Nearly there....

Thank you so much for all of your enthusiastic messages about when we'll be back out in the park again!

Our first session in South Park Gardens will be at 6.15am this Thursday, unless you hear otherwise from us. There are still a number of legislation issues that we're waiting for clarification on from our governing body (CIMPSA).

In the meantime, don't forget to sign-up and join our Zoom sessions (£12 for a week or £44 for the whole of December). You can purchase online here.

Kate will be getting everyone working up a sweat tomorrow at 9.00am, so make sure you join her in your living room/kitchen or garden. If you aren't receiving the Zoom links, drop me a line.

I'd like to thank the whole of the HA fitness community for your continued support during this pretty challenging year!

Heather x

Training online - further update

We’re still awaiting a full update from our governing body, however I can confirm tomorrow’s class at 6.15am will be on Zoom.

The HA team will be working extra hard over the next 4 weeks to connect, inspire and motivate you all in the best way we possibly can!

• 5 highly qualified instructors

• 13 live online classes a week

• Everything from High Intensity HIIT, to Core, to Stretch and Restore.

• £12 per week all inclusive. Or £44 for the rest of November.

Sign up on our website here!

http://www.hafitness.com/purchase

We'll try our best to keep you both physically and mentally fit throughout lock down.

Training outside - fitness update

It's now looking pretty certain that we will no longer be outside from Thursday (although not 100% confirmed).

Time to sign-up for our Zoom live online timetable! Benefit from 5 very different highly qualified instructors running sessions live into you kitchen/living room throughout lock down.

13 classes a week. Monday through to Saturday. Early mornings, late mornings, lunchtimes and evenings. Everything from High Intensity HIIT, to Core to Stretch and Restore.

The timetable will be updated on our website later today. It will look the same, but will just have 6.15am on Thursday and 9.00am on Saturday included.

£12 per week all inclusive. Or £44 for the rest of November.

Sign up on our website here!

http://www.hafitness.com/purchase

We'll try our best to keep you both physically and mentally fit throughout lock down.

CARDIO CORE: Live online tonight!

CARDIO CORE is live online tonight with the highly talented Laura!

This class goes far beyond your basic crunch. You'll identify your core, engage it and extend up from it.

Promoting both strength and flexibility, these sessions will help you to develop and maintain a good posture and avoid lower back issues. Laura makes it all great fun too.

Join Laura on Zoom at 7.30pm tonight.

If you've not signed up to one of our Zoom packages this week, there's still time. If you're totally new to our Zoom timetable, you're very welcome to join us for a week's free trial. Just drop us a line and we can send you the details.

Happy training!

Heather x

HA fitness training - indoors or outside

The HA fitness banner continues to fly!

With the PM now urging everyone to work from home, we realise some people's schedules are about to change, yet again.

The good news is, HA fitness isn't changing (well for the time being anyway).

If you're working from home, our live online class timetable is designed to fit around your busy working day.

You can join us on Zoom for an energetic HIIT style class at 6.15am, 7am or 9am. Then take a break from your desk for a lunchtime Stretch and Restore or Cardio Pilates session. One evening a week we also have a Cardio Core class, which is not only a fab workout, but a great stress buster too!

If you'd prefer to be outside, we're got 4 Fit In The Park classes a week in South Park Gardens. We’re delighted to say that these sessions will continue to run as they are socially distanced and follow the COVID-19 secure guidelines. They’re also lots of fun too.

Drop us a line if you’d like to book a free trial or have any questions etc.

Back to school and changes in routine - don't forget to give yourself 'me' time

Last week was a happy week for many, as the kids finally shuffled their way back into school.

We know that a few of you also returned to that slightly strange place called "The Office" again.

Although all of these changes are seen as progress, it's also important to hold onto some of those positive routines which we all developed over the last 6 months. Like ensuring that you take time out for yourself to both exercise and rest.

