Sports Centre newsletter term 1

Active Active lifestyle lifestyle & & sport sport Newsletter Newsletter Term 1 - 2014 IN THIS ISSUE

New exercise classes start with a bang!

Friday 26th September saw the launch of our new exercise class timetable with a Les Mills Body Attack class on the South Quad.

Body Pump, the original Les Mills barbell class, will sculpt, tone, and strengthen your entire body fast.

It challenges all of your major The event drew over 50 people muscle groups while you squat, and everyone who attended got a press, lift and curl your way to great workout against the back- great results.

How to be more awesome drop of the beautiful South Quad. Body Attack is a sports-inspired Learn tips from life coach We have introduced some of the cardio workout for building Ben Comber on how to lead Les Mills classes this year follow- strength and stamina. a more productive and ing a large number of requests It combines athletic movements healthy life. More inside. from existing members and also with strength and stabilization because they are biggest and best exercises to give a high-energy DATES FOR YOUR DIARY classes around! interval training class.

3v3 basketball tournaments We want to provide our customers The third new class we have Saturday 25th October & with the very best from our introduced this year is Insanity!

Saturday 29th November exercise class programme, so in17:00-20:00. cluding Les Mills Body Pump and This class is held in the Student’s Body Attack classes was simply Union on a Wednesday evening at 6pm and also at Friday lunch time UV Zumba a must. in the Sports Centre. This interval Wednesday 26th November class requires no equipment and is 17:00-18:00 - SU main hall. fun to take part in and easy to learn.

UV Insanity Wednesday 26th November Please see the next page for the 18:00-19:00 - SU main hall. full class timetable. Classes can be booked up to six days in advance and the best way to book is via Alumni Sports Day email: classbookings@rhul.ac.uk.

Saturday 28th February 2015

Gym challenge – Term 1 Could you be the next gym challenge winner?

After the success of the gym challenge during this year’s sports fayre, we will be introducing our Term 1 challenge at the end of the month.

Keep checking our website and Facebook page to find out what the challenge is and how to enter!

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Ben Coomber teaches us how to be more awesome!

On Tuesday 7th October, Royal Holloway was lucky enough to receive a visit from life coach, Ben Coomber, for the first in their health and performance seminars.

Ben is something of a polymath in the health and fitness world. His fields of expertise include training, nutrition, entrepreneurship and life coaching.

Ben manages his own successful businesses, one of which sells innovative transdermal performance-enhancing supplements.

Ben gave a presentation on ‘How to be more awesome’, providing advice and guidance on how to lead a more healthy and productive life. His check list for being “more awesome” included nutrition, training, sleep, goal setting, dreaming big and developing the mind-set of an athlete.

Don’t worry if you missed his talk - we made sure we filmed it, as the information he shared was just so awesome!!

Ben will also be back for a second talk in January to help you nail those New Year’s resolutions and Darren kick start your goals in 2015.

Click here to watch Ben’s talk.

Exercise of the month Check out the fitness team’s exercise of the month video. It’s one of many instructional videos that will be distributed this year which aims to help improve your technique as you learn those important exercises.

Click here to watch this month’s video “Bench Press”.

If you would like extra help with perfecting your technique, you can book a Coaching session, where one of our experts will be able to give you more detailed information.

Coaching sessions Our coaching session schedule for term 1 is as follows: Date

Activity

Thursday 23rd October at 6pm

How to incorporate kettlebells into your training

Thursday 30th October at 6pm

How to perfect your technique on the bench press

Thursday 6th November at 6pm

Introduction to Olympic lifting

Thursday 13th November at 6pm

How to incorporate kettlebells into your training

Thursday 20th November at 6pm

How to perfect your deadlift technique

Thursday 27th November at 6pm

Introduction to Olympic lifting

You can book these sessions in the same way as an exercise class – either over the phone, via email or at the reception desk up to six days in advance. Spaces are very limited in these sessions so it is essential you book as early as possible. Sessions are free for GOLD and PLATINUM members and just £3 for SILVER and BRONZE members.

Personal Programmes Platinum members are entitled to a free Personal Programme and you have just 30 days from your date of purchase to claim. Contact the reception desk to book to see one of our trainers.

