Get Moving / Stay Fit -  an independent exercise program offered to everyone and patients who want to workout at our clinics. On the first visit, one of our professional staff will create a fitness program designed to meet your goals.  For past patients, this is a great way to keep up with the Home Exercise program that your therapist designed.  We are here to help if you have questions and progress your program.  You can join anytime. 

Aquatic Get Moving/ Stay Fit - an independent exercise program offered in the pool. On the first visit, one of our professional staff will create a fitness program designed to meet your goals.  For past patients, this is a great way to keep up with the pool exercise program that your therapist designed.  We are here to help if you have questions and progress your program.  You can join anytime.  Call for available times.

Aquatic Exercise Class (WAVES)- Splash your way into shape! A one hour group exercise class in the pool lead by one of our professional staff. Our classes are structured around improving flexibility, strength, weight loss, toning, and balance.   The benefit of exercising in the pool is the buoyancy provided by the water greatly reduces the pain associated with joint stress.  The water helps to decrease swelling and increase circulation, improves range of motion, and provides a resistance necessary to strengthen muscles. 

Aquatic Motor Skills Development: Infants and Toddlers - This  program allows parents to provide emotional and physical support while promoting family bonding, safety awareness, and communication.  Give your child the competence, confidence and skill of aquatic safety.  Our warm water environment (92 degree therapeutic pool) promotes relazation and comfort in movement with the water and supposrts sensory and motor development.  Class are Tuesday and Thursdays:  9 am and 5:30 pm Tadpoles - 6 months - 24 months, 9:30 am and 6 pm Polliwogs 24 months - 3 1/2 years, 10 am and 6:30 Froglets 3 1/2 years to 6 years.  Class size is limited to 8 students.  $55 for 4 weeks. -  Petoskey East Location

 Core Conditioning Classes - A class to help increase your core strength, which allows you to do more things with less effort and in a safer manner.  Our definition of "core" includes the muscles from your bottom ribs and sternum all the way down to your hip bones, on the front, back and sides of your body.  If these muscles are stronger you will be able to deliver more power from your legs to your arms, (putting something up into a cupboard, or pushing a grocery cart, or carrying laundry up or down the stairs).  A stronger core also assists with improving your balance.  Come join the fun!  Classes start every 6 weeks. Call for class times.

Dynamic Core/ Core II - Advanced core class.  Push yourself to a new level of strength.  Call for class times. Cheboygan & Indian River Clinics.

Target Ten - Lose 10 pounds in 10 weeks!  A weight loss and fat burning program at a safe and steady rate.  Learn simple nutrition tips as you challenge your body in a heart-pumping-flexibility- building, calorie-burning workout. Class size limited, call the Cheboygan clinic for class times.

Total Body Toning - A cardio circuit training class to boost your overall fitness.  Aerobic and strength training are balanced to reach a total body toning.  Call the Indian River clinic for class times.

Peak Physique - 6 weeks of an intense exercise class.  Designed for the active adult who wants to reach a higher level of fitness.  Call the Cheboygan clinic for class times.

Cardio Fit - a combination of total body movement.  This is a high energy class designed to improve cardio fitness and increase your stamina, flexibility and strength while listening to your favorite dance music.  Call the Cheboygan clinic for class times.

Fit Chicks - You don't have to be jock to be a FIT CHICK!  Join us for an all TEEN Chicks exercise class.  Tuesdays & Thursdays 4 pm 4 weeks $48.  Petoskey East Location. (bring your iPod so we can take turns choosing the music.

Dance for Fitness - This class offers the excitement of moving with rhythm and attaining total mind and body fitness through dance.  Call the Indian River Clinic for class times.

Boot Camp - a high intensity workout using “old fashioned” techniques that work.  If you want to get back to basics, this is the class for you.  Pull-ups, push-ups, squats, and kettle-bell swings are just a few of the exercises that we utilize.  One of the great things is that no matter what your fitness level, we can scale the workout to a level that everyone gets a great workout.  Push yourself and find out what your potential really is.  Offered each summer in Petoskey.

In-Home Personal Training -  A home based exercise program that is developed by a professional from a NMSMC to implement a personalized Fitness and Strength Training Program.  Your personal trainer will customize a program for you based on 10 physical skills, performance of various physical tasks and working all three energy systems.  Based on your fitness goals, your personal trainer will choose physical activities that will challenge your mind and body.  We will push you to be everything you can be and will celebrate with you as you succeed.

The Sport of Mothering -is an exercise program preparing for childbirth and the demands of mothering much like an athlete would prepare for an event.  Prenatal Exercise classes Mondays and Wednesdays from 5-6 pm. Postpartum Exercise class on Mondays 4-5 pm Petoskey Clinic only.

Arthritis Class - Take control! This self help program covers disease-specific information , stress management strategies, medication use, exercise alternatives and copping techniques. Class offered in Cheboygan.  Call for times.

Lymphedema Class - an educational and exercise class on the prevention and management of lymphedema after breast cancer treatment.  Call the Cheboygan clinic for more information.

