Monday Night SUMMER SPECIALS Buckden BootCamp with Mel …

Monday 15th August, 7.20 to 8.20pm, Buckden Millennium Centre, Pay As You Go, No Need to Book, £6/£5 concessions/£3 teenagers…

I will be taking part of the session outside tonight so we can experience a different look, feel and challenge from this amazing Monday night session… Being outdoors will not only keep us cooler but we will work with and against the elements, it bring in the FEEL-GOOD factor and show you a different angle on what we have been doing in the indoor sessions… So please come along TONIGHT and join me for a mix of INDOOR and OUTDOOR fitness that will make you look and feel a MILLION DOLLARS the FUN way…

See you later for an Outdoorsy Buckden Booty … Mel xxx

COMING SOON…

Couch to 5k – Running Fitness

Have you ever considered running and not had the confidence to give it go?

This couch to 5k running plan is designed to ease you into running through a progressive walking and jogging program. The idea is to gradually build your fitness, confidence and patience in order to able to run 5k (about 3 miles) in approximately 7 weeks. The group will meet and provide you with tips on health, nutrition and injury prevention. Running has a number of benefits for the body, mind and spirit so if you want to find out more and give it a go with a group of likeminded beginners then please let us know.  Running soon on Tuesday Nights Starting in September in Southoe!  Watch this space for dates/times/more information…  Email mel@fithaven.co.uk to register your interest.

Fitness Pilates Stretch and Tone

Give yourself and your body a proper stretch and flex-out as you tone up muscles and sculpt yourself into a new season ahead.  You will get to take your body and lifestyle back into fitness and is a perfect compliment to any other sessions you attend particular Nordic Walking, Running Fitness and BootCamps.  Running soon on a Tuesday evening in Southoe…  Email mel@fithaven.co.uk to register your interest. 

NEW-LOOK Buckden BootCamps

Another fabulous Monday night BootCamp series to blast onto the timetable in September with Mel.  Your body will never look or feel the same as you turn a regular workout into an AMAZING workout with series results and everything you wish for in better health, fitness and all over body-tone.  Monday nights in Buckden.

Monday 8th August 2011

Monday Night SUMMER SPECIALS Buckden BootCamp with Mel … 

Monday 8th August, 7.20 to 8.20pm, Buckden Millennium Centre, Pay As You Go, No Need to Book, £6/£5 concessions/£3 teenagers…

An AMAZING to another week FOUR WEEK block last week with fabulous turnout, efforts and energies as always – makes teaching and being a part of Buckden BootCamp so much fun and pleasure.  It was also really REALLY nice to enjoy a drink and a few treats after the class down The George too – it was a warm summer evening so we all sat outside and enjoyed each others company – without the sweat this time!  Hope Karen and Alison had a great birthday too and let’s do it again soon!

WEEK FOUR and FINALE Summer BootCamp + Drinks…

 
Trim and Tone Tabata’s and Hard Core Abs…

 
Post Booty Stretches and celebration drinks down The George…

SUMMER SPECIAL BUCKDEN BOOTCAMP TONIGHT…

Monday 8th August… Weather permitting I will be taking some of the session outside tonight so we can experience a different look, feel and challenge from this amazing Monday night session…  Being outdoors will not only keep us cooler but we will work with and against the elements, it bring in the FEEL-GOOD factor and show you a different angle on what we have been doing in the indoor sessions… So please come along TONIGHT and join me for a mix of INDOOR and OUTDOOR fitness that will make you look and feel a MILLION DOLLARS the FUN way…

So see you later… Buckden Booty Love… Mel xxx

Monday 1st August 2011

Monday Night Summer Fit Functional & Fantastic BootCamp Conditioning Class… 

7.20 to 8.20pm, Buckden Millennium Centre…
Pay As You Go, No Need to Book, £6/£5 concessions/£3 teenagers…

WOW what a Week Three last week – just brilliant and I am so impressed with everyone’s efforts and energy at this class – it is so great to see so keep it up and lets go out with a BIG BANG tonight for the FINALE WEEK FOUR of this current BootCamp series…

WEEK THREE BootCamp…

 
WEEK FOUR TONIGHT… expect to it be a HOT and STEAMY one with a LOWER BODY TWIST… so if it is your mission to have toned legs, tight bottom and flat abs then these powerful moves with tighten, tone and slim up the entire lower body – in all the right places – BootCamp with Mel stylee!

BIRTHDAYS AND SUMMER BOOTCAMP CELEBRATIONS IN BUCKDEN…

After BootCamp TONIGHT join myself and Ali and Karen (my front row girls) at THE GEORGE in BUCKDEN to celebrate their birthday which is today, August 1st, so let’s have a good fitness hour, workout hard then enjoy a small drink to celebrate birthday’s and our BIG SUMMER BOOTY FITNESS EFFORTS too – looks like we might be able to enjoy a nice sit down and drink outside this evening for a change too!

So see you later… Booty Love… Mel xxx

Monday 18th July

Monday Night Summer FFF BootCamp Conditioning Class… 

7.20 to 8.20pm, Buckden Millennium Centre…
Pay As You Go, No Need to Book, £6/£5 concessions/£3 teenagers…

Last week’s first session back for the summer season was simply AWESOME and it was FABULOUS to see so many of you there putting in a proper effort – it was great FUN too… just check you OUT below!!!  From skipping to body jumping, bar conditioning to core Pilates and wide range of fit, fat burning and functional moves to upbeat tunes made us blast away the indulgences of the weekend and bring the week in with a proper body boost – so well done and thank you for coming and let’s see you there again TONIGHT!!!

Mel  xxx

Body Rock Abs…

Summer Conditioning…

Tone It Up Tabatas…

So TONIGHT we have ROUND TWO and more of the same with a bit of a twist and what better way to get your week off to the best start…  These *NEW* Monday night FFF BootCamps will bring you and your body the following:

FFF – Fitness, FatBurning and Functional

These are the 3 key elements you need to bring to your healthy lifestyle back in order to achieve your goals for a better more healthier, toned, trim and feel good body.  Regardless of your age, size, fitness level or ability everyone can enjoy movement in a way that makes you look and feel better over the four weeks of this Summer FFF Bootcamp special.

The session will consist of the following:

Warm It Up & Tone… 

Getting the body going with low impact mixed with toning exercises for the whole body. It is a less aggressive, more fluid and rejuvenating way to start that is exceptionally fun and motivating hour you will then take your fitness journey on.

