Classes in Fishhawk

Manny Cabrera holds a fourth-degree black belt, and he's not shy about sharing his knowledge with others. He and his trained staff at Sidekicks Family Martial Arts Centers are eager to demonstrate the ins, outs, and high kicks of tae kwon do and krav maga to students of all ages.

Adult programs focus on self-defense and fitness, with a dedicated Krav Maga program that includes free nutritional guidance. Kids' programs don't just teach youths to defend themselves against rogue gym-class punching bags. The center's classes, summer camps, and afterschool programs instill kids with ambition, discipline, and respect for themselves and others.

Sidekicks is a Personal Development Center designed to build champions for the game of life! We feature fitness, self-defense, and character education for children, teens, and adults.

With machines set up in rows to encourage competition, many ordinary gyms cater to men's bodies and psychology, right down to the urinals that were "accidentally" installed in the women's locker room. At Curves, you'll move around a circuit of hydraulic resistance machines that have been designed to work with women's bodies and promote weight loss, protect against osteoporosis, and deal with arthritis. An experienced trainer is always nearby to help manage your machine maneuvering and your muscle making. Instead of fiddling with weight stacks and losing your momentum, the hydraulic machines use your body weight and fitness level to create resistance that matches your abilities, decreasing the risk of soreness or injury. Because traditional lift-and-lower motions create bulky muscles, each machine uses push-and-pull motions to create toned, lean muscles perfect for crushing a grapefruit without looking like you can.

Patrick Shaw's lifelong devotion to fitness paid off when he received a full athletic scholarship to Indiana University. Although his days as a college football player have since waned, Patrick's love and appreciation for fitness and nutrition has only grown. At Glory N-U Fitness, Patrick turns his attention to helping others reach their own fitness goals, combining his experience as a D1 athlete and his personal-trainer certification to lead boot camp classes and develop personalized exercise programs. Each workout is tailored to suit each individual's goals, be it losing weight or becoming strong enough to lift a sword out of a concrete sidewalk after it's dried.

When it comes to pain relief, MBJ Health and Fitness's Julie Ashlock is a one-woman band. For starters, she is a licensed massage therapist and an ACSM-certified personal trainer who leads personal-training sessions and cranial release technique treatments, which help unlock the body's natural healing mechanisms by concentrating on the head. Additionally, her level two certification from the Titleist Performance Institute means she can schedule 11-point TPI screenings. Designed for golfers or people whose flyswatter is a 7-iron, the screenings create customized exercise routines that strengthen the muscles worked by a golf swing.

Young Chefs Academy provides a fun, safe, and motivating environment for kids to become acquainted with the art of food and food presentation. Engaging chef instructors instill lessons of kitchen etiquette and safety in youngsters growing up in a world full of laser can openers and sharp pasta rakes, giving children a capable handle on their surroundings as they journey into the land of food. Classes educate a variety of age groups, with specially catered classes for the kindergarten elite and junior line cooks, combining nutritional meals with basic food-prep skills that teach how to correctly follow a recipe to edible fruition. Senior flambéists are offered advanced classes that dig deeper into kitchen secrets and hone specific skills and techniques that expand the parameters of cooking creativity.