New fitness classes for 2024

January doesn’t exactly offer a helping hand in starting a new fitness journey for the new year. It’s grumpy and unfriendly. Face it on your own, no matter how sparkly those new trainers are, it’s going to chip away at your motivation quickly. And as soon as your fitness mission has started, it’s all but over.

Gyms, of course, are a much better option. A great choice of cardio and weight training options, without the weather. However, you’re still on your own, and if you want to join that rare elite of ‘gym goers still there in February’, you’ve got a mammoth exercise in self-discipline ahead.

The best advice? Join other people, make it structured, have a set time, and have some fun. In short, join a class!

Get ‘FIT4 24’ is the launch of 3 new classes to help you kick-start your fitness journey into 2024! With Yoga for Everyone and Fitsteps starting at the Farmstead, and Dazone PT Circuit Sessions at Linmere park, all starting in week commencing 8^th January.

All 3 classes are hosted by passionate leaders and experts, connecting you with other residents and neighbours, looking to build new, active communities in the place we live. You’ll find all the details you need, including class times, costs and booking links, further below on the page.

They look forward to seeing you and we all wish everyone a happy, healthy, and active 2024!

The Farmstead – FROM Thursday 18^th January from 7:40pm

First attendance – Free (to first timers)

Subsequent classes – £8 each

Book 6 for the price of 5 – £40

Dunstable-based Joanne has been a student of Yoga for over 20 years, qualifying as a teacher in 2021. Joanne specialises in Yoga for all ages, including mindfulness classes for children and adults. Yoga for Everyone is, literally, open to all ages, abilities, including anyone taking their first step on the Yoga journey.

The sessions will be broadly based on Hatha Yoga, moving at a slower pace, with a focus on controlled movements, breathing and stretching. You’ll require your own Yoga mat, whilst a limited number will be available for first timers at the launch class.

Note: Launch Class on Thursday 11th January now full – booking available from the 18th January!

If you’re attending for the first time, email Joanne to get your first class free here

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The Farmstead – starting Thursday 11^th January from 7:00pm

Individual classes (pay-as-you-go) – £5 each

Dance Fitness teacher, Louise, also based in Dunstable, is a trained practitioner in Fitsteps®, the nationally popular dance fitness programme. Mixing the graceful steps of Ballroom, and the up-tempo steps of Latin, Fitsteps® delivers an upbeat dance class, designed to achieve real, measurable fitness results, and a lot of fun getting there.

The Christmas Day TV ratings placed ‘Christmas Celebrity Come Dancing’ at the top of the charts. This one’ll be popular, and we know some of you have already confirmed you’re coming to the launch class. We hope to see more of you there.

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Linmere Park – starting 8^th January from 09:45Am / 6:45pm

Individual classes (pay-as-you-go) – £7 each

Locally based Darren is bringing his established outdoor circuit classes from Houghton Hall Park to Linmere Park this January, in the hope that residents will join the class and share the fantastic benefits of circuit training.

Circuit training offers a mix of cardio and weight fitness, using timed exercises one after the other, followed by short periods of rest. These sessions can be very impactful on your everyday fitness and your core strength.

Darren is hosting 2 x sessions per day, on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting on Monday 8^th January. Sessions start at 9:45am for those after the school run and working from home, and 6:45pm for those coming home from work. Darren will be providing floodlights for the evening sessions, before the light improves at spring.

With so many sessions on offer at Linmere Park, Darren hopes residents will drop by to catch a few minutes of each session, knowing that some of you will want to sign up for a class. He looks forward to meeting you!

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