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Fantastic Race for Life successes + photos

On Tuesday and Wednesday evening, body4life had 5 Clients running in the women only 5K events in Chester with some fantastic results! Whether first time entrants or looking to improve their times, each runner achieved their goals - and more!

The Roll of Honour was:

Cath Searle: 25 minutes, 13 seconds, 7th place overall, Personal Best.

Anne Kavanagh: 34 minutes, 07 seconds, first ever race.

Sue Redmond: 35 minutes, first ever race.

Renee Peck: 42 minutes, Personal Best.

Sally Kay: 43 minutes, 30 seconds, Personal Best.

Well done everyone, particularly for negotiating that horrendous hill just before the finish!

Here's a selection of pictures from the races . . .

    Mike & Renee before the start            Cath rounds the final bend in

                                                                                7th position

Alison, Sue & friends before the start      Sue enjoys a triumphant finish

01 June - Tony & Mike go head-to-head at the Cheshire Triathlon

This morning, Tony and Mike along with body4life Clients Jackie & Dave Clarke & Susie Woods, all competed in the Cheshire Triathlon over consecutive distances of 500 metres (Swim), 20K (Bike) and 5K (Run), in what proved to be a formidably well organised and fun event.

Although everyone has dabbled a little over the years at 'Tri', we were all relative novices and after completing the event, we all know the areas upon which we need to work!

Tony took overall honours, coming in ahead of the rest of us in 187th (out of some 1,000 competitors overall), so well done to Tony!

Special mention must go to Susie Woods who has been making amazing improvements in her road-running times recently, culminating in a 5K personal best time, achieved after swimming 500 metres and cycling 20K! Well done Susie!

The event is repeated on September 21st this year so a re-match has been planned! Keep checking out the News page for training and results updates!

10 May - Christleton 5K Personal Best

Congratulations to Susie Woods who ran a brilliant personal best time at the Christleton 5K road race last night. Susie has been working with Dave Knott specifically to improve her speed, combining interval training and conditioning gym work and already the results are beginning to show. Well done!

20 April - BOOTCAMP Fitness class trial - first pictures

Yesterday, a trial class of BOOTCAMP Fitness took place at Forest Hills Leisure Club and received the seal of approval from everyone who took part.

With a combination of running, log lifting, tyre dragging and partner work, no stone was left unturned in the all-over fitness session and there was even a surprise twist right at the very end . . .

Check out the pictures below as a preview of the first BOOTCAMP Fitness class tomorrow evening at 7pm.

Will YOU be ready . . ?

      Tyre dragging up the hill                     Andy hits the pain barrier!

                                       Your log is your friend!

                                                  A few pressups

16 April - Professional Gymnasium Standard Stability Balls now available in the body4life shop

Core Stability Training should be included in everyone's exercise sessions because it brings a whole host of tangible health & fitness benefits including:

so a brand new addition to the shop is the body4life Stability Ball. If you're looking to supplement your sessions with some extra core training at home, you need to be using a ball that is safe, anti-burst, tested to at least 200Kg and correctly sized so that you maximise your training results.

Click here to find out more about body4life Stability Balls

Click here to find out more about the benefits of Core Training

Watch out for more body4life approved products coming to the body4life shop soon!

09 April - BOOTCAMP Fitness launch date announced

BOOTCAMP Fitness will launch at 7pm on Monday 21st April at at Forest Hills Leisure Club, Frodsham.

Sessions last for 1 hour and will be a total body, group training workout, open to men and women and both Members & Non-members. Places are limited to the first 25 people to sign up, either in the gym at Forest Hills or simply click the link below to reserve your place.

Click here to reserve your place for BOOTCAMP Fitness

Sessions will be at 7pm every Monday evening at Forest Hills and during the launch period, prices are reduced to just £5 per session!

Meet in the main car park opposite the swimming pool, by the BOOTCAMP Fitness Banner.

Just arrive 5 minutes before start time to register, wear outdoor training kit and bring a bottle of water.

Be prepared for a challenging, all round, rewarding workout. We look forward to seeing you there!

Will YOU be ready . . ?

17 March - Are YOU ready?

BOOTCAMP Fitness is the very latest exciting fitness experience from body4life that is launching next month in April! Think of circuit training but in the great outdoors, whatever the weather and including:

BOOTCAMP Fitness is tough, group, outdoor, Total Body Training with the full body4life professionalism that takes your fitness to a completely new level.

Expect . . . the unexpected!

Keep checking back to the News page for more updates as the BOOTCAMP Fitness launch date approaches.

Will YOU be ready . . ?

11 March - Personal Training Block session purchase facility now available in the body4life Shop

With immediate effect, you can now simply and easily purchase your blocks of Personal Training sessions directly from the body4life Shop. Just click on Shop from the Main Menu and click on the image next to your package.

Click here for the body4life Shop

18 Feb - Wrexham half-marathon success

Yesterday, Mike ran the Wrexham half marathon and in near perfect conditions finished in his best time for almost 6 years. The weather was very cold, with no wind and apart from the occasional icy patch, ideal for running.

                 Mike feeling the pressure late on in the race

Mike's time was 1 hour 29 minutes, which ranked 12th on his all-time list out of his 37 half marathons completed to date.

24 Jan - How to get fitter . . . faster book launch

Forest Hills Hotel in Frodsham became a book-signing venue this week when Mike Searle launched his new fitness book, entitled ‘How to get fitter . . . faster’.

Mike's book is a complete health and fitness guide for modern day living  that cuts through the jargon and is packed with easy-fit exercise strategies to transform anyone’s fitness. How to get fitter . . . faster is Mike’s first book and regular readers of his widely read newspaper column ‘Your Personal Trainer’ will already be familiar with his no-nonsense style of writing.

Mike said: “the pace of modern day living is getting faster and faster and I see so many people struggling to fit fitness into their already busy lives. “I have written How to get fitter . . .faster specifically to help people get fit and stay fit without having to spend endless hours working out. “Using my innovative training techniques and straightforward fitness advice, my book explains how to get fit and stay fit, without devoting your life to exercise.”

Mike, who trained Gary Barlow for Take That’s comeback tour has included hundreds of tips and real life exercise strategies in the book that he and his team of Personal Trainers use with their Clients, day-in, day-out, with proven, rapid results.

Kieran McCabe, the Forest Hills Hotel General Manager said: “Forest Hills were delighted to be asked to host Mike’s book-signing and the book has generated considerable interest and been very well received. “body4life have been providing Personal Training here for many years and Mike’s team have really raised the bar with their standards, professionalism and of course their fantastic results. I have personally seen body4life transforming the lives of their Clients using a blend of their unique training methods and motivation and you really pick up on how effective Mike’s advice is in his book.”

First in the queue of customers for a signed copy was Jason Bell, a Forest Hills Leisure Club Fitness Instructor who was delighted to be the first one to get his hands on a copy of the book, personally signed by Mike himself.

           How to get fitter . . . faster is available now from the Shop

20 December - Alison Cairns joins body4life

body4life is delighted to announce that Alison Cairns will be joining the bodylife Team in January 2008. As a fully qualified Personal Trainer, Nutritional Advisor and Injury Therapist, Alison will be a great asset and she also brings a new focus - rock climbing.

Alison is an extremely experienced rock climber, having been climbing for over 20 years in locations all over the world and she is also President of the UK's only National Women's Climbing Club. Watch out for her in the gym bringing an exciting new dimension to Personal Training sessions.

                     Alison free climbing in Kalymnos, Greece

Click here to find out more about Alison