Can’t wait for Dad to officially announce it, so I first hijacked his Facebook account and now their website too.

My name is Corban Anthony Vincent, and I have finally decided to grace the world with my presence!

Mum’s doing well and I’ve been told I get my outrageously good looks from my dad!

I weighed in 9.50lbs and am struggling to find other babies to fight in my weight category – they all look so small and puny!

I have already set up a gym membership for myself, so I’ll be seeing you all soon!

Anyhow, have to go – Dad wants the computer back!

Thanks for all the presents! Still waiting, for those that know we’re expecting!

Have a wonderful and safe Christmas – we’ll see you all again soon!

Meant to get this up earlier!

Download Christmas 09 Closing.

Many of our members are going away over Christmas and have asked for a few tips so that they don’t blow all the hard work that they have done: Here are some of the things that we have been telling people…..

We are going through an important phase at Fitness Attitude, and have found it necessary to recruit Personal Trainers, Les Mills Instructors and Massage Therapists.

I am hoping that they are going to do some research on the company they are applying to, so I want to make it easy for them.

Here is the list of “not negotiables”

• They have to present themselves well. Very smart casual to business. If people don’t take pride in themselves, they’re not likely to take pride in anything. It’s an interview not a workout (GEx Instr exc).
• They have to be appropriately qualified, registered and certified. My members don’t deserve anything less, plus it shows they care about professional development and standards.
• They have to know about the industry that they are involved in. What’s the industry association called, what are the biggest events for the industry, what are some of the latest trends?
• The advert asked for “pro-active”. This will need to be evidenced and growth strategies explained.
• We are looking for people that are chasing big dreams, not just wanting a job. Need to hear about the top 5 dreams.
• People should never stop learning. Need to hear about what is being done about that. What book is being read now?

That’s all! Looking forward to the next couple of days!

I am reading “Put Your Dream To The Test” by John C Maxwell.

He mentions a quote by Cecil G. Osborne in his book “The Art of Understanding Yourself” where he says

The young child has no clear picture of himself. He sees himself only in the mirror of his parents’ evaluation of himself…

A child who is told repeatedly that he is a bad boy, or is lazy, or no good, or stupid, or shy, or clumsy, will tend to act out this picture which his parent or some authority figure has given him.

So, my question to you is given that more and more couples are having children later, and in the formative years for these children (2-8) their parents are now either going though mid life crisis (men) and/or menopause (women) with all the mood swings and self worth issues that go with that, is that affecting the children more detrimentally then when parents were younger?

Does being older parents, when we have got used to career, independence and childless socialising, make us less likely to be as “hands on” as previous generations were, increasing the use of the internet and tv as baby sitters?

Does this mean that with the decline of the family dinner time experience (wholesome food, dinner table chat) is actually because parents are older, not because children are disinterested?

TL:DR Does older parents mean fatter kids?

We have made a couple of changes to the timetable. Here is the new one!

I have been receiving a few phone calls wanting to know what the “cheapest” membership that we have is.

Some don’t understand (the sarcasm behind) our new “No Contact” Membership.

It costs nothing at all – that’s right, COMPLETELY FREE!

It entitles you tell people that you have a gym membership and you can use the website in its present form. There are no forms to fill in and we accept everyone.

The following exclusions apply:

• As the name suggests, you are not allowed to contact us in any way, either face to face, via telephone or email, nor are you allowed on the premises. The exception is to upgrade to a “proper” membership.
• You cannot take advantage of our 25 years experience.
• You cannot use the membership to help you to lose weight, manage diabetes, sleep better, get stronger or bigger.
• You are not allowed to take advantage of the legendary group exercise classes at Fitness Attitude.
• You cannot use the membership  to join in any of our social functions.
• There are no membership cards and we will not acknowledge that we know you.

But its free! So Consider yourself a winner!

OR……

Do It Properly!

We consider it to be irresponsible to have a chat about membership fees until we have seen someone’s medical and exercise history. Sometimes we will limit what people do, some will need supervised sessions, some need additional support and coaching.

We definitely do not do “retail’ gym memberships. There are several clubs around that have sales quotas to fill that will happily sell you a gym membership irrespective of your ability to attend or even pay!

We are not one of them.

If you want to look after yourself, make a time to have a chat. Give us a call on 07 5587 9013 for an appointment.

We will go through a medical and exercise history with you and explain what to expect from your time here. Then we can go through all the membership options with you and try to find an option to fit in with your budget.

In our experience, true value comes from getting the best results. That’s OUR specialty. Give us a call.

The theme for this Super Saturday was “Pump with a Lump” and it was a tribute class to Kylie who is now 6 months pregnant. Kylie’s intention is to remain active for as long as she can, but we know that there are some things she can’t do any more. To support her, the dress up theme was to come dressed as though you’re pregnant.

There were a variety of towels stuck under shirts, and special mention goes to Karin and Charmayne (dressed as foetus inside womb), Marc and Sharla (lump was a baby doll strapped to them) and Aleisha (covered in lumps)

Pictures follow!

It was Kylie’s Birthday on Thursday last week.

The reception was full of flowers, cakes, chocolates and cards – thank you everyone for helping to make her special day so extra special.

Thanks also to Kylie for my new watch and cufflinks I got for HER birthday too!