Summer FFF Conditioning…

The ultimate fat stripping and body shaping section where we will try equipment & equipment-free total body workouts with loads of new Tabata interval training timings and rest periods gaining you maximum results in the minimum time. Utilising creative exercises sequences and progressions as well as upbeat and exciting new Bootcamp Music for the perfect fatbusting session this summer.

Lower Body Blast…

Tone, trim up and strengthen the muscles and joints of you hips, buttocks, thighs, knees and ankles so they can look and function to their full potential. Get results you demand and deserve in this fun yet functional way to get the most out of your lower body.

Body Rock Abs…

Now who doesn’t want that?!?!?!  Using Tabata-style music-based movements together with explosive, dynamic and functional mini-core capsules to give you the mid-body you have always wanted…

Yep, all of this in one hour of with Me… It’s FUN, it’s HAPPENING and it’s HERE right now so don’t wait any longer to get Summer Fit, Functional and Toned…

See you there…  Mel xxx

PS… DOING THE DOUBLE FOR FREE… For ONE NIGHT ONLY!!!!

Come along to Fitness Pilates before hand at 6.20pm TONIGHT and make a proper Monday night go of it to get a body boost and blast for your first sessions back for the summer.  Fitness Pilates is a fabulous BootCamp body prep to lengthen, strengthen and tone up the muscles before the uber session begins… M x

Monday 11th July 2011

Monday Night Summer FFF BootCamp Conditioning Class…
Starts Monday 11th July for FOUR WEEKS…
7.20 to 8.20pm, Buckden Millennium Centre…
Pay As You Go, No Need to Book, £6/£5 concessions/£3 teenagers…

So Summer FitHaven Season 2011 kicks off this week with some ultra special and highly motivational sessions to get you all back into shape, feeling fitter, better and the most energised you could ever be.  I have taken some time off to relax and prepare so I can bring you some of the very BEST movement to music based fitness that you could ever take on – taking Monday Night BootCamp to the next, results driven level… so what are you waiting for….

FFF – Fitness, FatBurning and Functional

These are the 3 key elements you need to bring to your healthy lifestyle back in order to achieve your goals for a better more healthier, toned, trim and feel good body.  Regardless of your age, size, fitness level or ability everyone can enjoy movement in a way that makes you look and feel better over the four weeks of this Summer FFF Bootcamp special.

The session will consist of the following:

Warm It Up & Tone… 

Getting the body going with low impact mixed with toning exercises for the whole body. It is a less aggressive, more fluid and rejuvenating way to start that is exceptionally fun and motivating hour you will then take your fitness journey on.

Summer FFF Conditioning…

The ultimate fat stripping and body shaping section where we will try equipment & equipment-free total body workouts with loads of new Tabata interval training timings and rest periods gaining you maximum results in the minimum time. Utilising creative exercises sequences and progressions as well as upbeat and exciting new Bootcamp Music for the perfect fatbusting session this summer.

Lower Body Blast…

Tone, trim up and strengthen the muscles and joints of you hips, buttocks, thighs, knees and ankles so they can look and function to their full potential. Get results you demand and deserve in this fun yet functional way to get the most out of your lower body.

Body Rock Abs…

Now who doesn’t want that?!?!?!  Using Tabata-style music-based movements together with explosive, dynamic and functional mini-core capsules to give you the mid-body you have always wanted…

Yep, all of this in one hour of with Me… It’s FUN, it’s HAPPENING and it’s HERE right now so don’t wait any longer to get Summer Fit, Functional and Toned…

See you there…  Mel xxx

PS… DOING THE DOUBLE FOR FREE… For ONE NIGHT ONLY!!!!

Come along to Fitness Pilates before hand at 6.20pm TONIGHT and make a proper Monday night go of it to get a body boost and blast for your first sessions back for the summer.  Fitness Pilates is a fabulous BootCamp body prep to lengthen, strengthen and tone up the muscles before the uber session begins… M x

Monday 20th June… ALL WELCOME!!! 7.20 to 8.20pm, Buckden Millennium Centre!

WEEK THREE TONIGHT and the penultimate week of this current series of Monday Night BootCamp – WOW it is going so fast and WOW what an another amazing performance last week… HUGE changes are being made to bodies, fitness and even lives in Buckden and if you want to look and feel better about yourself then make it down there tonight…

So tonight expect MORE top HIGH ENERGY, EXTREME MOTIVATION with GUARANTEED RESULTS when I make some tweaks and changes to the current format so you get the best and most explosive and effective all body and abdominal training…  It will get your heart and metabolic rate up so you are burning fat and calories well into the night and beyond…  Tried and tested full-body compound movements that focus on the core… So if you want a summer body and better fitness all round FAST then you need to get yourself into Buckden and moving your body about like this. 

These sessions are designed to blast the metabolism and keep it burning for hours and hours afterwards, shred away stubborn body fat, tone up all the muscles especially the ones on show, sculpt and reshape, improve your fitness and stretch out the entire body at the end too – all of this in  just one hour.

So come and join me TONIGHT for this fabulous Monday night Booty group in Buckden for an hour of feel-good and fabulous fitness that your body and health will thank you for! 

BootCamp Biggest Losers…  Find out next week how they are getting on, how they are feeling and what they have achieved…

See you in class… Mel x

MAKE IT A DOUBLE! And burn EVEN MORE CALORIES… Join me at 6.20pm for Fitness Pilates first (and pay only £10 for the 2 classes – £6 for just Fitness Pilates or BootCamp) and stretch, tone, flex and prepare your body for Booty as well as sort out your back, core and posture too.  This is the perfect Booty prep for body, muscles and flexibility  (Plus you get a lovely RELAXATION at the end of it too)!

FULL WEEKLY TIMETABLE! Click http://www.fithaven.co.uk/timetable/ to access what is going on this week and the rest of the month ahead.  May is whizzing by so lets make it a fitness fabulous one!

ULTIMATE CORE (BootCamp for the Abs)!  This is the ULTIMATE tummy toning, strengthening and sculpting session…So if you want a six-pack for the summer (or just a flatter and more toned middle) then get your whole body along for 6.30pm, Thursday Nights in Buckden for this 45 minute sesh!  Make a night out of it and stay for ZUMBA afterwards for the ULTIMATE Thursday night body blast!

