New Year Around the Corner

What are you doing to get ready for the New Year? Have you scheduled all your workouts into your calendar? Rearch shows that you're more likely to exercise if you do it with a friend, so what are you waiting for? Pick up the phone and make that workout appointment with that someone special.

Welcome New Members!!!

Today's BODYPUMP was packed, thanks in part to participation by so many new folks.

A big shout out and welcome to Anna, Miriam, and Stacy, all BP novices. Keep coming back! It only gets better.

See you all next Sunday.

Time For A Nooner?

Meet Tim Powell for the Noon CardioStrength Friday, 11/12/10 in the Fitnasium!!!

Those of you in the know know that this class ROCKS!!!!

So bring your 'A' game, eat a good breakfast, and show up early to claim your spot!

Hurry Up And Sleep!!!

Join us at 5:45AM tomorrow as Tim subs BODYPUMP!! Release 75 will dominate the track selections, but requests are considered. Be loud, be strong, but most important, be there!

Excerpts From The Press Event

Youth Development is the first of the three core focuses of our new brand. Next is Healthy Living, and last is Social Responsibility.

From the live speech at the media event: "Our logo comes in 5 different color which represents the diversity of our communities.

'The' has now been 'baked' into the new logo. The Y triangle persists, representing Spirit, Mind, and Body."

CEO: "Cause remains the same...Strengthening communities."

NEW Y BRAND

Our current YMCA brand strategy was last addressed at the national level 43 years ago. This morning, 9AM specifically, the YMCA of the USA is revealing some significat changes to the public via a media event at the National Press Club in Washington DC. In the 9AM vicinity, you can register to view the event live by going here http://goo.gl/HNEk. If you want to see the history of our logo and brand over time, download this PDF. http://goo.gl/UR7E.

More to come!!

If you’ve ever wanted to try BODYPUMP but have always made the usual excuses, there won’t be a better time than next Sunday, June 27th, as 6 of our BODYPUMP Team present the latest, greatest, BODYPUMP 74.

Want a teaser?

Here’s the official BODYPUMP Sizzler:

Get ready for what may be our fiercest release yet. Right from Track 2, the hammer goes down and the intensity does not back off. Watch out for exciting new tempos and some killer supersets. Quick transitions and the shortest recoveries in the history of BodyPump mean you muscles are working from start to finish.

The massive energy and drive of This Is Who I Am sets the pace upfront. The new tempo challenges the legs, driving the heart rat up. We Weren’t Born To Follow and we prove it in Track 3 as the classic Rock sounds grounds the workout into the bench, bringing great muscle isolation to the chest.

Track 6 delivers a Boom Boom Pow to the biceps. This was a massive hit for the Black Eyed Peas originally - this one breaks the mold and you’re gonna love it!. We’re getting Dangerous in Track 7 with some Static Lunges followed straight up by some Dynamic Backward-Stepping Lunges for explosive glute training.

Track 9 brings the introduction of an exciting new move. The cool R&B sounds of this cruisy number creates massive contrast from the Shoulder Track. then, just in case you thought it was time to relax, there’s Walking Hovers to challenge even the strongest abdominals.

• Warm-up: Tim’s party people in the hizzouse, bring it loud as we kick it strong. Word.
• Squats: Kelsi drops the bass for five sets of low body poetry.
• Chest: Strong and long with Donna. Endurance to the max.
• Back: Gwen Stefani never sounded as good as your backside will look after Kelsi reinforces the mandate, “Don’t Speak” by taking you breathless.
• Triceps: Allyson shows us the meaning of Tri as she blasts the backside of the guns with Britney’s ‘3’.
• Biceps: Nancy polishes the topside of those guns with a little ‘Boom Boom Pow’ and a return of the mid-range pulse.
• Lunges: Nancy won’t let up as she gets ‘Dangerous’ all one leg at a time.
• Shoulders: Kelly? ‘She’s a Genius’ when it comes to sculpting those shoulders.
• Core: Allyson gets ‘In My Head’ as she works us both sides up.
• Stretch: Arguably the most important exercise of the day if you want to avoid injury. Tim teaches us the ‘Art of Love’ as he lifts us up and lengthens our tender bodies.

So where you gonna be next Sunday at 3:15?