Archive for March, 2007
Call from NZ
oh wow, I just got a call from my dear friend Shona………who moved back to NZ in August last year. For those who don’t know her, she was a balance participant from my classes who ended up becoming a balance instructor, shadowed with me then later became a dear friend.
Awesome to chat to her again. [...]Chocolate
oh wow, it’s not even easter yet and I’m being very spoilt
On the weekend I received a very nice block of chocolate as a gift from a member that does my classes. It was Cadbury “eden”…..very nice dark chocolate. There’s no longer any left
And now today I pick up my mail [...]New Bookcase
I got a new bookcase just for my chorrey notes. Man…….it looks so pretty. Can you believe it, all that chorrey and doesn’t even include the stuff from the pre-DVD days.
I counted 35 Les Mills DVD packs in total. At around $51 each pack……..OMG, I don’t wanna add it up
No wonder I can’t remember anything…….look at all [...]Spam Captcha!
I’ve installed a “captcha” on comments now, cuz I’m getting fed up with the number of spam robots posting floods of spam on the comments. They have to be approved by me anyway, but the volume is getting a bit much to deal with, grrrr.
So I hope you all don’t mind, but you now have [...]Getting sick….
bah…….I’m getting a cold. I sneezed this entire morning, with somewhere between 30 secs and 10 mins between each sneeze. Felt like contractions…….they just kept coming, for several hours……lol
Guess I’ve been a bit quiet in the last week. A few things I could have added here, but not sure I can be bothered now. Probably [...]Power failure
This morning was interesting, for the first time I experienced what is every instructors nightmare…………the power went out!
I was in the last pose of the hip opener track in BB36, I just kept going and resumed without the music. I guess I’ve been teaching long enough now that it didn’t phase me nor did I [...]First Saturday back
I did a fill in for Fernwood last night, but this morning was my first time teaching my classes again since all the “mic stuff”. The members gave me a really warm welcome and they all clapped at my return!
They felt like amazing classes this morning. I felt fresh and energetic, and they were all the new [...]2nd
At Zest we get regular employee newsletters, and they list the top BodyTrainers and Club Trainers in the state. For Club Trainer guess who got 2nd in the state!!!!
I wasn’t quite expecting that, in fact, I’d barely noticed that section on the newsletter. So when my name was on there it took me by surprise. It’s [...]I’m back
I got a call today from someone in Melbourne regarding the issues with the microphone at Fernwood and I have to say she was great to deal with. We spoke about what happened and she was fantastic to talk to, speaking about the issues from both sides. Without going into details I can say that we’ve resolved [...]
BodyTrainer Graduation
As part of the BodyTrainer course we get an official “graduation”. I think it’s basically just an excuse for the PTM’s to drink really but hey, I think it’s a good excuse
As part of it we get formally introduced to the Buffalo Club and we pledge our allegance. This is a Les Mills [...]Adelaide is too small
oh and I just found out tonight that one of my clients used to work with a guy that I did a group University assignment with……….freaky!
BODYSTEP
wow, I actually did Bodystep tonight. Now that I’m no longer teaching my evening classes at Fernwood, that meant I had a little bit of time to kill between my gym shift and my evening clients. This will probably change as I reschedule clients to fill in that space, but for tonight I thought I’d [...]
BODYCOMBAT 31
Well, I taught this release again tonight so I think I’ve done it enough times now to give it a proper review. I quite like this release although there’s a couple of tracks I’m not sure about.
1. Love this warmup! Lots of energy and Rock This Party starts off awesome with the step into the [...]No more classes at Fernwood
Well it’s been confirmed, I will no longer be teaching at Fernwood anymore. All over a microphone…….pfft.
When will gyms realise that the little things in regards to looking after instructors are really worthwhile, and in return they’ll get loyal, quality instructors. Oh well……..it’s their problem. The manager has no idea about group fitness so that’s [...]BODYBALANCE 36
I taught this one in it’s entirety for the first time today. I did an extra class this morning too because I was helping out another instructor. I taught tracks 5 onwards and it was a huge class at Burnside. Great class.
Then I had an hour break for when I drove to my own class [...]
