14-5-2011

Kettlebells we have had since 2004. More recently we added ViPR and TRX. There's so much out there now, all you need is someone to show you how. That'll be us then.

Friday 13 May 2011 - classes

Hello all. Tomorrow morning is fitness pilates, a challenging workout for your core based on Pilates' original exercises. Starts at 9.30, finishes 10.45 (because we discovered an hour wasn't long enough). And in the evening the legendary Paul Kavanagh will be putting you through your paces for friday circuits, followed by Dawn Spall's enjoyable step and bodyconditioning start to your weekend, at 18.00 and 19.00 respectively. £8.00 to non- members, free to members. Enjoy!

February 2011

February needs a bit of humour to get through...

Warren:

"I’m having some dental work done at the moment. It is slightly worse than this (PT session)...no, I lied, the dentistry is better.”

Ray:

“Carbs make me sleepy after lunch, so I thought I’d try an Atkins lunch – big bag of pork scratchings should do the trick, right?”

Also, I should have got a video for You-Tube for:

How not to do Paul Kav’s latest ViPR move (starring Tara and Helen from Saturday Bootcamp)

And

Adam doing his back stretches hanging freestyle by his feet from the double cable with a 20kg kettlebell in each hand. Don’t try this at home, children.

Congratulations to Dan who is looking hot, (and even hotter after a PT with Paul Kav)

– the effort is paying off without a doubt.

And congratulations to Sarah and Martin on the birth of Baby Charlotte, who is coping well with being woken up every 3 hours by her father.

Please let us know whether you are doing the Paddock Wood Half-Marathon on 27^th March 2011, there are quite a few doing it and it is always good to have someone to run with.

Also cyclists, anyone who would like to join in the Horsmonden cycle ride for Childline, please let me know, I will try and organise you together as well!

My weight management course is under way, but I am really sorry, I just don’t have the time to take any more on yet. Please let us know if you are interested, I will be doing more in the future.

Keep cheerful, Spring can’t be long now... Jenny

Classes

No classes tonight folks but tomorrow we are hoping that the MB bootcamp will be on (in the fitness studio unless Paul takes a funny turn and has you jumping up and down in the snow)

Sniffle sniffle

We notice down at the gym, that the more you come to the gym, the less you seem to suffer from colds! BBC news seems to agree with our observations!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11664660

Crazy stuff

I have just started my obesity management (Level 4 REPs) course with Discovery Learning and it's fascinating stuff. Here are a few snippets from the manual:

"It has been calculated that we are now up to 500-800 kcals per day less active than we were only 20 years ago (Prentice 2001). This is the equivalent, for the average person of running a marathon every week" or a 4 mile run, 7 days a week.

"Kenny, a scientist at Scripps Research's Florida campus, said that the study confirms the "addictive" properties of junk food...The scientists fed rats a diet modelled on the type that contributes to human obesity: easy-to-obtain ...foods like sausage, bacon and cheesecake. "When we removed the junk food and tried to put them on a nutritious diet - what we called the 'salad bar option' - they simply refused to eat...they basically starved themselves for two weeks after they were cut off from junk food."

It makes me aware just how much needs to be done in order to combat this huge problem - and it already makes me more aware of how little is being done politically to help. We try to protect our kids from drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, what about junk non-food?

New Class Timetable

The new timetable is up, there are a couple of extra classes - yoga (£5 for members) on Wednesdays at 7.30 and Spirals on Tuesdays at 10.30 (free to members).
Don't forget to book!