Archive for March, 2010
Help 4 Heros Climbing Event 20th March 2010
March 23rd, 2010
What an awesome event this turned out to be. We raised at least £300 with sponsorship money still to come in. What has been really special though was that Mr and Mrs Hatton were really touched and emotional by what everyone was doing and comforted by the strength of the support.
30 gym members and several spectators turned up to support and climb the height of Kilimanjaro in a day! What was amazing was the fact that many of the participants had never done anything like this before and were even petrified of heights. Each ascent up the wall showed courage, determination, strength and endurance. It was amazing to see people grow in confidence from almost bottling out to ascending the wall several times. Every single person was brilliant and every single ascent was a triumph. Well done to everyone, you should be really proud of your achievement because we are.
To name a few individual triumphs:
Mary with 4 hip replacements managed 3 ascents, Christine Warren was overcome by the height 3 times and had to be lowered off but she eventually managed 3 full ascents, Gill Brogan said she wasn’t going to do it for weeks and then eventually did 10, Alex Holder completed 35 ascents, Steve Wharram and his buddy Olli completed 57 between them and a young man Joe from the university who joined in did at least 70 and was still going when we had completed……. absolutely brilliant.
The event could not have happened without York climbers so a big thank you must go to Stuart Holmes and all those that turned up to belay. If anyone has got the bug after the event and would like to do more they should visit the website: www.yorkclimbers.ning.com
WELL DONE TO THE CLIMBING HERO’S:
Steve and Oli
Alex Holder
Karen and Jessica
Doreen
Alan and Helen
Mary and George
Joy, Rachel and Clive
Denise
Christine Warren
Christine and Lorraine
Young Alex and Lauren
Dawn
Syb and Colin
Zoey
Kath
Gill, Charlie and Dave.
Steve and Colin
THANKYOU TO:
York climbers who made it happen:
Stu Bolton, Pete Harris, Clare Usher, Dave Garner, Pete Brown,
Joanne Thirkettle, Ian Ashton, Diane and special thanks to Stuart
Holmes for organising the climbers.
All supporters and spectators and any one for sponsoring the event.
Also thanks to Greetings of Haxby for donating the balloons.
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Ladies Circuit Training
March 6th, 2010
MON & FRIDAY 9.30am-10.30am
SAT 9am-10am
£2.50
Are you tired of exercising alone?
Are you struggling knowing what to do when you train?
Circuit training is an excellent way of gaining confidence, learning
new techniques, working hard and having a laugh. Anyone is
welcome into the classes and it doesn’t matter if you have never
done it before, you will be shown what to do and assisted if
necessary. Non members are also welcome and the cost for
everyone is only £2.50. So come along and try it…see you soon.
The circuit follows a different format each month. The
current March circuit is the following:
- CARDIO WARM UP:
10 mins on any CV machine. 1 min steady, then for the next 4 mins increase the intensity, followed by reducing the intensity for the next 4, finish with a steady 1 min.
- STRETCHES
As a group stretch together to prepare for the circuit.
- EXERCISES: LEGS, BACK AND ABS – 1 MIN ON EACH
• Leg extension
• Leg curl
• Low row
• Hack Squat
• Seated row
• Leg press
• Abdominal crunch
• Free bar squat-just bar
• Pullover-EZ bar and very small weight
• Abdominals with mat and medicine ball
- GROUP EXERCISE: Upper body
All together do something like: anything on the upper body
Clean and press, shoulder raise, bicep curls, tricep extensions. - EXERCISES: Repeat the above 10 exercises
- GROUP EXERCISE: Abdominals
Work in pairs, or individually: Push legs away, pass ball over, reach up with the medicine ball.
- STRETCH
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NABBA – Mr / Miss North East 2010
March 6th, 2010
MR/MISS NORTH EAST BRITAIN
BODY BUILDING
SATURDAY 15TH MAY 2010
Paul, Scott Kitchingman, Dan White and Paul Brown
are competing in the above competition at the
FRONTIER club in BATLEY. This will be a fantastic show
with both Paul’s competing in the Novice category,
Scott in the U21 and Dan in the U18.
The last competition in Oct was well supported by
over 20 members and it really put Samson and
Delilah’s on the map. It was a great day
out which ended with a meal in an Italian restaurant.
If you would like to join the support team, a ticket and
Samson T shirt will be £20. Please order and pay by
the 30th April if you would like to attend.
A mini bus could be available at an extra cost of £6.
Please let Jo know if you would like this option to be
available.
To follow the guys’ progress, see Paul’s diary
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