Freedom Fitness PLUS: December 2011

Thank You

To all the wonderful members who made 2011 an exciting one at Freedom Fitness PLUS - Thank You! We wanted to take this opportunity to:

1) Wish you a fun Christmas time with friends, family, and loved ones.

2) Wish you get all the rest you need these holidays to start 2012 with gusto!

3) Inform you of a few important things.

Membership Offers

Lots of people have been asking, “How do memberships to Freedom Fitness PLUS work and how much are they?

1) Full Memberships (Kickboxing Group Fitness and 24/7 Gym)

Student/Beneficiary $40.00 per month

Adult $75.00 per month

2) Kickboxing Group Fitness or 24/7 Gym Only

Adult $55.00 per month

Note 1: 24/7 Gym Memberships require the purchase of an electronic key for $25.00. Replacement for key loss or damage is at the member’s cost.

Note 2: When accessing the gym after Rawene Centre hours members are not permitted to access the Rawene Centre through the toilets. Doing so will set off the alarms in the Rawene Centre zone which will result in a security call out. Charges for these will be passed on to the key holder.

3) Group or Club Offer

Do you have a social, community group, or club you hang out with? Why not come and talk to us about a special group membership arrangement? We are always happy to welcome new groups of people.

Also, if you are involved in a community group, why not invite them to do a fundraiser here at the gym? This is how it works.

Let’s say you are an active member at your local kindy. Why not let them know that they can invite all of the parents to kickboxing for a one-off at no charge? They can charge a fund-raising fee for their kindy for each participant. We get new people to a calls and the kindy raises some funds.

4) Upgrade today

Hey kick boxers, do you know we have a 24/7 cardio and fitness gym? All you need to do is purchase a key (for $25.00), pay the difference in membership rate (a full Membership instead of just the Kickboxing Membership rate) and you are in!

Hey 24/7 gymers, do you know we have a Kickboxing fitness timetable? This will work your cardio system as well as all three muscle fibre types. If you are keen on getting results in the gym this can help you immensely! All you need to do is pay the difference in membership rate (a full Membership instead of just the Kickboxing Membership rate) and you are in!

But wait, it’s Christmas time so we have a special upgrade offer between now and Christmas Day! Upgrade your membership before then and we will halve the upgrade rate from $20.00 per month to $10.00 per month. So instead of $75.00 per month for a full Membership you only pay $65.00 per month for the next year.

5) Off Shore Membership

Do you live south of the bridge and travel out of your way to get to Freedom?

If you do then, between now and Christmas Day, we will Upgrade your Membership at no extra charge. That means you can get full Kickboxing and 24/7 Gym Membership for $55.00 per month, plus the $25.00 key charge if you need one. This is only available to those who do not live on the North Shore and only until Christmas Day – so hurry!

6) One Month Unlimited Kickboxing Classes for $19.99

Kikcboxing Fitness Classes work the cardio system and all three muscle fibre types. You get the complete workout. You can purchase (for a friend or family member) one voucher for one month's worth of awesome Kickboxing fitness training at Freedom Fitness PLUS for less than $20.00! The voucher has a redemption life of three months from the date of purchase. This offer is only available until Christmas Morning, 25 December 2011.

7) Buchan Memberships

This is when an adult, (could be a Mum, a Dad, an Uncle, an Aunt, a Godfather, a Godmother, or just a kindly neighbour), can join Freedom Fitness PLUS at the rates mentioned here above and bring a youth along at no additional charge. There is a condition with regards to the age of the youth though.

If the youth is over 16 years of age then admission to the 24/7 gym is fine. If the youth is between the ages of 10 and 15 then they may attend the Kickboxing Group Exercise classes only. The only exception is if Personal Training with a REPS Registered PT like Scottie is engaged to supervise in-gym activity. The idea of these memberships is to provide an opportunity for youth and adults to form a working relationship together. So, in essence, we would expect the adult to attend the gym with the youth most of the time. In the case of youth aged 10 to 13 an adult must be present in the Kickboxing Group Exercise Classes at all times.

