Water Aerobics at the Friendswood Aquatic Center will begin its second fall session Sept. 25 and will run for eight weeks.

All classes are led by certified water aerobics instructors and are 60 minutes in length. Tuesday-Thursday classes are $60 for the morning and evening classes are $52.50 (there is no evening class on 10/18 and 11/8) Please pay by cash or check payable to FISD. Enrollment in any class is limited to the first 25 paid enrollments.

This session ends November 15. Classes run from 9-10 am and 6:30-7:30 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

These classes are deep water only and use Aquajogger equipment. Participants should be comfortable in deep water and will be supported with the Aquajogger buoyancy belt. Other Aquajogger equipment will be added under the guidance of the instructor.

This is a no impact workout program that can be easily adjusted to individual needs and goals.

Sign up at the Friendswood Aquatic Center, 1115 Falling Leaf between 6 am and noon and 1 to 8 pm.

For more information call the Aquatic Center at (281) 992-2505 or e-mail John Little at jlittle@fisdk12.net.

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The Amari Watergate Bangkok's Clark Hatch Fitness Centre invites aerobics enthusiasts to work out for a good cause for three hours non-stop during the "16th Aerobics Marathon on Aids".

The aerobics marathon will be led by many famous instructors including Bankchart Kaewchompoo, Ladda Pramote, Yodchai Yommakup and Anuwat Yaovakun.

Participants will also have a chance to rub shoulders and exercise alongside many celebrities and superstars.

As in previous years, the event also features a contest with trophies on offer for the best male and female dancer, the one with the most creative costume and a team with the most participants. The event aims to raise funds for charitable causes, including the Chalerm Prakiat HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn School, which supports the education of children whose parents have passed away due to HIV/Aids, and Baan Gerda, the children's village project which supports HIV-infected orphans in Nong Muang, Lop Buri province.

The '16th Aerobics Marathon on Aids' will take place at Amari Watergate Hotel's Ballroom on Sept 30 from 1pm-4pm. Tickets cost 300 baht and are available at the reception desk on the 8th floor. Call 02-653-9000 ext 5021 or 5780.

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Sept. 12, 2012, midnight

A SPORTSPERSONS' night featuring AFL champion Jonathan Brown will help send a Warrnambool aerobics team to the world titles.

Brown, former Olympic cyclist Michael Lynch and four-time world aerobics competitor Emma Bellman will speak at the event at the Whalers Hotel on Friday.

The event will raise money to send an EKB Fitness and Aerobics team to contest Federation of International Sport Aerobics and Fitness titles in the Netherlands. Bellman said the athletes had to fund-raise to offset the $4000 per competitor cost to compete overseas.

She said the team was about "halfway" to its goal of raising $12,000 ahead of the sportspersons' night.

"The parents are paying their own way over. If we can cover as much as possible for the girls, it does make it easier on the families," she said.

"Without sponsorship, the team wouldn't be going."

About 100 tickets remain for the sportspersons' night, which also includes a goods and services auction.

Tickets are available through the Whalers Hotel or by emailing emmabellman@hotmail.com.

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Accelerate team members Stephanie Umbers, Sophie Bellman, Tiarna Drake, Gaby Carty, Aylish Auchettl, Samantha Stewart, Sarah Hill and Emily Lacey are ready to take on the world titles.

WARRNAMBOOL teenagers bound for world aerobics titles next month are balancing a heavy training and study workload.

The eight girls, members of EKB Fitness and Aerobics, will head to Dordrecht, in the Netherlands, for the championships from October 15 to 21.

Coach Emma Bellman said the Accelerate team was doing well to handle its increased training schedule.

The team placed second in its junior fitness category at national titles in Adelaide in July with its racing-theme routine, qualifying it for world titles.

Before nationals they were doing two routine sessions a week, plus their own home programs, Bellman said.

Now theyre doing three routine sessions, two gym sessions and theyre doing their own gym work.

Thats down at Action (Indoor Sports Centre). Theyre a sponsor, so the girls can go any time they want, they can use what they want. Theyre doing around 10 hours a week, if not more.

Bellman said she was conscious of ensuring the training and study workload did not become too much for the team.

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Whos ever had a tequila shooter? You know what you do first throw that salt over your shoulder, shouts Maureen Hagan, the incredibly charismatic vice-president of operations for GoodLife Fitness, as she energetically marches on a stage in a windowless, non-descript workout studio in Torontos east end.

Im midway through a 30-minute Flexi-Shape class, an aerobics routine involving two trademarked gadgets Ive never heard of before: a set of one-kilogram weighted cylinders (the Xco Trainers) and a five-foot-long, flexible metal rod with foam balls on each end (the Flexi-Bar). As a disco track encouraging me to feel the groove plays in the background, I frantically shake my Xcos, which are filled with a highly specialized granular substance and bear a striking resemblance to the much-spoofed Shake Weight. (Totally different science, Ms. Hagan tells me later.)

