May 20. 22 – The rest of this weekend and next; Important exercises to do
Important exercises to do For everyone, not just women! We do some version of all of these exercises in our training. A few notes: The EZ curl bar overhead extension…
Important exercises to do For everyone, not just women! We do some version of all of these exercises in our training. A few notes: The EZ curl bar overhead extension…
NEXT WEEK Attached is next week's schedule; no morning Zumba but Step and Yoga! SMOOTHIES See the attached poster for smoothie ideas! Whenever it says honey, if you like things…
NEXT WEEK We hope you enjoyed MW morning Zumba with Lisa this week! She'll be back again the week of May 23. Next week we will have our usual schedule…
Revised May Aerobics/Yoga Schedule You asked, we listened! ZUMBA/STEP/YOGA CLASSES $49/mo or $7/class, no contracts! YOGA MON 935 am, WED/FRI 730 am & TUES/THURS 830 am STEP MON 735 am, TUES/WED/THURS/FRI 935 AM STEP…
Our training only package remains just $5/day ($149/month, pif) but with the addition of the Zumba classes we're going back to our regular pricing of $20 extra instead of just…
BIRDS From where your coffee comes from to year-round bird feeders, it's easy to make a difference. https://www.npr.org/2022/04/13/1092678564/north-american-birds-are-in-decline-here-are-8-simple-ways-you-can-help How you can help North American birds during migration : Life Kit : NPRBirds are…
THE REST OF APRIL We're off to a great start! AC is up and running and feeling good! Ray Hull of RayTech worked on ours and did a good job…
NIGHTTIME SNACKS https://www.wellandgood.com/nutrients-for-sleep/ POISON HEMLOCK Most of us out here in NM don't have a lot to worry about yet with this plant, but it is moving westward, and anyone…
SATURDAY We won't have training Sat March 26, but there will be a few people going in to get a workout. Let me know if you want to join them…
TANNING BED We are looking at getting a tanning bed for AlamoShape members. Let me know if you're interested! GET IT EARLY!!! MULTI-FAMILY INDOOR YARD SALE Saturday, April 2 8-12…
Friday Reminder: Step will be at 835 and Yoga will be at 935 on Wed and Fri this week. We will not have 530 pm Step today. What you think you…
REMAINDER OF FEBRUARY TRAINING This 'long month' of training is coming to a close with the last 2 cancelled days of training being Wed and Fri, Mar 2 & 4.…
High-protein desserts that can help reduce blood sugar spikes High-Protein Desserts That Can Help Reduce Blood Sugar SpikesMinimizing blood sugar spikes and crashes can be helpful for anyone looking to…
Best breakfastA study was done "of 1,600 adults above the age of 49, and found that those who consumed the most fiber had a nearly 80 percent greater chance of…
THIS WEEK...END 🙂 Normal training and class schedule this week all the way til Sunday. We won't have training Sunday or Monday, and no Step classes either. We'll have Yoga at…
Quinoa cranberry spinach salad Combine in medium bowl: 2 cups of quinoa cooked and cooled one green onion finely sliced large cucumber sliced and quartered 1/2 c dried cranberries 1/4…
FEBRUARY We're already here, yikes! February training goes from Sun Jan 30 through Sat March 5. WHAT IS CIT? Crisis Intervention Training and the APD is offering a free workshop…
MONDAYS Just a reminder, the new Monday morning schedule going forward has Step at 735 am, Training at 835, Yoga at 935. We still have 6 am Coed, 430 training,…
NEXT WEEK We will not have training next Thurs evening or Friday morning (Thurs Jan 20 pm and Fri Jan 21 am). We will still have training/step, etc Thurs morning…
NUTRITION WORKSHOPS Show up Saturday at 935 am for training and you can get a cardio workout while I deliver the workshop, or come/stay at 1045 am for a sitdown…
ThredUp I've been showing some of the gals in training the great deals I've got at this online store where you can shop like-new and used women’s clothes and kids’…
YEAR-END DONATIONS If you're looking for a place to send a few dollars to before the end of the year there are plenty of legitimate organizations here in town that…
Free nutrition workshops/free measures It's not too soon to be thinking 2022 goals! We're offering 3 opportunities for a free nutrition workshop on New Year's weekend, Dec 31, Jan 1, and…
