Where:  Peak Fitness, 22 Te Aute Road Havelock North
When:  Saturday July 18th 2009
Why: Join Doug Abraham and Chris Owens on their individual quests to rowing 100km individually.  We are putting teams together to support their campaign and row alongside them.  They finished their marathon last year and are ready to up the distance…

Contact:  andy@peakfitnessandhealth.co.nz to register or see reception at Peak Fitness (06) 877 9781

This was organised and held at Peak Fitness, Havelock North for 23 trainees throughout Hawkes Bay. Peak Fitness registered  8 trainees, Contours Napier 8, Bay City Gym in Napier 3, Aspyre Gym in Hastings 3 and 1 trainee came up from City Fitness in Palmerston North.

Our three fabulous International trainers were Sarah Robinson, Bevan James Eyles and Sarah Ostergard and this was the first time Les Mills had ever run a Multi Module weekend for the whole 8 programmes that Les Mills has to offer. Some trainees decided to get value for money and registered  in 2 programmes over the weekend.

The programmes involved:
RPM – 8 trainees
BodyPump – 9 Trainees
BodyStep – 3 trainees
BodyCombat – 4 Trainees
Body Attack – 2 trainees
BodyVive – 4 trainees
BodyJam – 4 trainees
BodyBalance – 5 trainees

The weekend started with a Multi 1.5 hour Group Fitness class opened to members and trainees and the room was packed out. We had so much fun trying to Jam it like Sarah R, squat like Sarah O and kick as high as Bevan J in BodyAttack!

 There was theory as well as physical exercises and we always began with a funny icebreaker game at the start of every session. The 5 Key Elements of Les Mills are: Choreography, Role Model Technique, Coaching Mastery, Connecting and Creating Fitness Magic. All trainees went through these compulsory topics and had to be competent in all of them by the end of the three day weekend. While the majority of the training was done in one large group, there was plenty of downtime where trainees could prepare for their presentations – one on Saturday and the final on Sunday. We were scrutinised from head to toe and received lots of positive feedback along the way.

No Les Mills module is complete until you do the “Fitness Challenge”. This welcomes you into the The Les Mills family and is designed to push yourself to the limit to see if you have got what it takes! We had the “100 Club” test – 100 benchpresses, 100 plyometric lunges, 100 bicep curls, 100 O.T.T double squats and 50 sprint lengths with 10 jabs at each end of the room after we warmed up, which was a run around Anderson Park!!  Believe it or not, I thought this was actually fun, in a crazy sort of way and paired up with a trainee from another gym. We made so much noise and commotion that members and passerbys stopped to look in to see what we were up to. The first pair home to complete the Fitness Challenge were Jess Hanara and Lisa Ju from Peak Fitness who worked together as a team beautifully and had great strategies. Well done to you both.

The Weekend finally came to an end and there were many exhausted bodies and fatiqued minds at the end of it. Our final presentation was marked and we awaited confirmation of a “Pass” or “Re-sit”. All Eight trainees at Peak Fitness and Health passed the module and now have 12 weeks to video a Group Fitness class that they teach. This is forwarded onto Les Mills in Auckland where it is analysed by the Assessors.  A Certificate is awarded to the successful trainees. This enables them to teach a Group Fitness class without supervision from other Qualified Staff.
Peak Fitness are very proud of their staff that attended the module and feel 100% confident the gym will continue to deliver to the highest standard in Hawkes Bay.
Well done to Ngaio Lewis, Anna Brooks, Anna Kay, Stephanie Nicolson, Lisa Ju, Sue Taaffe, Jess Hanara and Brenda Gowan.