*NEW* Monday Night BootCamp NEWS for the next series coming soon – it’s ALL CHANGE so WATCH THIS SPACE!!!

Monday 13th June… ALL WELCOME!!! 7.20 to 8.20pm, Buckden Millennium Centre!

WEEK TWO TONIGHT and what an absolutely fantastic turnout to the first sessions last week with fabulous energy and dedication – well done – hope you felt and are feeling so much better for it and are look forward to another hour of BootCamp Summer-stylee…

Even if you missed it last week, you can still make it to week two whether you are feeling completely unfit or out of exercise or you are currently training and want to try something different and new there is something for everyone and you will ALL benefit!!!  Come and join me and this fabulous Monday night Booty group in Buckden for an hour of feel-good and fabulous fitness that your body and health will thank you for! 

So, if you are looking to make a BIG change to your body, health and fitness this SUMMER and want to…

• Trim up and Tone the ENTIRE body all ready for the SUMMER…
• Get fitter and feel better from the inside and out…
• See results FAST – it’s only four weeks = four hours…
• Burn tonnes of calories, body fat and inches maybe even drop a clothes size…
• Enjoy safe yet effective exercise to fabulous music that motivates you to move more…
• Make some fitness friends along the way (or not!)…

EXPECT… HIGH ENERGY, EXTREME MOTIVATION and GUARANTEED RESULTS .  Explosive and effective all body and abdominal training…  It will get your heart and metabolic rate up so you are burning fat and calories well into the night and beyond…  Tried and tested full-body compound movements that focus on the core… So if you want a summer body and better fitness all round FAST then you need to get yourself into Buckden and moving your body about like this.  These sessions are designed to blast the metabolism and keep it burning for hours and hours afterwards, shred away stubborn body fat, tone up all the muscles especially the ones on show, sculpt and reshape, improve your fitness and destress/stretch out at the end too – all of this in  just one hour.

BootCamp Biggest Losers…  I had about four of five sign up for this so watch this space to find out who and find out how they are getting on…

See you in class… Mel x

MAKE IT A DOUBLE! And burn EVEN MORE CALORIES… Join me at 6.20pm for Fitness Pilates first (and pay only £10 for the 2 classes – £6 for just Fitness Pilates or BootCamp) and stretch, tone, flex and prepare your body for Booty as well as sort out your back, core and posture too.  This is the perfect Booty prep for body, muscles and flexibility  (Plus you get a lovely RELAXATION at the end of it too)!

FULL WEEKLY TIMETABLE! Click http://www.fithaven.co.uk/timetable/ to access what is going on this week and the rest of the month ahead.  May is whizzing by so lets make it a fitness fabulous one!

ULTIMATE CORE (BootCamp for the Abs)!  This is the ULTIMATE tummy toning, strengthening and sculpting session…So if you want a six-pack for the summer (or just a flatter and more toned middle) then get your whole body along for 6.30pm, Thursday Nights in Buckden for this 45 minute sesh!  Make a night out of it and stay for ZUMBA afterwards for the ULTIMATE Thursday night body blast!

The ULTIMATE Ab-Toning Move: The Plank 

The Plank is the total tummy tone-up and is a great move for helping to improve posture and core strength, which in turn boost strength in all areas of your body.  It really works different layers and directions of muscle in your stomach, through to your back so it will help cinch in your waist, tone up love handles and flatten out your belly – all in one move!

In BootCamp we are doing a variation (as shown) with a hip hinge to add dimension and function to the movement to make it even more body-boosting and to help fire up the important stabilisation muscles in the core too… check out the Week One’ers from last week…

Starts Mon 6th June for FOUR WEEKS… ALL WELCOME!!! 7.20 to 8.20pm, Buckden Millennium Centre!

Whether you feel you are completely unfit or have been coming to these sessions (or something similar) forever there is something for everyone and you will ALL benefit!!!  So, if you are looking to make a BIG change to your body, health and fitness this SUMMER and want to…

• Get rid of the May Bank Holiday/Half Term indulgences…
• Trim up and Tone the ENTIRE body all ready for the SUMMER…
• Get fitter and feel better from the inside and out…
• See results FAST – it’s only four weeks = four hours…
• Burn tonnes of calories, body fat and inches maybe even drop a clothes size…
• Enjoy safe yet effective exercise to fabulous music that motivates you to move more…
• Make some fitness friends along the way (or not!)…

Then come and join me and this fabulous Monday night Booty group in Buckden for an hour of feel-good and fabulous fitness that your body and health will thank you for! 

EXPECT… HIGH ENERGY, EXTREME MOTIVATION and GUARANTEED RESULTS .  Explosive and effective all body and abdominal training…  It will get your heart and metabolic rate up so you are burning fat and calories well into the night and beyond…  Tried and tested full-body compound movements that focus on the core… So if you want a summer body and better fitness all round FAST then you need to get yourself into Buckden and moving your body about like this.  These sessions are designed to blast the metabolism and keep it burning for hours and hours afterwards, shred away stubborn body fat, tone up all the muscles especially the ones on show, sculpt and reshape, improve your fitness and destress/stretch out at the end too – all of this in  just one hour.

Be a BootCamp Biggest Loser…  If you want to sign up for this four week Booty challenge (which will include at least 2 other sessions on the timetable or similar) then you get the chance to WIN the next round of BootCamps for FREE if you loose the most weight/inches/bodyfat – are you UP for the CHALLENGE?!?!?  Email me NOW!!! mel@fithaven.co.uk

See you in class… Mel x

MAKE IT A DOUBLE! And burn EVEN MORE CALORIES… Join me at 6.20pm for Fitness Pilates first (and pay only £10 for the 2 classes – £6 for just Fitness Pilates or BootCamp) and stretch, tone, flex and prepare your body for Booty as well as sort out your back, core and posture too.  This is the perfect Booty prep for body, muscles and flexibility  (Plus you get a lovely RELAXATION at the end of it too)!

FULL WEEKLY TIMETABLE! Click http://www.fithaven.co.uk/timetable/ to access what is going on this week and the rest of the month ahead.  May is whizzing by so lets make it a fitness fabulous one!

