About the Class:  The Escape Program will show your child what to do if they are approached by a stranger, grabbed by a stranger or put into a strangers car!

Questions? Call 540-433-7300.

Learn more at www.harrisonburgdojo.com

Pre-registration is required!  Stop by the Butler Health & Fitness front desk to reserve your spot in the class.

Known as MyPlate, this new icon has been implemented in place of the ever-familiar Food Pyramid as the symbol for the standard by which the USDA is encouraging the public to regulate their food and calorie intake.

The icon is an image of a dinner plate, quartered to show how much of one’s plate should be dedicated to particular food groups: one quarter protein, one quarter grains, one quarter fruits, and one quarter vegetables.  Off to the side is a separate section for a serving of dairy, be that a glass of milk or a cup of yogurt.

Notably, MyPlate shows a significant increase in the amount of fruits and vegetables recommended per meal in comparison to the old Food Pyramid.

The MyPlate campaign goal is to encourage portion control, the website noting “Enjoy your food, but eat less.”

Information about the food groups, how to measure portions, and other USDA diet tips can be found at www.choosemyplate.gov.

Currently teaching spinning but have taught aerobics, step, strength training, kick boxing, slide and more.
AFAA certified
BTS (Body Training Systems) certified
Johnny G certified
CPR certified

I like Butler Health & Fitness for the clients.

I like to teach fitness because of the importance to keeping a good fitness level for life and to keep others to feel the importance and the positive energy fitness brings to your life. I like to help encourage the participants to reach their workout goal.

What do you like most about working at Butler Health & Fitness?  I enjoy another opportunity to teach Silver Sneakers.  I teach Silver Sneakers at Tanglewood.

What do you think stands out to customers when they describe their overall Butler Health & Fitness experience?   I think they enjoy the relaxed atmosphere and the friendliness of the customers.

What is your specialty and what makes your class unique and different from other fitness facilities?   I have been certified by ACE in 1989; NDEITA in 1998 and HealthCare Dimensions Older Adult Group Exercise 2005.  I have taught exercise in Guam, Colorado, England, California, and Pennsylvania.   I have had the opportunity to teach to the British community in England in their Sports Centres and I also have had the opportunity to teach to the active duty and dependents on the military bases that we were stationed.  My husband was in the Air Force for 21 years and I traveled with him for 20 years. My specialty now is Silver Sneakers and working with the older population.  I believe my class is unique because I feel I really like to explain the exercise and how it benefits the student.  They usually comment that they like the information.  I also like to have fun and really get to know the students.  I really make an effort to learn student’s names.

What is the best compliment you received regarding your training/class?  The best compliment is how much better the student feels when they are done with my class and that they are glad they came.

Do you have any tips or helpful hints?  I have been an instructor for 28 years and I love the benefits of working out along with healthy eating.  I just encourage everyone no matter what their age to stay active and make healthy eating choices.

What classes other than your own do you recommend at Butler Health & Fitness? Why?  I enjoy attending pilates, zumba, yoga, and body pump.  I enjoy pilates for the toning and strength it provides; zumba is energizing; and body pump helps develop and strengthen my muscles, yoga is very relaxing and stretches and lengthens my muscles.

Do you have any hobbies outside of the gym? I enjoy being with my family, gardening, skiing, and reading.

What websites blogs or books do you recommend for people interested in your specialty?  I would recommend the Yoga magazine for tips.

What do you like most about working at Butler Health & Fitness?  I love the people.  We have the nicest, hard working, motivational patrons that are a constant inspiration to why I teach fitness classes.

What do you think stands out to customers when they describe their overall Butler Health & Fitness experience?  I think they would definitely talk about the fitness classes and the variety we have to offer as well as the excellent instructors we have to teach those great classes!

What is your specialty and what makes your class unique and different from other fitness facilities?  I would have to say that Zumba is my specialty right now.  I would say I have an abnormal amount of energy which keeps my patrons coming back!!!

