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What do you get when you combine a FREE Saturday morning group fitness class, a spectacular park, and one of the BEST mixed martial arts based fitness classes in the world? One heck of a good time! Dan and Julia Newgent presented BODYCOMBAT™ to hundreds of instructors, participants, and novices in one of the last free fitness experiences of the summer at Millennium Park.
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As you know, it can be the hard work and dedication of instructors that really drives the success of group fitness in a club. Instructors can be incredibly influential and motivating not only for participants, but for their GFM also.
If it weren't for the vision and passion of two instructors, Sharon Neish and Sally Dryden, the Beach House Morayfield (BHM), Australia wouldn't be offering three well attended BODYVIVE™ classes per week to their appreciative members.
The former GFM wasn't excited by BODYVIVE™ so Sharon and Sally decided to go and train and certify in BODYVIVE™ anyway, so they could bring it to their local community - even if they couldn't teach it at BHM! Yet following training, Sharon went back to the (now) former GFM and showed her the moves and the music and inspired the GFM to invest in the additional monthly fee in order to give BODYVIVE™ a try.
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This beautiful young lady is the offspring of two international fitness personalities. Not just any two fitness personalities, but two who work for Les Mills International AND will be IN CHICAGO for Midwest MANIA! Grace  wants you to meet her PARENTS!
The family is currently living in the Netherlands based in Rotterdam. Steve and Susan Tolj-Renata are heading the European Les Mills International office. These professionals provide agency support for EU countries.
Steve Renata, featured in many previous rpm and BODYPUMP™ videos, conducts trainings specific to Group Fitness Management for PROFIT, Sales and Retention, business development and is an International Master Trainer.  Steve will be presenting the Group FItness Management Seminar at MANIA with Phillip Mills. He will also be featured in numerous Les Mills master classes!
Susan Tolj-Renata provides training support, market research and is an International Master Trainer. She is also Program Director and Head of Training for BODYPUMP™. She has been featured in a LOT of instructor DVD's for BODYSTEP™ and BODYPUMP™ as well.
Susan has been a Les Mills teacher for 10 years. She has been teaching group fitness for 20 plus years. For the last 7 years she has been a trainer, traveling the globe as an International Master Trainer for 5 years. Her promotion to Program Director of BODYPUMP™ was 3 years ago.
Those credentials alone make you want to participate in her INTENSIVE class this year at the Les Mills Midwest SUPER Quarterly at MANIA! The rest of her story, however, is just as interesting. Read on to find out a little more about this incredible lady, Grace's mom!
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Those of us who teach the energy packed, party class BODYJAM™ understand the variety of participants this format attracts. Experienced dancers, night club patrons, novice exercisers, and even teens are drawn to this experience for a variety of reasons. Instructors have sometimes struggled with the pace and complexity of this class when large numbers of new comers arrive in a prime time class. Les Mills has heard you!
Beginning with BODYJAM™ release 47, the class will be available in two distinct levels of difficulty. Instructors will receive very specific instructions as to the appropriate time and manner in which to implement the more complex option. The choreographer of the program has worked to maintain the integrity of the format while reaching out to a more diverse group of participants.
Les Mills always encourages instructors to use the continuing education included with new releases. We also know from experience that when the opportunity to attend an education session live is available, you should take it. If at all possible, BODYJAM™ instructors should make every effort to attend the upcoming quarterly that will feature release 47. Come and see the result of your feedback and commitment to the program. Your input is appreciated and has resulted in a dramatic change to a program we love that will hopefully attract more participants to BODYJAM™. KIA KAHA!
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Les Mills instructors know that participating in the Les Mills program specific Challenges is one of the best experiences of the initial training module. A motivated group of fitness instructors in Wisconsin's Prairie Athletic Club wanted  to give their members the same feeling of achievement. As Kim Ireland, one of PAC's group fitness l eaders tells the story, "all of the instructors were participating in a Challenge of our own one day, and I thought, Why not bring this opportunity to our members who are always looking for the next big thing in fitness? And why not use our Les Mills Program as our core material?"
During the month of December, members and non-members were given the opportunity to sign up for the limited 20 slots available for the seven week Les Mills fitness Challenge that began in early January. Each week during the Challenge, designated leaders within each program worked to facilitate a new Challenge each week. Challenges were based on the initial trainings experienced by each Les Mills instructor and included a Challenge for each of the Les Mills Programs offered at PAC. In order to keep participants guessing, the focus of the Challenge was not announced ahead of time, ensuring that participants were motivated and ready to experience the full range of Les Mills programs. The final Challenge offered was a full mind-BODYFLOW™ experience. We ended with a guided meditation emphasizing the gains of participants and ways to integrate their new experience into challenges they might confront in the future.
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Thelatest LES MILLS Bodcast is ready for downloading today and to make things super simple for you a page has been created on lesmills.com just for the podcasts. Check it out!
In this Bodcast LES MILLS Trainer Matt Thraxton talks about the benefits of a Personal Trainer and what to look for when selecting one, Program Director Lisa Osborne talks fluro leotards, jazzergetics and why you should get into BODYATTACK™ and LES MILLS Creative Director Emma Barry fronts up to the Coaches Corner talking through the origins and benefits of yoga. You'll also learn about how much water you should be drinking and when, hear an inspirational story from our online community and pick up some handy fitness facts.
Your feedback is appreciated. Let us know what you like, what you don't like and what you'd like to see more of. We really value your opinion so click here and let us know what you think. Be loud and heard!
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Howmany times have you heard, "You should drink 'x' amounts of water every day"; "You should drink at certain times", and "Too much water can be bad for you?" And how confusing is it all?
To put a stop to some of the myths about drinking water we spoke to Anthony Wall in the latest LES MILLS Bodcast (click here to download). Anthony is a former top 25 sprinter in the UK, specializes in hydration in exercise and has been published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology.
Diving straight in, how much should we drink?
There are lots of myths around how much water you should drink. There's the 8x8 theory - you should drink 8 glasses of water, or two liters, a day. There are also a few equations out there you may have heard of - multiplying your bodyweight by a certain amount and drinking that amount of water.
So let's make it easy for you! Start drinking water as soon as you get up in the morning. If, about four hours after getting up, you go to the bathroom and your urine is clear, that means you've drunk enough water. If it is still somewhat yellow, you have to drink more water. That's probably the easiest way to gauge whether or not you're drinking enough water.
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Afterraising over $15,000 for Lance Armstrong's Foundation in 2007, Les Mills Team RPM®will participate in its second annual Livestrong Bikeride raising money and awareness for cancer.
This year the ride takes place in Austin, Texas and consists of 90 miles of mixed terrain. The goal this year is to raise $50,000 with a team of 25 riders which includes RPM Master Trainers, instructors and friends and spouses.
The team will be doing a variety of fundraising efforts on their own to reach their own personal fundraising goal. Clubs and instructors throughout the US will be taking part in fundraising events.
Click here for more info.
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