HEALTH & FITNESS with JustWorkout
Group fitness with a personal touch at JustWorkout Group fitness classes are a great way to get fit. You’ll get a good workout, boost your energy levels and have fun while you’re doing it. And exercising in a group means you’re more likely to stick to it and challenge yourself along the way! However, there can be big differences between what gyms offer in a group fitness studio, so it does pay to do your homework. Some of the big Auckland gyms will have a couple of hundred people in each class, sometimes more, which is fine for some, but it can be quite impersonal and very easy to ‘get lost’ amongst the crowd. JustWorkout has a different approach, which is led by Group Fitness Manager, Terry Thorne. A vastly experienced fitness professional, Terry has managed some of New Zealand’s biggest gyms, trained national and international sports stars, celebrities, and even Personal Trainers. He’s also travelled extensively throughout Australia and NZ developing and presenting group fitness whilst also training the instructors. “One of the things that people love about group fitness at
When you join a JustWorkout gym you have full access to all six gyms, which includes five on the Shore and one just off Queen Street in the central city. JustWorkout is the personal attention they can receive – you’re not lost in the numbers. That personal experience definitely makes it more enjoyable,” says Terry. Being a member of the North Shore’s largest gym chain also has its advantages. When you join a JustWorkout gym you have full access to all six gyms, which includes five on the Shore and one just off Queen Street in the central city. Together, these six gyms offer more than 125 classes and led by nearly 70 instructors, delivering a range of programmes from barbell, fitness, spin, dance, yoga to pilates. So if your regular JustWorkout gym is Milford, but there’s a class at Takapuna that fits in with your
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schedule better, you can simply do it. “We see a lot of members, working out in different gyms because it’s so convenient. It’s a flexibility that’s hard to match,” says Terry. To deliver the optimum results, JustWorkout has also invested in Radical Fitness, a South American based group fitness company. Radical Fitness provides the majority of programmes and they are recognised as the some of the most innovative anywhere in the world. To keep things fresh, they’re updated every three months with new music and choreography. Radical Fitness also provides more options within their programmes too, so that participants are constantly challenged, rather than being stuck with the same routine day by day, week by week, month by month. For example, most other group fitness companies only provide one format for barbell. Attend the same (Power) class by Radical Fitness and you’re challenged by four different formats (classes). The variety flows to other JustWorkout exercise options such yoga that offer Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Hatha and more. To find out more about the membership options at your nearest JustWorkout gym, call 0508 587 896 or go to www.justworkout.co.nz.
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