Congratulations to Elaine Dowton!

Elaine has been a Challenge member for over 3 and a half years. Last year Elaine had to have an operation on her Achilles tendon. Unfortunately this meant a 4 month break from the gym and many weeks on crutches. 

When she returned to the gym in September 2009 she did so with full throttle!Elaine has been attending Boxercise classes regularly and is back to her usual active self! She is a great inspiration and should reassure anyone who has a serious injury or ailment that you can get back to the gym and build yourself back up again.

Well done Elaine!!!

Wayne (club director of Challenge Gym) has decided top take on a 6 pack Challenge in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital. He began his challenge on Monday the 8th Feb and has 12 weeks to get ripped! The challenge will reach its conclusion on 26th April 2010.

Wayne’s starting weight was 15 stone 12 pounds and for those who know him, this will be no easy feat! Will he be able to do it?! All proceeds will go towards helping seriously ill children at Great Ormand Street. Plus if he doesn’t achieve his goal Wayne will be adding 50% of the sponsorship total in to the pot! Keep up to date with Wayne’s progress on our facebook page (challengeactive-ladyfit).

Please sponsor wayne at…

www.justgiving.co.uk/wayneschallenge

Julie Simmons is February’s Achiever of the month!  Julie blitzed the gym in January to lose her Christmas pounds. By the fourth week in January she had lost 3 Kgs (half a stone)!

Julie has been attending the gym 4 – 5 times per week and has concentrated on both cardio and muscle toning, as well as participating in classes.

Julie has noticed the difference and we are proud to call her achiever of the month!

Well done Julie!!!

Since February is National Heart Month we’re offering free blood pressure checks to everyone (members and non members included). Call us on 01279 503503 to arrange a time, or simply come into reception to have your blood pressure taken. You can also purchase a red heart badge for a pound (or as much as you’d like to give) from reception. Help us support the British Heart Foundation this February.

Our new Pro Shop selling a range of supplements and sports clothing is now open. See below for our price list. Products can be purchased from the gym reception.

• Weight Gainer + Creatine 2.5Kg  (Strawberry / Chocolate / Vanilla)  - £27

FREE SHAKER & DRAWSTRING BAG WITH THIS PURCHASE! *while stocks last

• 100% Whey Protein 2.25Kg    (Strawberry / Chocolate / Vanilla)  - £40

FREE SHAKER & DRAWSTRING BAG WITH THIS PURCHASE! *while stocks last

• L-Glutamine Powder 300g   - £20

• Creatine Capsules – 210 Caps -  £20

• BCAA – 120 tabs  - £14

• Glucosamine / Chondroitin – 100 caps - £18 

• Multicarbo Drink – 800g - £11

• Maximuscle Training Gloves  (small/medium or large/extra large)  £7

• Maximuscle Wrist Straps - £6

• Maximuscle Neoprene Belt (small, medium or large) - £29

Please see the Multipower Manual at Reception for more products and information.

It’s week 2 of Bootcamp and the troops are on an inch loss mission! The classes involve a range of fat burning circuit based exercises sure to help shed those Christmas pounds. And with 2 Bootcamp classes a week – Tuesday 7.15 – 8.15pm and Sunday 10.15 – 11.15am there’s no excuse to miss it! To join in on the action members should simply turn up to the class (no booking currently required). If you’re not yet a member and would like to give Bootcamp a go, call us on 01279 503503 or contact us to book your free trial.

Due to the heavy snowfall today we will be closing at 8pm instead of 10pm. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

The Challenge Team

We hope you’ve had a great Christmas and New Year! Now it’s January it’s time to get back into the swing of things. With the brand new Cardio Floor in full action the gym has never looked better! We’ve also got a great new class timetable to get you motivated (see below)

Our New Pro Shop is also now open! We will be offering a wide range of protein powders, bars, creatine, weight gainer, energy drinks etc. See reception for more details.

We hope you enjoy the new look Challenge and wish you all the best in 2010!

The Challenge Team

Our new cardio floor is now open! The main gym has also had a complete re-organisation with new equipment now in place! We hope you enjoy the new facilities! 

 Please note – current membership fees will not be changing. At Challenge we guarantee you pay the same price for the duration of your membership. New membership fees will be increasing in January, so beat the new year rush and take advantage of our great value, low price memberships now! See Memberships for more info.

The gym will be closed all day next Monday 7th December. This is to enable us to move all cardio equipment up to the new first floor and completely re-organise the gym. We hope to have the new cardio area fully up and running on Tuesday! We will be open as usual from 7am on Tues 8th December. We apologise for any inconvenience caused at this time and hope you are looking forward to using the new facilities!

The Challenge Team