I posted a couple of highlights from 2011 the other day and it wasn’t until after it went live and I re-read it that it struck me just what i have achieved throughout the last year.  I have great people/friends in my life who have believed in me, stuck by me, pushed me, and i thank them. I have set myself a couple of goals this year which i think are achievable. Personal I’d like to lose between 8 – 12kg. Take more life pictures. Snowboard more. Learn how to surf. Take up Tae kwon do. Pursue a senior developer type role to take on bigger challenge...

Last month saw me down in Bristol for the brave new world super quarterly experiencing all the latest releases including body combat 50. Since then I have been scripting and learning. The more I do it, the more I love it. Track Listing 1a - More (B&W Edit) – Spice Club 1b - Rolling In The Deep (Technoposse Remix) – Fizzy Deejay 2 -  Frozen – Big Fiesta 3 - What’s Up? (Dougal & Gammer Hardcore Mix) – DJ Destiny 4 - Let It Die – Kartsy...

Last weekend I attended my first super quarterly in Bristol. The decision was a spontaneous one but being the release of Body Combat 50 it just had to be done. Bristol is a lovely city. It would however appear that  the sign posts don't know what way they're pointing or if it's the right direction. I got lost going and leaving even with sat nav. Having arrived a little shy of the opening ceremony I didn't have alot of time to get changed and meet up with everyone. 1st programme of the day was Body Attack 75. I'm not a fan of the...

Preparation Since booking my AIM Module I have been trying to up my game and concentrate on the basics so that I gained the best I could from this day.   I filmed myself many times teaching (still do) and asked fellow instructors to comment. Special thanks going out to Barbara Bailey and Vicki for giving me honest and constructive feedback. Cheers guys. Calm before the storm Couple of weekends ago (5/11/11) saw me going back to Broadwood, the place where it all began going from a body combat participant to an instructor to do my Advanced Instructors Module (AIM1). It’s been just over a...

This post has been sat in my drafts folder for about 5 months. I’ve not been teaching very long but I now think it's the right time to talk about my journey going from a participant to an Instructor. Hard to believe I started this over a year ago. I done my module in Aug 2010, received my official pass in Dec 2010, and started to teach proper in March 2011. Last June I wrote about “What’s Occurring” , taking the 1st step into what I can only describe now as a life changing experience.  For anyone thinking about going...

Up until a week or so ago I would of never thought about going on to Amazon and search for anything Les Mills related.  I have bought numerous items from Les Mills Clothing but now you can order the clothing from Amazon as well. Something for us guys: Something for the girls: For full listing of all the clothing available on Amazon check out - Clothing listing

So I’ve discovered something new and it goes by the name of ViPR. This weekend saw me out at Broadwood for a day of training to use ViPR in my personal workout or teach it within a group. I booked this course after visiting YouTube and seeing a couple of interesting videos in relation to what you can actually do with it. You watch the videos, look at the hand grips and think, yeah ok what makes this different? What can this bit of kit do for me, do for others? Well with the different weights varying from 4kg to 20kg (at...

Are you a bit of a fitness fanatic and want a starting point to the twitter account you’ve just signed up for?  Well look no further I have put together a varied list of accounts I have come across on twitter. If you have fitness related followers you'd like to share, fire a comment... Please be sure to follow me In this list there are instructors, presenters from all over the world, Fife to France, Dunfermline to Denmark, Rosyth to Russia. If you see someone or a company missing please get in contact with Simon Philp.Anyway on to 64 gym /...

Having been doing body combat for 5 releases now I have to say that I have many favourite tracks. I then thought it would be a good idea to try and compile a top 10.  It was a fairly difficult task but here it is:  TOP 10 Tracks Sweetheart (Squad-E Remix) – Rezonance-Q – body combat 40 Music Is Pumpin – Radical Rhythm – body combat 41 Excalibur 2000 (2000 Radio Mix) – F.C.B. – body combat 42 Fire Burning – Sean Kingston – body combat 42 ...

Quick post about the recent release of Clubland 16. This 3CD compilation has some fantastic tracks. If you need something to give you a little kick up the back side at the gym and don’t mind a bit of hard dance then this little number is perfect.  At current time of writing, you can buy this from Amazon for £11.98 which includes free delivery in the UK. The workout kicks off with an Ultrabeat cover of Use Somebody from the Kings of Leon followed by an Ultrabeat remix of Cheryl Cole’s – Fight For This Love.  I wouldn’t just listen to...

BODYCOMBAT™ is a non-combat, martial arts-based fitness program with moves drawn from Karate, Tae Kwan Do, Kung Fu, kickboxing, Muay Thai and Tai Chi. Each 55-minute BODYCOMBAT™ class is choreographed to 10 tracks of the latest music, providing an exhilarating exercise experience that delivers ultra-fast fitness results. * taken from official Les Mills body combat site For anyone that knows me or follows me on twitter will know that for the last 8 months I have been addicted to spin classes at my local gym. I do spin 4 – 5 times a week depending on who’s taking the class as...