Welcome, everybody, to Midday Magazine for this Tuesday, March 4th, 2025.
Have your host, James J. Mailoff here.
We're about to hang out with our good friends from the Southville County YMCA.
We've got Jacob and Baxter with us.
We're going to talk about some of the programming going on over there.
And some of the things look forward to this spring and summer.
We're able to do this thanks to our great friends at Tri-City Services of Wisconsin Rapids.
Big shout out to them and a big thank you to them.
Jacob, Baxter, good to see you guys again.
Thanks for being here. We appreciate the time.
Yeah, thank you, James.
Thanks.
And Jacob, I'm going to put you on the spot.
I mean, talk to you first.
Jacob, you've got a lot going on that you're going to be getting involved with and getting our community involved with.
And I want to start with a variety of healthy living programs you have.
Let's get into our smart start weight loss and what that is exactly.
Yeah, no doubt.
So the smart start weight loss, we are actually in session at the moment.
We're at week five.
So we just got done checking in and so far, six out of six of our participants are losing weight.
But also establishing new lifestyle changes, which is something that I care about more.
When it does come to that smart start weight loss program because just to kind of reiterate that program,
it's yes, it's about losing weight.
But it's also a step making behavior change and having lifestyle change so you can continue to lose weight.
And as well as then maintain a healthy lifestyle outside of the 10 weeks that you work through.
And that's part start.
I've been on a mission my whole life.
I've got an insane metabolism.
I just cannot put on weight no matter what I do.
And as an actor, I'm oftentimes asked, hey, can you put on 10 pounds?
Can you do something like this?
And it's just nearly impossible for me.
So I've done a lot of research on my end of things.
And I don't put them all into same category.
There are just some parallels there.
But one of the biggest things that's been put into my head is the commitment to this.
And the mindset that it takes.
It's not just about my equilibrium, my metabolism and what I'm eating in my diet.
But my mindset going into this and my commitment to it.
Along with my grace that I give myself with it.
Yeah, 100% one of our non-negotiables because it is a 10 week class.
So it is showing that we need to make sure that you have commitment to one prioritizing yourself.
But one of those non-negotiables is having positivity throughout the journey.
And enjoying the journey rather than just praying on the negatives and letting that just consume you
when you don't accomplish what you want to accomplish in that day.
So as long as you win the week, then you're winning in life.
And you're winning in the direction that you want to go to when the smart start weight loss program.
It's a great mindset in general.
Let alone with something like this.
And one of the things that I've also picked up on when it comes to this too is the comradery.
The people having there.
And there's certainly in weight lifting.
We have spotters.
We have that.
There's other things where we have accountability buddies.
But something like this.
It's so much about the everybody having something in common and really being able to relate to each other.
Yeah. And that's what really makes those behavior change meetings that we do hold once a week, really excel.
Because they can bounce ideas off of each other of what worked and what not worked for them.
And I think that's what people are benefiting off of.
It's not just me standing up there talking about specifics.
But it's, hey, I tried doing this to avoid coping with stress by eating food.
Or versus like I am finding a way three times a week to get my workout in.
So it's cool to see that that all kind of growing.
And people are starting to invest back into themselves.
So our next upcoming smart start weight loss program is starting.
First meeting is May 5th at 530 to 630 PM.
That's just to one established who you're going to be working with as a personal trainer and who's going to be your accountability buddy.
But also establishing then our behavior change time that works best for everybody.
So that's not the time that we're meeting at.
But it's a time for us to meet and set some things for the program for the 10 weeks.
And this certainly with the subject like this and a lot of the things we're going to talk about.
It's a case by case thing.
This might work for one person but not for another.
But in a day and age where there are a billion options and there's a million things going on out there.
There's not very few that are as local as this.
There are very few that is where I'm just face to face with you.
I'm not talking to you through a computer screen or through a phone.
I'm not researching this online or something and doing my own homework with it.
All that stuff is fine.
But having somebody there that I can actually talk to that especially on those grinding days, those hard days and everything.
And you're really struggling or you're beating yourself up because you didn't hit what your goal or something like that.
Having somebody like you there Jacob is key to a lot of people's kind of growth with this.
Yeah, no doubt it's a big part of the success in general.
But like kind of bouncing back to like health and wellness is different for everybody.
And it's it's supposed to be personalized.
And that's why when you look at the healthy living department and the programs that we want to push out.
We want to take a broad scope to it.
So yes, if you're not say you're not struggling to weight loss.