What is the best compliment you received regarding your training/class?  I have had people come in and tell me that my class is what has helped them lose weight and become in the best shape of their lives.  Thanking me for my energy to get them through.  I often get that my Zumba is unlike any other…very high intense and fun!

Do you have any tips or helpful hints?  Being physically fit is a lifestyle.  I wish the amount of people that come to the gym in January for New Years resolutions would stick to them and really truly find all the benefits of leading a healthy and active lifestyle.  Once you make a routine out of it, you won’t feel the same without it!!

What classes other than your own do you recommend at Butler Health & Fitness? Why?  Pilates is a great core and leg challenge that will be sure to burn you from head to toe!  Cycling is a great challenge and something different that could mix up your workout!

Do you have any hobbies outside of the gym?  I enjoy playing sports with my fellow colleagues before work at 6 am.  We play hockey, water polo, and cone ball.  They are all great workouts and a ton of fun! I really enjoy the friendly competition that I don’t get in a fitness class.

What websites blogs or books do you recommend for people interested in your specialty? www.zumba.com has a ton of great articles and success stories that are sure to pull your interest.

What additional social marketing tools do you use on a regular basis and please share how often you utilize them?  Just my big mouth! haha! and all the time!!

What do you like most about working at Butler Health & Fitness? I can take my kids with me. They love Miss Marilyn like she’s their grandma. I like that it was my first job when I was 16 (lifeguard, babysitting and front desk) so I have been there forever!

What do you think stands out to customers when they describe their overall Butler Health & Fitness experience? I think they like the variety of classes and instructors.

What is your specialty and what makes your class unique and different from other fitness facilities? They love my bootcamp after holidays when we’ve all overindulged and need to really burn calories! They also really enjoy spinning in the morning.

What is the best compliment you received regarding your training/class? I am able to motivate on a MONDAY morning. They come in dragging and then after tell me they feel great.

What classes other than your own do you recommend at Butler Health & Fitness? Why? I take Leah’s Wed morning sometimes and it’s really good so I tell people about that.

Do you have any hobbies outside of the gym? Cycling, dancing, rollerblading, rock climbing, and jogging while I push my kids in the double stroller.

What additional social marketing tools do you use on a regular basis and please share how often you utilize them? Facebook to announce special zumbathons or classes.

What do you like most about working at Butler Health & Fitness?   I am able to design and teach the classes I feel best instructing.

What do you think stands out to customers when they describe their overall Butler Health & Fitness experience?  The different classes, equipment and other options available.

What is your specialty and what makes your class unique and different from other fitness facilities?  I have been in the fitness industry for 30 years.  I thoroughly  enjoy instructing & motivating a group of participants.  My core class is Pilates based with many challenges.

What is the best compliment you received regarding your training/class?  Anytime someone tells me they enjoyed the class and felt the push.

Do you have any tips or helpful hints?  Always make time for exercise, the benefits are too numerous to list.

What classes other than your own do you recommend at Butler Health & Fitness? Why?  Any and All, because cross training is the best way to get fit and stay fit.

Do you have any hobbies outside of the gym? Hiking, biking and cooking healthy.

What websites blogs or books do you recommend for people interested in your specialty?  The Pilates guide “The Pilates Body’ by Brooke Siler, Health magazine, Calorie Count website.

What do you like most about working at Butler Health & Fitness? The great atmosphere and the exceptional instructors.

What do you think stands out to customers when they describe their overall Butler Health & Fitness experience? The friendly employees and the variety of classes.

What is your specialty and what makes your class unique and different from other fitness facilities? My specialty is Spinning, but I am certified in Silver Sneakers, Yoga 1, Yoga 2 and aerobics. I am very dedicated to my class participants and this facility.

What is the best compliment you received regarding your training/class?  I have been told that my classes have changed their perception of exercising. They now continue to attend classes regularly.

Do you have any tips or helpful hints? Stay active and be healthy. 

