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Response to Group Class Survey - May 2010

Posted by on 6 June 2010 | 0 Comments

This is the response summary to our Group Class Survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QTJ2YDF

1. INTEREST IN NEW CLASSES AT WEST PENNANT HILLS

Monday 6am, Tuesday 6pm, Thursday 6pm and Friday 9:15am were the most popular choices. Can the clients that selected these times please let me know who you are as we will try to get these classes up and running. This does not mean that we would not consider the other days and times, just not right now.

2. INTEREST IN EPPING CLASSES

There was not enough interest in other morning classes at Epping so we will continue with our Tuesday and Friday class for the time being.

3. INTEREST IN A FITBALL CLASS AT WEST PENNANT HILLS

There was enough interest to consider starting up this class. Can the clients who are interested in this class please let me know who you are.

4. INTEREST IN YOGA CLASSES AT WEST PENNANT HILLS

Monday 7pm, Tuesday 6pm & 7pm, Wednesday 6pm, Thursday 6pm & 7pm were the most popular choices. Can the clients that selected these times please let me know who you are as we will try to get these classes up and running as soon as we locate a suitable yoga instructor.

5. INTEREST IN A CHILDREN'S EXERCISE PROGRAM ON A SATURDAY MORNING

There was not quite enough interest at this point however we may consider it again down the track.

6. OTHER SUGGESTIONS

a. Can we have a fun running group to run all year round on a mixture of grass/ovals at 6:30am on a Sunday?

We do have a run club that operates on the first Sunday of every month throughout September to April. The details are here: http://www.mindbodymotion.com.au/run-walk-club/. We run City 2 Surf training from May to July which is much more specific and anyone can do this program, even if you do not want to enter the City 2 Surf. The reason why we don't run on ovals is because most of the team doing this running club enter City 2 Surf and it is a road event so they need to prepare for running on the road. Grass is better for the knees and hips however running around an oval is a little tedious after a while and I think we would find it a challenge to keep the sessions interesting. We start our run club at 7:30am as it is a Sunday and people do like to get a sleep in.

b. Can we do a fitball class at other times during the week?

Unfortunately due to fitness coach availability at the moment in the Hills area, this class can only be offered at this time. We will certainly try to introduce more fitball classes throughout the week when we can.

c. Flexibility, stretch and strength.

Due to the nature of the comment, I am not quite sure what the request is. Do you want more of these things in each class or as a class on their own? We are introducing the yoga classes to offer a flexibility and stretching program.

d. More on nutrition.

Stay tuned! We will be introducing more nutritional value into our service offerings. The only reason we haven't thus far is merely due to current workload, and our focus on exercise programs. We hope to have some exciting nutritional content in the next 6 months!

e. Group classes at 7pm on any one of Monday, Tuesday or Thursday evenings.

We had a 7pm class running on a Tuesday evening and it was very poorly attended which is why we pulled this class. From discussions I have had with clients on other occasions, 7pm has always been cited as too late at night for getting home to the family. If anyone is interested in 7pm exercise classes, please let me know.

f. Can we have a walking/running session about 3 mornings or evenings a week so people can come before or after work.

Unfortunately we cannot manage this many running classes due to fitness coach availability currently into the Hills area. Also, based on the attendance at all of our other classes, the majority of clients (70%) do one class per week and the remainder do 2 classes per week, I don't believe we would get the right attendance at a running session to run it that many times per week. We do have our monthly run club. Please see the details under point a. If a group of clients would like to get their own running group started then we can certainly assist with it however we don't have the bandwidth to manage it.

g. Can we have the room back?

Thanks T for the question! We no longer use the rooms in the Community Centre for a couple of reasons. We are an outdoor fitness group which means that we do train outdoors all year round where we have more room and can bring greater variety into our classes. In addition to that the Hills Shire Council introduced quarterly fees 1.5 years ago to use the park grounds and it is not feasible to be paying fees for the use of the grounds as well as room hire. If we did, we'd have to increase our class fee, which we are trying to avoid.