We do have a YMCA strength program that promotes strength and conditioning where we do work through a six week periodization.
That's another thing that is going on currently right now.
But it is also another session starting April 21st every Monday and Wednesday from 4 30 to 5 30 PM.
Again, that one's more for the strength focus or if you're not about weightlifting weights or anything like that.
We got Irish dancing.
That's awesome.
Not just for the youth but for adults now.
And for all ages.
So that's going to be starting pretty soon for March 31st to April 21st.
That's a four week class there for adults.
But we also still are working with the youth as well through the six to 12 year olds starting that same day just at a different time.
There's very few things that are as exercise.
I think exercising is fun working out as fun.
But for those that don't exercising while dancing.
There's very few people that ain't going to love that.
That's always a good time.
Yeah, no doubt.
And you get to learn a new dance, which is never a bad thing too.
You can never have too many of those in your wheelhouse.
No, it's a cool culture.
And honestly watching Zanida do her thing with their kids.
It's pretty awesome to see because they're really enjoying it.
You mentioned something that I thought was really key to this conversation too.
And the combination of putting in the physical effort and all these things to the stuff we're talking about.
But the mindfulness of this part of it too.
And the mindful and nutrition and the diet part of this.
Yeah, and that's where we have mindful eating as well as then lunch and learn.
We're kind of just skipping right back to that SmartSert Weight Loss program.
That's involved as a free amenity in that program for you to attend those nutritional courses.
Because again, they are open to members.
So $15 for members, $20 for nonmembers.
But the mindful eating is specifically to focus on certain aspects of your nutrition.
Really dial in and break down, but also provide a awesome meal that is delicious.
That's going to be with Carrie Benda.
And if you're not a night person, we do have more of a morning time on Wednesday from 11, 15 to 12, 15, which is our lunch and learns.
So again, it's the same type of structure where you learn a little bit about nutrition.
But you also get a delicious meal out of it.
You mentioned some of these programs are currently going on right now.
How are they going? How are they developing?
Yeah, I know that they're going awesome.
Last night we had our YMCA Strength program happen.
And everybody in there, it's not more or less the weights going up.
But it's just a confidence with going throughout the movements.
When we first started, it took us about an hour and 15 minutes to get through what should have taken 45.
And now we're week four right now.
And we've got done about 10 minutes early today, all right, yesterday.
So it was really exciting to see that they're getting confident with the barbell and with the weights and understanding how to operate within the weight room.
So yeah, we had also had our behavior change meeting too last night.
And we touched on mental wellness as well as in a little bit of social wellness.
So we brought in Desiree, which is one of our trainers, but she has a really good background in mental wellness.
So she was able to come in and be a guest speaker for us in that behavior change meeting.
And one of the parallels that we have, and I like to find these wherever I can with, like us here at the radio station or in the radio industry.
And people like yourselves working with nonprofits and that none of us got into this for the money.
None of us got into this to be, you know, Rockefellers or anything like that.
We do it for other reasons.
And I hear you talk about this.
And I've heard you talk about these things before.
And the passion, the excitement in your voice.
I didn't even have to ask how the classes are going.
I could tell.
I have to ask. I'm an interviewer.
But it shows.
So for you, how much are you enjoying these classes?
How much are you having fun with these?
Yeah, no, that's a great question.
Because it takes a second for me to actually sit back and think about that.
Because again, it's, I'm enjoying every moment that I get to work with somebody, whether or not it's in strength class, if it's behavior change, if it's fall's prevention.
Like that's, it kind of covers this entire scope.
Like we also go over to Nikusa Middle School.
And we work with the Boys and Girls Club there once a week.
And that's very rewarding to see the youth start to understand their nutritional choices.
But also giving them an activity.
Again, work out something that they can look forward to and get excited about.
And that's what gets me excited to see everybody else have that success and grow.
So that's honestly the reason why we have so many programs in the Healthy Living Department.
It's because the more that we can have out there and opportunities for people to find a way to increase their health and wellness, that's the reason why we do it.
That's the reason why I do it.
So I'm excited for everybody to try out these different classes and these programs.
Because I do truly believe in the value that we bring for it.
It's inspiring anytime you see somebody of any age as an adult jumping into this, caring about their mental health, caring about their body and wanting to be there for the loved ones and all these things.
But when we're able to get kids young and get on the pattern of these things and whether it's dancing or it's any of these other things, getting them into these routines.
It's a lifetime journey for them that they usually continue on that they usually keep up with.
