Clara's Big Ride come to Calgary!

Clara's Big Ride is making her stop in Calgary at Canada's Sport Halls of Fame on May 30th and you're all invited!

Happy Mother's Day!

Sunday, May 11th is Mother’s Day! To honour those special women in our lives, Talisman Centre will be offering a "BRING YOUR MOM DAY" for all members. Bring your Mom for a workout with and she gets in free!

EVENT ALERT: April 25-27

EVENT ALERT: April 25th – April 27th

Chinook Invitational Swim Meet
PARKING WILL BE LIMITED!
Overflow parking available at the Elbow River Casino with valid parking pass

Number of Participants: 400 + spectators
Location: Competition Pool and Training Pool

Times:
April 25, 3:00pm – 8:30pm
April 26, 7:30am – 7:00pm
April 27, 7:30am – 2:00pm

River & Pathway Clean-Up

Join us May 4th for the 47th Annual River & Pathway Clean-Up!

EVENT ALERTS: April 5 – 6

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April 5th – 6th

Killarney Long Course Invitational
PARKING WILL BE LIMITED!

PARTICIPANTS: 325 + spectators
LOCATION: Competition Pool
TIMES: 8:00am – 3:00pm

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April 5th

South Zone Rhytmique Gymnastics Competition
PARKING WILL BE LIMITED!

PARTICIPANTS: 150
LOCATION: Gym 4
TIMES: 7:00am – 7:00pm

Talisman Centre Trade Deal

Calling all 10-Pass and 30-Day card holders! Talisman Centre Trade Deal starts April 1st!

http://bit.ly/1aZxgtq

10 Mile Tri Results

10 Mile Tri Results are posted here: http://zone4.ca/results.asp?id=6694

EVENT: Alberta Open March 13-16

EVENT: March 13th – 16th

Alberta Open
PARKING WILL BE LIMITED!

Number of Participants: 600 + spectators

Location: Competition and Training Pool

Times:
March 13th, 4:00pm – 10:00pm
March 14th, 7:15am – 10:00pm
March 15th, 7:30am – 10:00pm
March 16th. 7:00am – 3:00pm

This is the 28th annual Alberta Open in Calgary. This year there are 32-35 teams attending with athletes from the ages of 10 to 18 years old and travelling from all over Canada, California and Washington. This is one of the largest indoor tournaments in North America. Please expect roughly 600 (athletes, coaches, volunteers) for this event. They are expecting only 150 on the pool deck at any given time.

EVENT ALERT: March 7-9

EVENT: March 7th – 9th

Alberta Age Group Championship
PARKING WILL BE LIMITED!

Number of Participants: 450 + spectators
Location: Competition and Training Pools

Times: March 7th, 8:00am – 12:30pm / 3:30pm – 7:30pm
March 8th, 8:00am – 12:30pm / 3:30pm – 7:30pm
March 9th, 8:00am – 1:00pm / 2:30pm – 7:00pm

FREE Samples!

Tonight between 5:00pm and 8:00pm, Olson’s High Country Bison will be in the Member Lounge handing out FREE samples and information on their wide variety of Bison products.

http://olsonshighcountrybison.com/

POOL ALERT

Tomorrow (Feb 20th) from 1:00pm to 2:00pm the Training Pool & 20-Person hot tub will be closed for power shutdown.

ShawTV Calgary

Thanks ShawTV Calgary for this. We are still working on flood fixes but are so glad our Members are awesome and accommodating.

EVENT: February 21-23

EVENT ALERT: February 21st – 23rd

Alberta Age Group Trials

PARKING WILL BE LIMITED! Overflow parking available at Elbow River Casino, please see Parking Attendant for a pass.

Number of Participants: 500 + spectators
Location: Competition Pool

Times:
Friday/Saturday: 8:00am – 2:30pm & 4:00pm – 7:30pm Sunday: 8:00am – 2:30pm & 4:00pm – 6:30pm

10 Mile Tri - Get a free toque!

Register for Talisman Centre's 10 Mile Tri today! First 50 registrants receive a FREE 10 Mile Tri toque!

http://bit.ly/K43kqc

Press Release – Talisman Centre's new app:

Press Release – Talisman Centre's new app:
http://www.talismancentre.com/images/PDFs/press_releases/TC_MobileApp_release_Feb-4-2014.pdf

4 WEEK WARRIOR CHALLENGE

4 WEEK WARRIOR CHALLENGE! Yoga & Pilates - How much can you do? WIN PRIZES

http://www.talismancentre.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=157&Itemid=261

It's here! Talisman Centre's Mobile App

You can earn and redeem loyalty points, you can store your Member barcode for easy access into the facility and starting tomorrow you can book your spot in select Group Fitness classes!!

Download today!

http://bit.ly/1k3VQmp

Hint #6

Summer Camps are back for 2014!

SUMMER CAMPS ARE BACK for 2014! 

Registration opens Feb 10th for Members and Feb 11th for Non-Members. 

http://www.talismancentre.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=188

Spring Program Registration

Spring Program registration opens Feb 10th for Members and Feb 11th for Non-Members!

PLUS - we've added a NEW program this season...

