Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Synargym Again

I am covering for Kevin on Tuesday evening in Synargym Sooka Sentral, for the second time.. I actually quite like the class, but I don't like their sound system.. so cacated..

Anyway, I thought I wanna do a full BC45 release but I realised I hate it to do a full one, so I am going to mix it..

This is my remix for tomorrow's class... a good 51 minutes =)

T1: BC45 No Easy Way Out
T2: BC43 Love Drunk
T3: BC36 Magic Touch
T4: BC45 Take A Look Around
T5: BC45 Proud Mary
T6: BC43 The Black Pearl
T7: BC44 Mortal Kombat
T8: BC44 Your Shining
T9: BC36 Gonna Fly Now
T10: BC43 Sounds of Freedom

These are actually my compilation of my favourite tracks that I am confident of delivering.. if you look in the list, there's BC36 which dates back to 2007.. the release I was supposed to have gone for my training but didnt happen.. Yeah, that was those day.. That's why I can still do BC36 even though it was 3 years ago..

Yea.. it's gonna be a good, good night!


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Saturday, September 25, 2010

Class replacement

I will replace Kevin on Tuesday at Synargym, Sooka Sentral. This time I will do full BC45 release, not thinking of mixing it, if I got the time to fully learn up the weaker tracks.. if not then I will just mix it with likely one or two tracks from BC44...

The only thing is that Synargym has no stage and instructor stand with back facing members, thats how they want it, and I always get mixed up on right and left.. cos I have been doing instructor side in all the classes I go to.. either shadow or team teach... cos I dont attend as member anymore.. hahaha.. so its a tad little confusing :p

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Thank You Wangsa Walk members!!

I am beginning to love Wangsa Walk members... Loving also Midvalley members...

I guess.. I was proven wrong about how skeptical Celebrity members are because of the fact that we used to go class together and today, I am teaching them instead..

After class today, a few came forward and give me 2 thumbs up!!! Saying how much I have improved from the last class.. It was only my second class in Wangsa Walk... and the first one I did was the first class of BC45..

Yeah... and now that I know more names in WW, I can use them to shout their names in class!!

MORE!!

FASTER!! MORE POWER!!! HARDER!!!

:)

Thank you once again WW members, I will be here with David every Monday until I do my clearance and get my instructorship asap!! And I do it because of you members motivate me to push myself further and harder so that I can deliver better tracks...


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Monday, September 20, 2010

Cos it's a great, great night


I team-teach BodyCombat in Midvalley on Friday night, I guess practise really makes perfect? And preserverance really makes a difference right?

I got pretty good feedback from members and the lead instructor on my Friday class despite no aircond in the studio.. Only round 1 of the first track, I'm already dripping sweat!  I can say, this is perhaps my best performance ever being on stage.. no doubt there's minor minor things still, but those are, well... minor =)

With that, I am confident to schedule clearance in Celebrity Fitness and hopefully get my own class slots to teach permanently before the end of the year... I have to..  the next release Bodycombat 46 is tougher and has surprises in it, and will be launched in gyms in early December... the date for new release workshop is on Nov 15... so... the launching should be on first week of December to middle...

I am hoping to do CF launching... can I?

And guessed what? I have also renewed my membership at Celebrity Fitness, which expires Sunday.. the new membership is RM179 passport (all Celebrity clubs) and has no expiry.. and payable every month.. This way, it ensures the gym have income every month - compared to gyms who collect dues upfront.. those gyms are doomed to fail.. as we can see a fine example was California Fitness... and now, the industry are saying another gym is heading this direction.....

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Running Man

I realised "running man" in body combat has been the #1 search topic of bodycombat 45..

Although there is no reference to it, I'd like to enlighten everyone how "running man" is executed.. please note that my technique may not be entirely 100% accurate but at least, I am improving on my techniques... I am still learning after all..



Please excuse the poor quality as it was recorded using my mobile phone!!

Yeap... if you want to be really doing it in actual, please see your local gym timetable and attend a Body Combat class.. all gyms should have already launched the new release BC45 by now..

There's running man in track 1 lower body warmup but not as many as track 7 muay thai..

Thursday, September 16, 2010

My Gym Membership

My gym membership expires 19 Sept..

I first joined a gym which was California Fitness Orchard Club back when I was a part-time student in Singapore.. I was paying cash monthly $60 on a student pass.. Very affordable, I would say..

Then when I returned to KL after completing my studies, I transferred my membership back to KL California Fitness.. That was the time I wanted to take up Bodycombat training, it was BC35.. Some issues and I did not proceed to the training..

Then Celebrity Fitness announced in mid 2009 they are taking over California Fitness Malaysia.. and hence, that's how now I ended up a member of Celebrity Fitness... and this term membership expires this weekend..

There's no guessing which gym I will be joining.. I cannot afford Fitness First.. And I totally do not want to join True Fitness because of the latest development in there and my misalignment with the management.. I have issues with them and until they resolve that and make it simpler for instructors to train and teach in TF, I will not go back there..

So, I am renewing my membership in Celebrity Fitness while pursuing my full instructorship certification in Celebrity.. I might even consider signing contract - something I was against a couple months back.. but now, a 2-months contract with Celebrity Fitness is worth RM5,000 and with promised number of hours classes..

Who wouldn't want that?