Who gives a crap? We do!!! A most unconventional gift, but there's a double length roll waiting for each of our members at the club today! Seriously, we want you…
HIIT While it used to be a larger part of our training program, we still have it sprinkled throughout the TRX/RT workouts and also incorporate HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training) into…
Crazy, but that favorite time of year is here! Below is some info to note on your calendar. DECEMBER December training started today and goes through Saturday, Jan 1st. We will…
WEDNESDAY We won't have Step Wednesday night, but the rest of the day will be our usual schedule (730 am yoga, 835 training, 430 pm training). Remember, on Thursday we'll…
The rest of November Remember, November is a long month ending Dec 4; we end up taking off 10 days of training. The remaining days off are: Fri Nov 26…
November This is a long month that ends Dec 4th. We'll take off a week of days throughout the month and our normal Fri/Sat/Sun. This week is a lean week…
Sunday We're taking off this Sunday Nov 7 and next Saturday Nov 13. We won't have training or Step on those days. Fiber I might have shared this already, but…
NEW FALL 2021 SCHEDULES Aerobics/Yoga classes$49/month or $7/class, no contracts, ever! YOGA MON/WED/FRI 730 AM YOGA TUES/THURS 830 AM STEP MON/TUES/WED/THURS/FRI 935 AM STEP MON/WED 530 PM STEP SUN 1035 AM Training Sessions You get…
NOVEMBER TRAINING November will probably be a 'long month of training' starting Sun Oct 31 and lasting through Saturday Dec 4. We usually do have morning training and Step on…
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS We are so excited to welcome back Andrea Bigas and her Kaias Fitness program to AlamoShape. Starting November 1st we will still do our ShapeTraining program in…
The rest of October We will take off Fri/Sat Oct 22 & 23. I'll probably teach Step at 935 (will confirm later in the week) and head north for a pumpkin-carving…
FRIDAY ONE MORE Change in cancelled days So sorry...instead of taking off Fri Oct 15 we will take off Fri/Sat Oct 22 & 23. I'll probably teach Step at 935 (will…
Change in cancelled days Disregard any cancelled days emails I sent previously. As of today we'll take off the following three days for October training: This Sunday Oct 10 (we'll…
FALL SCHEDULE Attached is the schedule for October; please note we will no longer have MF 1035 am Yoga. Please be sure to attend your favorite classes regularly if you…
PSYCHACHE As Edwin Shneidman points out in his Ten Commonalities of Suicide, “The common purpose of suicide is to seek a solution.” The problem a suicidal person is trying to solve, according to Shneidman, is…
TRAINING THIS WEEK We are into the last half of the long month of September training which ends on Saturday, Oct 2. Our last few days of cancelled training are Sat…
This week We've still got 3 weeks left of this 'long month' of September training. Here are some details for this week: Wednesday Sept 15: Please attend 835 am training, 935…
TOMORROW AND THIS WEEK Plan on all regular training and aerobics the rest of this week and most of next. Sarah returns on Monday September 13, yay! ONE IN 5,000?…
THIS WEEK Monday: We will have regular training sessions and aerobics tomorrow. We won't have 6 am coed (Jake could use a day off!) Wednesday Sept 8: We won't have…
Change of Plans for Wednesday and Monday It turns out we will have Wednesday AM training tomorrow morning (as well as PM); instead we will take off next Wed Sept 8 both…
DONATIONS AlamoShape will be a dropoff site for donations to the Afghan refugees and personnel. See the attached notice if you would like to help Afghan personnel with these specific…
HOW LONG? So, you get Covid. What comes next? Check out the NMDOH link below for more details, but here's the gist of it: Instructions for people you were around:…
HVAC AT APS Please see the end of this email regarding a job posting from APS. Exposure notifications Get notified if you have been exposed to Covid-19. No personal data is…
THIS WEEK Jake is back and 6 am coed has resumed! Sat/Sun Aug 21 & 22 will be the last cancelled days of training for this month. We will not…
FRIDAY We take off one Fri/Sat/Sun each regular month. We will have 6 am Coed on Friday morning, but no other training. Sarah will teach a special 830 am yoga…