What classes other than your own do you recommend at Butler Health & Fitness? Why? Boot Camp and Zumba, both classes are a great workout.

Do you have any hobbies outside of the gym? I enjoy most outdoor activities.

What websites blogs or books do you recommend for people interested in your specialty? Health and Fitness Solutions.

Sore knee?  Clicking shoulder?  Sprained ankle?  Do these things sound all too familiar to you?   Great news–we may be able to help!

Butler Health & Fitness is partnering with NovaCare Rehabilitation to provide a FREE Sports Injury Clinic for members.  NovaCare’s own Jeff Bucci, PT, ATC–a physical therapist as well as a certified athletic trainer–will be here running the clinic.  Jeff is familiar with many common overuse injuries often seen in a gym atmosphere.  As such, he will be available to provide suggestions, technique modifications, and general advice on how to make a difference in the way that you feel.

Ultimately, our goal is to guide you toward what you can do to get rid of that pain in your knee, stop that clicking in your shoulder, and to get back on the healthiest possible track toward reaching your fitness goals!

This Clinic will be held at our club on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 from 5:00 – 7:30 PM.

If you have any other questions leave a comment or ask at the front desk.

See you then!

What do you like most about working at Butler Health & Fitness?    Everything!  I like that I am involved in every aspect of the club from teaching to front desk to babysitting to working with the members in any way I can to make their time here better and more comfortable.

What do you think stands out to customers when they describe their overall Butler Health & Fitness experience?    It’s not a huge place but we have everything that most people are looking for in a gym and the parking is easy and accessible.  We have the perfect variety of classes and I feel the best instructors in the area.  I love the pool, perfect size and temperature.  I think our weight room has a good assortment of machines.

What is your specialty and what makes your class unique and different from other fitness facilities?  I teach more Yoga and Pilates classes.  I am very involved in the aqua classes when the pool is open. My type of Yoga is a combination of Hatha Yoga and Kundalini Yoga.  Hatha-Ha means sun (male) and Tha means moon (female) blending together.  Kundalini Yoga is the science of Self, and it is awakening the Self in you. Water classes are aerobic and very upbeat and hard working. 

What is the best compliment you received regarding your training/class?   They got a great workout and loved the challenge of my class.  Also that I am very personable and interested in making my class a better one with any input they have.  The class is different each time with new challenges.

Do you have any tips or helpful hints?  I think that all instructors should show a big interest in their members.  Look at your class and try your best to teach to the level of each person that comes.  We range from 18 – over 65 in our classes and they all deserve to be taught at a level they can do to complete the class.  They should never feel they can’t do this so they will not be back.

What classes other than your own do you recommend at Butler Health & Fitness? Why?   I go to almost all the classes if I am not teaching or working with a member.  I have done other pilates classes, zumba, bootcamp spinning style, body pump.  Two reasons, to see what is involved in the class so I can tell others about the class and be specific as to what the class is like.  Also, I get ideas from other classes.  Pass on those ideas combined with my design and you can get more out of a class.  To me when somebody likes what I do and uses some of my ideas, it’s a compliment.

Do you have any hobbies outside of the gym?   Basically I hike and spend a lot of time with my dogs.  Or hang with my kids who are older.

What websites blogs or books do you recommend for people interested in your specialty?    Books for Yoga, my favorite is Yoga for Women by Shakta Kaur Khalsa.  Great book for thoughts and demo’s.   I use DVD’s for pilates, a lot from TV Fitness.  Sometimes you can’t use everything they give you but you can modify or use parts of it.  Also I go to workshops to update any changes that are in the fitness industry.

What additional social marketing tools do you use on a regular basis and please share how often you utilize them?    I am friendly to everybody.  I walk around the gym to see what’s going on or to mingle with the members.  I get involved with almost all the aspects of the gym.  I go from teaching, to training, to front desk selling memberships, babysitting and it lets me be involved with all angles at the club.