For time being, at least.. But I will read carefully what the contract says to avoid landing in hot soup.. I want to teach in other gyms as well as doing replacements and covers for other instructors..

Once I get my instructorship in Celebrity Fitness, my membership will then be suspended until such time that I decided not to teach anymore (which could in N years time), then only the membership will resume..

So... yeah... going to sign the membership renewal papers tomorrow in Midvalley club..

I heart Celebrity Fitness, formerly California Fitness..



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Monday, September 13, 2010

Issues with True Fitness..

I have decided to stop training and teaching in True Fitness, completely, maybe..
Just gotten a call this morning from the management.. They are questioning me why am I there when I am not a certified instructor.. They said I have to get permission each time I go there to attend class, to train or to teach..

Well.. I began to suspect all these issues began after I did not pass my clearance in TF.. A lot of policy changes and stuffs like that - can see clearly now who is on who's side..

Anyway, with the latest developments, I am now officially announcing that I will only be teaching in Celebrity Fitness while Sports Toto Fitness will only call me for replacement/cover..

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Bodycombat 45 Youtube Links

This is the updated Body Combat 45 tracks Youtube links..

By now, I guess everyone would have done the workshop and launched BC45.. this is for those who want to listen to the music before attending BC classes.. have fun!

The link is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBCv_VRb3_M&feature=PlayList&p=A37677D38D55F9F2&index=0&playnext=1

Friday, September 10, 2010

Special Theme Class

For the first time in my bodycombat journey, I will be doing theme class!

On Monday, 13 Sept in Celebrity Fitness Wangsa Maju, I will be team-teaching with David, the senior GXM of CF, in a theme class!

Monday's theme class is army.. Come dressed in army, I will be dressing in army top and army bermuda... something I have never wear to gym before.. and I will be delivering 2 tracks of the new release BC45..

True Fitness does not allow for non-certified instructors to teach the new release until 3 weeks later, but CF has no such rule..

This is one of the many steps I'm taking to tap into Celebrity Fitness more.. And I have also applied to teach in Sports Toto Fitness Centre, a gym owned by Berjaya Group, located on the 6th Floor of Berjaya Times Square.. I heard membership is free to all Berjaya staffs.. but for outsiders, I heard it's quite affordable too, at RM100 per month? I heard lah, don't hold me against my words :)

The GXM there said they will call me for replacement... as there is currently no demand for more slots than there already are.. so, its more of a waiting game =)

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Bodycombat launching

Awesome launch at TF Giza and CF Midvalley =)

My legs going to patah already... cannot feel my legs already..

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Bodycombat 45 launching in gyms!

Yeap, Bodycombat 45 will be launching today in True Fitness at 10am in Giza and Celebrity Fitness at 5.30pm in Midvalley..

Fitness First will be damn late, launching only on 20th Sept..

Also, the next round of BC instructors course intake will happen from 1-3 Oct in KL.. If you are interested, please drop me a line and I will help you sign up.. the fee is AUD$320 which includes training materials, cd and dvd pack, and assessment fees..

Again, so many people done the new release already and I have not heard anyone saying they like it.. Serious.. not even leading instructors like it... If you ask me, I only managed to like "snippets" of tracks... not the entire track but yea... some of it only...

But anyway, the good news is, Celebrity Fitness allows me to teach the new release alongside with certified instructors anytime! Which means, 2-3 weeks barring period is just not applicable in CF... now... after all has been said and done, I still feel most belonged, and most welcomed at where I came from... I am a CF member... since 2005..

I somehow don't feel fit in in True Fitness... you get what I mean?

THE MEMBERS MAKES OR BREAK YOU!

I'm saying this because I have a good time teaching in CF Midvalley last nite.. And despite WITHOUT mic, I believed I delivered my tracks well.. apart from missing 0.5 seconds of a bit and a little mix-up of chorey, other than that, members, very very veteran and regular, came forward after class and said, "you improved so much since last time!"

Without mic, I knew I still can deliver because its not about how loud one can shout, but rather doing it properly, clear strong execution and previewing the next move to members.. Anyway, I always have comments that I talk too much.. even from the master trainer himself in Bangkok.. So yeah, when I'm excited, I talk and talk!!

NOTHING EXCITES me more than members appreciating and acknowledging the fact that I am putting in tenfold effort to bring the class through.. They always say, track 1 is the most important track.. because there and then, everything can be seen from an instructor at track 1 itself, no?

I agree.


And bear in mind, this is only the 2nd class I'm doing in CF!

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Back in the game

After overseas for a week to Taiwan, I am back.. and this time around, pumping up more team-teaching sessions in Celebrity Fitness while I give True Fitness a break due to the "tensions" in there..

I'll be having a team-teaching class in Celebrity Fitness Midvalley tomorrow evening as above.. At first I wanted to do older releases stretching as far back as a few years, but then again I thought, one night might not be enough to learn up a new track and deliver it to the best ability.. I had initially wanted to do Release 39 Track 1.. which is about 6 releases ago.. But anyway, scrapped - as I will just do my training release... R43..

Talking about learning new tracks, I have not even mastered the newest release yet! Oh how lazy of me!!

The launch will be held in True Fitness Giza, 4th Sept at 10am, while in Celebrity Fitness Midvalley it's at 5.30pm the same day..

I will be attending both launches, not permitted to teach yet..



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