Mel Tempest, Coach, Speaker,
Author, Blogger and Owner of Ballarat
Body and Soul Health and Fitness Studio
and DrillFusion. HulaFusion is a workout
inspired by Hawaiian Hula and the
beautiful dances of the Pacific Islands. It
integrates traditional moves of Hula into
a 50-minute sweat fest.
DrillFusion incorporates sports drills from
around the globe, and from a broad
range of sports from tennis to skating,
and basketball to sumo. Given Australia
is such a sport-loving country, what
better way to workout than by using
the drills from various sports around
the world? We hunted down the most
unusual yet challenging drills and have
incorporated them into a workout unlike
any other.
Maria Teresa Stone, Education
After several visits to the US in 2014/15, my
opinion is simple – the Australian market
needs to follow suite. I’m such a staunch
believer in their model (US health clubs),
that I came back to Australia and pulled
out and re-furbished a section of my
club into a new training area.
‘Training Gyms’ are huge in the US and
after spending time with Thomas
Plummer, Nick Konarski, Tim Lyons, Frank
Nash and a great team of training gym
entrepreneurs at The National Fitness
Business Alliance, I can’t urge clubs
enough to follow this avenue. Training
Gyms will do to clubs what Les Mills has
done to group fitness. Launch Myzone,
Wexer and Netpulse into your clubs and
you have a design for success long past
2016.
Angie Ross, Head Vixen at
incorporates sleds, kettlebells, ropes and
skipping ropes.
HumanFusion
It’s also interesting to see that the
definition is expanding too. Programs
and facilities that have a more group PT
feel have definitely spiked. Think: Orange
Theory, and F45.
We’re also seeing more blurring of
the lines around traditional and nontraditional fitness. Programs like CircusFit
at Fitness Playground, The Movement
Academy’s bodyweight classes, or aerial
silk classes (where you’re combining
wow-factor drops with the requirement
for next level strength and control) that
combine fitness with both calisthenics
and circus training, are growing by the
day.
People want to be in command of
their body, and to be able to be
accomplished in skills such as
handstands, human flags, hanging
inversions and more, and to have fun
while they do it. They want to work hard
and get results but also feel better, with
fewer restrictions and less injuries.
Specialist at Zumba®
Well, 2016 started off with our first ever
official Zumba Cruise. On the cruise we
ran Zumba classes all day and all night,
with over 4,000 Zumba enthusiasts
enjoying the variety offered during the
five days, including a concert at
Labbadee, Haiti and a visit to Jamaica.
This was truly an exciting way to travel,
and stay fit and healthy while on
holidays.
The Zumba Convention is back in 2016!
This annual event is held in Orlando,
Florida and hosts over 7,000 licensed
Zumba instructors (ZIN members) from
around the world. It is a one-of-a-kind
fitness event filled with educational
sessions and motivational workshops.
HumanFusion has just unveiled our new
GroupFitnessHub, an online learning
platform aimed solely at Group Fitness
Instructors, which is an exciting new
concept for us. In this portal you’ll find
short business courses, marketing,
choreography tips, technique and much
more.
We are also launching two of our newest
modules to the program, HulaFusion
WHAT’S NEW IN FITNESS - AUTUMN 2016
And for something a little different for us,
we are launching a new program called
‘Strong by Zumba’. ZIN members will be
able to register in April, for the training
dates in June. The program offers high
intensity training using exciting athletic
moves, minus the hip shimmying or booty
shaking! It is a very different program
compared to other programs/classes
offered by Zumba. No doubt it will
attract a new clientele and keep the
Zumba fanatics happy.
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