We hope that our online and park timetable suits a changing world, where schedules are evolving. Here's what we've got planned for this week:

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Fit In The Park, South Park Gardens:

• Mon: 9.30am with Heather (Family friendly - babies and children welcome)

• Thu: 6.15am with Heather

• Sat: 7.45am with Kate

• Sat: 9.00am with Kate

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Live Online:

• Mon: 6.15am - Fit In The Home with Antonio

• Mon: 1.00pm - Stretch & Restore with Heather

• Tue: 7.00am - Fit In The Home with Antonio

• Tue: 9.00am - Fit In The Home with Kate

• Wed: 6.15am - Fit In The Home with Antonio

• Wed: 7.00am - Fit In The Home with Kate

• Wed: 12.30pm - Cardio Pilates with Sophie

• Thu: 1.00pm - Stretch & Restore with Heather

• Thu: 7.30pm - Cardio Core with Laura

• Fri: 6.15am - Fit In The Home with Antonio

• Fri: 1.00pm - Stretch & Restore with Heather

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Special Offer for September

Head over to our Payments Page for our price list. Don't forget that we've got a special discounted rate for the rest of September, starting from Monday!

http://www.hafitness.com/purchase

Drop us a line if you have any questions or queries,

Happy Training,

Heather x

Online fitness this week!

There’s still time to join our popular Zoom timetable this week. A range of classes from Fit In The Home, Cardio Pilates, Cardio Core and Stretch & Restore.

Just £12 a week for 11 classes! If you’ve not tried us out, why not join for a free trial?

Drop us a line to find out more and to book your place.

• Mon: 6.15am Fit In The Home with Antonio

• Mon: 1.00pm Stretch & Restore with Heather

• Tue: 7.00am Fit In The Home with Antonio

• Tue: 9.00am Fit In The Home with Kate

• Wed: 6.15am Fit In The Home with Antonio

• Wed: 7.00am Fit In The Home with Kate

• Wed: 12.30pm Cardio Pilates with Sophie

• Thu: 1.00pm Stretch & Restore with Heather

• Thu: 7.30pm Cardio Core with Laura

• Fri: 6.15am Fit In The Home with Antonio

• Fri: 1.00pm Stretch & Restore with Heather

Back to school, back to training!

Everyone welcome at Fit In The Park tomorrow!

Join us in South Park Gardens at 9.30am for some fitness fun. Babies and children welcome.

Message or email us to book your place!

New week? Bring it on!

Here's what we've got planned for this week:

Fit In The Park, South Park Gardens:

• Mon 7 Sept: 9.30am with Heather (Family friendly - babies and children welcome)

• Thu 10 Sept: 6.15am with Heather

• Sat 12 Sept: 7.45am with Kate

• Sat 12 Sept: 9.00am with Kate

It's just £10 a class for our park sessions, or you can use your HA fitness class pass.

To enable us to comply with the new Covid-19 regulations, it's really important that you book into each class in advance. To do this simply reply to this email. You can then either use up a session on your HA fitness class pass or pay £10 online (we'll send you our details after you've booked). If you have a class pass, you need to send us a photo of it, and we can then manage your sessions from there.

If you haven't done so already, you'll also need to complete a health form which you can do here: https://forms.gle/FNkEocaCRKkSLCsL6.

The class will be socially distanced. You will need a mat or towel to lie on, plus some water to drink. Please don’t come if you have any Covid-19 symptoms. And don’t forget to wash your hands before and after the session :)

Online Zoom Sessions:

We have a busy Zoom timetable for next week - perfect if you're short on time, in quarantine or even on holiday!

Please note the Thursday 6.15am class will be just in South Park Gardens (not on Zoom).

• Mon: 6.15am Fit In The Home with Antonio

• Mon: 1.00pm Stretch & Restore with Heather

• Tue: 7.00am Fit In The Home with Antonio

• Tue: 9.00am Fit In The Home with Kate

• Wed: 6.15am Fit In The Home with Antonio

• Wed: 7.00am Fit In The Home with Kate

• Wed: 12.30pm Cardio Pilates with Sophie

• No Zoom class for 6.15am on Thursday - join us in the park instead!

• Thu: 1.00pm Stretch & Restore with Heather

• Thu: 7.30pm Cardio Core with Laura

• Fri: 6.15am Fit In The Home with Antonio

• Fri: 1.00pm Stretch & Restore with Heather

It's just £12 a week for unlimited access to all of our Zoom classes. Simply reply to this email to book and receive the links.

Happy Training,

Heather x

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Saturday - training in the park!

Bookings open for Saturday’s classes with Kate in South Park Gardens:

• 7.45am

• 9.00am

Just £10 a class or use your HA fitness pass.

To enable us to comply with the new Covid-19 regulations, it's really important that you book into each class in advance. To do this simply email or message us.

You'll also need to complete a health form, which we'll send to you when you book.