ULTIMATE CORE (BootCamp for the Abs)!  This is the ULTIMATE tummy toning, strengthening and sculpting session…So if you want a six-pack for the summer (or just a flatter and more toned middle) then get your whole body along for 6.30pm, Thursday Nights in Buckden for this 45 minute sesh!  Make a night out of it and stay for ZUMBA afterwards for the ULTIMATE Thursday night body blast!

Monday 23rd May, Week FOUR out of FOUR – ALL WELCOME!!! 7.20 to 8.20pm, Buckden Millennium Centre!

OUCH but a GREAT OUCH and it was fabulous to feel the abs, waist and core after last week’s Monday night Booty-Camp-call as well as enjoy a PYRAMID-style blast that helped to burn body fat and keep your metabolism firing 24/7 so that you are burning calories long after you finish this session!  So we here we are the FINAL SESSION of this short block happening TONIGHT and I am going to consolidate everything we have done over the past THREE weeks and BLAST it OUT OF THE PARK for a BETTER BODY for EVERYONE!!!

Mel’s Monday Night BootCamps are all about HIGH ENERGY, EXTREME MOTIVATION and GUARANTEED RESULTS .  So if you want a summer body and better fitness all round FAST then you need to get yourself into Buckden and moving your body about like this.  These sessions are designed to blast the metabolism and keep it burning for hours and hours afterwards, shred away stubborn body fat, tone up all the muscles especially the ones on show, sculpt and reshape, improve your fitness and destress/stretch out at the end too – all of this in  just one hour.

See you later in class… Mel x

MAKE IT A DOUBLE! Join me at 6.20pm for Fitness Pilates first (and pay only £10 for the 2 classes – £6 for just Fitness Pilates or BootCamp) and stretch, tone, flex and prepare your body for Booty as well as sort out your back, core and posture too.  This is the perfect Booty prep for body, muscles and flexibility  (Plus you get a lovely RELAXATION at the end of it too)!

FULL WEEKLY TIMETABLE! Click http://www.fithaven.co.uk/timetable/ to access what is going on this week and the rest of the month ahead.  May is whizzing by so lets make it a fitness fabulous one!

ULTIMATE CORE (BootCamp for the Abs)!  This is the ULTIMATE tummy toning, strengthening and sculpting session…So if you want a six-pack for the summer (or just a flatter and more toned middle) then get your whole body along for 6.30pm, Thursday Nights in Buckden for this 45 minute sesh!  Make a night out of it and stay for Zumba afterwards for the ULTIMATE Thursday night body blast!

DATES for YOUR DIARY…  Don’t forget next Monday 30th May there is ANOTHER Bank Holiday and there will be NO SESSIONS running on this day.  Mel’s Monday Night BootCamp will return on Monday 6th June for another FOUR WEEK Block for the ULTIMATE SUMMER BODY BOOTCAMP – more details to follow soon…!!! 

Monday 16th May, Week THREE out of FOUR – ALL WELCOME!!! 7.20 to 8.20pm, Buckden Millennium Centre!

What a difference a week makes and how amazing were you all at last week’s Monday Night Booty?!?!?  After week ones EXPLOSION onto the timetable and the body you BLASTED week two with even more energy and enthusiasm – boy did it hurt but didn’t feel great!

TONIGHT another round of this fit and fantastic format GUARANTEED to bring you fantastic results for that summer body and better fitness all round.  It is designed to blast the metabolism and keep it burning for hours and hours afterwards, shred away stubborn body fat, tone up all the muscles especially the ones on show, sculpt and reshape, improve your fitness and destress/stretch out at the end too – all of this in  just one hour.

See you later in class… Mel x

MAKE IT A DOUBLE! Join me at 6.20pm for Fitness Pilates first (and pay only £10 for the 2 classes – £6 for just Fitness Pilates or BootCamp) and stretch, tone, flex and prepare your body for Booty as well as sort out your back, core and posture too.  This is the perfect Booty prep for body, muscles and flexibility  (Plus you get a lovely RELAXATION at the end of it too)!

FULL WEEKLY TIMETABLE! Click http://www.fithaven.co.uk/timetable/ to access what is going on this week and the rest of the month ahead.  May is whizzing by so lets make it a fitness fabulous one!

ULTIMATE CORE – BootCamp for the Abs!  This is the ULTIMATE tummy toning, strengthening and sculpting session…So if you want a six-pack for the summer (or just a flatter and more toned middle) then get your whole body along for 6.30pm, Thursday Nights in Buckden for this 45 minute sesh!  Make a night out of it and stay for Zumba afterwards for the ULTIMATE Thursday night body blast!

Monday 9th May, Week TWO but ALL WELCOME!!! 7.20 to 8.20pm, Buckden Millennium Centre!

WOW what a start to the first in this new series of BootCamps and WELL DONE to all of those who came out on the Bank Holiday Monday to make a proper start to there new fitness, body, healthy living regime for May!  Even those who left the family in the throws of Bank Holiday BBQ’s and celebrations – this is true ‘commitment to fitness’!

The session was is EXPLOSION on the entire body and this new format is GUARANTEED to bring you fantastic results for that summer body and better fitness all round.  It is designed to blast the metabolism and keep it burning for hours and hours afterwards, shred away stubborn body fat, tone up all the muscles especially the ones on show, sculpt and reshape, improve your fitness and destress/stretch out at the end too – all of this in  just one hour (x three).

So come and make it happen again tonight, and even if you missed last week PLEASE DO come along and get back into the Monday night class that sorts out all the indulgences of the weekend and puts you back on the right track…

Mel x

MAKE IT A DOUBLE! Join me at 6.20pm for Fitness Pilates first (and pay only £10 for the 2 classes – £6 for just Fitness Pilates or BootCamp) and stretch, tone, flex and prepare your body for Booty as well as sort out your back, core and posture too.  This is the perfect Booty prep for body, muscles and flexibility  (Plus you get a lovely RELAXATION at the end of it too)!

FULL WEEKLY TIMETABLE! Click http://www.fithaven.co.uk/timetable/ to access what is going on this week and the rest of the month ahead.  May is whizzing by so lets make it a fitness fabulous one!

