Ah, the glory days of summer are coming to an end. It is bittersweet for sure! We have definitely enjoyed our fair share of lazy days, sleeping in, hanging out by the pool, snacking by the pool, a few bowls of summer ice cream and a relaxed routine. But, it is time. Time to get back to school and get back to a regular routine. For many of us it is a time to get back to a regular exercise schedule as well! This summer we have missed our Fit Club group at Proehlific Park terribly! We just did not have the motivation for a summer workout without the accountability and support of this awesome and faithful group.

Good news! Fit Club will live on starting August 30th at 9:30 am!  More Good News…we’ve added childcare too!

We just have to brag a few minutes on how great this class has been, and we know everyone who has participated will agree whole heartedly. It started as a vision to create an environment in which people could come and work out no matter what their physical fitness level was.  A place to lift each other up, encourage each other and challenge ourselves. We also did not want it to be the same old class day in and day out. Proehlific provided us with 3 different instructors and they changed it up each week!

From January through May we met 3 times a week. We rocked it out. We lost pounds and inches on the outside and strengthened our hearts and muscles on the inside. We changed our eating, we compared notes and we did it together!

We would like to invite each and everyone to check out all the specifics and get registered for the next Fit Club Session on the Proehlific Park website. And a great big thanks to Proehlific Park for all their awesome support of SEEK and this group! Thanks for listening to our vision and making it a reality!

Give us some feedback on your current exercise program.  Do you like it?  What would you change to get more out of it?  Does working out in a group appeal to you?  Does the time and place of our class work with your schedule?

P.S.  We won’t be using a Pilates machine so there is not chance you will look like the chick in the video!!  If you want to see a little bit of our group in action check out our SEEK Fit Club Video on our sidebar!

One of the best things about having been a part of this little thing we refer to as an “Online Magazine for the Triad” is all the wonderful people that we have gotten to know in the process. We started a wonderful partnership with Proehlific Park this past January when we started the Seek a New You Fit Club, which by the way is halfway through it’s 3rd 8 week session!

The other day I (MJ) popped into Ricky’s office with a burning question. I wanted to know his WHY. Why did he build Proehlific Park? Without a second thought he looked me straight in the eye and said “The kids!, I do this for the kids.” Ricky recalled his childhood days growing up in a New Jersey neighborhood where all the kids played together outside for hours on end. This was the place were self esteem, confidence, teamwork, and relationships were built. Kids were creative, they made up games and found ways to entertain themselves. I had instant flashbacks to my own childhood neighborhood and how kids from block and blocks away would come together to simply play.

Ricky explained that our environment has changed, but our kids have not. They still have the inherent need to play together and learn valuable life skills through the process. This factor drove Ricky to build Proehlific Park so that it could be that neighborhood for so many kids. In the two years that PP has been open, Ricky has seen some awesome things happen among the kids. He has witnessed increased self esteem and confidence in so many of the youth. I would have loved to sit and listen to all the stories he has.

Because Ricky knows that not all kids can afford to come to Proehlific Park, he started the P.O.W.E.R of Play Foundation to help sponsors kids who would not otherwise have the opportunity. If you are interested in sponsoring a child to participate in a Summer Camp, please visit the P.O.W.E.R of Play Foundation website.

PP has got some great summer camps available this summer! To view the schedule and registration information visit the Summer Camp on their website.

Check out this awesome video that the gang at Proehlific put together to show you a little bit about was goes on.

What are your thoughts on kids and their need to play these days?

Have you ever asked ourself that very question? What if instead you said….

What would it take for me to be the best?

What if I took the time to do it?

In a few short weeks we will be embarking on “SUMMER”. As a mom that is a very distinctive season for me. It represents the end of some “me” time and my focus changes tremendously. I often find myself giving up my work out time as well. Quite frankly I just don’t want to listen to them whine about “the baby” room at the gym. So I don’t go, or struggle to get there in the evening when I’m already pretty beaten down from the days battles.

What If I told you I had a solution for this very problem? Well I do!

We’ve teamed up with Proehlific Park yet again and got a summer solution! Our Fit Club has been so successful that it will continue for another 8 weeks beginning Monday, May 10th. So, what happens when the kiddo’s get out of school?

All kids ages 7 and above will get to attend the Summer Care at the Park for FREE during Fit Club class! Surely they won’t complain about basketball, soccer, kickball, arts/crafts, air hockey, and Ping-Pong!

