21 woman this month | January 2012 | as we worked up a sweat. They followed this with a great “body balance” session, to soothe each muscle group. Other cardio and toning classes included the innovative Tabata interval training session from Kate at Kinetix, Elite Seef Residence; a fantastic and truly enlightening Shotokan Karate session from Sensei Amr and Debbie Al Asfoor over at the Bahrain Karate Academy; a good and gruelling power abs class from Ryan at the InterContinental Regency and an extremely exciting and terribly fun jumping class from Alina Comanici at Kangoo Jumps. We had a great time watching Alina and her jumping girls strap on their special boots for a demo by the pool and it was even more delightful to be able to join in her special aerobics routine afterwards in the studio. Get Your Groove on! It wouldn’t have been a women’s fitness day without some dancing now would it? To satisfy all the women out there who love a good boogie, we had not one, not two but THREE dance-style fitness classes! The gorgeous Adriana Costa from Life-Fit in Budaiya came and gave us a latin and aerobics inspired Dance-Fit class, to the sound of some seriously catchy beats. Then later on, we hosted an overwhelmingly popular Zumba class, brought to us by the wonderful Dessange. To finish off the day, we were delighted to take part in a fun-filled salsa class, taught by Ali Madan from Pars Hotel. Ali and his beautiful assistants had us shaking our hips, wiggling our thighs, jumping, clapping and grinning from ear to ear — we couldn’t recommend the experience more! While You Were Waiting As if a day of free fitness sample classes wasn’t enough! Whilst the women at the event were waiting for one class to finish and the next to start, they had the fantastic opportunity to wander around, having a look at all the stalls. We brought you some of the most experienced experts to talk about nutrition, spa treatments, new machines, personal training, sportswear and, if you were very lucky, to treat you to a free sample massage The Diplomat, Sofitel and Regency were all present to lead you through a variety of health and beauty treatments, such as the Sofitel’s thalassotherapy massages and the Diplomat’s incredible menu of facials. We also had a beautiful, specially designed and built woodland scene from the lovely ladies over at Flo Motionwear, who were present to show us their trendy fitness threads, perfect for day or night. Nanda and Binu from Gulf Pharmacy had a range of products for you to test out and talk about and Sheikha Lulwa from Equilibre spent the day being an absolute saint — offering us samples of her green tea sweeties and her fresh fruit arrangements.. We even had the amazingly stylish girls from Toni & Guy salon come along to show us their GHDs, great products and to demonstrate some cool hair styles on their models. Until Next Time… We have had some amazing feedback from many of the women who attended our first EVER Fitness Day Out! Thank you to everyone of our fantastic clients for your participation and your continued support. We hope to see even more of you next time, for some more fitness fun in the sun!
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