Build those habits early to keep going.
My father was an athlete and got me working out when I was 70 years old and I'm still doing it to this day.
But as great as my dad was in that regard, he didn't understand or didn't know maybe the counterpart of a diet and some of those things.
And I eat like a teenager.
I still do and I'm a grown man and I need to eat better.
The importance of covering all the bases, if you will.
And yes, we want to help you lose the weight and here's how to do this.
But also here's how to keep the weight off.
Here's how to stick with that.
Those are really key parts of all of this that you guys are doing over there.
It's all about longevity, consistency and dedication to yourself.
Jacob, when it comes to these classes, as we mentioned, some of them are going on right now and everything.
If people are intrigued by these, they would like to try them out.
Can they jump in the next go around the next set of sessions?
Yeah, I encourage them to honestly reach out to myself or to the front desk to ask for more information about that.
Our front desk staff is really awesome at what they do and they'll be able to provide a lot of information for them.
But if they want more of, I guess, a one-on-one setting and to learn a lot more about what these programs have to involve for them, then feel free to reach out to me as well as in the why.
Want to remind all the teachers and principals out there as well as Jake was mentioning going to schools or meeting people halfway is always an option to the boys and girls club or any of these things.
Just reach out to our why and find out what they can do for you and how they can work with you and help with you.
And find out more at SWYMCA.org, SWYMCA.org, that is their website.
We'll give you more information about how to reach out to the guys here in just a moment.
We're speaking with Jacob and Baxter from our South of County YMCA.
Thanks to our great friends over at Tri-City Services.
Baxter, I'm always intrigued and excited whenever I know you're coming in because that means spring or summer is not far away.
So I mean, you bring that with you.
Right.
Right. Right.
But also the fun of talking about spring programs and some of the cool things that you guys have going on over there.
And usually we pretty focus, we focus quite a bit on summer camp and I'd like to start there with you if you will.
How is that going getting ready for that?
It's going fantastic.
We've got a lot of new things coming this season.
This will be my second year with Camp Alexander and we have a lot of support from our community this year.
And going forward, I see that continuing.
So before I get to what camp is, you know, what's happening during the weeks, I'd rather start with some of the fun things.
So through the help of some fundraising and some very generous donations, we're going to be able to serve meals all summer at Camp this year, which is not something we've ever provided or in recent years provided.
So one of the big draws this year is, hey, you can drop off your kid without them having eaten before.
And we're going to make sure that they get some sort of a breakfast meal.
They will get a lunch and they'll get an afternoon snack.
So it's a huge stride in the right direction for what we want to provide for our area.
That's one of the many highlights I'll say.
We're no longer a childcare facility.
And that's been a shock to a lot of people, but it allows us to do a lot of new things.
One of the things we missed out on last year was we were not able to get out onto the water due to some restrictions.
In our boats, we've got all this land, we've got all this ability to do great things.
Well, now we're going to canoe every week and we're going to be able to get out a little deeper in the water.
We're going to be able to explore a bit more with fewer restrictions.
A little bit more of what summer camps should feel like and less like you're going to a daycare.
Free time, but structured, if you will.
Giving kids a little bit more of that true camp experience and what it feels like to do with that.
Getting that experience into that.
That's awesome. That's really cool to hear.
It was a lot of work to get to this point and it's going to be a lot of work going through the summer.
But one of my goals was to make sure that this camp, I wanted these kids to feel the same way I did when I went to camp.
When you arrive, it should be special.
When you leave, you should want to go back.
We did it last year, but we were within some constraints.
This year, there should be nothing holding us back from trying anything and everything.
We're really excited.
We're going to, I guess, some of the other highlights working with the rafters and we'll see some of their players out there this summer.
We're totally taking them on in Dodgeball.
We'll have Roscoe come out.
We're really trying to add a little diversity into what we do and how we program.
We're structuring things different.
We've got a great returning staff and we should have some great new staff coming on.
We're really moving forward in the direction.
The thing that we want to keep reminding everybody in town is the mission of the Y and the first thing it says is for youth development.
That's something that we keep just driving the nail in at camp is we need to make sure that everything we do is catered towards them.
Unless about trying to make a quick dollar or trying to do this, trying to do that.
That'll lead me into this summer.
We have 12 weeks of summer camp coming.
Two of those weeks are overnight June 3rd to July 3rd.
I'm sorry, June 30th to July 3rd and July 14th to the 18th are our overnight camps.
