Schedule: January 14 - May 4, 2024

Why You Should Participate

Well Yes! is fun, energizing and a great way to get to know others on campus:

If you earn 40 hours by May 4, 2024 you will receive a discount on your premiums.

If you have questions about any of the classes please contact Human Resources at 501-760-4388.

Register for classes online.

ON - SITE COURSES

American Heart Association Basic First Aid

  • Dr. Chuck Burke
  • $0.00
  • 5 hours
  • Feb. 6 & 8
  • Tuesday Thursday 6 - 8:30 p.m. p.m.

Participants will learn about first aid basics, medical emergencies, injury emergencies, environmental emergencies, preventing illness and injury, and first aid resources.

2 sessions/2.5 hours per session

Basketball for Fun & Fitness

  • Kaye Foshee
  • 30 hours
  • January 16 - May 2
  • Tuesday Thursday 10 AM - 11 AM

This class will incorporate competitive fun with fitness. No skill level is required. Class will meet in the gym.

30 Sessions/1 hour per session

Fit Frenzy

Use any tracking device to count your daily steps! Make sure your device is set up to send you a weekly email summary of your activity. Weeks begin on Sunday and end on Saturday. 6,000 average steps per day each week earns you 1 hour, 10,000 earns you 2 hours, and 15,000 earns you 3 hours. Registration is not required. You must forward your 7-day summary to Fit.Frenzy@np.edu each week to get credit for your steps.

Mental Health Matters

  • Tabatha Tuskey
  • 15 Hours
  • January 15 - May 3
  • Monday Friday

Let's focus on Mental Health for a few minutes! Leave your desk or workstation for 15 minutes each day to focus on something besides work. You can take a short walk, sit outside, or even just unplug for a few minutes. Tabatha will share encouraging messages on Mondays and Fridays to help you focus. Hours: Up to one hour each week (.25 each time).

Mesko Walk

  • Sharon Sinclair
  • 30 Hours
  • January 15 - May 1
  • Monday Wednesday Noon - 1 PM

Honoring our friend and continuing his devotion to health and NPC, join us as we continue the walk he began. Stroll along with friends for a brisk walk around campus. Peel off or drop in anytime! Meet at the NPC Library. 30 Sessions/1 hour per session

NPC Baggers

  • Judy Throgmartin
  • 30 Hours
  • January 15 - May 1
  • Monday Wednesday 2 - 3 PM

This course will teach you how to make sleeping mats for the homeless out of plastic bags. Each participant is responsible for supplying their own grocery bags and yarn needles. Class will meet in Student Commons

CO-267. 30 Sessions/1 hour per session

NPC Knithawks

  • Tabatha Tuskey
  • 30 Hours
  • January 16 - May 2
  • Tuesday Thursday 12 - 1 PM

Knitting, crocheting and other needlecrafts! Come learn and share tips & techniques, answer questions, and discuss current projects. Well Yes points awarded for meetings attended and donated projects. Some supplies available. Meeting in Building 10 lower level. 30 Sessions/1 hour per session

Personal Gym Time

You may log up to two activity hours per week working out.

32 Sessions/ 1 hour per session

Pickleball

  • Joey Vaughn
  • 30 Hours
  • January 16 - May 2
  • Tuesday Thursday 4 - 5 PM

Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis.

Pilates

  • Jennifer Lyons
  • 15 Hours
  • January 19 - May 3
  • Friday 8 - 8:50 AM

This course is a total body-toning course focusing on reshaping muscles to appear longer and leaner. It will create stronger muscles to improve posture. This is a challenging core endurance and muscle strengthening class. This class has limited space. Class will meet in GC-105. 15 Sessions/ 1 hour per session

Plogging

  • Alexandra Barnard
  • 15 Hours
  • Jan. 16-April 30
  • T 3:00-4:00 pm

Get in some steps, squats and lunges while also beautiyfing the area around campus!  Plogging is picking up litter while you jog or walk.  The word is a combination of jogging and "plocka upp,” Swedish for “pick up.”  Despite the name, jogging is not required!  We will walk around campus and surrounding roads, picking up litter as we go.  Gloves, trash bags and little grabbers will be provided.  Meet at the main entrance to the Lab Science building. 13 Sessions/1 Hour per Session

There will also be a monthly opportunity to get up to 2 hours by participating in a highway cleanup on the third Saturday of each month, 9:30-11:30, on our adopted mile of Hwy 227 (Mountain Pine Rd). Meet at NPC Community and Corporate Training center.

Pollinator

  • Alex Barnard
  • 4 Hours
  • January 23 - April 23
  • 2 - 3 PM

A native plant garden has been created outside the Lab Science building to support pollinators and other beneficial insects, which in turn provide food for local songbird species. We will meet once a month (on the fourth Tuesday of each month) to monitor the plants, remove weeds, perform other required maintenance, and just enjoy digging in the dirt. Work gloves provided; bring something to kneel on.

4 Sessions/ 1 hour per session

Sculpt & Stretch

  • Sharon Humphrey
  • 30 Hours
  • January 16 - May 2
  • Tuesday Thursday 4 - 5 p.m.