New Yoga timesSarah and Lee are back and Jen is staying, Yay!! The August yoga schedule will see Sarah on M & F at 1030 (Fri just 30 min), Lee…
THIS COMING WEEK The last cancelled days of training for the month are as follows: Sun July 26 (No step this day)Wed July 28 (No step today; try 6 am…
Jake and Yoga are back! But not together, haha. It's great to have them both on the schedule again! MWF 6 am starts up again tomorrow morning, Mon July 12.T/TH…
YOGA We'll have yoga this MW at 1030 as usual and Tues at 830 am. After that we will take a break until July 12 when Yoga classes will resume…
Sunday We won't have training or step this Sunday, June 27. Core Bootcamp https://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/videos-detail.asp?video=56&utm
FRIDAY Friday will be a cancelled day of training. We will only have 6 am coed and our aerobics classes (935 Step and 1035 yoga). MILKSTREETI'm a big NPR fan,…
THE BEST TIME When is the best time to take a medication? For Omega-3 Fatty Acids night time might be the best time for several reasons. Go to the link…
JUNE TRAINING SHAKEUP Summer is around the corner! With kids out of school you may want to change your schedule around and/or come more often. Feel free to do both,…
MASKLESS IN NEW MEXICO If you would like to go without a mask bring your vaccination card and allow us to make a copy of it here at the club…
CANCELLED DAYS FOR MAY We'll be taking off this Fri and Sun, May 7th and 9th, as well as Sat May 22. We'll still have Fri 6 am Coed and…
May training The new training month starts tomorrow, Sunday, May 2nd. We'll take off Sunday May 9th (Mothers' Day) as one of our 3 cancelled days for the month. If…
FULL HOUSE We had a full house last night in Step! For a class we just added out of necessity after the New Year, it has really worked out well.…
APRIL Well, here we are just getting into Spring and barreling towards Summer! The aerobics class list is the same as last month as well as our policies during this…
YELLOW For the time being Otero County is yellow and that means we can have a few more people in the club! All aerobics/yoga classes can have increased student numbers…
VACCINATION CLINIC Please see the attached screenshot from the GCRMC website detailing info about the one-shot vaccination available today and tomorrow. Someone you know may need this information. STEP TONIGHT…
MARCH CANCELLED DAYS Following are our cancelled days of training this month which goes through Sat April 3: Sat/Sun Mar 6 & 7 Wed Mar 10 Mon Mar 15 Tues…
I urge you to read this, even the hartz brand collars caused problems. They can also be dangerous to children who come in contact with them.Popular flea collar linked to…
FOR YOUR PETS Aflatoxins Cause Acute Toxic Illness and Cancer. If you were not aware of this recall you may want to check out this article. https://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2021/02/21/aflatoxin-contamination-of-pet-food.aspx MARCH TRAINING March…
7-MINUTE BELLY BLAST https://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/videos-detail.asp?video=77&utm_ TAXES A short, informative article from the WSJ. https://www.wsj.com/articles/all-your-2020-covid-tax-questions-answered-11613699114 All Your Covid Tax Questions, Answered - WSJThanks to the pandemic, 2020 was a tax year like no…
NEXT WEEK I've adjusted the cancelled days for this month to Fri/Sat Feb 12 &13, and Sun Feb 21. Sorry for any inconvenience! We will still have 6 am Coed…
FEBRUARY Training starts Sun Jan 31 and goes through Sat Feb 27. We will probably take off Fri Feb 12, Sun Feb 14, and Sat Feb 20. We will still…
FEBRUARY SCHEDULE Below are the timeslots available for training and aerobics and a few reminders: You must reserve a spot by emailing me or contacting your favorite AlamoShape instructor. If you…
THIS WEEK We won't have training this Fri/Sat but we will have 5 am coed and all of our regular aerobics/yoga classes. FEBRUARY TRAINING February training starts Sun Jan 31.…
THIS WEEK AND NEXT We won't have training this Sunday, Jan 17. We will also take off next Fri/Sat Jan 22 & 23. We'll still have 5 am Coed on…
PERFUME...NOT, PLEASE In recent weeks we have had an individual(s) wearing a lot of perfume into our morning aerobics classes. Today it was really overwhelming. I haven't been able to…
One more time! New YOGA and Aerobics Schedule for January! MW 530 pm and TTHFRI 935 am will be Step aerobics. TTH 430 pm and MW 935 am will be…
