It’s October and the end of the year is around the corner! Time sure flies in Dubai.

I hope all of you out there are getting the most out of this year both on a personal and physical level. In this month’s newsletter:

• Announcements: Booty (Women Only) and JBR Morning Bootcamps Re-Launch.

• Early Christmas gift: October is the new December! for everyone, bootcamps at a discounted price.

• What is Tabata training all about? We’ve got the scoop on it!
   
• How to make that cold refreshing drink that will make you feel like you’re floating…it’s not a Margarita, it’s a Fitness O2 fruit slush puppy... it’s an Aussie thing!

• Adventure Corporarte Day: are you bored at work, would you like to trade in the tie and heels for an adventure?

Booty (Women Only) and JBR Morning Bootcamps Re-Launch

We are pleased to announce that JBR morning sessions are open for registration.  Sessions start on October 31st.   Click on the Book My Spot button on the right, to register on our website and pay online to secure a seat.

We are also pleased to relaunch our Women Only "Booty" Bootcamps led by our own Zena Habi, Reebok Fitness Expert for the GCC.

Christmas is October!

Fitness O2 is celebrating early this year with all our Renegade bootcamps priced at 800 Dhs!

So hop on Santa’s sleigh and see you down on the beach with Rudolf the” Red nosed Reindeer” for the upcoming Renegade bootcamps!

You can now also purchase Gift Vouchers for Christmas, for both Bootcamps and Personal Training!

Contact us at info@fitnessO2.com or call 04-3951930 for further details.

War on the Shore Event

Dubai Sport Council, Martial Arts Academy (Dubai, UAE) and Dusit Thani Dubai are pleased to announce, that the renowned Muaythai (Thai Boxing) Championship “ War on the Shore-3” is finally back to Dubai.

The 3rd round of the “War on the Shore” Championship will take place on November 25, 2010, in Dusit Thani Dubai Hotel in frames of the Cultural Days of Thailand, held in association with the Thailand Embassy to the UAE and a General Consulate of Thailand in Dubai and Northern Emirates.

For more info, you can visit www.muaythai.ae  and you can buy your tickets now at Dusit Thani Hotel, 04 34 33333.

Ziggy’s Fruit Slush: That Cold Refreshing Drink

What you need to get started:

4 tbsp orange juice
1 tbsp lime juice 1/2 cup sparkling water
2 1/3 cups frozen summer fruits (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and strawberries, 1banana)
4 ice cubes
Fresh whole berries.

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1. Pour the orange juice, lime juice, and sparkling water into a food processor and process gently until combined.

2. Add the summer fruits and ice cubes. Process until a slushy consistency has been reached.

3. Pour the mixture into a glass

4. Add extra berries on top

5. Time to get busy with your Slush puppy!

5 mins. to prepare

Serves: 2

Tabata Training: 4 Minutes of Exercise Enough for Fat Burning & Increase Your VO2 Max? Hell Yeah!

The basis of Tabata Training is 4 minutes of intense interval training/circuit training. What you are doing is taking an exercise we'll use sprints as an example here.

Sprint as hard as you can for 20 seconds

Walk for 10 seconds

Repeat 7 more times for a total of 8 sets.

So what you have is a total of 4 minutes of workout time.

Tabata Training can be done with a number of different exercises the idea is to use an exercise that gets the whole body involved or at least the major muscle groups. Tabata Training can be done with Barbells, Dumbbells, Kettle bells, medicine balls or just Bodyweight exercises. I'll give you some other exercises and routines to try in a minute but first let me give you some background and how Tabata work.

Tabata Training was developed by Izumi Tabata (imagine that) at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Tokyo, Japan. They did a study on comparing the effects of moderate intensity endurance (aerobics) and high endurance intermittent training (Tabata training intervals) on VO2 max and anaerobic capacity.

To cut to the results of the study: the moderate intensity group training program produced a significant increase in VO2 max of about 10%, but had no effect on anaerobic capacity. The high intensity group improved their VO2 max by about 14% while anaerobic capacity improved by 28%. The study was done over a six week period. Both groups working out 5 days per week.

So if your Fitness O2 trainer tells you he or she has a 4 min circuit for you…just smile and call your loved ones!

Fit-4-Work

Fitness O2, in association with Meeting Minds Dubai organized a fun packed afternoon event for Tetra Pak staff at the Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort and Spa last month. As part of our Fit-4-Work programme, the only aim for the afternoon was to have fun which over 60 staff certainly did!

Not your normal boring corporate event, but something completely different – Human Football

Please contact Vicki on 050-4256471, if you want to organize an event for your company, Fitness  O2 can promise you that it will be something that you won’t forget.

Photo by Dennis Turla (Digital Creative Production)