But I have preschoolers too?

For a small extra fee we will work with you and get child care for them too….they just need to know at registration.

Don’t say to yourself “I should really do that!”. Instead Just Do It! Do it for yourself and do it to set an example for your children too!

Happy Kids = Happy Mommy!

Class Details:

Schedule: Monday, May 10th – Monday, July 5th (8 Weeks – MWF – 24 Classes Total)

Class Times: Mon/Wed/Fri – 9:30am-10:30am  {perfect time – just about when they are drive you crazy!}

Price: $149 Member / $189 Non-Member…or $15 per class – drop in

Click here to Register Online and get more information about the awesome class! We’ve had so much fun for the last 16 weeks! Feel free to e-mail MJ at MJ@seekthetriad.com for any additional questions you may have!

Check out the FUN!

So, the question is Are You Going to Do It?

Seek Reader Jobo was the winner of the Give*a*way. Please contact us so we can get you your discount. We do not have a e-mail address for you! Congratulations!!

This is the last week of our 8 week Seek Fit Club journey! It has been such a fun ride! Check out Tequilla our winner of the Free Fit Club. We had such a blast working out with her. She worked it hard and lost 9.5 pounds of body fat! Way to go girl! She is so inspiring and had a few words to share with us, “If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.” ~ quote by Elbert Hubbard

Snapshots from the Journey

We ran!

We used the balls to work every muscle in our body!

We laughed ALOT!

We looked goofy at times too!

We learned to eat like this!

GIVE*A*WAY

We are so proud of the success of each and every person that participated in our SEEK Fit Club! We are excited to say that the class will continue on and we hope that more of you will join us in doing so!

We are giving you a chance to get $50 off the price of the next 8 week class!

DATES: Monday March 15-Friday May 7th 5 (8 weeks – MWF – 24 classes total)

MORNING CLASS: MWF 9:30-10:30am*
EVENING CLASS: MWF 6:30-7:30pm

COST: $189 Non-Member, $149 Member or $15 per class drop in
$239 Non-Member with Childcare, $199 Member with Childcare

*Chilcare provided for children 6 months – 5 years old during morning class only.

What you get: an initial evaluation which includes weight, measurements, body fat percentage, one free nutrition counseling session with personal trainer and nutritionist Martinez Hagan, and health education seminars.

Discounts: Sign up with a friend and you both get 10% off! Be accountable to someone and help each other out!

Register online on the Proehlific Park website Seek Fit Club Link

What is holding you back?

You have until midnight tonight to enter to win! Here is how:

1. Leave a comment on Seek
2. Join the Seek A New You Face Book Fan Page
3. Face Book about Fit Club {then come back and tell us you did!}
4. Tweet this {if you follow us all you have to do is hit the ReTweet button!}

Why would you not want to have fun while getting healthy too?

We have sweated our way through 6 weeks of Seek Fit Club at Proehlific Park! It has been such a fun and rewarding time! We have come so far in just 6 weeks.

Getting ready for the first class!

The first day we gathered around not knowing what to expect. We did some serious sweating that day! Some of us had to stop and take a break….some of us needed to, but pretended we didn’t! We got through that first day, and guess what we ALL came back, again and again and again. It is never been the same class twice! A new and different challenge each day {good for those ADDers like myself!}.

Seek Fit Club

We’ve sweated {lots of sweat!}, made jokes {resident comedian Jay!}, strange noises, complained, whined, and cheered each other on. We’ve celebrated pounds lost. We’ve pushed our bodies further than we thought we could. We’ve become a group!

Give us some Abs!

We are super excited that Proehlific Park will host another 8 weeks of Seek Fit Club! We hope more of you to join us too! We’ve even added childcare for the morning class and an evening class! No excuses now!

This class will take you through a clever assortment of fitness activities using fitness props, weights, body movements and various core exercises around an amazing 22-acre state-of-the-art facility. A variety of instructors will be teaching, so it is never the same class twice! Imagine being more physically fit, maybe losing a few inches or pounds, feeling stronger and simply better than ever before. All fitness levels and experiences are welcome!

DATES: Monday March 15-Friday May 7th 5 (8 weeks – MWF – 24 classes total)

MORNING CLASS: MWF 9:30-10:30am*
EVENING CLASS: MWF 6:30-7:30pm

COST: $189 Non-Member, $149 Member or $15 per class drop in
$239 Non-Member with Childcare, $199 Member with Childcare

*Chilcare provided for children 6 months – 5 years old during morning class only.

