacher training center in Kansas.
• Genesis Health Clubs - Wichita Fitness Facilities
• Greater Wichita YMCA - To put Christian principles into practice through programs that promote healthy lifestyles, strong families, and positive youth development to build healthy spirit, mind and body for all, regardless of ability to pay.
• Sports Performance Training - Player Development Solutions provides the most unique, comprehensive, multi sport training available.

Aerobic Exercise
A special kind of exercise known as aerobics generally involves rapid stepping patterns that are performed to accompanying music with an instructor providing the necessary cues. Generally speaking, the exercises require the muscles to work in great part in order to raise the heart rate to between 60 percent and 80 percent of its maximum rate and should be continuously performed for a quarter of an hour, up till a full hour. The person who performs aerobic exercises will be able to work longer and with more vigor and will also be able to recover quicker when the session ends.

Martial Arts

• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Affordable, affective martial art instruction for men women and children in Wichita, KS
• Ko Mu Do Kwan - Open Martial Way School
• USA martial Arts & Fitness Center - TaeKwonDo Instruction and Fitness Kickboxing
  

Tanning Salons

• Caribbean Sun - Wichita Tanning Salon with two Locations to Serve You - Wichita & Derby
• Platinum Tan - Luxury Mobile Spray Tanning. Experience a customized spray tan in the comfort of your own home. Also offer Tanning Parties.
• Sunkissed Tanning - 2 Wichita Locations