HERE WE GO >>> Let’s BLAST into SPRING with ULTIMATE Workouts this week…

Monday 4th April 2011

Monday Nights come around again and TONIGHT at 7.20pm we get to move, tone and blast our ULTIMATE bodies this springtime!  We are now on Week SIX – can you believe that – and with only ONE MORE WEEK to go after this one tonight it is time to turn it up a notch or two (or you can just work at your own pace – the decision is yours) so we really get those results in for Easter!  One thing is for certain it will definitely blast away the indulgences of the weekend (especially if you celebrated Mothering Sunday) and bring you a SUPER DUPER SPRING-IT-UP a MIX of CORE, CARDIO & CONDITIONING for the ULTIMATE Toned Up, Fit and Gorgeous Body!

Thursday Nights are ULTIMATE CORE nights at 6.30pm.  A really fabulous 45 minute blast for the CORE and nothing but the CORE – oh and a few essential stretches thrown in to lengthen and flex it all out – this is the PERFECT pre-weekend session so you can feel confident and toned the entire weekend (with Zumba thrown into that mix a MASSIVE workout for everything 600+ calories blasted in a Zumba class last week in just one hour!!!)

So whatever you do  get into the spring-time vibe, and make your body the best, fittest, most toned and alive it can ever be…  So, see you there… Mel xxx

ULITMATE BootCamp, Monday, 7.20 to 8.20pm, Buckden Millennium Centre
ULTIMATE Core, Thursday, 6.30 to 7.15pm, Buckden Millennium Centre

Mel’s Booty-Fit Tips…

Fight the FAT FAST!!! 

So do you want to burn body fat, build lean muscle mass and feel/look better in your clothes?  It can be such a daunting task burning off body fat, loosing inches and weight and sometime results may take longer than we’d like (there is NO SUCH THING as a quick fix) but with focus, determination and the right knowledge, achieving those lovely long lean muscles you have always longed for IS possible!  Over the next few BLOG’s find out where you have been going wrong and what you need to be doing to GET IT RIGHT!  If you stick to the right foods and fitness for four weeks you are then guaranteed fast and safe results (coming in May is my NEW Four-Week Four-Minute Fast Loss BootCamps starting Monday 2nd May – are you in?!?!?!)

STRENGTH Training…

You HAVE to use free weights (like hand weights/bodybars/kettlebells) and even your own bodyweight in toning exercises – something that is heavier than you would normally go for as well so you are pushing yourself during your strength training to ensure that you keep the calories burning, even after the session (I like this one), which means that even after your hour or so in class and when you are resting your will still be fighting and burning FAT!  This is because calories are burned in the ‘recovery’ process of the muscles micro-tears, which are created during strength training exercises.  For even more of a boost strength training wit cardio sessions will boost even more fat loss and get those results super fast – sounds like Monday Night and Thursday Nights Booty/Core sessions to me!!!

BASAL METABOLIC Rate (BMR)…

Toning exercises also increase your lean muscle mass, which boost your BMR and this is great news as a higher BMR means that your body will burn even more energy during rest periods.  A certain proportion of energy expenditure comes from skeletal muscle, so by increasing muscle you can increase metabolic rate too.  Working on our big muscle movements to increase as many muscles as possible on a regular basis.  And don’t worry ladies you won’t bulk up as our natural levels of the testosterone hormone are just not enough for us to ever look like Arnie!!!

CARDIO Blasts…

We should all know by now that cardio training is key to losing fat, but it is import to keep your sessions varied to see the effects you want.  The results of cardio exercise are usually quite immediate, but if you do the same type of  cardio every time eventually your body will adapt and you will hit ‘plateau’.  To prevent this we need to vary our cardio bursts as much as you can and this is why every week in booty the cardio section is ALWAYS different in some way!  However if you are keen on particular cardio session then try some interval training switching between high and low intensities (we also do this in Booty) say sprinting for one minute and jogging/power lunging for 30 secs.  This also stops boredom and keeps us all enthusiastic about our exercise!!!

More on this subject next week…. hope you enjoyed this information and can use it to make some positive fat-burning body-changing habits!  Mel xxx

HERE WE GO >>> Let’s BLAST into SPRING with the ULTIMATE Workouts this week…

Tonight, Monday 28th March at 7.20pm we have the ULTIMATE BootCamp ready to prepare and tone up the ENTIRE body.  Spring is most definitely here and although I have got myself a spring sniffle (don’t laugh at my very red nose) I promise to bring you SUPER DUPER SPRING-IT-UP a MIX of CORE, CARDIO & CONDITIONING so you can be proud of yourself  and totally prepared to bare all (only if you want to that is) or not when the weather really hots up!  The perfect combination awaits to get you this week to get you in the mood this Spring – and if the weather stays like this a mini-blast outside to cool it all down halfway round – NICE!!!

Thursday Night is ULTIMATE CORE night at 6.30pm.  A really fabulous 45 minute blast for the CORE and nothing but the CORE – oh and a few essential stretches thrown in to lengthen and flex it all out – this is the PERFECT pre-weekend session so you can feel confident and toned the entire weekend (with Zumba thrown into that mix a MASSIVE workout for everything 500+ calories blasted in this class last week in just one hour!!!)

So whatever you do, embrace the lighter nights, the spring-time, the renewed energy and the fact that the winter blub is most definitely on the back burner and a thing of the past for good…

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See you there… Mel xxx

ULITMATE BootCamp, 7.20 to 8.20pm, Buckden Millennium Centre, OPEN TO EVERYONE!
ULTIMATE Core, 6.30 to 7.15pm, Buckden Millennium Centre, OPEN TO EVERYONE!

Tonight, Monday 21st March, we are half-way through our ULTIMATE BootCamp series so TONIGHT we mix it up to change the format and add variety, intensity and challange.  The entire session will be performed on, around and over your mat for ULTIMATE Core and Body movements. 

Expect a dynamic total body warm up then we begin our fat blasting, lean core muscle building circuit mix with on-the-floor moves that target every angle of your abs as well as strengthen and support the back. 

We will finish with a tranquil and essential full body stretch to promote lone lean muscles and stress released body…

See you later...7.20pm, Buckden, ALL WELCOME!

Mel x

ULTIMATE Monday… ULTIMATE BootCamp…

Monday Nights, 7.20 to 8.20pm, Buckden Millennium Centre, No Need to Book, Just Turn Up, £6 per session or £5 concessions

Gearing up and getting ready to make your Monday nights fit, toned and ready for action!  We are now heading into Week Three of this amazing Spring-time ULTIMATE Booty session and my fierce formula that adds strength and abdominal moves to dynamic cardio for increased fat and calorie loss.

