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8/28/2020

Home Sweet Home

Looking over the blog page I realised the last blog I wrote was in April. Wow, a lot has happened since then! For starters we have moved home to the UK. Therefore, I am going to use this blog to update on what I am doing with regards to online classes, PT and ‘in-person’ classes!

It was lock-down in Brunei when I last wrote. We were slowly coming out of that when we left at the end of July having had no cases of Covid for over 90 days. We then had to quarantine on arrival in the UK. Upon ‘release’, we realised how much we had really missed the UK. Whilst Brunei was an absolutely amazing place, a fantastic opportunity and an incredible experience (Brunei and Asia itself), home really is where the heart is and we are so happy to be back.

We as a family have absolutely slotted straight back into life here (under the new normal) but it is so funny after living in Asia for 3 years what you notice when you return:

Roundabouts. Everywhere. Cars. Everywhere. With one (empty) road linking the whole of Brunei and with no bends, it has not been great for my weak stomach driving on these country lanes! Finley even threw up on our first long trip to see family!
Big, deep breaths of air! Brunei is very humid as well as boiling 365 days a year. It is amazing to breathe deeply again and be able to take a few steps without sweating.
Food. Supermarkets. So much choice. Heaven!
Alcohol aisle! My first shop I bought 3 bottles of flavoured gin…. Because I could.
Lack of monkeys. Monkeys at times put me off running in Brunei as they’re scary little things. It is also great to not be on the lookout for other scary animals that can do damage. Just need to be on the lookout for half drunk people doing their Saturday morning walk of shame and stumbling all over the pathway (this actually happened in my first week of freedom after our quarantine).

7. I can call people instead of texting/emailing and thinking they're in a different time zone.
8. Google can now be used for everything and businesses have websites as well as Facebook pages.
9. Next day delivery. Instead of when the next plane is coming....!
10. My hearing is coming back. In Brunei we had the constant hummmmmmm of air con day and night. My ears rang for the first few weeks of being in our new house without it.
11. Hills. Everywhere. And, actually this is just as tough as running in 30 degree heat and 90% humidity..!

I am sure there are more. Feel free to add in the comments if you have experienced similar!

What's NEW?

Online

Varying pricing plans and options to combine online classes and in-person classes here in Larkhill. All classes I teach as part of my own classes (I also work for a gym one evening a week which is not included) can be streamed online as well as access to the HUNDREDS of already uploaded live and pre-recorded classes on the group.

Options available (click to purchase now)

1 week online and in person - £12
Monthly online- £9.99
3 months online- £20
Yearly online- £69.99
Life membership online- £99.99

In person

When restrictions started to lift in Brunei I was able to have 4 people attend classes. Now, back in the UK I can have up to 30 but I am outdoors (at the moment). I hope to have an indoor venue for classes by the time it gets to Winter.

Loyalty cards are available for in person pay as you go/weekly sessions giving the 4th session/week half price and the 10th FREE.

See the picture below for the most up to date timetable.

Price options are (click to purchase now):

1 week online and in person - £12
1 class - £5
1 month – Coming soon

Personal Training

Just before I left Brunei I was fully booked with in person and online PT clients. I now have no clients at the moment. With my home gym being shipped and due to arrive this Tuesday I will be taking on clients NOW! Get in touch if this is something you are interested in. Some details on PT can be found here.

All in all, I am loving the area we have moved to. Classes are growing nicely, I have met some really lovely people, online bits are ticking away nicely and I am looking forward to what the coming months will bring.

As always I am available for any extra questions you have. I am a friendly and approachable PT/Instructor so please never hesitate to get in touch.

Lianne

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Online is a HIT!!!

4/4/2020

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Wow, I am missing teaching, I am missing people and every-day life. I am currently a supply teacher out here in Brunei therefore currently out of work teaching there and of course teaching fitness classes in person. Thank goodness for technology though...it isn't all doom and gloom thanks to this!

Our first week of LIVE sessions went really well. It was great to interact with people whilst they were doing the sessions. It had been a long time since I had gone live....usually through my group I pre-record and then upload. It really is like leading a class again.

Please see the pic at the bottom for this weeks' installment of classes and some details on what they are :)

Already there are so many workouts on my page available, completely for free.

If you use them, please do me a favour in return for the classes and share/like/comment on them. It helps me with my business and it is completely free for you to do.

If you ever would like to 'donate' (any amount) for a class you use my paypal is liannebfoot@hotmail.com. This is completely OPTIONAL though of course as I would like to keep as many people active as possible through this time especially.

Current FREE Classes Available through 'Fitness with Lianne' FB Page.

Here are some of the awesome comments being left on the workouts. These are helping me so much in this situation but to see them being used makes me feel amazing that just for a moment I am helping to distract from the stress of what everyone is going through.

