News

BODY COMBAT IS COMING!!

BodyCombat is coming to The Gap Health and Racquet!
This awesome new program is going to BLOW YOU AWAY! It kicks off at our launch party November 28. Unleash your inner warrior with this kickboxing, muay thai, karate and boxing inspired program. It's authentic, it's fast, it burns serious calories and it lets you distress in the best possible way - kicking and punching some serious butt to awesome music!
It's suitable for all fitness levels as there are options throughout. Check out the new timetable (coming soon) for class times!

Your Bodycombat instructor team are: Chantal, Alicia, Andrew and Colleen.

LAUNCH PARTY!!!!!!

It's that time again, time to launch the next round of music for your favourite programs. Due to popular demand, the Launch Medley is back! Bigger and Better than ever!
Lock it into your diaries now. Saturday 28th of November. The biggest Launch Party EVER!

4.30pm - RPM Launch with Lisa G and Chantal (Look out!)

5.30-7.00pm - Launch Medley! Attack, Pump, Balance and introducing the much anticipated

BODYCOMBAT! All your favourite instructors, party style!
There'll be lights, there'll be drinks (afterwards!) and there will even be a DJ to get the house pumping!

Launch Party, featuring DJ Danunder - Saturday 28th November.

Book your place for the Launch Medley at reception! (no bookings for RPM - arrive early!) It's going to go off!!!!

GROUP FITNESS TIMETABLE CHANGES AND SURVEY COMING SOON!!

Our latest Group Fitness timetable will commence on Monday the 30th of November. This new timetable will feature our newest program, Bodycombat, which we are SUPER excited about!
This new timetable will coincide with our annual group fitness survey. We will give you six weeks to complete the survey (collect from reception from early December). This is YOUR chance to have your say on the 2010 Group Fitness timetable.

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE - SALLY PAYNTER

I started teaching approximately 12 years, after overcoming my fear of walking into a group fitness studio.. after a dare that involved someone saying that if  they could teach me a grape vine in less than 5 minutes I had to come and do pump for the first time. They of course won the bet and I
had to take the first step into the group fitness room.. I have never been so scared, everyone seemed to know what to do, where to go and more importantly how to look like you knew what you were doing even though you didn't! 

The first program I trained in was Body Pump and is still my first love, I love the fun and power of pump as well as the interaction and rapport I have with people who come to my classes. I enjoy watching people as they start to challenge themselves with heavier weights and the thrill they get when they achieve there goals.

Something interesting about myself...!! Let me see, I have been trekking in Nepal, had my feet hennaed in Morocco, climbed the Eiffel Tower when it was minus 10, been diving in the Solomon Islands.. Laughed so hard when I almost fell off a camel in the Sahara, I cried listening to my son describe the feeling he had when his first child was born.

Teaching at the Gap is the highlight of my week. It is like being surrounded by family from the moment I walk in the door. There is always someone who will ask  'How are you going today'  and mean it. I enjoy the camaraderie that exists between everyone, all the highs and lows are shared and are somehow so much better because of it. Thank you, for allowing me to be a part of it.

CYCLING ACADEMY

The Gap Health and Racquet is pleased to welcome Australian Cycling Champion, Kirsty Broun, to our team. Kirsty is an Australian Criterium Cycling Champion (2008 and 2009), an Australian Rep for the World Cup (2009) and a current Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
Kirsty will be kicking off a Cycling Academy in 2010. The cycling Academy will run Sunday mornings from the club and will include 1.5 hour ride on the road and a coffee when you get back to the club. Register your interest by emailing Chantal Chantal@healthracquet.net
Cost will be $20 per session or 10 session for $190

Kirsty will also be kicking off a cycling technique freestyle class Thursday evenings at 6.30pm, commencing the first week of December, Come and perfect your technique during this unique, weekly class.

Welcome aboard Kirsty!