It circuit-style session blasts the heart rate with challenging intervals to turn up the burn and melt off the pounds.  Whether you are still just getting started or are a hard-core Monday night BootCamper this session will help you make your body more and reveal and toned and lean body by the end of the term – guaranteed!  (Last Monday BootCamp session this term is Monday 11th April).  

This session is also for MEN, WOMEN and TEENAGERS too or make it a Monday fitness-fix night out with friends.  Either way don’t put it off another week, and if you have been coming then keep up your momentum and motivation as it will be so worth it in the end.

Share your ULTIMATE BootCamp story with me!  Send me in your own words your results and reasons for coming to BootCamp with me.  Whether it be just feeling fitter, have dropped a dress size or more, have got more energy, love the motivation, like the mix of exercises – whatever.  Your story will inspire others and keep you on track too – FREE CLASS PASS for any stories published! M x  Email mel@fithaven.co.uk your story!

Booty Love… Mel xxx

Get ready for ULTIMATE May BootCamp 2011 

Starts Monday 9th May, 7.20pm, Buckden for 3 weeks only!  A quick, action packed body prep series for the Summer season ahead.  Only 3 weeks (3 hours) to see, notice and feel a difference – I will take your body and fitness on a journey and up to the next level.  Expect challenging, multi-functional, effective movements both inside and outside the main hall in Buckden.  It will boost, burn and tone and get you ready for our steaming hot summer ahead (we hope) or your holiday on the beach or action trip with the family – whatever your goals this is a nice short body BLAST that will be a LOT of FUN!

The Bride-Fit Challenge continues…

Sabrina and Claire are still on track with the fitness and exercise and are now doing ULTIMATE BootCamp, ULTIMATE Core and Kettlebells every week plus tennis and other extra sessions they cram into their busy weeks.  I have been analysing food diary’s and sorting out how we can adjust and change a few things there – as there is always room for improvement when it come to what and how we fuel our body.  We have also done another round of body stats and will reveal all from the first lot taken at the beginning of the year.  It is great fun working with them, they make a great team and encourage each other to do the best they can plus put in a lot of effort into each session.  The time frame they have given us and themselves has been realistic too and we can all make changes but it does take time and there is no such thing as a QUICK FIX. 

If there is only thing I have noticed is that ‘teaming-up’ with a friend really does make a MASSIVE difference to your stick-ability with your fitness regime and can encourage you to do more and get out when the going gets tough or your can’t be bothered!  So take a leaf out of there book, grab a mate and make it a fitness date this week!  Watch out for more news on their progress next week…

Luscious Lean LEGS…

Its not going to be long before we will want to have our legs out with spring/summer around the corner every little helps to help keep our pins toned, trim and ready for the world to see?!?!!?  All the exercises that we do in BootCamp help blast, burn and tone the muscles in the legs (inner thighs, quads, hamstrings, calves) as well as strengthen the important stabilising muscles and joints too if you like to wear those killer heels (ankles, feet, hips, knees).    Also what you can eat can help the appearance of your legs (and body) so here are a few tips of mine (as I have always hated my legs so I ‘up the anti’ around this time of year) – I hope you like…

1. Carbs – Early carbs boost metabolism so get a healthy breakfast inside you first thing – PORRIDGE – is the best as it is slow-release, nutritious and keeps you full up until lunch.  Boost it with berries too!
2. Fish – Eating at the very least one portion of Omega-3 packed oily fish a week promotes firm, elastic skin.  If you don’t like fish then Walnuts and Eggs are rich in O-3 too
3. Fats – For every 100 calories of fat you eat you only use 3 calories to process it – that leaves 97 calories to be burned or stored!  Metabolising 100 calories of carbs on the other hand requires 10 to 15 calories and protein needs 20 calories to make it usable = cut down the fat!
4. Combining – Every meal should be 50% veg, 25% lean protein (fish, chicken, dairy or veg protein).  Combining in those quantities keep your energy levels up and that dreaded cellulite down.

WELCOME to a NEW Term, NEW SIX Week Block & NEW ULITMATE Body!

The ULTIMATE BootCamp Workout!

Monday Nights, 7.20 to 8.20pm, Buckden Millennium Centre – NO NEED TO BOOK! 

I look forward to bringing you a FRESH, DYNAMIC and seriously ULTIMATE way to get a TOTAL BODY WORKOUT for Spring 2011.  Designed to burn MAXIMUM fat, TONE muscle, CHANGE body shape…. So be prepared GUYS – this is gonna shred, burn and tone you up, build LEAN muscle mass, blast calories and push your body into SPRING and beyond…  By Easter you will NOT recognise yourself –  you will have a brand new strong, fit, healthy, glowing, powerful BODY – now who doesn’t want that?!?!?!!?!?  I SEROUSLY hope you can join me and MAKE YOUR Body, Life, Health change this spring…?

GET RESULTS… 

The secret to a good BootCamp workout is high energy, high fun, an ULTIMATE high! The reason many people chose BootCamp-style is because they are a fun change of pace from the normal boring gym routine. A great BootCamp workout gets results, but keeps it fun – EXPECT THIS on MONDAY NIGHTS!!!

TAP into TABATA’s…

One of my favourite methods in a session like this is to use the "Tabata" protocol. The Tabata protocol uses bodyweight exercises such as squats, lunges, push-ups, crunches, planks, mountain climbers or a functional exercise that is relevant to do with the group on that day.  The key to Tabata is the timing – each Tabata is done for 20 seconds with 10 seconds of recovery up to 5 minutes in total and increased as you get fitter (which you will).  This will be repeated with a different set of exercise to add variety, challenge, effectiveness and above all FUN!  You get a HUGE sense of achievement working in the way and it is incredibly effective and you see/feel/notice results FAST!

ULTIMATE Abs…

We finish the session with dynamic fat-shedding midsection exercises that target every angle of your abs to give you lean, toned, trim abs and core/back and then finish with the ULTIMATE all over body stretch! PERFECT!

Get an ULTIMATE Core Too??? 

Thursday Nights, 6.30 to 7.15pm, Buckden Millennium Centre!!!  Click HERE.  This is ONE class that will reach to body parts that other classes just don’t reach!  The feedback from this session has been phenomenal and every single person (including myself) is feeling the core muscles in one way or other (in a good way) and really benefiting from the challenging, multi-functional and effective moves.  There is no co-ordination involved so great for those who are not into routines but the music, equipment and motivation with levels of intensity and range of movement both on and off the mat make it fun, simple yet effective and definitely body shape changing.

