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Greetings!
Okay, spring isn't officially over yet, but can we say ... we are so totally pumped about summer! In addition to the sunshine and the great weather (hint, hint Mother Nature), it's when you kick back with the family on the weekends and take your workouts outside. We're planning on doing that for our clients with regular outdoor Tuesday workouts (see below), but if you want to shake up your fitness even more and spend time with the fam, go for a bike ride, swim a few laps at the pool, play some sand volleyball. You get the idea. HAPPY SUMMER!! |
| FREE Workouts on Tuesdays | | | Not the Sculpture Park, But Close
You might remember these from last year and back by popular demand ... drumroll please ... FREE 30-minute workouts every other Tuesday in June, July and August.
A couple of major changes however. Last year we always met and worked out in the Pappajohn Sculpture Park by the T8 (red sculpture west of the Nomad). This year, the city Parks Department is "assigning" all activities of this type to the green space just to the southwest of the Pappajohn Education Center on 13th and Locust. Hey, we can adjust, right?
The other big change is there is now a regular schedule for the workouts, but if the weather is not cooperating, the outdoor workout will be canceled (those of you who participate in interval training on Tuesday nights will take it inside the studio). So here are the details:
DATES: Tuesdays, June 14 & 28; July 12 & 26; August 9 & 23
TIME: 5:30-6:20 p.m.
LOCATION: South of the Pappajohn Education Center, facing Locust St. & 13th
The workout is for everyone, not just GPS clients. No need to call or register, just show up ready to exercise, and bring along your friends, neighbors, co-workers, anyone you'd like. If it rains the outdoor workout is canceled, but we've got our fingers crossed that won't happen most of the days. It's on! See you there! |
| GPS at ru1desmoines Women's Event | | Get Together With the Women
Sorry guys. The Iowa Clinic's Women's Center is sponsoring its Second Annual  ru1desmoines women's-only event, Thursday, June 9, at the West Glen Town Center. The event is from 5:30-8 p.m. in the Promenade Building and it's FREE (woot, woot, just our price range). GPS will be doing an equipment Pilates demo on stage at 6:30 p.m., along with a fun, interactive mini-Zumba ® class at 7:30 p.m. Sip and socialize, shop and enjoy the complimentary hors d' oeuvres and cocktails. Be there or be square! |
| IMT Running Club | |  Not a Runner? Think Again ...
You may think you can't do a half marathon or a marathon, but it's probably because you've never tried and you don't know how to train. Don't be intimidated, get in the game! We've got a solution for you ...
Get ready for the IMT Des Moines Marathon in October or just learn to be a runner by joining the new IMT Running Club. Gigi and Rebecca will be involved with leading some of the education sessions about running on Tuesdays and will go on some Saturday runs with the group. The cost for joining the running club membership is only $20 (for an individual or a family). There will be Fat Tire Fun Runs once a month on Tuesdays (and yes, it does involve adult beverages if you like). We encourage everyone to give this a try! Hope to see you there! |
| June Observances (In Addition to Father's Day) | |
National Headache Awareness Week, June 1-7
Did you know that exercise is one way to help ease a headache? The increased blood flow throughout your body will go a long way toward loosening your neck and shoulders to alleviate tension headaches. Here's a little light reading about the causes and tips for avoiding or lessening headaches.
National Cancer Survivors Day, June 5
Salute to support for all our friends, family and clients who have or are valiantly battling cancer. It touches everyone's lives at some point, but the fight against all types of cancer is being won with advances in medicine, detection and vigilance in monitoring one's health. GPS is proud to be one of the only fitness gyms in the metro to offer The Pink Ribbon Program™. If you or someone you know is recovering from breast cancer and needs help, have them call the studio at (515) 279-0242 and we'll get them back on the road to health faster!
National Men's Health Week, June 13-19
 What better way to celebrate all the dads than to end National Men's Health Week with Father's Day! Check out the Men's Health Network for information and resources to keep yourself or the men in your life in great shape for years! And, if the man in your life needs to get in shape, buy him a GPS gift certificate at 15 percent discount during National Men's Health Week. |
| Trainer's Tip | | |
It's Not Just Food & Fitness That Keeps You Right
Last month we talked about having good balance as you age. Now let's talk about another type of "balance." Because you know that if something isn't working for you in your life -- family, professionally, emotionally, financially, spiritually -- t can negatively affect your health. If you are struggling to balance all the areas of your life, work through this Wheel of Life exercise to help you assess where you are and how to keep things right! |
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Go Elegant or Down Home
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That's it for this issue, but I'd like to close with a brief reminder that the summer CURL™ session for kids in grades 3 through 8 begins Monday, June 13, at 4:30 p.m. For more information, please call the studio at (515) 279-0242. The price is only $306 for eight weeks of super activities for your kids, along with nutritional education that's not a drag (we promise)!
Sincerely, 
Gigi, Rodney & the Training Team |
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