First Word from Cayla in Ecuador!

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Hey! Yes all safe and sound, it´s awesome!!!  I don´t have long but I wanted to send a quick email.  And I miss you guys too! I wanted to email you earlier but we only just found the internet cafes yesterday so now I am catching up on my communication with north america.  The food here is good but we have rice pasta and bread at every meal. I am dying! Oh and bananas… they eat bananas at like every meal. If I never have another banana again I would be so happy.  But I am getting plenty of exercise (aka dodging cars as we run across the roads on the way to school).  Pedestrains seriously do not have the right of way AT ALL. Cars just beep to let you know they are coming but they wont slow down if you are in the road… quite interesting. I´ll try to send another email soon but I´m leaving for the wilderness practically tomorrow so I am not sure how that will go.  Hope you guys are all doing well!!
=) Cayla
This is a spanish keyboard… so hard to use!

Class sign up issues

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We are aware of the issues with logging in for classes and are working to fix them. Sorry for the troubles…the internet is awesome when it works right!


New Calendar/Sign Ins

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There has apparently been a little confusion with signing into classes through the new embedded calendar. Once you click on the class you are reserving, a new screen will pop up. If you are not already logged in, that screen will show membership options- you must scroll down to the bottom of that window and the log in is in the bottom right hand corner. You must scroll down the pop up window, NOT the main window.  If you have any difficulties at all please let us know and we will walk you through it. Sorry for the confusion, but the new calendar is SO much better than the previous one I think it will be worth it.


App!

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For all you iphone users out there you can now download (it’s free) the new Zen Planner App! Log in for classes, cancel a reservation, pay a bill- anything you do from your computer is now optimized for your ipone. Don’t worry Android users (of which I am one!), they promise an app for us will be out within a month or so….


Stop Breaking Stuff!!!

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Time to have another chat about proper use of the equipment. In the last few weeks we have had a bar damaged and a hole knocked through the wall, both the direct result of bars with only 10 pound plates on them being dropped from overhead. I can’t emphasize enough that if you feel like there is ANY possibility of hurting yourself on a lift you should immediately drop the bar, that is why we use bumper plates in the first place. Dropping bars however, regardless of what plates are on them, for any other reason just shortens the life of both the bar and the bumper.

Dropping a bar with only 10 pound plates on it is rarely necessary and will always result in the bar “jumping” away from you. When the plates land they are too thin so they flex and rebound, driving the bar sideways. So far we’ve only had a bar and the wall damaged, it could just as easily have been someone’s ankle. Don’t let laziness or ignorance lead to someone else getting hurt (or my equipment getting damaged)!  If you must drop a bar with 10′s, control it to the floor to prevent it jumping. If you have any questions on how to do that properly or safely please ask one of the trainers.


A little slow….

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Sorry I’m a little slow updating, if you give me enough time I’m sure I can find a way to make it Caitlin or Cayla’s fault!  Speaking of Cayla, did I make an announcement last month when she passed her Hardstyle KettleBell Certification? Annie got the news this past week that she has passed as well so congratulate both of them next time you see them!

While we’re on the topic of KB’s, I hope everyone is enjoying all the new ones we picked up last week. Those gap weight bells (6, 10, 14 and 18kg) are a great way to progress with your overhead movements. Please help out the training staff by putting them back in the proper place after class though, the more we have the more important it is to keep them organized and out of the way. Same goes for the new jump ropes, we even color coded the jump rope hooks to make it easy for you…..


Lululemon on April 17th

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Lululemon will be in the gym for one of their trunk shows on Tuesday April 17th from 5:30-7:30PM. If there’s anythng specific you’re loking for let us know and we’ll make sure they have it on hand!


Floors are done!

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Well I know this is going to make all of you happier than watching Dan do penalty burpees- the mats are finally fixed!  They actually look better than the day they were installed. A big thank you to Cayla, Jen, Chris and Phin for doing the actual work. They did an awesome job considering it involved moving virtually every piece of equipment in the gym. We’ve taken some steps to keep them secure so hopefully we’ll have less shifting in the future. It really is amazing how much better the gym looks with them fixed….


End of March…..

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So the end of March is just about here, this always seems like the fastest month of the year to me. It is also the end of the first quarter of the year and typically when we put schedule changes into effect. We are looking at eliminating the 7AM boxing classes on Monday and Wednesday and adding an 8:30AM class on Mondays. If anyone would like to see other classes added, please let us know in the comments section. If I have 4 people request a partcular class at the same time I will add it to the schedule!

The first week of April is also member assessment time. All members are billed a $25.00 assessment for gym improvements each April. As you know this money can only be used for equipment purchases and direct improvements to the gym, no snow cone machine or Spring Break trip for me! This year we are making a small purchase for some boxing equipment and a large purchase of KettleBells, particularly the “in between” weights. If anyone has any other suggestions for equipment purchases you can also make those in the comments section. All members on monthly automatic debit will be billed with their membership, anyone on period billing will be charged during the first week of April.

 


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