Free! - Every Session! Fitness & Toning on the Rye - Sat @10am 16 to 60+

[Rebec]

Wow you guys have great dedication! I need some of that. Just moved to ED and I'm struggling with the gym, it so boring on my own. If you're meeting up in the new year I'd love to join you,

[Martin McCabe]

11pm,

Just in from the National Theatre, great Alan Ayckbourn play! More to the point, we left at 6pm and it was -5C and back with less ice and was 1C.

Will be on the Rye in the morning, even if just one turns up :-) Will use the grass if even a tiny bit of ice on the path.

McCabe

[Ladymuck]

*although much recovered from latest flu bout, avoids eye contact with Mr. McCabe*

Sorry didn't come - too chicken...

Hope you had fun.

Lady Mock.

[Proj London Health]

No worries Lady Muck :-)

It was an ice skating rink on Saturday, so you did the right thing!

I will be away next Saturday (11th), but the following will be the last one for December. I think a bit of RED for Christmas and mulled wine at the end with mince pies would be so good to finish 2010. I will send an all email this week.

PLH

[Loulou]

Hi All

Not been able to make the last few weeks and doubt I can make the remaining Saturday's before Christmas so will catch you all in the New Year.

Have a good one.

Lou

[ExtensionsRus]

hi is this still going ahead?

[Proj London Health]

G'day ExtensionsRus,

This group follows an easy routine, so long as a couple of the regulars turn up then its going ahead. There are a couple of new ones due to start the following Saturday.....

Thanks,

PLH

[Proj London Health]

Hello all! I'm back from California and the snow has all gone!

See you all on Saturday for 10am by the caf?!

McCabe

[Proj London Health]

Happy New Year to all!

Its time to burn those calories off and the FREE fitness sessions start again next Saturday at 10am.

For those wishing to join the group for the first time and think its only for runners, then you will be pleased to know that this is a powerwalking & jogging group with stretching, toning and some Chi Gung exercise thrown in too.

Simply fill in the health form and email it back (see the starter page for more details).

Each session burns approximately 600 calories! See you next Saturday!

McCabe

[Minitoots]

We're ooking forward to starting up again after several weeks away and hope to be there this coming Saturday.

Happy New Year.

[hibbs]

Me to, no more slacking this year from me.

Happy New Year McCabe!

x

[Loulou]

I shall be there as well.

Happy new year to you all.

LL

[Proj London Health]

This feels like the recall of the A-team!

:-)

[Proj London Health]

Wow,

in the past couple of days, there are 8 new members starting.

Please feel free to post a message on the forum to state your objectives and........ as an incentive, lets aim for a 5Km mid Feb - not a race, but a motivator!

PLH

BTW: If you have any friends in the N'London area......., we will be getting lots of FREE groups in the Islington & Finsbury area for 2011.

[maria]

Hi there,

Havent yet made it but when do you start again in January and where do you meet? Do I just turn up?

Regards,

Maria

[twinmummy]

Keen to join in, but need to arrange someone to watch my kids. Can you please let me know when you'll be starting in Jan?

Sarah

[Proj London Health]

G'day Maria & Twin Mummy!

The group restarts this Saturday at 10am by the caf? (on the Rye). Completely FREE, just being some change for a tea / coffee at the end - very easy going from powerwalkers, but there are joggers in the group so you can join them and Lou lou from the Tuesday night runner groups also comes along (she does a FOC group on Tue eve).

If you haven't filled in a health form, you can do so by popping on to the website and popping halfway down the Healthform page..... copy it and paste it into an email. Any questions before Sat ... please ask.

McCabe

[Martin McCabe]

This is also a group for Mums, Dad's with buggies, and prenatal if you fancy abit of a powerwalk and nothing more.

[Proj London Health]

For all the new ones, the group is very relaxed and works through a gradual warm up. You can remain at the powerwalking or jogging pace or pick up the pace.

See you all in the morning!

McCabe

PLH

[hibbs]

Great session in the sun this morning, lovely to meet everyone and a big thank you goes to McCabe for always empowering/inspiring us.

[ibilly99]

Thanks so much McCabe for a fab session my wife and I will most certainly be back next week come rain or shine - can I second and third all the compliments !

[ryedalema]

Hi McCabe - I'd be really interested in joining, but have to negotiate with OH as it clashes with little kickers/ballet (not mine, for the young'uns) and he'll need to be the taxi service. How long does the session last? I think I can get away with this as long as I'm done by 11.30 (I'm sooooo indispensable ;-))

[Proj London Health]

G'day Ryedelema,

We meet for 10am and finish stretching / CV & toning for c.11am. On dry days, there is the option of the cardio warm down with Chi Gung related exercise which helps to resume your heart rate and breathing pattern (c.5-mins in this weather). Then, we aim for the caf? for a tea or coffee.

So in short, you will have heaps of time.

Yesterdays session was excellent for the first day back. While toning, we counted in Spanish, French, German, Thai and sometimes fitted in English too. As this group is aimed at powerwalkers & joggers, you never have to worry about dropping in and out of session .... and I lead from the back so no one is ever left on their own.

McCabe

TLT

[ryedalema]

Oh goodness - I didn't realise I'd have to have my brain switched on for this - I can probably manage 1-10 in ummmmm...Teletubbies....Upsy daisy.....Sooty (off Sooty and Sweep). I'll swot up Wikipedia-like.

And time for a shower before I get besieged again too - marvellous stuff. Now I just need Acas to help me open negotiations....

[Proj London Health]

It gets better,

Sometimes on the Rye its in Korean too! In some of the other groups it includes Catalan, Iraqi, Afghan, Polish and Russian. We use to do Czech too!

Counting in Teletubbies is good, but...... if I recall it takes 4-seconds per each of their numbers, so you may find that your body will be so toned that you will have a 6-pack at the end of one session..... due to Eccentric Loading :-)

Just in from the PLH Ride London, shower is now required and then I think upto Lorenso's In Crystal Palace for Lunch.

And then Dancing on Ice tonight as one of our AHM members is doing her stuff on there.

Best,

McCabe

PLH