Alpine Fitness Blog: New Outdoor Fitness Circuit & Outdoor Group Fitness Classes

18 Nov 2011 - Richie Heap

Hey Fitness Freaks,

First up, don’t forget about tonight’s Trail Blazer event at 6pm! This mini-adventure 7.5k run/walk or 15k mountain bike starts at Jack’s Point Clubhouse and finishes at Jardine Park, Kelvin Heights with a BBQ. It’s a great event as it goes across private land which you can’t normally access (it’s not the usual Jack’s Point Trail) and the $20 entry fee goes to The Queenstown Trail, a 90km trail linking Queenstown, Arrowtown and Gibbston. A bunch of the Lakes Leisure crew are doing it so come keep them company!

Secondly, I hope you all had good times at our Retro 2nd Birthday Party last Saturday – we all did! Congrats to those who won the best dressed retro competition prizes – Carly Tyler won the 3 month pass and Kathy Gaze & Cath Gilmour won the 10 visit passes. Here’s Carly and I in the gym, mid way through her personal training session with Steve Orr – hard core! In case you didn’t make it click here to see a few a few shots of me and the crew making fools of ourselves in our retro outfits.

New Outdoor Fitness Circuit – Free to the community!
Tomorrow at 10am we’re officially opening our new free outdoor fitness circuit with Mayor Vanessa Van Uden and you’re all invited! The two circuits have about twenty different station dotted around the course, and each course is about a kilometre long. It takes about 30 minutes to complete a circuit - but of course you can do more than just one lap! It’s a great way to get your weight training in but still get into the great outdoors and work on your tan – and your mates can come too! On Saturday the gym crew and I will be there to show you how all the machines work. Here’s a few shots of some stations so you can see what I mean & a wee trail map to help orientate you. A few of the office girls also tried it out recently (in their workout gear, not!) and we chucked a little video together of them. Worth a watch for a bit of a laugh! For a full map of the circuits, click here.

Outdoor Circuit Montage

New Spartan Cross Training Class – Free to members!
Every Wednesday 6pm from now on we’ll be running a new outdoor fitness class that’s free for all members. Based upon our Spartan Cross Training Bootcamp, this class will be all about outdoor fitness and strength training. It will be run by crew member and personal trainer Stephen Orr so come along and give it a go – it’s going to be awesome! Meet at the gym reception just before 6pm, then we’ll head outside to flip some tyres and throw some strength bags around. It’s suitable for all fitness levels - just something a bit different and in the great outdoors too.

Revive Nutrition
The Revive crew are marching on with their training and nutrition, with just under a month to go! It’s always good to remember that nutrition is just an important as exercise when it comes to successful weight loss - one without the other makes it difficult to get results. If you’re keen to get more great nutrition tips, follow us on Facebook for links to great articles & recipes like today’s Grilled Salmon & Asparagus recipe – yum! Healthy eating was the focus at the Team Blue get together at Haylee Robert’s place the other night - I was sad to miss it but Hayley sent me a few snaps so I could see what went on. Aren’t they all looking great!? Revivers - I hope you’re all looking forward to your group training day this coming Saturday – we’re hitting the new Outdoor Fitness Circuit and it’s going to be awesome!

Them Bones, Them Bones
Don’t forget that the Bone Density Clinic is here next week on Thursday 24 November. Early detection, from 25 years, of bone density loss is the key to prevention of suffering later from osteoporosis and fractures – and it doesn’t just affect older women! If you think you might be short on calcium come get a quick, painless heel scan done to see how your bones are looking. Appointments can be made by calling 03 450 9117 and the consultation and scan costs just $55 - takes about 20 minutes max.

Personal Trainers
Last blog I talked a little about online training tools that I like to use and got heaps of great feedback on them so I’ll be sure to send more stuff like that your way in future. While these tools are great for some people, especially motivated ones, they just don’t work for others, especially if you’re a little lacking in get up and go. If you struggle to get yourself to the gym, or to push yourself once you’re there, you might want to think about enlisting the help of one of our awesome personal trainers – not only do they design fantastic programmes tailored especially for you, they can make you do them too! (Richie Lambert even cracks a virtual whip at people - check it out here) We have eight different trainers working with us here; all of whom offer different products, services and personality to ensure that there’s sure to be someone that’s a good “fit” for you. For the next wee while I’m going to introduce you to a different trainer until you’ve met them all!

Karl Dennis of Platinum Training has been working at Alpine Health & Fitness since we opened two years ago. Karl has over 13 years of extensive experience working within luxury and boutique health club environment. Karl takes a holistic lifestyle approach to personal training which means that he looks at more than just your exercise regime. Through his advice and support he can help you find greater control in your lifestyle, achieve your goals and feel rejuvenated. Take your personal training experience to the next level - the Platinum level!

Sponsored Athletes
We’re very proud to sponsor local athletes, supporting them in their efforts to attain their international sporting goals. Congratulations to the following sponsored Wakatipu High School students for their Blues Sporting Awards:
- Callum Burns & Max Macharg for their achievement in ice hockey award
- Luke Pickering & Connor Harrison for their achievement in ice hockey & service to ice hockey awards
- Mitchell Frear for his leadership in ice hockey and most outstanding ice hockey awards
- Harrison Steedman for his greatest contribution to skiing award

Alec Savery, Freeskier, Cardrona Alpine Resort Alec Savery is our newest sponsored athlete – he’s a freeskier and currently in Year 11 at Wakatipu High School. He has been skiing at a National Junior level for the past three years, splitting his time between Queenstown and Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. He’s been representing the NZ youth development team for the past two years and has recently gained a spot on the NZ Youth Olympic development team. In 2011 alone he got first place in both the U16 Junior Slopestyle and U18 Junior Rail Jam at Snow Park. Competing at an international level is his long term goal, and he hopes to one day represent New Zealand skiing in the Olympics and the Aspen X Games. Welcome aboard Alec!

Class Additions/Cancellations
The following classes are going to be cancelled in the coming weeks:
Leisurelys Tai Chi – Tuesday @ 11.00am – cancelled on 22 November
Arrowtown Zumba – switching to Tuesday @ 6.30pm for 22 November due to London Calling Musical
Spartan Cross Train – starting Wednesday 23 November at 6pm!

Last but not least the RPM Studio consent process is going well - slowly, but well. Looks like we’ll probably be starting construction in early January, I reckon. More news to follow as it comes to hand...

Cheers,

Richie Heap, Manager
Alpine Health & Fitness