Sports Enhancement                                                      

While winning isn’t everything, let’s face it, it is fun when your team is on the winning side.   Less than three decades ago, most athletes used the off-season as a time for taking a break from their sport with relaxing activities.

Today's athletes are finding the importance of strength and conditioning during the off-seasons, and professional athletes are by no means the only people aware of its benefits. At Sports Medicine Center our goal is not to make you the world's greatest athlete. Our goal is to help you be the best athlete you can be. Athletes of every level will benefit from our unique approach to sports enhancement.

We offer sports specific programs that will enhance all levels of athletes.  Whether you are cyclist, a runner, softball player, kayaker, football player, golfer, or soccer player, we have a program to improve your game and body.  Our sports enhancement programs are designed to improve performance and decrease your potential for injury by concentrating on the areas most susceptible to injury in your sport and/or your body structure. 

Strength & Conditioning Training – The expertise of Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Certified Athletic Trainers, and Certified Personal Trainers, we are the leaders in designing and implementing strength training and conditioning programs for area athletes.  

Pre-season Conditioning Programs – The programs are designed to improve the athlete’s competitive edge by gaining speed, agility, power, balance, and strength while learning techniques to reduce ACL and other sports related injuries.  Programs for soccer, hockey, football, softball & baseball, basketball, track, and tennis players are offered.  The programs are offered individually or as a team. 

Personal Training – One on one customized personal fitness training.  We offer session in our clinics or in your home.

Kayak/Canoe Fitness - An exercise program for people who love to kayak and canoe.  This 6 week class will get you in shape with specific training that will improve your strength and balance.  The class will improve your core strength and endurance so you will be able to go farther with less effort.

Fit for Golf - This program is a golf specific exercise program that will improve your balance, flexibility, strength, and posture.  The program focuses on your posture at address, so you can maintain a "neutral spine", improving your balance so you can return to "impact" at the right position, and improve your flexibility so you will further rotate and hit the ball farther.   In addition, our program in offered at Birchwood Golf & CC.

Ski-Fit Classes - A pre-season ski fitness class to increase leg strength , balance as well as core strength.   This challenging class will push your fitness level and endurance to prepare you for the slopes. It will make the first several runs of the season more enjoyable.  If you still love to race down the hill, this class will help you be even better. 

Virtual Snow Training - We are pleased to offer only ski and snowboard simulator in the Midwest.  Training on the simulator is the safest way to learn to ski or snowboard, and improve your skills.   Each training sessions will concentrate on a specific technique from edging to pole placement.

Pre-season Soccer Training - The goals for the camp are to improve your power shot, increase your explosive speed, dribbling agility, fast moves, shielding strength, and core stability. 

Dry-land Hockey Training - Program designed to prepare hockey players for getting on the ice and being more explosive.  The program will target explosive exercises that will improver your legs strength.  

Inside Edge - Women's only hockey pre-season conditioning program.  6 weeks program designed to increase strength, agility, power and speed.  Call the Cheboygan clinic for class times.

SportsMetrics/Plyometric Training - The first and only training program scientifically proven to decrease knee injuries in athletes. It is a six-week jump-training program that meets three times per week and is comprised of a dynamic warm-up, jump/plyometric drills, strength training and flexibility exercises.

Equestrian Core - A concentrated program focused on increasing the rider’s core strength and sense of balance to improve your riding skills.

Fitness Assessments - One of our certified athletic trainers will assess your overall fitness level.  From the assessment, they will develop a plan and set goals for you to improve fitness.  
Sports Enhancement Assessments- a sports specific evaluation and assessment conducted by one of our ATC’s.  From the evaluation, we will develop a sports specific training program to enhance your skills and fitness level.

"EDGE"Training - We will develop sports specific programs to help the student-athletes be stronger, more flexible, more explosive, more agile, and faster.  We utilize the weight rooms at our local schools, providing professional advice on equipment and on coaching strength training.  Our professionals develop positive relationships with student-athletes to help them reach their potential.  Our training includes strength and power training as well as speed and agility training.  Our athletes dedicate themselves to being the best they can be, and so do we.  We work to provide our athletes with the latest in the field of strength training, to give them every advantage. 

• Petoskey High School
• Harbor Springs High School

 Summer Camps:

Peak Performance - A summer program for all student athletes designed to prevent Knee and ankle injuries as well as improve vertical jump, speed, agility, coordination and strength.  Throughout the program athletes will be taught proper posture, form and mechanics of jumping which helps to minimize risk of injury. Pre and post testing are done so the student athletes can see their own individual improvements.  Click here to register.

Peak Olympics - one day of competitive games between PEAK schools!  Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Inland Lakes, Charlevoix, and Cheboygan.  2008 Peak Olympic winners - Petoskey Northmen

Events:

 Petoskey Strong Man Competition - A high school level competition during the summer.   We invite athletes from several schools to get together and have some friendly competition.  Similar to the strong man competitions you have seen on TV.  Events include: Keg tosses, sled drags, farmer walks and more.  Come join the fun!

Petoskey Middle School FB Strong Man Day - A strong man competition for junior high football players.  This competition is similar to the high school strong man competition, but the weights are reduced.