Covenant LifeStyle Centre
Covenant LifeStyle Centre
We are more than just a medical fitness facility for patient use. Covenant LifeStyle Centre provides a wide-range of services to its non-patient members as well. Since 1984 we have provided a friendly and non-intimidating workout environment that is open to the public.
Perched high atop the Covenant Medical Center East Parking Garage, the Centre is a full-service fitness facility with all the features to be expected in a modern gym.
People of all ages are discovering that the Covenant Health LifeStyle Centre can help them stay physically fit and healthy. Originally designed to provide therapies for people with heart disease and other conditions, the LifeStyle Centre is also a tremendous wellness resource in our community.
Amenities- No long term contracts
- Free covered parking
- Personal training
- Land group exercise classes
- Water group exercise classes
- Personalized individual workout programs
- Over 70 pieces of cardio equipment
- Web-based tracking technology with Technogym
- Fitness on-demand video system
- Each member will be screened as they enter the facility
- Members must wipe each piece of gym equipment immediately following use
- LifeStyle Centre enrollment procedure
- Membership Enrollment Packet (PDF)
- Payroll deduction form (for Covenant caregivers/employees only)
- Online bill pay
- Competitive individual and family rates
- Corporate rates
- No contract; there is a $20 enrollment fee.
- Cardiovascular equipment
- Circuit weights
- Free weight and plate loaded equipment
- Sport-specific strength and conditioning program
- Personal training
- Individual exercise prescription
- Dry sauna
- Indoor pool
- Indoor/outdoor track
- Racquetball court
- Staff include exercise and sport science degreed staff, registered dietitian and registered nurses
Registered dieticians are your most credible source of nutrition information, and at Covenant LifeStyle Centre we employ a dietician trained in the use of nutrition to prevent and control disease. A registered dietician is available at the LifeStyle Centre Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For questions regarding the referral process please contact the Covenant LifeStyle Centre outpatient dietician: 806-725-0358 or send an email.
Counseling and education available from our dieticians include:
- Weight management
- Diabetes education
- Kidney disease
- Sports nutrition
- Heart disease/cardiac rehab
- Pulmonary disease/pulmonary rehab
- Cancer
- Label reading
- Osteoporosis
- Pediatric nutrition disorders
- Family nutrition
- Food allergies
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Bariatric surgery – pre/post-operative
The Physical Therapy program at the LifeStyle Centre provides therapy to address pain, stiffness, and weakness to the extremities, as well as addressing balance and gait problems. Our comprehensive therapeutic exercises, manual therapy, and modalities treat many neuromusculoskeletal problems. Our goal is to help empower each patient to return to normal activities of daily living.
Treatment is available for following:
- Hip, knee, and shoulder replacement
- Neck and back pain
- Rotator cuff surgery
- Weakness of extremities
- Shoulder, knee, hip, ankle surgeries
Upon graduation from the program, patients can easily transition their rehab/ exercise program into the LifeStyle Centre Fitness program.
Covenant Health’s nationally certified cardiac rehabilitation program at the LifeStyle Centre affords cardiac patients the opportunity to participate in an outpatient program that includes medical supervision, evaluation and instruction in physical activity education. This personal treatment approach provides support to patients trying to make healthy lifestyle changes and can be highly beneficial for patients who have experienced any of the following diagnoses:
- Heart attack
- Angina symptoms
- Coronary artery angioplasty or stents
- Open heart surgery such as coronary bypass or valve surgery
- Heart transplantation
- Heart failure
Benefits of participating in a cardiac rehab program include a longer life expectancy and decreased risk of another heart attack as well as helping to control other heart disease symptoms, improving stamina and strength and an improved overall sense of wellbeing.
Upon graduation from the program, patients can easily transition their exercise regimen in the LifeStyle Centre Wellness Program.
Covenant Health's nationally certified pulmonary rehabilitation program is designed for those who experience lung problems such as:
- COPD (emphysema or chronic bronchitis)
- Bronchiectasis
- Sarcoidosis
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Interstitial lung disease
- Lung cancer and lung cancer surgery
- Lung volume reduction surgery
- Pre and post lung transplantation
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Pulmonary rehabilitation helps participants:
- Experience less difficulty with breathing
- Increase muscle strength and endurance
- Improve their ability to cope with daily activities
- Understand how to use medications and oxygen appropriately
- Improve quality of life
- Reduce hospitalizations
- Improve depression
Typical pulmonary rehabilitation programs include:
- Monitored and supervised exercises
- Education about your pulmonary condition, control of symptoms, medications and oxygen
- Assistance with smoking cessation
- Stress reduction and/or management techniques sessions
- Nutritional guidance
The Covenant LifeStyle Centre internship program offers positions in the spring, summer and fall. Our goal is to provide a unique internship experience that will prepare students for a career in the fitness and wellness industry. Focus areas include wellness, cardiac rehab and nuclear cardiology.
- Senior level student/graduate student
- All degree requirements completed for undergraduate students
- CPR certified
- Proof of professional liability insurance (not auto insurance)
Please submit the following:
- Internship application
- Current transcripts (copy, not official)
- Resume
- Career goals
Have a question?
Call 806-725-4386 or send an email, and we'll contact you.
Classes at the LifeStyle Centre
- Land group exercise classes: HIIT, Zumba, step aerobics, Yoga, Tai Chi and more. Download the land group class schedule.
- Water group exercise classes: water aerobics, water walking, and additional classes for patients with arthritis and Parkinson's disease. Download the water group class schedule.