The classes will be socially distanced. You will need a mat or towel to lie on, plus some water to drink.

Please don’t come if you have any Covid-19 symptoms.

Book your place - Fit In The Park in South Park Gardens!

Bookings now open for the following Fit In The Park classes in South Park Gardens:

• Sat 22 Aug: 7.45am with Kate

• Sat 22 Aug: 9.00am with Kate

• Mon 24 Aug: 9.30am with Laura (Family friendly - babies, toddlers and older children welcome)

Our Thursday 6.15am class will be on Zoom on 27 Aug. This is just for one week. We'll then be back in the park on Thursday 3 Sept!

Just £10 a class or use your HA fitness pass.

To enable us to comply with the new Covid-19 regulations, it's really important that you book into each class in advance. To do this simply email or message us. You'll also need to complete a health form, which we'll send to you when you book.

The classes will be socially distanced. You will need a mat or towel to lie on, plus some water to drink. Please don’t come if you have any Covid-19 symptoms. And don’t forget to wash your hands before and after the session. We look forward to training with you!

Farewell Antonio, but not goodbye - see you on ZOOM!!

Antonio’s last class in South Park Gardens this morning....

Good news is he’s back again on Zoom tomorrow morning at 6.15am.... . Drop us a line if you’d like to join him and haven’t signed up yet.

Heather x

Class news - Antonio

I have some good and bad news to share...

Antonio is flying back to his hometown next week. Sadly for us, this now won’t just be for a holiday. He’s decided to move back permanently so that he can spend more time with his friends and family in Croatia.

The really good news is that he is keen to continue his online Zoom sessions for HA fitness!

So it is farewell, but certainly not goodbye.

Antonio joined the HA fitness team in October 2016 and has run literally hundreds of sessions for us since then! He is well loved across all of our clients, never sick and 100% reliable. Even on a cold, dark winter’s morning when it’s pouring rain, Antonio will be there with a smile!

Thank you so much for all of your hard work and dedication to the team Antonio!!

Tomorrow’s 6.15am class will be Antonio’s last park session. So if you can make it, it would be great to see you there. All of his Zoom sessions will run as normal this week, so don’t worry if you can’t make it.

More announcements to come as to how our timetable will be evolving.

Heather x

That feel good feeling from training outside again!

Loved teaching our 7.45am and 9.00am sessions on Saturday in South Park Gardens. What a beautiful morning for exercising outdoors!

Everyone was happy to remain a safe 3 meters apart throughout the session. We were so socially distanced that you can’t quite see everyone in the photos. Can you spot a few of our clients underneath the shade of the tree?

Despite the distancing, we still successfully managed to chat, laugh and workout hard. Just like the old days!

We’re continuing to run our hybrid timetable of Zoom and outdoor fitness this week: Fit In The Park and Fit In The Home.

If you’d like to join us, just message or email me for details.

Heather x

Training - inside (Zoom) and outside (South Park Gardens)

It was such a lovely feeling to see everyone back in the park again!

This week we will be operating the same Zoom and outdoor booking system (and continuing to monitor numbers, so that we can offer you even better value for money going forward). This is what you could be doing:

OUTDOOR FIT IN THE PARK:

• Thursday 6.15am South Park Gardens (tomorrow)

• Friday 6.15am Wimbledon Park

• Saturday 7.45am South Park Gardens

• Saturday 9.00am South Park Gardens

Thursday and Friday will be with Antonio. Saturday will be with Heather as Kate is away.

To enable us to comply with the new Covid-19 regulations, it's really important that you book into each class in advance. To do this simply reply to this email. You can then either use up a session on your HA fitness class pass or pay £10 online (we'll send you our details after you've booked).

If you have a class pass, you need to send us a photo of it, and we can then manage your sessions from there.

If you haven't done so already, you'll also need to complete a health form which you can do here: https://forms.gle/FNkEocaCRKkSLCsL6.

The class will be socially distanced. You will need a mat or towel to lie on, plus some water to drink. Please don’t come if you have any Covid-19 symptoms. And don’t forget to wash your hands before and after the session!

ONLINE ZOOM SESSIONS:

We still have a lot Zoom sessions going on for the rest of this week. Choose from:

• Wednesday 12.30pm Cardio Pilates

• Thursday 6.15am Fit In The Home

• Thursday 1.00pm Stretch & Restore

• Thursday 7.30pm Cardio Core

• Friday 6.15am Fit In The Home

• Friday 1.00pm Stretch & Restore

It's just £12 a week for all of our Zoom classes. Drop us a line to book on and receive the links.