Im having fun and feeling a slight burn in my arms, yet I cant entirely, well, shake the feeling that Im on the set of a 1980s infomercial.

This 10-minute shaker routine is but an intermission from the classs main act, performing a series of arm movements with the Flexi-Bar which we hold at its midpoint and exert subtle pressure on so that it will vibrate as we squat, lunge and march.

Like David Hasselhoff, the Flexi-Bar is apparently big in Germany. Its a household name there, says Ms. Hagan. Every Olympic athlete uses it. A physiotherapist in addition to a Good Life exec and instructor, she discovered the bar at a German fitness convention and was so impressed by its effectiveness as both a rehabilitation tool (its original use) and core toner (ideal for runners and hunched-over office workers) that she implemented Flexi-Bar classes at 70 of GoodLifes 280 Canadian locations.

Based on the concept of vibration training, which sounds vaguely of the occult, the tool purportedly contracts ones muscles at a frequency thats ideal for toning. The greater the amplitude requires more muscle firing, which creates greater muscle tone, explains Ms. Hagan. And while it may seem as though your arms are doing most of the work, that actually isnt the case: To get that bar to swing, you have to brace from your core, she says. The muscles that primarily fire are those surrounding your spine.

Back in the studio with my feet firmly planted, my back straight, my shoulders back and my arms raised and slightly bent it takes a few minutes to master the movement. Its not about overgripping the bar, its about relaxing it, Ms. Hagan instructs the class, primarily women in their 30s as well as a handful of guys none of whom seem embarrassed at the prospect of looking like a slightly deranged baton twirler.

At first, Im guilty of overgripping, thrusting the bar so vigorously that Im worried Ill take flight thanks to the exuberant flapping of my batwings. (Ms. Hagan, its worth noting, has zero tricep flab.) Then, in an instant, it clicks: All thats required to keep the Flexi-Bar moving is a slight pressure, which does, ever-so-slightly, seem to originate from my core.

For the next 15 minutes, we vibrate the bar first using two hands, then alternating between left and right. Then its shaker-time, as we thrust the Xcos (the delayed movement of the granular substance is supposedly less stressful on the joints) over and back, in front and side to side.

Finally, we cool down even though Ive barely broken a sweat stretching with the Flexi-Bar to a torch singers take on Billie Jean. After a round of applause, Ms. Hagan steps off the stage and makes her way through the small crowd, high-fiving as she goes. Do you still feel your muscles vibrating? she asks. Unfortunately no, even though I really want to. (Shes that convincing.) But while I felt self-conscious and more than a little silly, being constantly prompted to keep my shoulders back improved my posture for days, which, even if my core was barely activated, had a definite slimming effect.

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Actress Eva Longoria says she changed oil in a mechanic's shop, flipped burgers at Wendy's, and taught aerobics to pay off her college loans. She needed a tax break back then, but not anymore.

The Associated Press

Actress Eva Longoria says she changed oil in a mechanic's shop, flipped burgers at Wendy's, and taught aerobics to pay off her college loans. She needed a tax break back then, but not anymore.

President Barack Obama will ensure that hard work and ambition are rewarded with opportunity, the "Desperate Housewives" star said Thursday at the Democratic National Convention. Obama has cut taxes for working Americans and small business owners, Longoria said, while Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney wants to cut taxes for wealthier people like her.

Romney, however, has said he will not raise taxes on the middle class.

Longoria, a co-chair for Obama's re-election campaign, says she has traveled the country for the president and has been struck by how optimistic people are.

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If you're too young to remember the 1980s, you'll have to take my word for it: We thought we were pretty cool. New Coke, pink Izods, hair metal and The A-Team. We really turned pop culture on its head! (We didn't turn pop culture on its head.)

Of all the trends that seemed fantastically modern back then, few things said "the '80s" more than aerobics and the requisite leg warmers and unitards. The San Francisco band Moon Duo revives this exercise phenomenon and everything that now seems ludicrous about it in a new video for its song "Sleepwalker."

The scene, led by a mysterious guru, is both hilarious and terrifying (things get pretty creepy by the end). Fortunately, it's not scored by Sweatin' to the Oldies or Culture Club, but by Moon Duo's fabulously funked-out space rock.

"The original idea was to do a straight aerobics instructional video in the classic '80s style: humorous but also useful, something you could really work out to," says one-half of Moon Duo, Ripley Johnson. "We realized it would be more entertaining and practical to do something narrative, and [Moon Duo's] Sanae [Yamada] came up with the idea of a young couple finding an aerobics-class flyer on the street. The story ideas rolled forth from there, and by the time we cast King Khan as the instructor, we had a full-tilt aerobics cult story, with mystic logo, abduction, crazy costumes, the whole nine yards."

Ripley and Yamada are the DJs seen at the back of the aerobics classroom. They shot the video in Berlin with an all-volunteer cast, including Canadian musician King Khan (Arish Ahmad Khan).

"Sleepwalker" is the opening track to Moon Duo's latest album, Circles, due out Oct. 2 on Sacred Bones Records.

