Bouncing Becky is back!

Hello bouncers!

This week has been a very productive week here at onesixeight: fitness HQ... Lots of plans for the future, new clients prospects and I started 2 more Bounce Fitness classes in Newtown Linford and Redlands Community School in Sileby (both Leicestershire). Both new classes were a success and will continue each week. The afterschool club was extremely popular and there is even a waiting list for the kids to sign up. I loved working with the kids and feel that the Bounce exercise and my instructing is a great way for them to enjoy exercising. The kids remembered 'Bouncing Becky' from the Bounce-athon event held in December so they were all really excitable and I wasn't half tired on Thursday night!!

I can add 60 people to my Fitness 10,000 list this week from all the classes. I can also add 650 participants from the Loughborough Half Marathon after sending my welcome email with lots of useful training tips for everyone. I shall be sending an email every week to keep participants updated with training schedule and also giving handy tips. Entries have now closed for this year's race but if you would like to register your interest for taking part in 2013 please email me

Lots to do this week. I'm loving this year so far and enjoying working with new clients and groups of people. I think Bounce is going to get bigger and bigger this year so I'm keeping up my good work spreading the word and helping people up and down the country and across the world to get fit and feel as great as I do when I'm exercising.

Take care everyone and keep bouncing!
Becky Bounce :-)

Bounce-camp was a great success!

Last week was Bounce-camp and it was great! We exercised for 1 hour each morning at 6.30am in a park in Shepshed. The weather was wonderful (mild until Thursday and then frosty on Friday) with no rain which meant we didn't have to move the workout indoors and we got to enjoy the morning fresh air. The camp progressed using the same exercises each morning and increasing the duration on each exercise in a circuit. The exercises were: Core extension, Squats, Lunges, Core twists and Press ups with bouncing intervals in between. Videos for all of the exercises can be found on our YouTube page

Day 1: 30 seconds on each exercise 

Day 2: 45 seconds 

Day 3: 45 seconds with added resistance 

Day 4: 60 seconds with added resistance

Day 5: 60 seconds with increased added resistance

We really enjoyed the camp and felt smug all day long for having done exercise before most people had even got up for work. Try it yourself one week if you want to feel bounced-back into shape or contact me to arrange your very own bounce-camp at home!

Last week was also a good week for making plans for Bounce-athons and beyond - so watch this space!

I shall be back next week for another update on how my Fitness 10,000 plans are going. In the mean time, let's keep bouncing!! :-)

Let the Fitness Detox commence!

Hello to all and Happy New Year!

It feels good to finally be in 2012 after talking about this exciting Olympic year for so long. I love January because everyone has so much more energy and it's a new start for us all. It's also my busiest month because a lot of people set New Year's resolutions to get fit and be more healthy. I'm here to help people achieve those goals, not just in January but throughout the year, but anyone setting goals for the NY may find my advice on Twitter especially useful.

Over the past week, I have been helping clients work off the festive indulgence at my Bounce classes and personal training sessions. I've written training programmes ahead of the Loughborough Half Marathon in March and also I've written a beginners guide to running a half marathon which will be available to download from the onesixeight: fitness website very soon.

On Tuesday, we started the Team 168 group training sessions for those taking part in the Loughborough Half. The group is suitable for everyone, but especially good for beginners because we don't run too fast or for too long! If you want to come along please book here or to find out more click here

Well done to Glenda from Leicester who won the 12 Days of Fitness Challenge with a fantastic score of 280! She admitted that my Bounce-Back into Shape DVD helped her score so highly and she can see and feel the benefits after just 1 month of bouncing in her living room. The 12 Days of Fitness Challenge videos are still available on YouTube if you want to find some simple exercises to help you be more active in 2012.

Next week, is Bounce-camp week! I'm really excited for the 6am starts and can't wait to get outdoors with clients at the new Shepshed venue. The hour-long sessions provide a fun and energising start to the day and help you bounce-back into shape after Christmas. It's the equivalent of a fitness detox! I shall let you know how it goes next week. I'm also giving a presentation to a group of ladies about goal setting for the year and meeting to discuss progress with the Loughborough Half organisers.

Stay in touch via Twitter or Facebook and here's to a great 2nd week of January :-)