Our Vision for 2012

What is Freedom Fitness PLUS all about? You can read about our vision for Freedom here http://www.freedomfitness.co.nz/OurVision.aspx and it is also depicted in detail on the block wall inside the gym in brightly coloured chalk. Our vision reflects the community spirit at Freedom Fitness PLUS. Not all community interests are well funded so we rely on our membership to finance much of what we do. Members’ initials are also shown on the block wall inside the gym in brightly coloured chalk to show our thanks for their support. We wish to offer members the chance to personify their own initials on that wall.

Christmas BBQ

On Thursday, 22 December, after Scottie’s Kickboxing session there will be a gym BBQ. We will provide sausages with onions, mustard, sauce, buttered bread, and non-alcoholic beverages. Folks are welcome to bring a plate to share with salad or desert thereon and something else to drink if they wish. It is on this occasion members will be invited to personalise their initials in chalk (i.e. graffiti style) on the gym wall. Please RSVP your intention to attend:

Text or Cellphone – 021 176 4266

Landline – 09 282 3169

Email – freedomfitnessbirkenhead@gmail.com

CHC500 Challenge

The CHC500 is when we perform 500 kickboxing kicks in succession to raise funds for Christchurch. Before we do the kicks we need to do a couple of things:

Get sponsorship from family and friends. Get a sponsorship form here http://www.freedomfitness.co.nz/SpecialEvents.aspx

Train. You will want to come to as many kickboxing fitness group training sessions as you can between now and the event.

The CHC500 event will occur before the BBQ on Thursday, December 22, 2011.

Learning Advisory

Freedom Fitness PLUS, in association with Te Kura (NZ School of Correspondence), is proud to be hosting and delivering a Te Kura Learning Advisory out of Freedom Fitness PLUS. This is when students of Te Kura get face to face time with qualified teachers as they study towards NCEA Unit Standard Credits. They also receive a sponsored gym membership. We plan to be putting on supporting events such as skateboarding, media (movie-making), music, fitness, and drama sessions so that students get a full range of activities made available to them. For students 17 and under the whole thing is at no charge. A small fee will apply per study course for older students. Please let us know about any youth you are aware of who could benefit from this programme.

Bruce’s Corner

Bruce’s Corner is a full length feature film about a boxer being made at Freedom Fitness PLUS by Film Director, gym member, and media graduate, Adrian Frencken. Shooting starts the second week of 2012 (from 8 January). We are looking for anyone (though particularly youth) who are at a loose end (Hello? It will be the last few weeks of the school holidays so of course there will be plenty of those) and who want to learn all about how movies are shot or who want to actually be in a movie.

Part of the funding for the project will come from You Tube advertising work Adrian can put together. The days where all one needs to do, in order to attract business success, is to throw money at television and magazine advertising, are long gone. With the advent and development of web based marketing strategies such as social media growing your business easily, cheaply, and effectively is all about how creative you can be with your advertising. Adrian brings the creativity required and posts the results on your own You Tube channel to generate more customers for less money. Find out more here http://www.freedomfitness.co.nz/BrucesCorner.aspx

Youth on Track

Youth on Track is an organisation that provides mentoring services to local youth. We are in the process of setting a satellite of YOT up in our gym. More news to come as developments come to light.

Christmas Hours

The final kickboxing group fitness class for 2011 will be Thursday December 22, 2011.

The first kickboxing group fitness class for 2012 will be Monday January 9, 2012 but only Scottie's classes will be running initially. Dave's classes cannot re-commence until his return from holiday in the final week of January 2012.

If kickboxing members wish to access the 24/7 gym between Thursday December 22, 2011 and Monday January 9, 2012 as well as during Dave's holiday absence we can issue a key to the 24/7 gym (at a cost of $25.00) that will provide 24/7 access throughout the holiday period.