Working with the best of them

Evening all.  As promised, here's a follow up to yesterday's catch-up post.  I mentioned that I'd been involved with a few other local (and not so local) businesses of late, so I thought I'd share some details and spread the love.

So, firstly and most recently (just yesterday morning, in fact) I went along to Parkers Piece bright and early to join in with a Cambridge Bootcamps session.  Believe me, I never thought I'd be doing burpees as a warm up @ 6.30am!  Outfit Ladies only Bootcamps are run by Charlie Wall, who I met with last week.  She and I both work specifically with women, run our own fitness companies and - bizarrely - originally come from the same town (Colchester for anyone interested)!  So it seemed fitting that at some point we'd get together and talk shop!  I loved the workout Charlie had devised for us all, and it was great to see so many women pushing themselves, burning bodyfat and having fun.  All before getting ready for work!  Currently they operate at four different locations throughout Cambridge and each camp holds 3 sessions per week.  I'm very excited about any involvement I might have with Cambridge Bootcamps in the future.

Then  of course there's the fabulous Sweaty Betty.  In 2010 I was one of the Sweaty Betty Ambassadors, and I've continued to have a lot of involvement with the Cambridge store this year.  The ambassador role involved everything from promoting their brand (pretty easy to do!)  to rather more "exotic" aspects:  Last May they sent me up to Perth to lead the post-race stretches at the Scone Palace Ribbon Walk, and I spent time at Sweaty Betty headquearters with the accessories designers in December, offering consumer advice on a variety of products.  Back in Cambridge, the lovely Kimberley Cole has been managing the store since Christmas time and, although I'm no longer an official ambassador, Kim has been great at supporting me and my business.  I hosted a Lovefit Client evening in the store back in March, and most recently Kim has offered a 15% discount for all my Buggy Bootcamp Mums from 27 Jun - 03 July.  Go and treat yourselves ladies :-)

Which leads me on to my next mention of the evening - Buggy Bootcamp.  For those of you not already in the know, Buggy Bootcamp is a fitness program for Mums with their babies, and was originally started back in 2009 by Nicola Ostler in Waterbeach.  I've been running Buggy Bootcamp in Cambridge since January and the classes have proved to be very popular.  We're all heading out for a Bootcamp social on 28th June which will be a great opportunity to have a "night off"(!) and get to know each other even better.  Can't wait!

Finally, and I promise to be brief, I'm hoping to go and train with Dax Moy in Januray.  I referrenced Dax - one of the Uk's leading personal trainers -  when I blogged yesterday.  I was lucky enough to catch him on Facebook after that and now I'm all fired up to attend his Kinetic Chain Assessment Course early next year.  I just have to rearrange a snowboarding trip which is likely to clash!  Goodnight.