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Sports and fitness has come to the fore in April Sound and is growing by drives, lobs, laps, stretches, walks/runs and now booty shaking! Golf, tennis, water aerobics and swimming are thriving, but now some new fitness activities have been added. Joey Branham, Director of Golf wants everyone to know about the April Sound Cup, (this year dubbed Luau on the Lake) which is scheduled for Sept. 21, 22, and 23. The golf tournament, open to members and guests, all required to have a verifiable USGA approved handicap, will be a 2-Person Modified Stableford Point Quota beginning with a practice round on Friday afternoon, first round play on Saturday and final rounds on Sunday. Dress all week-end is tropical attire, and each participant and a guest will be invited to attend the April Sound Luau planned by the Clubs Social Committee at 6:30 PM on Sunday evening. By the way, have YOU made your table reservations for that event? Remember, the Luau is open to ALL April Sound residents and guests, not just the golfers. There will be Hawaiian food and drinks, fire dancers and hula girls!

Ben and Lisa Hearn and Jodi Grubb, members of the Social Committee chaired by Laney Whiteman, have been planning the first ever April Sound Fun Run which will be held on Saturday morning, Oct. 13 beginning at 9 a.m. This family event is open to everyone (entry fee of $5. for adults and $3. for children) and the Bearbackers Booster Club of Montgomery High School will be the beneficiary of proceeds from the Run. Dogs and strollers are welcome, too! Be sure to plan to run/walk the Boulevard course and join in on all the festivities and fun!

Alex Denn, Club Member Relations Coordinator, sent me the Club Fitness Schedule. Personal Trainer Sheryl Styla has Pilates Class on Monday at 5:00 PM and Wednesday and Friday at 10:30 AM. Sit-N-Be-Fit meets at 11:30 on Tuesday and Thursday and Circuit Training is at 10:30 AM on Tuesday and Thursday.

If youre looking for even more of a work-out, Abs and Cardio might be for you at 6:00 PM Monday and Wednesday and 11:30 AM on Wednesday. Water Aerobics in the pool starts at 8:30 AM Tuesday through Friday.

Recently Erin Bogenreif has introduced Hatha Yoga to April Sounds fitness program with Beginner Yoga on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:00 PM and Experienced Yoga at 7:00 PM on Monday and Wednesday. Erin received her national certification at the Yoga Institute of Houston with Lex Gillian in September 2010, and teaches for the City of Conroe. Word has it that these classes are extremely popular!

Now, if you were wondering about the Booty Shaking reference at the top of this article, the Club is now offering ZUMBA! Led by certified Zumba instructor Roxanne Guest, participants will incorporate fitness exercises into a combination of meringue, reggaetone and salsa that make everyone laugh, smile, and let loose! You can Zumba on Tuesday at 5:00 PM and Saturday at 8:00 AM. Go April Sound and remember, all these classes are complimentary with your Club membership!

Ann Marie Ricci]]>

If you have information about April Sound activities please contact Ann Marie Ricci at jamricci@consolidated.net.

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Musical medicine as cancer scare sparks aerobics career

7:10am Friday 31st August 2012 in News By Freddie Whittaker, covering Politics and Kidlington. Call me on 01865 425498

BRAVE Sally Cunnane found more than just fitness after double kidney failure and a cancer scare inspired her to become an aerobics instructor.

She almost lost her life more than 10 years ago, but found unlikely love with the Oxford Don who guided her through her studies.

The 42-year-old married Tom Cunnane, 57, in March after a romance which formed after a decade of friendship and education as she rebuilt her life.

She said: After this bout of illness I wanted to get back to fitness and earn a bit of extra money.

I was already a member of the Oxford Hotel gym and my parents funded the course for me.

Ive been teaching for 10 years now and Ive had a fantastic time and got to know a lot of people locally.

Mrs Cunnane first started feeling unwell at the age of 25 having returned from several years living abroad after she graduated from Oxford Brookes.

She was experiencing vomiting, high temperatures and severe weight loss, eventually dropping to less than six stone.

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The first Fall Water Aerobics Session has been set for Sept. 4-20 at the Friendswood Aquatic Center. All classes are led by certified water aerobics instructors and are 60 minutes in length.

Tuesday-Thursday classes are $18.75 (this is a discounted rate to welcome participants back) for the session (Cash or check payable to FISD). These sessions are three weeks. Enrollment in any class is limited to the first 25 paid enrollments.

Classes run on Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-7:30 pm and 9-10 am.

These classes are deep water only and use Aquajogger equipment. Participants should be comfortable in deep water and will be supported with the Aquajogger buoyancy belt. Other Aquajogger nequipment will be added under the guidance of the instructor. This is a no impact workout program that can be easily adjusted to individual needs and goals.

Those interested can sign up at the Friendswood Aquatic Center, 1115 Falling Leaf between 6 am and noon and 1 to 8 pm.

For more information call the Aquatic Center at 281-992-2505 or e-mail John Little @ jlittle@fisdk12.net.

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