Hope to see lots of you in the park this week!

Heather x

Back in the park!

And we’re back!! Our first Fit In The Park class at 6.15am this morning in South Park Gardens.

Well done to Antonio who was running this session, both in the park and on Zoom for our clients at home.

And well done to our amazing clients for joining us, following the social distancing rules and working out really, really hard. It was so lovely to see you all in real life!

Antonio is back tomorrow at 6.15am, this time in Wimbledon Park. Drop us a line if you’d like to join him. This session will also be taking place on Zoom.

Wow what a fantastic start to our outdoor sessions!

Training in the Great Outdoors again

Yes that’s right! The news we’ve all been waiting for. With the latest easing of restrictions, we can now head back into the park providing we stick to the COVID-19 Secure guidelines.

We will be announcing our new Zoom and Park timetable shortly.

Please bear with us while we update our policies, waivers and booking system over the next few days. We need to do this to ensure we are compliant with current legislation and our insurance companies. We will be doing everything we can to keep everyone safe whilst ensuring you have a great workout too!

See you in the park soon!

Park or Zoom classes? Tell us what you think!

I've been absolutely blown away by how many people have answered our survey about our Zoom and outdoor classes. Also how enthusiastic and supportive all of your messages have been. I literally have a tear in my eye. Thankyou!

I'll close the survey on Sunday night, so if you haven't done so already, here's the email and survey link:

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The question everyone has been asking me is “are you going to run classes in the park again?”...Shortly followed by “how will it work?”.... And also “will you continue with the Zoom sessions?”

My answer is usually some shade of the following: As a team we really enjoy running our Zoom sessions, and we’ve gained so much more time from not traveling to classes.

You, our lovely clients, have told us that you’ve really enjoyed our online timetable, and many of you are doing a lot more sessions than you were doing pre-lockdown!

So if everyone is happy, why bother going outside?

Well, venturing out to the park for a class gives you a break from your work and family environment. And there’s so much more space to move around. Not to mention the social side of being able to chat freely while you blaze through a set of squats and burpees.

In a perfect world, we'd have an extensive timetable, both on Zoom and in the park, for you to dip into each week. However, as I’m sure you can appreciate, we have to be realistic with our time and resources.

We’re aware that you’ll all have different preferences and one-size will not fit all. So, we’ve put together this short survey to help find out what you’d really like to see on the timetable. We can then use this to put together a plan of action.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Z55QB6C

It goes without saying that we’ll be observing all social distancing guidelines. And we’ll only train in groups outside when it is safe to do so.

Hope to see you on Zoom soon!

Heather x

Need a hand? HA fitness personal training sessions available

As a team, we've been running PT sessions on Zoom since the beginning of lock down. And we've received a lot of amazing feedback as a result. Some of our clients are even booking in extra sessions!

You may have heard that there's been a change in what we, as a profession, can offer. We're now allowed to train people on a one-to-one basis, provided that it's outside and social distancing guidelines are observed.

However, after speaking to many of our clients this week, they've all said that they'd prefer to keep their sessions online for now. Well that suits us too!

If you're interested in starting some Personal Training sessions with our team, either on Zoom or outside, do drop us a line. We'd love to have a chat and see how we can help. Be it one or two sessions to set you on the right track, or regular weekly workouts tailored to your goals.

Training safe online during lock down

Four weeks ago, we headed into the unknown and announced that our Fit In The Park class wouldn't be outside, and instead would be streamed online into your kitchens and living rooms.

It was our 9am Saturday class, the busiest of our week, and a huge ask of our lovely Instructor, Kate.

Amazingly, over 20 of you tuned in for her session. And she nailed it!

Since then we’ve added to our timetable and made a few improvements to our set up.

With the current lockdown measures remaining in place for at least another 3 weeks, and life not going back to normal at any point soon, we'd like you to know that the HA team have got your back. We're ready and fired up to give you a physical and mental boost, six days a week, until we can all safely go outside again.

As before, you get all of our Zoom classes for just £12 a week (no commitment, you just pay on a weekly basis). Our week runs from Monday through to Saturday inclusive.

If you'd like to sign-up to next week and don't already have our payment details, just email me at heather@hafitness.com.

Happy training and stay safe,

Heather x