2023-09-09 11:23:00
Cap Santé, the first health gym in Dijon, is a unique place where people can practice physical activity adapted to their pathology and their abilities, but not only that.
Meeting with the founders Clément Dépret and Matthieu Garraut.
During this back-to-school period, everyone is trying to make a few good resolutions, particularly regarding sport, a bit like at the start of the year. Moreover, fitness center managers admit to seeing the number of members increase in September and January. Then, very often, motivation drops while subscriptions continue to run.
Having real follow-up could perhaps allow some people to last over time, to push weight for longer and run on a treadmill for a few more months and thus become addicted to sport.
The ideal is to be able to benefit from individualized support in a safe and friendly space. In Dijon this room exists, it is Cap Santé.
A room recognized by health professionals
Cap Santé is a 160 square meter room located rue de Metz in Dijon. Opened in 2018 Clément Dépret and Matthieu Garraut, the founders of the room, recognize that “it was necessary to convince financial organizations that a room combining sport and health could establish itself in Dijon. We did not have significant financial resources to launch major communication campaigns. We spread word of mouth to prove that our concept was suitable for people and effective. Today we have very good feedback, particularly from doctors and physiotherapists in the Dijon metropolis and of course from our members”
Exercising on prescription
Clément Dépret : “This is what differentiates us from other gyms. We welcome a public both suffering from pathologies, who are leaving a rehabilitation center, advised by a doctor, but also people wishing to practice sport in a supervised manner but not necessarily on prescription. This also concerns motivated people who do not dare to cross the threshold of a gym because of the look or the judgement.
“At Cap Santé, no judgment”
“At our house there are no mirrors, no TV, just a little background music. Our members are aged from 14 to 92 years old with a social mix ranging from an active 40 year old person next to an older person with balance problems. This is what makes our room so rich, with the familiarity imposed, all in a family atmosphere. At Cap Santé, there is no judgment”
A suitable program
“When you come for the first time, together we take stock of your physical condition, we see your objectives, and then you do physical tests, endurance, strength and flexibility. The objective is to build a personalized program, depending, where applicable, on the instructions of your doctor or physiotherapist. A program that you will find every time you come to the gym”
Sport for all types of pathologies
“Among our members we have people undergoing cancer or post-cancer treatment, others have problems with lower back pain, respiratory or heart failure, overweight or obesity. We also have people suffering from depression or victims of heart attacks, but also injured athletes undergoing rehabilitation. Each person is unique and we create a personalized program. Then members come to the room, but only by appointment in order to have real follow-up”
Qualified teachers in health-adapted physical activity
“Another difference with the many sports halls in the Dijon metropolis is our statutes. We all followed the same course provided at the University with a license and a master’s degree in Adapted Physical Activity and Health. Matthieu and I are graduates of the UFR Staps in Dijon and specialists from APAS. This is imperative in order to be able to supervise people affected by different pathologies such as lower back pain or even heart problems. It is necessary to know these pathologies in order to be able to establish a program adapted to each one in order to obtain the expected results.
Norbert Banket
Practical information
Cap Santé, 38 rue de Metz in Dijon is only open on weekday mornings from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. from Monday to Thursday and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday.
Telephone: 09 51 51 52 40.
Cap Santé is also present on all social networks and on the website: capsante-dijon.fr
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