I Have Not Lost My Mind

Smooth as :-)

Just a quick note to say that I’ve changed roles here at Tag Team Suzi-G RE/MAX. I’ve moved from an admin role to “full blown” sales. I’m her new buyer specialist.

Which basically means that if you’re looking to buy anywhere in Lower Hutt, I’m your man. If you’re looking to sell, then Suzi’s your man

I’m really excited about the change and looking forward to getting stuck in!

Today was a perfect day to get on the bike and head into Wellington. Suzi & I kitted up and had a fantastic two hour ride to Lyall Bay and back. Nothink serious, just taking it easy Even had time for a quick stop and grabbed a few quick photos.

It’s a great day to be alive

Reason #1.

Actually, you probably guessed this one already. Because I’m there! I love working out and I like to think that when I’m teaching Body Pump and/or RPM, the Martin you see on stage is the one you meet on the gym floor/car park/supermarket. Real people … that’s what you’ll meet at JG.

Reason #2.

Here’s the killer reason. From August 1st, your membership covers all group fitness classes including RPM (spin). Other gyms are charging at least $5 per class for RPM. So now, all you pay is your annual/monthly/weekly membership fee!

Reason #3.

Parking! There are a whole lot more FREE CAR PARKS to the north behind the gym.

We don’t need another reason to not go to the gym

Reasons 2 & 3 came to me when the lovely Suzi came back from the gym (a different one to mine) and she was a little upset. There were no free parks left, so she parked on a meter& paid her $6. She paid another $6 and did her RPM class. She did a workout/warmdown after class. Got back to her car and had a $12 parking ticket!

So thats $6 + $6 + $12 = $24 for one RPM class. Not to mention the $20+ per week that she pays for membership. If she was to do 2 more RPM classes and get free parking that would be $36 for the weeks RPM and chuck in the weekly gym membership of $20, thats $56! Pretty bloody expensive, did I mention that she also does Pump twice a week as well?

Actually, I’m not but Jenkins Gym is looking for a new Group Fitness Co-ordinator.

You need to be able to teach at least 2 pre-choreographed or freelanced programs and  have some experience in people management and coaching skills.

There are more details about the position on trademe.

The Gym currently has about 20 instructors and provides the following Les Mills programmes.

• Body Pump
• Body Combat
• Body Attack
• RPM
• Body Balance

The Group Fitness timetable can be viewed on the gyms web site

If you are interested in the position. The person to contact is

Now using Google Calendar to display my teaching timetable @ the gym. I stole the idea from Fitness Attitude. I’m sure Michael won’t mind

Just upgraded my Wordpress from version 2.0 (old old old) to the latest 2.7 + moved it and the database to a new server. It all went pretty seamlessly. Big ups to the wordpress guys for the excellent documentation. I’ve still got a little tidying up to do and I’ve changed the theme at least 3 times already!

I’m pleased with the way all my old postings came across without a hitch. Only problem I had was permissions on the database but a quick read of the manual fixed that.

Yay!

I ran into Janet at a recent house warming party in Paekakariki, cousin by marriage by cool lady nevertheless. Anyway, she works for Harcourts in Paekakariki (we work for RE/MAX but wont hold it against her), and her house is being auctioned tomorrow, Thursday 11th June @ noon.

Hope it goes well

We launched the new Less Mills releases on Saturday and this week is a new-release-fest with every class promoting the new music and choreography. I wasn’t invloved in the RPM launch because I was doing Pump but have taught RPM 43 four times since Sunday. I think I’m getting the hang of it.

Body Pump 70 rocks! Features the toughest tricep since I started training on release 61!!

We’ve just signed up for a breath of real estate fresh air! This has got to be the best way to stay in touch with open home times. Log on to OpenHomeTimes.co.nz for the latest open home times in your area. (they’re busy getting critcal mass around the country … but it won’t be long!).

A quick list of features;

• Email alerts
• Email updates
• Cancellation TXT messages
• Maps

Drop by and take a look, this is so cool … I wish I thought of it

If you’re stuck finding a different Valentines day present, how about purchasing a 12 month membership for only $649 up front? (the usual price is $899!) As with all great deals there are conditions, the main one being that it is available only from the gym on February the 14th between the hours of 8am - 1pm.

If you are at all interested call Jess 04 939 4449