Welcome

HealthSPORT Academy is the educational branch of HealthSPORT. The Academy provides courses for staff, potential staff, members and community members who are interested in learning more about how their body works and how to work with their body to create health.

Arcata Programs

HSA Personal Training Course
Starts May 6 - Tuesdays & Thursdays - 6-9pm

Train to learn the basics of weight room training and gather information to pass the ACE and NASM exams. Call HealthSPORT at 822-3488 ext.312 to find out about enrollment.

Pilates Training
Enhance your Pilates workout. Designed for those who want an in depth knowledge of the Pilates Mat 1 exercises, cueing and modifications.

CPR Certification
Get your CPR Certification at HealthSPORT! Instruction is available for infants, children & adult CPR. Need a refresher course? Retraining classes are available too.

Fortuna Programs

HSA Personal Training Course
Starts May 5 - Mondays & Wednesdays - 6-8:30pm

Train to learn the basics of weight room training and gather information to pass the ACE and NASM exams. Call HealthSPORT at 725-9484 to find out about enrollment.

McKinleyville Programs

Pilates Training
Enhance your Pilates workout. Designed for those who want an in depth knowledge of the Pilates Mat 1 exercises, cueing and modifications.

CPR Certification
Get your CPR Certification at HealthSPORT! Instruction is available for infants, children & adult CPR. Need a refresher course? Retraining classes are available too.

HealthSPORT Academy Founder
Susan Jansson has a degree in Microbiology and a teaching credential from UC Davis. Susan is an ACE Certified Group Exercise leader, Personal Trainer, Lifestyle Management Specialist and is currently studying and teaching Tai Chi. She has trained individuals, lead classes, developed programs and managed businesses over the past 20 years.

Beginning in 2003, Susan has been working with the Aji Network to expand her knowledge of business and she is creating the business of Self Care. Self Care is based on educating ones Self to know ones body and take responsibility for creating a good life for oneself. The foundation of this is knowledge and HealthSPORT Academy is the structure created to provide some of this knowledge.

HealthSPORT Academy has plans to provide a link between wellness and disease. As we grow, we will incorporate health care professionals to help if you are ill and wellness professionals to help you heal and help prevent future disease.

80% of the people who are ill and hospitalized have situations that could have been avoided with knowledge and action before the illness took over. The body and mind are able to adapt and change. It is possible to heal and prevent future illness with knowledge and Self Care.
"The vision of HealthSPORT Academy is to empower individuals with knowledge to take care of their own bodies. For those who want to teach, the classes have a practical application that will give one practice training others as well as onesself."

It is HealthSPORT Academy's philosophy that you can't teach what you don't know. Knowledge is power and empowerment is knowing your body, your mind and your spirit to find your unique expression of good health and living the good life.