All the staff here at Funlife Fitness Centre would like to recognize Cathy Schoemaker for her fantastic efforts since joining our gym last October. Cathy’s hard work and dedication has been noticed by many members who strive towards the goals that Cathy has so far achieved.
Cathy’s Testimonial;
I became a member of Funlife Fitness Centre with the obvious ambition of becoming fitter and losing weight. In just over 6 months I am well on the way to achieving both of these goals but I hadn’t expected the enormous amount of support and encouragement that came from the staff as well as many other fellow members. Although results haven’t come without personal hard work and commitment, it has helped immensely to have an interconnection of people who could offer their expertise as well as generous support for my goals.
Just recently I took part in The Biggest Loser Challenge that was run for 12 weeks by Funlife Fitness Centre. As a result of participating in the Challenge I lost 13.5kg and gained a great level of fitness. The Challenge also gave me the opportunity to experience regular personal training sessions and I believe these sessions have been paramount in helping me achieve higher levels of fitness in a relatively short space of time as well as giving me individual input into the best way to train to achieve the best possible results. As a side benefit, I have made many new friends and have had a great time too!
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After
Elan Gration
The first time i walked through the Funlife fitness centre (Jan 2007) i walked straight out and joined up at another gym. At this other gym i felt out of place and like a rat in a testing laboratory, not surprising i cancelled my membership fell pregnant and piled on the weight again.
New Year’s resolution for 2008 join a gym and lose weight.
So here i was a year later weighing in at 90kgs. I decided to do a 7 day trial at the funlife fitness centre, let’s be honest if you can get something for free your stupid not to at least try it. I felt as comfortable as i could even if i had terrible chaffing and i thought everyone was looking at me. After my trial was up i decided that everyone has to start somewhere and decided to become a full member. I also signed up for the 2008 funlife centre’s biggest loser competition what else did i have to lose but a stack of weight!!!
It didn’t take long to make friends and i had lots of support during the biggest loser comp i loved the weekly weigh in’s and it helped to keep me motivated in the end i managed to lose 9kgs. Still my journey of fat blasting didn’t end there within 6 months of joining the gym i managed to lose a total of 21kgs.
Not yet reaching my dream goal weight i fell pregnant with my 5 child, this pregnancy i decided i wanted to stay healthy and continued working out right up until i gave birth. I had wonderful support from all the staff and not once did anyone make me feel as if i shouldn’t be there.
I am happy to say that i am still working out at the funlife fitness centre a year and a half later; i am back to my pre pregnancy weight and am looking forward to reaching that dream weight. Let’s be clear it has taken a lot of hard work on my behalf to get to where i am today but i believe that without the support from the staff and the friendships i have made i may not have even made it this far. Nothing is ever unreachable as long as you want it enough.
Watch this space people because i haven’t finished yet!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUNLIFE FITNESS CENTRE
I have been a member of Funlife Fitness Centre now for a year and a half, during this time I have regularly used the crèche facilities. The crèche is always kept clean which is noticeable as it is a small space that is utilized well. Toys always seem to be updated regularly and never look old and worn out. Janice has picked wonderful staff that my children have warmed to and that I trust to care for them. They are always friendly and seem to enjoy working with the kids.
Staff turnover in the crèche is minimal which is good because my children have created wonderful bonds with all that work there.
The crèche facility is one of the main reasons that I stay at this gym, finding someone who I trust and feel comfortable leaving my children with is hard to find these days.
Elan Gration
Funlife Fitness Centre
In January 2005 my daughter and girlfriend (both long term members of Funlife) convinced me to join them in coming to gym. Having retired in late 2004, I was looking for more activities, and also needed to lose weight and, most importantly, improve my fitness. I started with a couple of classes a week and slowly increased it to 5 spread over 4 days. My weight started to disappear and I couldn’t get over how much better I was starting to feel. My energy levels also increased, and I found that activities I had given up on, (putting it down to getting older), I now can do with ease. The social interaction of the gym was also important to me, so most of my workouts are in organised classes. I find the structured classes work best for me.
Last year my husband started coming along as well, as he also found that he needed to increase his fitness. After 9 months he has also discovered how much better he is feeling as a result of regular structured exercise. Geoff has a different program to me, doing strength for life, 2 self-directed workouts in the gym, and a stretch and tone class with me on a Tuesday night. Between me, Geoff and our daughter Julia, we cover just about every area that the gym offers.
The staff at Funlife are great, particularly our instructors. We all have Amanda, Jo and Julzie for our classes, and we all agree that they are not only great instructors, but also an asset to Funlife. For me personally Amanda has been there for me right from the start. She has been a great help to me over the past 4.5 years, as has Carol, both in an instructor role the first couple of years and also through being very supportive in her management role with administrative issues.
I didn’t think that I was going to enjoy the gym as much as I do, in fact, as we all do. The health benefits have been amazing for us, and we will be continuing to come for as long as we can physically cope with it. With a bit of luck, we will be for many years in the future.
Thanks again for your ongoing support,
Chris Smith
FUNLIFE FITNESS CENTRE
I have been a member of the Funlife Fitness for approx 5 years and as a stay at home mum I use the gym on a very regular basis. I have children the ages of 7, 5 and 3. Hence I have had to use the crèche for all three over the last 5 years. I feel very spoilt to have my gym with such a wonderful crèche. The ladies whom look after the children are of a beautiful nature and have watched my kids grow. The crèche hours are exactly what I want in the morning time and when I want to go in the evening the crèche is available to. The best thing is that is it FREE! I have friends who live in different areas and go to different gyms and they generally have to pay, there are no night time facilities and some don’t even open in the school holidays. As a mum and trying to get back in to shape and stay fit it is a bonus and my kids love going there,
Dedicated Funlife member: Samantha Fowler
Funlife Fitness Centre.
Put simply the crèche is fantastic! I would be lost without it. As a mother of two energetic girls the crèche allows me to have some ME time. Using the crèche allows me to exercise regularly and to maintain my sanity. The staff are terrific, they always make the kids and parents feel welcome. My girls love going to the crèche, they are always asking me “Mummy when are we going to the crèche?”
Caroline Hobby