First Class Tomorrow

Hi All - The first class of our new school year begins tomorrow - Tuesday Sept. 23, 2008.

Welcome back to all of our new and former training partners. If you are a students at RLMS please report directly to the fitness center at the end of the school day. Change into your fitness gear, place your back packs neatly along the wall and start your cardio (exercise bike, stepper, etc...). Class will begin a little differently this year. We will start each session with a group warm up. Our warm up is a mixture of Quigong (a Chinese Martial Art similar to Tia Chi) and the Z Health R Phase warm up. After our warm up you will be assigned a training partner and a trainer who will guide you through your first work out. We will be using a combination of strength machines, free weights, stability balls, medicine balls, and body weight exercise. You will be required to perform additional training including cardio work on your own time. A light snack is ok before we train (a granola bar or piece of fruit) and water.

Special Welcome to our new PFT's. This is the first session we will have official PFT's (peer fitness trainers) joining our program. Each trainer has been been with our program for at least 3 sessions, has applied for the PFT program, and has submitted a letter of request detailing their qualifications and their reasons for consideration. Each PFT will be on probation for 1 full session. We are very close to bringing our program full circle.

This season we will continue to welcome local university students. This year we will be welcoming student trainers from Sacred Heart University, Southern Connecticut State University, Uconn, and NCTC. We will also have some high school students from Fairfield HS Warde and Ludlow helping with our program. These students are all veterans of our summer program and are looking forward to sharing what they have learned with our middle school students. This season promises to be a wonderful experience for all. What a great way to start off our second year of programming. Special thanks to the Fairfield Recreation Department and Rnunes Soccer Academy for their support. See you in the gym. Train hard, Train smart. Capt.