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.

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

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

Lockdown challenge - The 100

Here's a little workout challenge to do at home.

The idea is, you take a break from work/family and do 20 press ups. Then take another break, later in the day and do 20 squats.

Your goal is to do 100 of each by the end of the day! Let us know how you get on...

Monday Nights And Easter Days!

Here's a quick update about what's going on over the next week or so...

Join us tonight at 7.50pm for our last class at the Holy Trinity School until the Autumn. We'll be back out in the fresh air in South Park Gardens at the earlier time of 7.15pm on Monday 9th April!

All of our classes in South Park Gardens and Wimbledon Park will not be taking place on Good Friday and Bank Holiday Monday.

The good news is, all of our Saturday classes will be running as normal! Here's what we've got planned:

• 7.45am South Park Gardens with Kate
• 9.00am South Park Gardens with Kate
• 9.00am Wimbledon Park with Heather

If you need to update your class pass, then head over to our website to purchase online. Or drop-in to any of our sessions for £10 a go. All newcomers are very welcome to try us out for free.

If you fancy something different, we've got just 1 space left on our Pilates course in the South Park Gardens Cafe with Sophie. We've also got a few places left on our Running BootCamp session with Claire. Head over to our BootCamp page to find out more and to book your place!

Happy Training,

Heather and the HA fitness Team x

P.S. Check out our Facebook (hafitnessltd) for some great tips, our latest class details and, of course some great photos.