Trainee Report

Conducted at Peak Fitness & Health 2008

On the 17 September 2008, we held an "Information Night" for recruiting new staff to be Les Mills Instructors at Peak Fitness & Health. It was a good turnout.

We conducted the evening with a video of all the Les Mills programmes offered by Les Mills, – BodyPump, BodyStep, BodyCombat, RPM, BodyBalance, BodyJam, BodyAttack, & the New BodyVive.

This is what we did:

• Introduction – What is Les Mills – how it got started – the career opportunities available within the Les Mills Family, once certified.
• Trainees to speak on why they were there and what goals they had
• The benefits of being a Certified Les Mills Instructor
• Peak Fitness Staff all spoke about their experiences, their career and why they do it.
• The cost and financial commitment involved. How much Modules & other training, costs.
• The minimum requirements of staff at Peak Fitness & Health – what Peak expect of the staff
• Our 8 week proposed Training plan for trainees.
• Question time!

All members on the night (7 of them) wanted to take the next step and attempt the 8 week training process. We decided what programme to put them in and then the Head Trainer of that programme contacted the trainees and organised training with them. An envelope was given to them all containing an introductory letter,  DVD, CD with 2 chosen tracks, pamphlet on their chosen programme and a free pass to give to a family member or friend.

Over the next 8 weeks, trainees were given half an hour each with their trainer. The rest was up to them to practice and commit to the training required. Key elements like choreography, cueing and pre-cueing, technique, fitness magic were addressed.  We gave them feedback on every half hour session with them and goals to work on for the following week.

Presentation Night – Tuesday 18 November at 7.30pm

Fantastic. Every trainee that committed to the 8 weeks stood up and proudly presented their tracks. What an amazing night!. It was done very professionally and it was well organised, things went without a hitch. These trainees blew us away!. The high standard and quality of these athletes was astounding! The night proceeded  as follows:

• Step,
• Pump,
• Combat,
• RPM
• and finally Balance. 

We had 2 trainees for Bodystep, 1 trainee for BodyPump, 1 trainee for BodyCombat, 2 trainees for RPM and 1 trainee for BodyBalance.

The support that was given to each and everyone of these trainees was unbelievable and they thrived on the environment and atmosphere created. Our own staff nearly cried and felt extremely proud of their achievements. Charissa, Jess and Brenda were on a high all night as it just went perfect and the trainees were so good!

As a result of this successful night, all trainees want to continue their training and attend a Les Mills module in 2009 to become a certified instructor. They had a taste and now they want more!.

After discussions with Les Mills in Auckland, a Module has been organised for all trainees to attend and become certified in their chosen programme.

This module is being held in Hawkes Bay in April 2009, with the exception of BodyBalance. Peak Fitness continues to be in a very healthy state and are excited to have young blood (top quality) trainees joining our team. The only way is up (even higher than we are now!) and what an exciting time we have ahead of us.!