On 25th January, 2012 Marion Fitness First had a back yard Cricket event in the car park, between 4pm – 6pm. 25 people participated in the game, plus we had a BBQ, free Powerade (donated by Coca-cola), and Musashi tasting too.

Thanks to the Marion team for organising an amazing day!

North Strathfield Fitness First have represented their community with a very successful Charity Walk Event in club Friday, 20th January 2012 to raise funds for Cancer Council.

Each staff member had over 10 members sponsor us per hours walked. We started walking from 6:30am and lasted over 5 hours each, with our longest time being 6 hours. In an amazing effort the club raised over $500 for Cancer Council.

Special mention to our Club General Manager, John who walked 23 kms. Woo hoo!

I would like to congratulate team North Strathfield on an outstanding Community Initiative!!

2 years ago I headed north in search for a Sea Change and new lifestyle. I was very unhappy with my 90kg-30% body fat frame. With the help of from my fearless leader Leona Kontkenan i grew from a junior Pt into a Pt manager and have returned as a Senior Pt whilst furthering my model/fitness career. I have been recently put in cleo magazine and am competing for a spot in the bachelor of the year competition. I currently sit at 89kg and 6.5% and belive that anything is possible!!!

Please log on and Vote for me whilst leaving a nice comment = )

http://cleo.com.au/Bachelors/2012/bachelors2012-profile-ryanberwick87.htm

Lutwyche got behind the Cure Cancer Foundation and fellow PTM Jarrod Schadel in his bid to raise money and climb Everest. We peddled a spin bike in reception from open to close, which took 29 staff members 15.5 hours. Our mini Hercules shook the bucket and didn’t take any “no’s” for coin donations, members could challenge a staff member to a 1 min sprint for $5!
GFM Dion did a 4 min sprint for $20…. body builders did cardio and we raised a whopping $662 on a wet Monday… the club was jumpin, the wheels where spinning and we were all pooped … just another day at the Witchit!!

Hindmarsh is putting the ‘C’ in RECIPE!

We decided at Hindmarsh Fitness First to focus on giving back to our community in December. We created a sign asking our members to bring in presents to place under our tree so that we could donate them to the Children at the Women’s & Children’s hospital for Christmas.

Little did we know our members were about to come together to really show us how much they care. The first few days were slow, but the presents started coming in one after the other. We were soon overwhelmed with the generosity of our Members. In particular we had a donation from 3 of our younger members, who spent over $500, donating a huge collection of Barbies, Hot Wheels sets, dolls and more.

Every donation was extremely appreciated by not only the staff at the hospital, but also the parents of the children, who did not expect such generosity from complete strangers. It was such a fantastic feeling to know that the Staff and Members at the Hindmarsh club came together to put a smile on hundreds of Children’s faces this Christmas. A huge thank you to all who got involved!

On 22nd October 2011, two Fitness First teams participated in the Great Adventure Challenge, which is a demanding and fun, multisport team based corporate adventure race.

The Great Adventure Challenge covers a range of activities from mountain biking, trail running, kayaking and coasteering, and teams were also confronted with mystery tasks, to test the boundaries of both brain and body.

The purpose of this event was to raise money for the Starlight Children’s Foundation, between the two teams we raised $6425 for Starlight!

First Day back for Support Office NSW and we welcomed 40 new Fitness Firsters into the world of Swim School, Dance School, Group Fitness, Management, Sales, Reception and Customer Care – what an entertaining group this was!!!
HOD’s you’ve got some great new people who have become REAL Fitness Firsters and are ready to get out to the clubs and make a change to every member, every day.

‘The B2B Fit Santas and their helpers certainly came to town this Christmas!

With Santa sacks overflowing with goodies and guest passes, they engaged with employees from our Corporate partners and spread the good health message through their workforce. With the theme ‘Indulge without the Bulge’ they provided information flyers on survival techniques for the festive season and encouraged them to balance good nutrition & exercise while still enjoying all that the silly season brings.

The feedback from clients and clubs was fantastic – take a look at our Sales & PT teams getting into the spirit of the Fit Santa promotion.

Merry Christmas to all from the B2B Team!’

The true spirit of xmas is well and truly alive here at the Lane Cove club. This year the Lane Cove team decided to reach out to the community and those most in need by organising a ‘Giving Tree’ for the Salvation Army.

This ‘Giving Tree’ gave our members the opportunity to select a gift tag from the tree, purchase a gift, and place it under the tree on their next visit. These gifts were then collected by the Salvos and will be passed on to less fortunate children in the local community.

The response was huge and members mentioned their delight in being able to embrace the Spirit of Christmas, practice generosity and share a sign of hope with those who are less fortunate in our community.

But the generosity of our members didn’t stop their. The Lane Cove teamed also organised a Group Fitness ‘Super Saturday’ to raise money for the Salvos. Members were encouraged to bring friends into the club to participate in Group Fitness for the cost of a gold coin donation.

Members wore Xmas colours/theme to the classes and were rewarded with prizes on the day for their efforts.
At the conclusion of our ‘Super Saturday’ we had managed to raise a total of $248 for the Salvos.

I think the Lane Cove Fitness First community can definitely be assured that as they celebrate the festive season with family and friends, an local family is having a much brighter Christmas because of their thoughtfulness and generosity.

When I joined the Outdoor Program two months ago I was unfit, unhealthy, overweight and depressed after my wife walked out on me for another man! I am a member of Fitness First Platinum but had found that this had not helped me achieve any progress over the months unfortunately, possibly due to the lack of personal structure which Jackie provides.

10 days into joining the outdoor program I started feeling like I had a new lease on life and have never felt more satisfied with my decision to start the Outdoor program. I have lost around 5-6kg’s, am feeling on top of the world and have even been meeting some amazing new girls from the program!!

I have subsequently introduced two friends to the course and plan to
introduce a few more over the coming months. Each of my friends have also be extremely satisfied with the program and we all feel that it is a lot more structured and safer than other bootcamp programs!

I could not recommend the course and especially Jackie enough to anyone interested in getting fit, healthy, happy and back on track! I plan to continue doing the course for as long as it is available as it is the only course which has actually helped me over the years!