What you get: an initial evaluation which includes weight, measurements, body fat percentage, one free nutrition counseling session with personal trainer and nutritionist Martinez Hagan, and health education seminars.

Discounts: Sign up with a friend and you both get 10% off! Be accountable to someone and help each other out!

Register online on the Proehlific Park website Seek Fit Club Link

What is holding you back?

Hey Triad we had soooo much fun with our “Seek Snow” Photo Contest! Thanks to each and everyone of you who sent in your photos! It was neck and neck in the voting, but we have declared a winner…..Anneli West and her glorious spelling of SEEK in the snow with candles! Anneli won a SEEK gift pack filled with a SEEK t-shirt, water bottle, and pen….oh yes, a little chocolate too!

If you want to view all the other photos that were entered check them out on our FaceBook Fan Page

Our Go Red campaign is still going on for the month of February. What’s the catch? ALL you have to do it wear red and comment here on Seek the Triad!!! Want another entry? Leave a comment on our Facebook Fan Page! Want an extra 5 entries, post a picture of yourself wearing red on our FB fan page!!! Have fun, be creative and be heart healthy!

What are we giving away? A GREAT gift pack donated by an incredible woman, Sally Irvin, who has been involved with the AHA for years. She truly has a passion for this program and wants to share it with you. She has a cook book (Women Heart’s All Heart Family Cookbook), red dress AHA pins, Red Dress note cards!

We know you are creative….we saw it when it snowed…so get that creativity out again and give us some RED love!

Come on Triad...give me all you got!

We all have different definitions of what “being fit” means to us. I’m sure many of you have a vision of what you aspire to be. It is the beginning of a new year and a new decade. I see it as a fresh start to do something different than you’ve nver done before. Throw out those “I wish I could’s”, the “I don’t have time’s” and the “I can’t do it’s” Triad, we want you to take a leap of faith and put your trust in SEEK as your cheerleader and an awesome group of trained professionals to coach you towards your goals!

Lose those extra inches!

The Seek a New You Fit Club class is debuting at Proehlific Park next Monday, January 11th. The classes are for any level… beginner, intermediate, or advanced particpants. The classes are specifically designed for weight loss, bodyfat reduction, increased lean muscle gain and tone, core strength and abdominal development, agility and flexibility. The main goal of the class is to improve your overall health and fitness level, and significantly change the way you look and feel in a short anount of time.

I’d like to tell you first hand {MJ} that I participated in a class similar to this one last year. I saw significant changes all around in 8 short weeks. This was one of the inspirations that led to facilitating this class for the Triad.

Get fit with Jamie Christmas!

Certified Personal Trainer Jamie Christmas will be a part of the elite team training us. Jamie has over 20 years experience as a Personal Trainer and is Certified by ISAA, ACE, NEPT, NAHF and the Harcourt School of Health. Jamie played football for UVA and also has a background in boxing and track and field. He has been a life long natural competitive bodybuilder and is currently training to go pro. Jamie’s creative, outside of the box exercises are performed to keep things fun, yet challenging. I can personally attest to that!

Alison Ellington will also be on the training team. Alison has been teaching fitness classes for 20 years. She is a Triad native, and lives in Greensboro with her husband Bobby since graduating from UNC Chapel Hill. Alison is a high energy, very talented instructor who knows how to balance a great work-out with every fitness level. She truly cares about the people in her class and makes it fun while burning lots of calories!

Welcome to Proehlifc Park...home to Seek the Triad Fit Club!

Several other Proehlific Park trainers will be on the team as well, including owner of PP and former pro football player Ricky Proehl!

Here is all you need to know to get started:

Register online at by clicking RIGHT HERE or call PP at 336-665-5233

Dates: Monday Jan 11-Friday March 5 (8 weeks)
Time: MWF 9:30-10:30am
Cost: $189 for all 24 classes or $15 per class drop in. This equals less than $8 a class and includes using the cardio equipment and weight room during Park hours for the 8 week duration of the class.

If you would like to try the first class on a drop in basis {$15} without registering please do. We do ask however that you call the Park to let them know you are coming to the first class, as we are doing an optional starting weight and body fat measurement.

For those of you registered {yeah!} please plan on coming at 9:00am on January 11th if you wish to have your pre evaluation.

BEST YEAR EVER!

*some photo’s are courtesy of Cooking Light, Men’s Fitness and Shape Magazines online