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Community Fitness Week is a brand new initiative which we are getting involved in.  It’s part of a national compaign to raise the awareness and use of fitness in community venues across the UK.

Community fitness instructors from all regions are signing up to the week, with the campaign for this year named “fitness for food”.  Fitness instructors will run their regular classes with an emphasis on encouraging new participants to attend and try something new.  Every class goer, new or regular, will be asked to bring a non-perishable item of food to their class as well, which the instructor will deliver to a local food bank.

With 1000 instructors expected to sign up, the fitness for food drive is set to make a huge positive impact on local communities.

I am asking all Fitness Vibe class members to get behind this campaign and bring an item of non-perishable food to class week beginning Monday November 4th.

Thank you so much x

I am offering an Unlimited Class Pass for November for £36.  Come along to as many Fitness Vibe classes at the spacious Civic Hall, Cottingham throughout November for £36.  Represents excellent value.  If you attend 3 times a week it works out approx £3 per class, if you attend 4 times a week it works out approx £2.25 per class and for 5 times – well that’s just £1.80 per class – bargain!  Please note loyalty cards no longer apply when using the pass.

It’s that time of year again.  We have our annual Halloween Zumba Bash on Thursday 31st October 6.30pm Civic Hall.  Zumba as usual 6.30pm – 7.15pm Civic Hall, Cottingham – witches, ghosts, devil horns most welcome!  We are then popping to the Hallgate for drinks and a buffet.  I am asking for £5 for the buffet and need monies by Thursday 27th October.  Hope you can all join me x

A group of us had a lovely day on Friday 4th October when we did a little display for the Older Peoples Partnership Celebration Day at the Civic Hall, Cottingham.  Our Zumba Gold and Fitsteps demonstrations were well received and we look forward to returning next year to do it all again.

We all had lots of fun joining in the tea dance by Ballroom Blitz Academy learning new skills from the excellent teacher.

The Older Peoples Partnerhsip Hull and East Riding is a charity with the objective to promote improvements to the lives and services of older people.  Each year they run a “Celebrating Older People’s Week” with a week long programme of events.  The main aim is to celebrate the achievements and contributions that older people make to our society and the economy.  Keep a date in your diary for next year as it’s well worth a visit with lots of interesting trade stands and displays going on.

Well done to Claire and her team for a very well organised event.   You can contact the team on 07724 532955 or email info@opp-hey.uk  Oceans Chamber 54 Lowgate Hull.

Fitness Vibe ladies look forward to joining in again next year x

Are you in this year’s Strictly Sweepstake?  You should have received a text stating which group you have been allocated.  There are 15 groups which represent the 15 celebrities in this years show.   I carried out a live draw on social media to assign each celebrity to a group.

There are three draws taking place.  The first draw takes place when the first couple is eliminated from the show, if this is your group you will receive £10 each.  The second draw takes place when the first couple scores a perfect 10!  The final draw take place when the winning couple picks up that glitter ball!

Good luck everyone!

It’s that time of year again – who will pick up the glitter ball?  For a bit of fun, once again we are running a Strictly Sweepstake.  If you would like to join in please bring your £3 to any Fitness Vibe class before Wednesday 25th September.   You will find out which celebrity you have drawn on Friday 27th September.

There will be three draws.  The first draw will be for the first couple to be knocked out.  The second draw will be for the first couple to get the perfect 10.  The final draw is for the winning couple to pick up the glitter ball.

Good luck everyone!

Zumba girls on tour Costa Blanca 2019!  Had a wonderful time last week when five of us travelled to Alicante, Costa Blanca.  I had the opportunity to teach a bit of Fitsteps in La Marina with the fabulous Cindy Van Asperan.  Cindy is very interested in teaching the Fitsteps programme and hopes to now do the live training in the UK and include it in her weekly schedule.  We also had the chance to try out Aqua Zumba with the lovely Angie Nichols in Quesada.

The weather was amazing and we all had such a lovely time.  Managed to fit lots of walking in too!  Hopefully we will make a date for next year again x

So excited to be going to the 2020 Zumba Academy on February 8th 2020.  This time the academy will be hosted in the UK so it’s great to have the opportunity to go.  The event is usually over seas but next year it will be in Manchester, UK.  I will be preparing myself for an action-packed day of learning, moving and networking of everything Zumba related!

Beto Perez the founder of Zumba will be doing a master class and keynote presentations.  Also included are specialist master classes in Flamenco, African Beats and Urban Latin – sounds exciting!

It should be a fabulous convention full of inspiring ideas to bring back to our classes.

I am offering an Unlimited Class Pass for September for £36.  Come along to as many Fitness Vibe classes in the spacious Civic Hall, Cottingham, throughout September for £36.  Represents excellent value.  If you attend three times a week it works out approx £2.76 per class, if you attend four times a week it works out to be approx £2.11 per class.  If you attend five times a week – well that’s just £1.71 per class – bargain!  Please note loyalty cards no longer apply when using the pass.

Our Monday morning Fitness Gold class had a lovely summer lunch on Monday 19th August at the Church of the Asension, Calvert Road.  Wonderful buffet by chef Andy Chapman of Cottingham Catering, thank you x  Thanks to Tracy Hammond for organising some of her class members to help out and also to Tracey Stancliffe for the yummy cake!

Fitness Gold is a traditional keep fit/exercise to music class that meet every Monday morning 11.00am – 11.45am at the Church of Asension, Calvert Road (Priory Road/County Road crossroads).   All low impact moves to popular tracks from the 60’s 70’sand 80’s.  The emphasis is very much on joint mobility and flexibility.  There is a short cardio section in the main body of the class and also a seated section with hand held weights to maintain muscle strengh.  Easy to follow moves and great fun.

Fitness Gold is a very social class, we have at least four socials a year for you to join in if you would like too.   New members are most welcome, so why not come and join us to keep fit, meet new friends and leave with a smile!