Online PT

Another hit has been online PT. I have had online PT clients in the past with being away from my home in the UK now for over 2 years but I hadn't opened the service up for a long time. On Thursday I re-opened the 'doors' and am now almost fully booked. I have 2 available slots though:

-Friday afternoon 3pm (8am UK)
-Tuesday morning 9am
Send an email here to book in.

What is happening next week?

FREE live through my FB page (Fitness with Lianne) Tuesday- targeting Brunei AND UK! We are doing LBT-HIIT this week. An awesome infusion of legs, bums and tums focus mixed with heart rate raising high intensity intervals!

Through the group we have our 3 live DANCE sessions as well as a new BARBELL TO MUSIC and ABS BLAST being uploaded.

There is a HUGE back-log of workouts on there, always being uploaded and saved. It is THE 'pick n mix' of fitness ;)
The group and PT are my only source of income at the moment....however I keep prices very low.

Want to join the group? Click here and lets get you on there!

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My break up and make up with Zumba

2/15/2020

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I wanted to talk about something more personal to me. This blog is a little way of me getting thoughts off my chest, to promote what I do (I run an online classes business on the side), and to motivate/inspire people into fitness; into ANY kind of fitness!

A while ago I wrote about a crazy whole garrison Zumba I did and how it was pretty awesome and my love for Zumba. Shortly after this my love for it disintegrated. My personal fitness goals were shifting and I was suffering from a number of niggles, plantar fasciitis being one of them. The numbers in my Zumba class and other classes I ran had also died down so much it was disheartening to take them. I love to put absolutely 100% into my classes. I was becoming physically and mentally drained from teaching them.

In October last year I decided to stop all classes. I was getting an increasing amount of work at school and I wanted to ensure I was spending more time with my kids before we went back to the UK. I knew we only had around 9 months left in Brunei. Another reason was that I was becoming increasingly disheartened with taking the classes. It is not like the UK whereby it is a business and a nice side income, I was not earning much at all, relying on donations as well as ‘competing’ (unofficially!) with other trainers on the garrison for an extremely small amount of possible participants. We are unable unfortunately to open up our fitness classes to anyone beyond the garrison which is a huge shame as over the years I have been here a number of people from the local community have approached me about attending. At the time I decided to stop the classes I had become resentful of anything clashing with my classes and I did NOT want to feel like that. They were not worth feeling that way over. I was becoming negative and it was affecting me mentally. It had to stop so I drew a line under them and decided to focus on my own training, my online group and my kids!

Fast forward to xmas time and I was watching old videos of my zumba classes. The buzz came back from watching them. I missed it!! I missed the atmosphere, the crazy amount of sweat, the jumping about like a mad woman, creating of moves to the songs, seeking out songs… I missed Zumba. I also missed teaching classes in general.

I decided to start up a Bootcamp for free for my work colleagues. That gave me the push then to re-start one class, a Zumba class. I am back in my happy place now teaching my one Zumba class a week every Wednesday evening. Numbers attending, the buzz and atmosphere are all brilliant. Currently I am on a week off with our visitors but back to it next week and I can’t wait!

Fitness, teaching classes and teaching Zumba is such a huge part of me. It is what I have done since I was 19 (13 years). As I said in my previous blog about Zumba I honestly used to look down at Zumba. I started to look down on it again, it wasn’t fulfilling my fitness goals, I wasn’t sitting back and realising what Zumba ACTUALLY is all about. Zumba is a great way to get fit, but it is SO MUCH MORE than that. Here are some benefits of Zumba, in my words. You may think of more.

ZUMBA benefits:

Fitness- yes, it is great for fitness. You will get out of breathe at some point. You will raise your heart rate, put your muscles under strain and burn calories. It is movement and ANY movement in my eyes is great for fitness!
As adults we rarely (without alcohol) get to jump about to music, it feels AMAZING! Dancing is so good for the soul!
Social aspects. Again, as adults sometimes outside of work and home chores we rarely mix with other people. In a Zumba class you get to mix and laugh amongst other people. That boosts your dopamine, creating feelings of pleasure, mental warmth and increased motivation and zest for life!
You can move at your own level. Honestly, within a Zumba class, anything goes. If you cant follow the routine you can just ‘fake it until you make it’ !

In conclusion, if you are reading this and haven’t tried Zumba ever, or haven’t done it for a long time, seek out a class. Give the class some time- go at least 3 or 4 times to the same class, give it a chance. Seek it out for all of those benefits. Alternatively I do post up ‘Dance Fitness’ classes onto my group. Join my group for access to those.

Join my online group here.

Read about the crazy Garrison Zumba here.

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My break up and make up with Zumba

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One month Fitness Classes @Home Membership

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