TOGETHER WE PLAY

Parent & Baby (Age 6 weeks - 16 months)

Are you ready to get back to working out, but not ready to leave your young one? Join us for “Together We Play”, an active class for parents wanting to increase cardiovascular endurance while leaning out through strength and stretching. This is a full body workout incorporating Boot Camp, TRX, Pilates and Strength. Requirements are a stroller and/or Baby Bjorn. This is an 8 week session that consists of two classes per week. Each class in one hour, and will have chat topic during cool-down. Minimum required participants is 10.

http://www.talismancentre.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108&Itemid=278

Hint #5

Hint #4

It's coming...Hint #3

IT'S COMING FEBRUARY 3rd! Today's hint....

It's coming....Hint #2

IT'S COMING FEBRUARY 3rd! Can you guess what it is? Today's hint....

EVENT ALERT: Jan 31 - Feb 2

EVENT: January 31st – Feb 2nd

SPEEDO Alberta Open
PARKING WILL BE LIMITED!

Number of Participants: 450 + spectators
Location: Competition Pool

TIMES
Jan 31: 8:00am – 1:00pm & 4:30pm – 7:30pm
Feb : 8:00am – 1:00pm & 4:30pm – 7:30pm
Feb 2: 8:00am – 1:00pm & 3:30pm – 6:00pm

It's coming...Hint #1

 IT'S COMING FEBRUARY 3rd! Can you guess what it is? Check back each day for a new hint...

Ultra Spin - January 26

Presented by our partners at Tri It Multisport! Register today!

Calgary = Ultimate Sport City!

Way to go #yyc! Calgary makes shortlist of world’s Ultimate sports cities:

http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Calgary+makes+shortlist+world+Ultimate+sports+cities/9387609/story.html

Get a 360 workout!

EVENT ALERT: January 25-26, 2014

January 25th – 26th

Pugsley's Plunge
PARKING WILL BE LIMITED!

Number of Participants: 500 + spectators
Location: Competition Pool

TIMES
Sat, Jan 25: 8:00am – 1:30pm & 4:30pm – 8:30pm
Sun, Jan 26: 8:00am – 1:30pm

FLOATABLES are back for 2014!

EVENT ALERT: Jan 17-19

EVENT ALERT (TODAY & THIS WEEKEND): January 17th – 19th

National Stream Provincial Qualifier & Michelle Cameron Invitational

PARKING WILL BE LIMITED!

Number of Participants: 400 + spectators
Location: Competition Pool

TIMES:
Jan 17, 11:30am – 8:00pm
Jan 18, 6:30am – 7:30pm
Jan 19, 8:00am – 1:00pm

Synrgy 360 is here!

The SYNRGY 360 and SYNRGY T are here and getting prepped by our staff for you as we speak! The Synrgy 360 should be ready for use tonight. Ask our staff and they can show you it's full potential of amping up your workout routine.

PLUS - starting January 20 we'll have the following classes offered on the Synrgy 360. Just sign up at our Fitness Centre Desk to participate.

ENDORPHIN RUSH
The feel good workout! A circuit with more cardio endurance involved. Uses things like the battle ropes, skipping ropes, monkey bars, rowers, bikes (or whatever cardio machines are close by). Do a 45 second circuit with 15 seconds rest between exercises, for example. Designed to keep the heart rate up.

FIGHT OR FLIGHT
The Body’s natural response for survival. The “fight” could involve exercises such as the battle ropes, cables, med ball tosses against the ground or trampoline, land mines, and shadow boxing. The “flight” could involve sprints around the track if it was open, or sets of nearby stairs, or sprints on the rowers. You could do 2 exercises either for reps or for time and then do a “sprint”.

ADRENALINE JUNKIE
Get adrenaline pumping through your muscles! A circuit with its main focus on full body strength utilizing the different pull up bars, woody bands, battle ropes, TRX, Rebounders, Cable vest, Plyometric boxes, Rowers with high resistance, Stairs with different weight component, etc.

INCREASE THE HEAT
Get your heart pumping and burn fat! A circuit focusing on anaerobic system. High intensity exercise to get the heart pumping , maintain high heart rate throughout the session and burn fats throughout the workout. Using different equipment such as rowers, Kieser bikes, battle ropes, stroops equipment, rebounder, cable punches, agility ladder etc.

10 Mile Tri

10 Mile Tri anyone? Register today! http://bit.ly/K43kqc

Member Town Halls

Join us for an informative opportunity to hear directly from our CEO, Jeff Booke, about Talisman Centre's current facility status, strategies for growth and expansion in 2014, and facility investment initiatives.

Pick a session that suits your schedule:
February 3, 2014 7:30pm - 8:30pm
February 4, 2014 12:30pm - 1:30pm
February 5, 2014 7:30am - 8:30am

http://bit.ly/1ak1wjr

Preschool Registration & Open House

Looking for a Preschool for September 2014? Registration for new families opens February 11th along with our OPEN HOUSE from 1pm - 8pm.

Congratulations Carol Huynh!

Congratulations to Carol Huynh for being named one of CAAWS MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN for 2013:

http://www.caaws.ca/caaws-2013-miw-list-announced/

NEW Group Fitness schedule

Our new Group Fitness schedule started today! NEW classes and MORE classes. Including Group Core, Turbo H2O and Turbo Charge!

http://bit.ly/1cIJ7fI