I Have Not Lost My Mind

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

It’s been a very hectic two days. Great turnout @ my 9:15am RPM class + I subbed for Hilarys 7:20pm Pump class. And the Pump @ 10am today. The track lists for all 3 classes are below

RPM Monday 9:15am

Pump Monday 7:20pm

Pump Tuesday 10am

Pump Thursday 24th July. I taught 6am RPM and then did the 90 min charity class @ 6pm. Not complaining but maaaan I was shagged and Renee chose a real tough squat track! I’m posting this on Saturday and I feel much better now That aside, I really enjoyed this class because I had access to the music and notes for Pump 48. I just love track 3 & track 5. Hope you did too!

Here’s today’s tracklist. If you like any of these just drop me a line and I’ll see if I can drop it into our next class. A list of all the Pump releases that I have can be found here.

I’ve just got my hands on some more Pump music & notes. Now all I need is time to learn them and still have a normal life!

Mental note to self “Get to class earlier!”. I thought I had time but I forgot that Renee was away, she usually opens up the group fitness studio. So I had to get the key etc etc. I’ll be betterer next week!
Here’s today’s tracklist. If you like any of these just drop me a line and I’ll see if I can drop it into our next class. A list of all the Pump releases that I have can be found here.

I lost the “Coffee bet” today! It doesn’t help that Renee had everyone with their arms up in the warm down track and then asked if she won! All good … my turn will come
Here’s today’s playlist. If you like any of these just drop me a line and I’ll see if I can drop it into our next class. A list of all the Pump releases that I have can be found here.

I hang out on the Les Mills forums and came across this posting which I reckon sums up how a lot of us feel about pump

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A BODYPUMPER WHEN…

• Every other song you hear in the grocery store makes you look around for a bar
• The people in the next car next to you at a stop light wonder why you are doing bicep curls
• Your entire wardrobe is red and black
• You avoid ANYTHING that will interfere with your classes
• You get up at 4:45AM to go lift weights!
• Most of your friends are body pumpers
• You pick up a box with a three and one rhythm
• You keep your elbows in when scratching your nose
• You stand in line with your knees slightly bent
• You look forward to using the porta-potties at the state fair
• You judge every person you see by what BP could do for them
• Your bed is up on 2 risers
• You open your own pickle jars, thank you very much!
• You carry all the groceries in from your car in one trip
• You have more workout outfits than work clothes
• Your kids are astounded that you know so much about their music
• You’ve got a little extra cash and buy a new BP top when you really don’t need to!
• You’re in a nightclub, the DJ plays ‘Flaunt It’… and you automatically start tapping your foot, chest proud, shoulders back, lock your elbows in and curl up that air bar suuuper slow!
• You’re at the Pink concert listening to Who Knew and instead of swaying and bouncing with the crowd, you suddenly realise you are halfway through a mental tricep track and about to hit the floor for dips!
• Your non gym junkie fiance gives you ‘the look’ when you keep saying ‘hey this is our chest track!’ etc
• Your first trip to Hawaii includes a trip to Gold’s Gym for BODYPUMP!
• You change all lyrics to say something about Bodypump
• You counting how many people who have forward head posture at the supermarket!
• You make sure your knees are above your toes when sitting on the toilet.
• You have a pet named Les Mills
• You sit on the toilet, you check that your knees don’t go beyond your toe line
• You pass a construction site you start yelling things like: watch your back when lifting that steel post!!!
• You hit the dance floor at a club, you move every major muscle group to properly warm up
• Degrees has nothing to do with the temperature but everything to do with with angles of knees, hips and toes
• You automatically calculate weight totals when you set out the dinner plates
• You know twenty ways to cue 2 x 2
• You do quick spinal rotations at random intervals throughout the day
• The traditional weight-lifting wisdom of 3 sets of 12 repetitions simply isn’t satisfying enough
• You can’t lift weights without music
• You feel an urge to do a lunge while walking down the road
• You like to stand using a split stance for better stability
• You hand out free BP class passes to the unconverted masses

I felt much much betterer today! We had a little competition between Renee & I today. The person with the messiest stage had to buy the other one a coffee. I wasn’t too pleased when Renee mentioned it because, like most blokes my side of the stage is always a mess!! But our peeps judged my side the tidiest so … I got my flat white free today

Here’s today’s playlist. If you like any of these just drop me a line and I’ll see if I can drop it into our next class. A list of all the Pump releases that I have can be found here.