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?

Schedule Changes

It's that time again!

Every 15 to 20 months, based around Summer, Fall, and Winter, we make slight programming changes to our Group Exercise schedules. This is for myriad reasons, not the least of which is to accomodate changing family schedules.

Our changes are posted online for all to see here (http://www.centralfloridaymca.net/Summer2010Schedules.php), and I wanted to take the opportunity to reply to a few comment cards in an open forum regarding the time shift around Wednesday PM.

In an effort to keep our Karate in Studio X AND to move our Wednesday night Yoga out of the Fitnasium and into Studio X where it belongs, we've moved BODYPUMP up one hour to 5:30PM from 6:30PM. By way of compensation to those folks who can only ever be here at the 6:30 hour, we've actually added one more BODYPUMP to the schedule, at that time on Tuesday nights. So if you're a nighttime pumper, you now have one more option than you had before!

All of our changes are done with good reason, since none of us like to have to change our schedules to find our favorite instructors or class formats. Please know that the changes that have gone into this schedule are designed to have minimal negative impact while bringing Group Exercise to the greatest number of our members, mindful of all our members.

And please know that we always want to hear what you have to say, so keep the comments and questions coming. We will try to give you thoughtful responses while being open to considering things from other points of view.

I'm glad to be a part of your Group Exercise program. Thanks for choosing the Downtown Orlando YMCA for your fitness needs!

Florida Mania!!!

So the Sara City Workshops Florida Mania was in town last Wednesday through Sunday and several of the association group exercise instructors and personal trainers descended on the DoubletreeInn out on I-Drive out by Sea World.

I had the pleasure of taking three Kettle Weight classes, two Step classes, one TRX class, and a smattering of others. Kelsi and Allyson joined me in a few. These two ladies are hard core, tough, strong, and a slew of other adjectives usually reserved for cage fighters. If you think you have what it takes, challenge Allyson or Kelsi to the 40/40 TRX challenge. I'll be thrilled to write up the epic event here if you manage to take either of them down.

But even as strong as our group was, we still all reached our limits and had to sit and take notes from time to time.

This event is always a recharge to the old creative battery. I've got more ideas than I know what to do with, as well as much of the other YMCA staff out there, so make sure you get into some classes or PT over the next few weeks as we bring the fresh into the Family Centers!! It's a great time to be in the CFYMCA!

Stepping Down, Not Out

Hey folks! I'm stepping down from my responsibilities as the Group Exercise Director for the Downtown Orlando Family Center. See my brief summary here: http://www.timpowell.info/.(Link removed at request of CFYMCA)

Even though I've done all I can do after three years and the program needs an infusion of new ideas, I'll miss you all!

Thanks for being such a great community.

Wednesdays BODYPUMP 9:30 Kelsi

Join Kelsi today and every Wednesday at 9:30 for BODYPUMP at the downtown Orlando YMCA! If you cannot make it at 9:30, try Heather's noon cardio/strength class to sweat and get strong.