New Aerobics Schedule! We are making adjustments to the schedule for January since Sarah will be out of town for most of the month. MW 530 pm will be Step…
2021 It's almost here! Obviously 2020 had its drawbacks, but your attitude can make a huge difference in the way your world appears every morning. I'm thankful for the opportunity to…
This Week We will not have training or classes on Friday, Dec 25. All workouts on Thursday, Christmas Eve will be coed: 745 am, 835 am, and a special 1215 pm…
YOUR OWN PERSONAL GYM If you are extremely concerned about exposure we are offering a chance to get a workout on your own in the gym during off-peak times following…
SUNDAY We will not have training this Sunday, Dec 13, but I hope to see you in Step class at 1035 am. We will not have training on Saturday, Dec…
DECEMBER TRAINING Starts today and goes through Jan 2nd. We'll take off Sun Dec 13, Sat Dec 19, and Fri Dec 25. Please let me know if you are not…
REOPENING IN RED The upcoming 'red-to-green' reopening strategy will allow each NM county to control its ability to reopen businesses to at least a 50% capacity while waiting for a…
No cancelled training Sunday Because gyms will be required to close for 2 weeks beginning Monday, I've decided not to cancel training for this Sunday. Please try to get to…
Friday and Sunday We will not have regular training this Fri (tomorrow) and Sun but feel free to come to aerobics and/or our 5 am Fri Coed training with Jake.…
NOVEMBER November training starts today and goes through Saturday, Dec 5. It's a 'long month' where we take off our normal Fri/Sat/Sun, but also a week of days scattered throughout…
If you've found a place to workout other than AlamoShape, good for you, at least you're moving. If you haven't been working out since the shutdown, you are really doing…
Weekend workout timesWe now have the room to add a 4th workout station and so that opens up the weekend timeslots for some more flexibility because we'll be able to…
THIS SPECIAL WAIVER INCLUDES LANGUAGE ABOUT COVID-19 AND WHAT YOU MUST DO TO MINIMIZE EXPOSURE TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY, INITIAL WHERE INDICATED, AND SIGN. IF IT…
I want you to know I wonder how each of you are doing during this unprecedented time, but you know it's all about me, hahaha, so I'm going to tell…
Usually most self-employed people or independent contractors aren’t eligible for unemployment but the recent stimulus package expands unemployment insurance to self-employed workers and independent contractors. The bill extends unemployment benefits for 13 more weeks and also includes an…
Some people were thinking that two weeks from now gyms would be open again, but national recommendations to keep groups smaller than 10 people has been extended to April 30. New…
FREE WORKOUTS You've probably already joined our amazing AlamoShape instructors doing Facebook Live video workouts; we're so lucky to have such a great crew! Another option is Active at PopSugar. I've…
While walking my dog I saw a young dad I had never seen before at the neighborhood basketball court with his toddler. She was running around in diapers having a…
Current clients: special arrangements If you are a current training client (Soft/Super/FitGuy/FST/GST) Please contact me personally via this email for special arrangements I have made for your workouts. CREDIT FOR…
THIS WEEKEND Friday and Sunday, Mar 20/22 are canceled days of training. Please come to any of our aerobics/yoga classes at no extra charge for SuperShape training clients. Tomorrow, Wed…
TEXT FOR CHILDCARE Please message/text us at alamokidsroom@yahoo.com if you're bringing your child to AlamoShape. Please text at least 35 min in advance (earlier if possible) so that we are ready…
TRAINING CHANGES We will be enhancing the format of our training programs with particular attention to safety. You’ll be working out with a 6-foot distance from other people, not using…
Official opening of AlamoKids Thursday! We'll start accepting kids at 815 am Thursday, YAY! See the attached sign for some basic info regarding our AlamoKids PlayRoom! Email me for more…
NEXT WEEK Remember, in addition to Lisa's T/Th 430 classes, Lisa will teach Zumba at 935 on M/W May 9 & 11 and again on May 23 & 25. On those days Jen…