Sunday 30 November 2008 – theme "Kiwi Xmas"
We had an action packed morning that was filled to the brim with hype and energy and enthusiasm in between.
Jess & Brenda started off the day at 8.30am with Bodypump 68, after singing Happy Birthday to our fellow instructor "Jess", who turned another year older on the day.
The warmup song "Perfect Day" was perfect to start with, perfect weather outside, perfect bodies in their sarongs (yeah right!), perfect ocassion to launch. A full class came to do Squats, Back, Triceps and lunges and loved them all, especially the new lunge track.
9.00am Jam – Dwayne put on his twinkle toes and dazzled us with his fine smile and stylish moves. It seemed to be an easy release to learn all the moves and all of our pumpers stayed on and gave Jam a go and looked great doing it. Great music!!
9.30am Balance – Graeme looked fantastic in his beach shorts and matching rash top (and don’t forget the hat!!) and calmed everyone down and lengthened us from head to toe with his amazing flexibility and inner core strength.
At the same time, RPM was happening upstairs and members were pumping their legs to RPM 41. Sue took them on a journey and although it was a small group (only 7 people booked in), the ride was awesome.
10.00am Step – Brenda was next with Step 74 and had great joy in showing members the new move in track 4 – the "revolving door". All of our members took up the challenge and mastered the move by the end of the track. We finished off wih a Xmas flavour and speed straddled to "Rockin around the Xmas tree", which was perfect timing as Father Xmas walked in to the GF room during this song and wished everyone a Merry Christmas. The children followed his every move (like the pied piper!) and followed him everywhere he went. He stayed for a wee while talking to the children, asking them if they had been good and gave them iceblocks and lollipops, much to the children’s delight.
10.30am Combat – Jess turned it up with her awesome combat tracks and picked the best songs from the release. Songs like "as cold as ice" were energetic and fired up!.
By this time, only our loyal supporters were still there (approx 12/13 members) exercising hard out and we completed the day with Bodyvive. Graeme & Brenda got the class interactive with the Vive ball and fun was had by all. We played with the Tubes and strengthened the upper and lower body, followed by the ab track and cooldown.
We could smell the sausages cooking on the bar-be-que and members and kids alike lined up for a delicious sausage in bread to complete the day. Charissa, you were a great cook – they tasted great, especially after 3 hours of exercise.!
I think Pam Evans & Karen were the only members that stayed the whole 3 hours (start to finish). Awesome Pam & Karen – you deserve a drink or two and didn’t Pam look splendid in her sarong!!
All in all, a great turn out to BodyPump at the beginning and it was only to be expected that numbers would dwindle as the day went on. Father Xmas made a real impact on the kids and he "ho ho ho ed " us into the Xmas spirit. The instructors dressed up and a few members dressed up (I saw a few bikinis on, under those T-shirts) and hats & sunglasses were galore.
An enjoyable day was had by all.
Thank you members, thank you staff and thank you Instructors for making the day so successful. Merry Christmas to you all.
Think the gym is going from strength to strength – still very motivational (well in the group fitness classes I go to!!). Keep it up and a very happy and safe Christmas to you all.