APRIL NEWSLETTER 2018

Theodore W Higginnsworth once said: “A new day - a new month - a new year... do you see each endeavour as a fresh start or are you carrying yesterday into this brandnew day? See the possibilities of beginning anew.

May this new month be one where you only look forward, putting all the bad days of 2018 in the past. Hope you really had a blessed Easter and that you are well rested and ready for this second semester! It`s going to be a fast-paced and frantic few weeks, as always, but, choosing to be part of life at our studio will once again make this winter another exciting, adventurous and memorable one.

A very special welcome to all our new members, and especially Annelize and all the Aqua Fitness girls who are joining us for the next few months:

André Ferreira, Anne-Marie Ferreira, Carien Bester & Mmamokethe Letshela.

Martie Badenhorst, Maryke Bosch, Amy Slabbert, Amelia Slabbert, Odette Schmulian, Ruanette Kruger, Charlotte Lands, Edel Filter, Brenda Steyn, Louise Jacobs & Mari Kruger

A special word of welcome-back to Marlyn Ferreira and Anja Steyn.

We have missed you.

As most of you know, 65 members completed the New Year Challenge successfully, we had an amazing “Pretty in Pink” award ceremony on the 28th of march, and here are our winners in the different categories: Jolindi Fourie(weight-loss), Natasja de Villiers (Loss in visceral fat), Sandrie Marais (Metabolic age improvement), Vanessa van Niekerk (Muscle percentage improvement), Olga du Plessis(Fat loss percentage winner), Most classes (Leonie Prinsloo), Second most classes (Helga Keulder), Special recognition (Lizelle Botha and Marguerite Koch), Best dressed members at prize giving ceremony (Denyse Trouw and Melanie Bouwer). The winners of the cash prizes in our lucky draw: 3rd: Marthie Botes (R500), 2nd: Gerda van Zyl (R1000), and 1st: Doempie Meyer (R1800). Congratulations you all!!!

Yeah, so if you are by any means in doubt about entering our 2018 WINTER FITNESS WITNESS CHALLENGE, just read the above paragraph again – you cannot lose, you can only win. Our Winter Challenge will start on the 7th of May, and entry forms will soon be available. Remember this is our lenient challenge, 13 weeks for only 39 workouts, and the assessments aren`t even compulsory in order to be successful. Entry fees for our Challenge is only R280, or R150 paid over two months.

As you all know, the annual winners will be announced at our end of the year function in November, and in order to be taken into consideration you need to be part of our fitness challenges.

This month we have incorporated “Drumming” into the Cardio Fun class and it is super awesome!!! Here`s your opportunity to make that rock and roll dreams come true while burning calories!!!! A huge thank you to my team – Cecile, Doempie, Elanza, Elsje and also Annelize – appreciate you still!

Congratulations to all our April Birthday babes – hope your day is blessed and beautiful: 1 Stella Kalp

2 Marieta Lamprecht

6 Carol Myburgh 8 Maryke Bosch

9 Ilne Pieterse

15 Preleen Ganes 22 Sakkie Lamprecht, Thea van der Poel 23 Hannelie Slabber

26 Lungile Gama, Michelle Pienaar 27 Marjorie Stoffberg

Please take note that the studio will be closed on Friday the 27th of April, as well as Monday the 30th and Tuesday the 1st of May.

One of the most famous people ever born in the month of April is comedian Charlie Chaplin – while many people can still identify him as a silent film star, few people know just how insightful and intelligent he was. May this unknown poem he wrote many years ago be an inspiration for you this month:

“As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”. As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it “MATURITY”. As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment, so I could be calm. Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”...”

Yours in fitness Mirna

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