NOTE: Due to the high volume of enquiries at the start of term, we have extended the 30 day period for the Platinum members to receive their personal programme until the end of term 1.

Alternatively the cost is just £15 for an hour’s session with one of our experts who will devise a routine tailored just for you.

Personal Training is also available to be bought in individual sessions or blocks of 5 or 10. Please ask the staff more information.

DID YOU KNOW? Platinum members can enjoy an hour’s free session of table tennis, squash, tennis, cricket or badminton every day!

Sports Fayre welcomes 3,000 students!

Another busy sports fayre took place at the end respectively. They both receive a 12 month of September with around 3000 students Active lifestyle and sport membership which has passing through the doors. been added to their account.

Taster sessions, club demonstrations, inflatables, men’s & women’s football tournaments, a BBQ and Insanity radio filling the air space – it was quite an event!

There was also the Crucifix Challenge which saw SU staff go head-head. Congratulations go to Edward Chan and Hannah Chan who were the overall winners in the male and female categories

This is just the opening act for what will be a fun packed and busy season ahead, so whether your main focus is the fitness suite or the 1st team in your chosen sport, we would like to formally welcome you to the Active lifestyle and sport club.

Here’s to a healthy and triumphant year ahead!

Meeting the STARS This year sees a new intake of sporting As we welcome new students to excellence on the Student Talented Athlete the programme, it’s also time for the return of some incredible athRecognition Scheme (STARS) programme. letes who have worked hard all This year 39 students will be representing the summer. Their efforts have resultCollege at the top end of University Sport, with ed in performances at the Comsome competing for their home country on the monwealth Games (Emelia world stage. You’ll often see these athletes in the Gorecka), representation at the George Mitchell gym with Adam Spence, our new Strength and University World Championships Conditioning coach.

(Hannah Peters, George Mitchell and Katherine Trotter) and selection for the Senior GB hockey Athletes this year represent squad (Grace Lawes). a range of different sports from the more traditional In the run up to such as hockey & basketball, through to the less well Emelia Gorecka known, which this year includes water skiing and dragon boat racing.

Katherine Trotter Hannah Peters

Rio 2016, we have an exciting season ahead of us and we are all very much Grace Lawes looking forward to see what these scholars will achieve.

Making the most of your be.active membership Now you have your membership, make sure you get from it all that you are entitled to!

If you want to play a sport but don’t want to commit to a sports club, our drop-in activities and social sports leagues are the perfect solution. Being low commitment, they help you balance university life while staying physically active.

Drop in sport These sessions take place each week during term time and are run by student volunteers. All abilities are welcome and equipment is provided for you.

Turn up on your own or with a friend and have a go! There’s no need to book, although during term 1, sessions can get very busy and spaces are limited so advance booking is recommended.

September 29th – December 12th 2014 timetable

To book onto any of the above sessions, please visit the Sports Centre, call 01784 443892 or email sportscentre@royalholloway.ac.uk

Social sports leagues Do you want to play sport for fun? Would you like to play sport together with people you study or live with? Can the Maths department take on the Arts department? Does Gowar have what it takes to beat Runnymede?

Why not get a team together for one of the sports below and sign up for our term 2 league.

The team registration deadline is Monday 19th January. To register, simply sign up online or download a registration form and hand it in at the sports centre reception. It’s as easy as that!

A great turnout for the first netball social league

Sports volunteering Do you want to get involved in sport, but not sure how to?

Register online, view the available opportunities and let us know what you would like to get involved with.

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Free sports volunteering kit Gain a qualification 10 hours of volunteering will earn you a £100 bursary towards an accredited qualification Develop those all important soft skills that employers often seek.

Enjoy our brand new outdoor facilities!

Every member, whether you have Platinum membership or prefer to pay as you go, can enjoy our brand new outdoor facilities.

We have just completed the final phase of our Sports re-development programme, which has greatly enhanced the facilities that we are now able to offer members. We’ve not only improved the drainage and redevelopment of the existing natural turf pitches, but we’ve also added extra high quality natural turf and artificial pitches and 4 new floodlit tennis courts.

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HOW TO BOOK To book our facilities please contact the sports centre reception on 01784 443892 or pop down and book in person.