Important Stuff - really!!

We are open for normal hours on Melbourne Cup Day - it's might be the Race that Stops the Nation, but it doesn't stop the EFM Nation - if you have the day off, get in for a pre-drinks workout. Ah...maybe not a post-drinks workout though!

Due to a CPR training session in Melbourne on Saturday 6th November, the Club will be open from 7am to 10am, not the regular 9am to 12pm. CPR training is required on a yearly basis to maintain my First Aid qualifications and unfortunately this is the only time available to me.

The Club will be closed for the 3pm - 7pm session only on Friday November 26th. Some of you may be aware that I have been involved in a Fitness Australia steering committee to arrange a Fitness Industry Evening to aid in Professional Development of Fitness Professionals in Geelong. Geelong has been very much under represented in the provision of suitable ongoing Professional Development for us. Professional Development serves two purposes - it ensures that your coach has maintained their accreditation with the peak registration body, Fitness Australia, and also ensures that your coaches have access to the most up to date scientific and industry knowledge in order to improve our service to you.

We are very excited to have arranged two fantastic speakers for the evening, Peter Lackovic of Impact Training Corporation, and Scott Pape, otherwise known as The Barefoot Investor.

Thanks in advance for your understanding.

The EFM 8 Week Challenge is well underway with lots of you setting rocking goals, some of you have decided to sit this one out, which is ok as well. Make sure you keep a regular training regime, eat well and get plenty of rest to ensure you give yourself every chance of achieving those goals.

Train the Trainer Day is getting closer. This is actually a really important day to me as a Coach as I want to see how effective I have been as an educator since March when I took over the EFM Geelong Franchise. Yes, it is an opportunity for you to punish me for those horrible exercises I put on the whiteboard, but as a Coach I desperately need to know that I have been able to teach you the reasons why we do what we do, why I push you, why I ask for more when you think you can't do any more, why I believe in your ability to achieve. Please, please do not say you won't contribute on the day. I'm a big boy, I might surprise some of you with what I can achieve.

Trying to come up with an idea for a friend or loved one for Christmas? How about a 1 Month Membership for them? For Barwon Health staff this could be arranged via an extra Payroll Deduction, for our public members an extra payment via Ezypay. Time to tell them to put up or shut up!!

Come on in, the weather's nice, the day's are 'longer', those goals can be achieved.

The 8 Week Challenge is already 5 hours old!

What have you done to start achieving your goals?

Have you set any yet?

Do you need some help? That's what I'm here for.

It doesn't need to be fat loss, it can be to increase the number of chin ups you can do - endurance, power, muscle mass. Or it could be improve the time it takes to complete 350 calories - endurance, cardiac output, stroke volume. There is a name and a system to achieve each and every goal you may have. You just have to let your Coach know what it is, you have to commit to it for 8 Weeks, and you have to get started. That's how easy it is.

Here's my commitment to you: If you tell me what your goal is, and how committed you are to it, what it would mean to you to achieve it, I will do everything I can to make it a reality. I'll build the programs, I'll coach you through every session, I'll let you bitch at me about how hard it is and how much you hate my guts. I'm a big boy, and I deal with that BS every day, so don't think you're going to upset me. What upsets me more is to see people give up on a goal, give up on a dream, give up on themselves. Let's get it happening, and let's do it today. Tomorrow is going to mean one less day to achieve it.

That's all there is today, except to tell you to go back to the top of the page and read it again so you know how committed I am to helping you achieve your goals. It's the most important thing in the world to me, so it has to be the most important thing to you too!!

Matt

6 Kg in 6 Week Challenge is over!!

Hi everyone
I wanted to wait until today for the update so that I could remind you that the 6 Kg in 6 Week Challenge finishes today, so it's weigh in day!! Will you have lost the 6 kg? Or 1 kg? The important thing to take from the Challenge is that there will always be obstacles in the way when you want to achieve a goal, but if your goal really means something to you, you will find a way to go around those obstacles.
The EFM 8 Week Challenge starts next Monday and just by entering, you could win a 12 Month Free Membership at EFM Geelong. I have waived the $35 entry fee for all current and financial members, so there should be no reason not to set a goal and have a go. Remember that it doesn't have to be fat loss - it can be committing to training 4 days a week, improving your 5km fun run time, just about anything health and fitness related. It needs to be a SMART goal, so can't be too simplified, like get fit. Fit for one person is different for another. Get into the Club this week to talk to me about it.
Boot Camp kicks off next Tuesday morning at 6am at the Club - again, its FREE for members.
Pilates starts again on Tuesday evening at 7pm at the Club - please call me in the next 2 days to confirm that you want to participate. $90 for the 9 Week Term for members. Given that Karen is an Exercise Physiologist with 20 years Fitness Industry experience, this is ridiculously good value!
The EFM Family Fun Day will be held at EFM Hawthorn East on Sunday November 28 from 10am to 2pm. This will be a day where all the EFM Clubs in Victoria can come together to have a bit of fun, a little bit of competition and get to see how great the EFM Nation really is. For EFM Geelong members, you probably haven't seen how the other EFM Clubs operate, but we are really keen to show how magnificent the Geelong Giants are. More details are available in the Club.
The member of the Month for October is Glenn Barker. Glenn has only been with EFM for a short time, but the way he approaches every workout is fantastic to see. He asks the right questions about how the exercises will help him, and he could honestly say that he doesn't leave anything in the tank after every workout.
The Coach is in Training!! Given that you guys are going to try to smash me on Train the Trainer Day, I'm more than happy to jump in with you guys and join you for a training session, provided that it doesn't compromise any other member's safety. You never know, you might just find the Coach's weaknesses (there are plenty!)
That's it for today, too much to do to sit on this computer any more.
See you in the Club this week!!
Coach

Let's GO!

Hey everyone and welcome to a brand new week.

Maybe this is the one where you achieve that long sought after goal, or set a brand new one!

We had a great attendance on Saturday morning with everyone getting to see the new Town Square at McKellar Centre, and experiencing a little pre Boot Camp exercise. Check out our Facebook page at EFM Health Clubs Geelong to see the photos of our new Boot Camp zone.

Only 9 days left in our 6 Kilograms in 6 Weeks Challenge - have you done what you set out to do? If not, don't despair. You still have 9 days to work as hard as you can to make the best of the challenge.

If you don't reach the 6 kilogram target, the chances are high that you have still lost fat and gained some muscle, and that will still be an amazing achievement. Maybe the warm weather and daylight savings might encourage you to get out some more after work, or maybe it was the amazing cycling from the UCI World Championships over the weekend. If you thought I made you work hard, imagine how much effort goes into becoming a World Champion.

Hopefully you all got the opportunity to see the cyclists in action - it was pretty exciting to see them flash past at 70kmh!

As we saw in the Grand Final on the weekend, you can't win a Premiership without achieving the small goals along the way, each week brings an opportunity to get closer to that big goal. How many times will you train this week? Once? Twice perhaps? Or as many times as you need to in order to achieve your goals?

Countdowns are on:

8 Week Challenge - 14 Days - make some time to talk to me about what goal you would like to set and achieve over the 8 Weeks.

Pilates - 15 Days - remember that bookings are essential

Boot Camp - 15 Days - let me know if you want to be involved. Can't wait to get outside after being inside all Winter!

Train the Trainer - 68 Days - finally...your chance to get some payback for some of the nasty stuff I have had you do over the year - I've deputised Jill Craig to look after collecting exercise ideas. Bring your best game everyone!!

Kokoda 2011 - 274 Days - it's getting closer and closer...!!!

That's it! Come on in today, bring a friend, let's have some fun and make that goal a reality

Matt