THE FINAL WEEK and THE FINAL BOOTCAMP!?!?!?!?!?

WEEK SIX, Monday 14th February, 7.20 – 8.20pm from Buckden Millennium Centre…  I certainly hope you are up for the FINALE and the FINALE… yes I know it is a lovey dovey special day/night but you can’t miss the last fitness booty fix of the term and of the year!!!  I know that is a BIG and BOLD statement but you really DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT!!!! 

So share the LOVE of Booty FITNESS and be there for a super hot, special and buzzing session to end your loved-up day with

Half Term – There will be no evening classes on Monday 21st February to Friday 25th February!!!  I WILL be running a Monday 21st Feb 9.45am Keep Fit FP from Kimbolton and 12.30pm NW for ALL from Southoe so if you have your kids in tow please come and join me and bring them along for FREE for some fit-time in the HALF TERM..!

So what happens next???  Be prepared to meet the ULTIMATE!!!  The ULTIMATE Workout…

A FRESH and DYNAMIC way to get a seriously ULTIMATE circuit-mix of a TOTAL BODY WORKOUT designed to burn MAXIMUM fat, TONE muscle, CHANGE body shape…. So be prepared GUYS – this is gonna shred, burn and tone you up, build LEAN muscle mass, blast calories and push your body into SPRING and beyond… *NEW* ULTUMATE WORKOUT starts Monday 28th Feb for six weeks… By Easter you will NOT recognise yourself – brand new strong, fit, healthy, glowing, powerful BODY – now who doesn’t want that?!?!?!!?!?  I SEROUSLY hope you can join me and MAKE YOUR Body, Life, Health change this year…?

WANT an EXTRA session this WEEK???  Get to The ULTIMATE CORE CLASS – Wednesday AND Thursday Nights this week!!!  Click HERE.  This is ONE class that will reach to body parts that other classes just don’t reach!  The feedback from this session has been phenomenal and every single person (including myself) is feeling the core muscles in one way or other (in a good way) and really benefiting from the challenging, multi-functional and effective moves.  There is no co-ordination involved so great for those who are not into routines but the music, equipment and motivation with levels of intensity and range of movement both on and off the mat make it fun, simple yet effective and definitely body shape changing. 

Wednesday 16th FEBRUARY, 6.20 to 7.15pm, Buckden.  No Need to Book!
Thursday 17th FEBRUARY, 6.30pm to 7.15pm, Buckden.  No Need To Book.

The Bride-Fit CHALLENGE 2011… 

Sabrina & Claire are doing really really well with 10 out of 10 attendance to sessions last week and they seem to be enjoying the Monday BootCamp, and Thursday ULTIMATE CORE & KettleBells sessions…

Sabrina’s first FOOD DIARY is in and being analysed by us both… Claire – where is YOURS??? 

If YOU want to change the outside it is 100% imperative YOU have to the change the inside and what you put into it – so let’s do this – good or bad – and we can promise you the adjustments/changes/additions you might have to make won’t be as bad as you think – no elimination, no counting, no adding, no colours, no points – just proper healthy, clean, regular, local fuel that you will enjoy just as much as the EXERCISE – PROMISE!!!

Come on BRIDE and WITNESS girls – keep up this fabulous effort so far – SIX weeks in you have already made MASSIVE changes and hopefully seeing, feeling and noticing a bit of a difference…  NEXT Stop… DRESSES!!!!

So I TOTALLY expect to see you there Monday NIGHT – NO EXCUSES – let’s MAKE IT HAPPEN!!! M xxx

FitHaven BootCamp 2011 – WEEK FIVE, TONIGHT, Monday 7th February, 7.20 – 8.20pm from Buckden Millennium Centre…

Last week’s Booty session was HARD – but BRILLIANT!!!  And each and everyone of you who came along did so amazingly well so top marks to you…  This is EXACTLY what this session is all about so put in that extra effort and make changes to yourself, even when the going gets tough and sometimes easy!  Tonight expect another supercharging circuit-mix of Body Shock, Tabata and BootCamp EXTRA… so get yourself out and ready to burn it up, tone it up, shape it up so you can look even more fabulous for the Spring – you can do it so don’t give up now – only TWO more weeks to go on this current term – then a week off on Mon 21st Feb!

What is BootCamp EXTRA?  This, my BootCampers is BODY SHREDDING with WEIGHTS… A FRESH and DYNAMIC way to get a seriously hard core circuit- mix for a TOTAL BODY WORKOUT designed to burn MAXIMUM fat…. So be prepared GUYS – this is gonna shred, burn and tone you up, build LEAN muscle mass, blast calories and push your body into SPRING and beyond… This is a preview of the NEW Booty Format (Feb/March) for the new term starting Monday 28th Feb for six weeks… By Easter you will NOT recognise yourself – brand new strong, fit, healthy, glowing, powerful BODY – now who doesn’t want that?!?!?!!?!?

Get the ULTIMATE CORE!!!  Click HERE.  Oh yes this is ONE class that will reach to body parts that other classes just don’t reach!  The feedback from this session has been phenomenal and every single person (including myself) is feeling the core muscles in one way or other (in a good way) and really benefiting from the challenging, multi-functional and effective moves.  There is no co-ordination involved so great for those who are not into routines but the music, equipment and motivation with levels of intensity and range of movement both on and off the mat make it fun, simple yet effective and definitely body shape changing. 

*EXTRA SESSIONS* Wednesday 9th & 16th FEBRUARY ONLY – 6.20 to 7.15pm, Buckden Millennium Centre.  No Need to Book!
Thursday Nights, 6.30pm to 7.15pm, Buckden Millennium Centre.  No Need To Book.

The Bride-Fit CHALLENGE 2011… Watch this space for more updates next week… Sabrina & Claire are doing really well and enjoying BootCamp, KettleBells and ULTIMATE CORE sessions… next stop FOOD DIARIES – this is when the hard work begins girls – and I am watching YOU!!! Oh and so is EVERYONE ELSE M xxx

SAVE Money – Get a FITHAVEN CARD…  To keep it simple, flexible and affordable ALL FitHaven sessions run on a PAY AS YOU GO Basis and there is NO NEED TO BOOK.  Prices are: £6 per session or £5 65+/full time students.  However you can SAVE MONEY (and who doesn’t want to do that) by getting yourself a FitHaven Card – see Mel or Neal before class for more details in class or click HERE!!!

