Autumn is truly here and it’s a great time of the year to go out for a good long walk and enjoy the lovely colours.  Using a FREE phone app – MAP MY RUN – I’ve mapped out a 3K circuit starting from the office, where I can go out and walk or jog a little. Along the circuit I stop to do five exercises (2×40 secs) on a bench at the village green and I’m still back at the office within thirty minutes! It’s a fabtastic mini exercise programme and a great way to use just a little time to stay fit. Plus it really frees the mind too, and I have some great “lightbulb” moments while I’m out of the office and enjoying the great outdoors. The Map My Run app is excellent: it’s motivational, it shows on the map where you’ve been, and it records the results so that you can monitor times and cross-check on it each time. Especially useful when you remember that exercise should be about PROGRESSION.

Now is a great time to add another dimension to your training in preparation for the festive season’s calorific overload – so get it in the bank now while you can.

Summer is in the air, and the days are getting longer – in terms of daylight, that is. Now is the best time of year to dump the indoors and hit the outdoors when it comes to training.  Even we are taking advantage of the lighter evenings and moving some of our classes outside to warm up and cool down. And if the mood is right, or the class requests it, the whole thing takes place in nature’s gym – fantastic! Being able to leave the gym and train and work somewhere like Bleinheim is a dream.

On a recent and infrequent trip to London I couldn’t believe what I saw … every commuter glued to some form of electronic gadget, with no social interaction, and then they get “pushed” onto the Underground like sardines.  Forget the jungle … “I’m in London, get me out of here!” We’re so lucky to live and train in this region.

The festive season is well and truly behind us now and hopefully you’ve managed to work off the Xmas pud and festive spirit. March is a great time to get into a regular fitness routine and we are here to help you rev it up with both personal training and a range of fun classes.

Have you seen all those articles in the papers where Olympic athletes and Big Brother contestants are trying to show you how to get fit? They’re doing it all wrong, and some of the techniques they show in the photos are just awful. These “stars” should stick to what they know best, and leave the fitness to the professionals like yours truly! I’ve got over four decades of experience in the fitness industry but do you see me doing the triple jump or being evicted from the Big Brother House? No!

I look forward to seeing you at a class very soon!

Oh, one more thing …

It’s so nice when you get a thank you from a class member/client for helping them achieve their goals. We recently received this message:

“It’s great to know you’re appreciated, and special in some unique individual way!!  This is my “I appreciate you” card to thank you for being special, and the encourager of all that I do and want to do.”

Mondays @ Kirtlington Village Hall, 6.30-8pm

Monday classes resume on the 3^rd February.
We will be returning to the newly refurbished village hall, having spent the last few weeks at the school. Huge thanks to Kirtlington Primary for the use of their hall!

Wednesdays @ Kirtlington Village Hall, 6.30pm

NEW for 2014: “The Triple Whammy”
A 3 in 1 programme – not the oil. Starts Feb 12th at 6.30pm. This NEW class has been designed as a general body conditioning workout, or specifically to get you ready for running or skiing.  You choose your pathway. Why not change each week? Besides the usual training element this class will prepare you for the current ski season (see our report, above) or the start of the running calendar (see dates below).

Thursdays @ Kirtlington Village Hall, 9.30-10.30am

THE SPRING LEAN (Ladies only – and me. Sorry chaps!)
Following on from the success of the “Little Black Number” we ran pre-Christmas we see the return of the Spring Lean.  This is a programme designed to work all the areas ALWAYS requested by the ladies, and offload the excess of the festive period.

Didn’t we have a lot of fun at our Christmas lunch, ladies?! 

Don’t forget that you can “introduce a friend” to any of our classes (except Saturdays @ Gosford) for free!! There’s no catch – simply grab a flyer and bring a friend along for free – and you’ll get your class for free too! So what are ya waiting for????????

Saturdays @ Gosford, 9am

NEW gym layout for 2014…
So that must mean a new programme configuration. Yes, it’s a K.P production in association with B.H.G. This class remains the most popular offered by the centre – let’s keep it that way and keep spreading the word!

All sites have changing facilities, showers,  and ample free car parking
(unless otherwise specified)

Did You Come to our Christmas Day Workout?

A round dozen turned out for the annual Christmas Day workout and a good time was had by all, setting everyone up for that special lunch. Having worked so hard, everyone was in need of some liquid refreshment….so it had to be Champagne, supplied by Prime Energy Fitness Limited – all part of the service.