Otherwise, we have day camp the rest of the summer and one big thing that I haven't mentioned is this season we are collaborating with the Boys and Girls Club,
which will allow roughly 25 to 30 kids every week to come from the club and experience a week of camp.
It's one of these big things where we want to see everybody get the opportunity and not just those who can afford it based on our pricing.
It's something every time you guys join us, I look for my window to be able to bring this up and you just gave it to me.
The Y is amazing at working with the community and getting you into the building.
We want to keep the lights on. We want to keep these guys paid. We want to keep good people in the Y.
But that's not the overall goal as Baxter was just telling you there.
It's getting the community involved. We want every single person in this community to be a Y member.
We want everybody in this community to feel welcome over there and to want to come to the Y.
You guys are working at that and building that right now.
It's there. There's an establishment there that's built in a foundation that's there for a long time.
But to continue that is not easy in this day and age for nonprofits or businesses.
The work that you guys are doing and the things that you have both gone into.
We're just scratching the surface of the Y here, everybody.
We haven't even gotten a number of different people abroad in here to talk about or anything else.
What you guys are doing, even in these particular subjects, is noteworthy.
And it shows that you're listening to the community. You care about the community.
You're working with this and there's no greater resource in this universe than our kids than our youth.
The focus on that, it pays dividends. It's an investment.
And it's an incredibly smart way of approaching this too.
I'm excited about this and I don't even get to go.
But I am looking forward to a number of different things and hearing about how it's going throughout the summer and everything backster.
Some other things that you guys are going to be doing over there. I see a flag football.
You got some Taekwondo. There's some other stuff that will be a part, not maybe a summer camp, but just of the summer activities.
Yeah, I will start with the programs that the Y provides.
And then I'll jump into some summer programs that we will have after camp.
First, our youth sports side of things. We have our traditional micro sports, which is Mondays coming up starting on March 24th.
And that's our games and races. It's a good time to socialize your kids.
Have them come and use some of their energy that they've got pent up and have some fun.
We also have flag football coming up. And instead of our normal league, which is in the fall, this is more of a skills camp, which will happen.
It's five weeks long. Come in, learn how to play the game, get a little bit better than you were last year, which is kind of our goal with all our programs.
Our second session, getting us closer to summer. We also offer a micro sports. This one's going to be a little different where they can try five different sports.
So a different one each week gives them some opportunity to find out what they're good at, what they may not like, what makes them cry, who knows.
And then we'll have our soccer program, which is kind of a staple is just getting them better. Let's get them ready to go play for the kickers or whoever they're going to go play for.
And then Marcus is a black belt. Marcus is someone Jacob and I actually share. He's a great personal trainer. He's great on the youth sports side of things.
But he's also black belt and Taekwondo. So he'll be doing a youth program and an 18 plus program come early May and early June.
And then if we have a second, which I think we might talk about some summer programs. So just to share what we're offering, where you're going to offer fishing club this year, gardening club, crafting club, two sessions of archery.
And then there might be something else sprinkled in there. So a lot of stuff on the rise. And if anybody has questions, they can reach out to myself about these programs specifically.
You can send me an email. It is ARNDT at SWCYMCA.org or give me a phone call 818-715-6010.
I can answer all your summer camp questions, all your youth sports questions. And I can direct you to the right person if you heard that number and you want to talk to Jacob.
For your information purposes, Jacob, if people do want to reach you, how can they do that?
Yeah, so get ready for this one. So my email is K-L-A-T-K-I-E-W-I-C-Z-Z-S-W-C-Y-M-C-A.org.
But you can also reach me then through phone call, which will probably be a little bit easier here. 715-818-6015.
Appreciate that. I had to do that. You know I had to do that.
Jacob, why don't you say your last name? It is. Clockless.
Alright, so if you guys at home are wondering how to spell that, you just pound the keyboard?
Yes, yes. And it'll show up.
I just smash it. I just take my head and smash it.
And Jacob always shows up. You guys are the best. Appreciate you so much.
Keep up the great work. Thank you for all the work you and your teams are putting into our community.
We'll talk again real soon. Thanks, guys.
Awesome. Thanks.
You can find out more by stopping over at the Y at 6-1 West Grand Avenue right here in Wisconsin.
Rabbits give them a call at their mainline 715-818-9622-818-9622.
And of course, follow them at social media and bookmark their web page SWCYMCA.org SWCYMCA.org.
Big thank you to Tri-City Services for sponsoring the segment.
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