A weight training and core class, using a variety of equipment and weight machines, to sculpt muscles and tighten the midsection. We will finish class with full body stretching. Class will meet in GC-105.

30 sessions/1 hour per session

Story Time

  • Kristin Quintanilla
  • 8 Hours
  • January 18 - May 2
  • Thursday 12 –1 pm

We will meet by zoom the first Tuesday of the month at 1 or in person the first Thursday of the month in the library at 12. 12 books are available for check out, first come first served, or provide your own in whatever format you prefer. Earn 1 hour for reading the book and 1 hour for attending a meeting.

Tabata/HIIT

  • Jennifer Lyons
  • 30 Hours
  • January 15 - May 3
  • Monday Wednesday 4 - 5 PM

This course consists of High Intensity Interval Training that rotates short bursts (20 seconds) of maximum effort followed by 10 seconds of rest.Workouts consist of 4-minute rounds with 1 minute of rest between rounds. Class will meet in GC-105. 30 Sessions/ 1 hour per session

Yoga

  • Karen Reeves
  • 30 Hours
  • January 15 - May 1
  • Monday Wednesday 1 - 2 p.m.

Join Karen for an hour of yoga. This class is appropriate for all levels of yogis. Class will meet in GC-105.

30 Sessions/ 1 hour per session

NPC Credit/Non-Credit PE Course

Register through the Well Yes! Website. You may count your hours in class time as activity hours.

OFF - SITE COURSES

Bowling Hawks

  • Miles Morton
  • $35.00 (USD)
  • $50.00 (WB)
  • 30 hours
  • January 18 - May 2
  • Tuesday3:30 - 5:30 PM

A game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track towards a group of wooden pins and try to knock down as many of them as possible. Games will begin promptly at 3:30. If you wish to warm up, arrive prior to this time. Class will take place at Central Bowling Lanes. The Well Bucks Coupon Code is WB50.

15 Sessions/2 hours per session

Hot Springs Hiking Club

  • Aprile Garner
  • Max of 4 hours per week
  • January 20 - May 4

Join the Hot Springs Hiking Club for their monthly hikes. Hikes will be once a month. For a full schedule, see the Hot Springs Hiking Club Facebook page.

Transformation Challenge

  • Lake Hamilton Fitness Athletics
  • $25.00 (USD) $25.00 (WB)
  • 12 Hours

Get in the best shape of your life with this 6-week Transformation Challenge! For only a $50 sign-up fee, you will have access to 7 days a week nutrition coaching, 5 days a week fitness coaching, free gym access, 2 days a week fit camp class, daily check ins and weekly check ins with a coach and access to a custom personal coaching app. This challenge is partnered with Lake Hamilton Fitness. You can apply $25 of Wellbucks. You can log a max of 2 well yes hours per week. More information will be provided after sign-up.

Walk In the Park

  • Sharon Sinclair
  • 30 Hours
  • January 16 - May 2
  • Tuesday Thursday 4 - 5 p.m.

Participants will meet at various locations in beautiful downtown Hot Springs and walk or hike for one hour on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. 30 Sessions/ 1 hour per session

Other Opportunities

NPC Intramural Sports

  • $0
  • Register with Coach Hargrove.

Partnership Opportunities

First Baptist Fitness – First Pass

  • $50WB
  • $40USD (+$50 for Family Membership)

Join the FBC Fitness program for a three month trial period. During this time, you may use their gym and attend any classes that you would like. You may also use their indoor walking track. You may count class hours as activity hours and the gym time toward your two-hour maximum per week.

For a schedule of fitness classes, please visit https://www.fbcrecreation.com/group-fitness-class-schedule--class-description.html

Planet Fitness

Classic Membership: $10/month; $39 Annual Fee, No Startup Fee

  • Unlimited access to Home club
  • No commitment
  • Join online with promo code EMPLOYEE10

Black Card Membership: $24.99/month; No Annual Fee, No Startup Fee

  • Unlimited access to Home Club
  • PF App Workouts
  • Free Fitness Training
  • Use of 2,200+ Planet Fitness Locations Worldwide
  • Bring a guest anytime you workout for free
  • Use of massage chairs and hydromassage beds
  • use of tanning and total body enhancement
  • 50% off select drinks
  • No commitment
  • And more...
  • Join online with promo code EMPLOYEEBCM

Current members can eliminate annual fees in the future by switching to the Black Card Membership today.

The Yoga Place – Peace Pass

  • $50 WB
  • $50USD

Find your peace! You may attend up to ten Yoga classes of your choice at the beautiful Art Church on Whittington Avenue. Participants can follow workouts on Facebook. Check in by posting a comment on the workout.

YMCA – Y Yes Pass

  • $50WB
  • $50USD (+$50 for Family Membership)
    Join the Y for a three month trial period. During this time, you may use the gym and attend any classes that you would like. All participants will receive access to a free orientation to the wellness center and a complete fitness evaluation. You may count class hours as activity hours and the gym time toward your two-hour maximum per week.