WEEK SEVEN

It’s time for our challengers to feel the real pain with our Bootcamp training!

Graham and Cian will make sure to put a lot of pressure on our 7 participants this week. With only two weeks to go in this challenge, there is no time to be wasted.

Tough and sweat pumping Bootcamp training is awaiting on Tuesday and Thursday. There will be a mixture of very intense cardio and strength training exercises, kettlebells, abs etc.

It should be very challenging but will definitely give everyone that so needed kick.

Best of luck!

WEEK SIX

It’s week six of the challenge and with only 3 weeks to go, everyone is getting really competitive.

This week we’ll try to help our challengers to lose a few more inches and pounds with Zumba and Kettlebells classes.

Two completely different types of training, but just as effective if done correctly and with lots of energy put in.

For those who aren’t sure what those classes are, here’s a short description on them:

Zumba is a popular fitness program inspired by Latin dance. The word "Zumba" comes from a Colombian word that means to move fast and have fun, which is just how people describe the routine. Using upbeat Latin music together with cardiovascular exercise, Zumba is aerobic dancing that is lots of fun and easy to learn. It seems to be an optimal fitness choice, mixing cardio intervals with resistance training. Many experts believe that an interval/resistance combination maximizes caloric output, fat burning, and total body toning. Zumba mixes effective body sculpting movements with easy-to-follow, fun dance steps.

Kettlebells are cast iron weights, ranging from 5 lbs to over 100 lbs, shaped like a ball with a handle for easy gripping. The kettlebell originated in Russia and was popular in the U.S. decades ago, but has hit resurgence in the last few years with a flurry of classes, videos and books. The reason? Kettlebells offer a different kind of training using dynamic moves targeting almost every aspect of fitness – endurance, strength, balance, agility and cardio endurance. People love it because it's challenging, efficient and you only need one piece of equipment.

This Thursday we have our week six measurements as well, so there will be more inches coming off. Best of luck!

WEEK FIVE

It’s all about the Martial Arts this week! Our challengers will take part in the Cardio Combat Class on Tuesday and Boxercise on Thursday.

It’s a great opportunity for everyone to get rid of all the stress and anger, and get a boost of positive energy into their systems. Let’s kick and punch those extra kilos out!

Really hope that all the challengers will have a great buzz from it.

WEEK FOUR

Week four of the challenge is all about Pilates! We have two Pilates classes for the challengers to attend this week. It’ll show a completely different way of training. No one will be sweating excessively and getting out of breath for a change!:-) Just don’t be fooled by thinking that Pilates is easy to do! It will definitely be more relaxing as you will be training your body from the inside this time, but it can be very challenging too.

Looking forward to hearing from our challengers how they got on with it and if they found it more enjoyable than any other fitness classes so far.

This Thursday we have our week four measurements and I am sure that everyone is very anxious to see how all the effort is paying off. Fingers crossed for all the participants! They need to get the results in order to lift their confidence and generate the future results.

WEEK THREE

This week “The Freshly Squeezed Get Fit” challengers have two group meeting days:

Tuesday – Cardio Force and Insanity classes and Thursday – Body Pump Class.

These very different classes are designed to train our challengers cardio vascular systems as well as their muscles. All participants were given some USN diet supplements to take this week as one of their meal replacements during the day. That should improve the recovery after the strenuous exercise as well as add more protein to their diet, which is a must if you are trying to lose weight or build more lean muscle.

People tend to lose their motivation during the week three as well as start to feel very tired due to the increasing intensity in their training routines. It is a crucial time as you either fail or battle on, so The Raven Gym Team will do its best to keep everyone strong.

WEEK TWO

This week “The Freshly Squeezed Get Fit” challengers have two group meeting days:

Tuesday - Spin Express and Abs&Core classes and Thursday- group measurements and nutrition talk.

We asked all the participants to fill in a daily food diary all last week, and we’ll be looking at those diaries on Thur.

They had to write down the time of the day and what they had to eat or drink.

Recording your food intake is the best way on tracking your diet. Sometimes it even stops you from having

Junk food. Who wants to write down that they had two bags of crisps, a whole bar of chocolate, and drank 4 cans

Of coke all in one day!? Cheating isn’t an option either, so for all of you who think that no one will know if

You’ll indulge and won’t put it on your list, you are only fooling yourself. Scales don’t lie! :-)

Looking forward to seeing how our challengers are getting on with their diet and if they took all our advice on board.

WEEK ONE

All the participants were assigned a different personal trainer who will keep them focused, motivated and challenged over the next 8 weeks.

Everyone got measured, weighed and was given a fitness test to assess their fitness level as well as individual fitness programme which is based on each participant’s goal.

This Thursday “The Freshly Squeezed Get Fit” challengers are meeting for their first group training session. They will have to endure a 30min Spin class and 30min Abs & Core class. Should be great fun!