See you in Buckden TONIGHT for BOOTCAMP WEEK FIVE!  You will be sooooooo glad you did… Mel xxx

FitHaven BootCamp 2011 – WEEK 4 , TONIGHT, Monday 31st January, 7.20 – 8.20pm from Buckden Millennium Centre and TONIGHT is BRING A BLOKE FOR FREE NIGHT!  We NEED more MEN in the room so come on fellas this class will REALLY WORK your body hard, get your FIT and STRONG and you will LOSE inches/bodyfat/weight…   For ONE NIGHT ONLY so come and join in the FitHaven Bootcamp BLAST!!!

Tonight there will be a circuit-mix of more supercharging and metabolism lifting Tabata drills so get yourself ready to burn it up!  The Tabata protocol is a high-intensity training regimen that produces remarkable results in VERY LITTLE TIME – this is definitely the way to go if you want to look, feel and notice a different in your body – QUICKLY!

BootCamp EXTRA TONIGHT…. Body Shredding with WEIGHTS… I will also be adding a NEW section into BootCamp tonight to prep you for a FRESH and DYNAMIC new way to get a hard core circuit- mix for a TOTAL BODY WORKOUT designed to burn MAXIMUM fat…. So be prepared GUYS – this is gonna shred, burn and tone you up, build LEAN muscle mass, blast calories and push our body into SPRING… it will soon be here guys so lets look and feel our best this year!  I will ease you in gently and each week will work on progression, performance and strength…

Get the ULTIMATE CORE!!!  Click HERE.  Oh yes this is ONE class that will reach to body parts that other classes just don’t reach!  The feedback from this session which has now run for two weeks and has been phenomenal and every single person has felt there core muscles in one way or other (in a good way) and really benefiting from the challenging, functional moves.  There is no co-ordination involved so great for those who are not into routines but the music, equipment and motivation with levels of intensity and range of movement both on and off the mat make it fun, simple yet effective and definitely body shape changing.  Thursday Nights, 6.30pm to 7.15pm, Buckden Millennium Centre.  No Need To Book.

SAVE Money – Get a FITHAVEN CARD…  To keep it simple, flexible and affordable ALL FitHaven sessions run on a PAY AS YOU GO Basis and there is NO NEED TO BOOK.  Prices are: £6 per session or £5 65+/full time students.  However you can SAVE MONEY (and who doesn’t want to do that) by getting yourself a FitHaven/Zumba Card – see Mel for more details in class or click HERE!!!

So see you in Buckden TONIGHT for BOOTCAMP WEEK FOUR – COME ON EVERYONE… Mel xxx

The Bride-Fit BootCampers 2011… Sabrina and Claire (below) really pushed out the stops last week and and showed fabulous energy and motivation as they attended the Monday Night BootCamp, ULTIMATE CORE and KettleBells with Neal in The PT studio.  So this is going to be their NEW Bride-Fit FORMAT for the next four weeks at least and I will also be monitoring and motivating them with their food dairies, habits and progression along the way… It’s going to be so much fun girls… M x

WEEK 3 BootCamp 2011 TONIGHT, 7.20pm from Buckden and I have another hour of power for you and your body to BLAST away the weekend and get back into some proper, energising, body shaping moves with me! 

Tonight I will be adding in some Tabata fat-blasting and metabolism-lifting drills so get yourself ready to burn it up!  What is Tabata I hear you say?  The Tabata protocol is a high-intensity training regimen that produces remarkable results in VERY LITTLE TIME.  A Tabata workout (also called a Tabata sequence) is an interval training cycle of 20 seconds of maximum intensity exercise, followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated without pause 8 times for a total of four minutes.  Yep and only 4 minutes of Tabata interval training could do more to boost aerobic and anaerobic capacity than an hour of endurance exercise – this is definitely the way to go…

COME on GUYS and GALS… Last Monday night saw another fabulous session take place with more partner workouts and circuits and we had so much FUN too… Click HERE to see how fabulous you looked and are getting on, SUBERB GUYS and GALS!  And speaking of GUYS – we NEED more MEN in the room I feel so come on fellas this class is just as much for you and it is the girls and ladies if you have a man out there who is sitting in on a Monday night – DRAG him there this and/or next week – he gets to come in for FREE if you do!!!

Read about our Bride-Fit BootCampers… We have Sabrina (the Bride-to-be on the right) and Claire (her Witness on the left) and they have taken it upon themselves to get seriously fit and toned for Sabrina’s BIG DAY in September and I have got them working closely with me on their fitness, goals and food diary’s.  So far Sabrina has written down her goals and plans and Halle Berry is her roll model she would most like to look like (no pressure then) and Claire has given me Claire Nasir (after her amazing body transformation and new BootCamp DVD she has out at the moment) so again no pressure there – hold on… let me just get my magic wand girls and I will see what I can do for you – until then BootCamp TONIGHT it is and on Thursday night they will be having a go at ULTIMATE CORE and KettleBells with Neal too – so watch their fitness and activity journey here – oh and wish me, I mean us, luck… M xxx

Get the ULTIMATE CORE!!!  Click HERE.  Oh yes this is ONE class that will reach to body parts that other classes just don’t reach!  The feedback from this session which has now run for two weeks and has been phenomenal and every single person has felt there core muscles in one way or other (in a good way) and really benefiting from the challenging, functional moves.  There is no co-ordination involved so great for those who are not into routines but the music, equipment and motivation with levels of intensity and range of movement both on and off the mat make it fun, simple yet effective.  Thursday Nights, 6.30pm to 7.15pm, Buckden Millennium Centre.  No Need To Book.

SAVE Money – Get a FITHAVEN CARD…  To keep it simple, flexible and affordable ALL FitHaven sessions run on a PAY AS YOU GO Basis and there is NO NEED TO BOOK.  Prices are: £6 per session or £5 65+/full time students.  However you can SAVE MONEY (and who doesn’t want to do that) by getting yourself a FitHaven/Zumba Card – see Mel for more details in class or click HERE!!!

So see you in Buckden TONIGHT for WEEK THREE and the rest of the week ahead – let’s BLAST it EVERYONE… Mel xxx