2023 - Innovate Updates

Happy New Year all!

Pop the kettle on - some important news and updates for everyone 
Team news, a job opportunity and a brief outlook for this year.


But first…..Fitties Of The Year

Pamela and I had some much overdue time off over xmas so I’ve been off FB and not managed to catch up with all the individual posts - so I just wanted to say a big well done to
Janet Ash, Alison Quinn Fiona McKenzie Collard Louise Anne Blakeburn Helen GarnhamAlison Glover @Step Kitson
.....on on the various ‘annual awards’ you each won! 

________________________

Team News

• Tom has now left Innovate.
  Sadly, like anything in life, things don’t always work out as everyone would have liked. Tom gave it his all and I know that large parts of what he brought to the coaching element of his role, will be missed. 
  We part on good terms, and on a ‘never say never, if emergency coaching cover is ever needed!’.

• Hannah Morley is now an official Innovate Coach! I know some of you have enjoyed a few of her co-coaching sessions, and she’s not a full team member, being let loose on her own (hopefully won’t burn the gym down…) this evening! 
  She’s worked so hard to smash through her qualifications, and her enthusiasm to get going has been amazing to see. We’re all excited about helping her continue to grow and improve in her new role 

• Hannah Evans, who’s been a revelation since coming onboard, will be taking on a 6 month interim role helping out and getting more involved on the coaching side of things (fitness and nutrition (alongside her social media and client consult work.
  
  It’s worth stressing (as Hannah is still quite new and doesn’t get the opportunity to interact with everyone as much as the coaches) that Hannah has a laundry list of fitness qualifications, and has worked and managed numerous gyms in London. We can’t wait to leverage some of that into the actual ‘product quality’ side of things over the next 6 months:-)

• Pamela, our resident Nutrition Coach, wife of mine, and co-owner of Innovate, will be heading off on maternity leave start of Feb (we’re having a baby boy incase anyone missed the news!)……….. Hannah and I will be picking up the nutrition coaching role during her well earned time off 

___________________________

We’re hiring!


We’re hiring (again….eek !) for the client care / customer service specialist role (yes we’ve ‘been through a few’ in this area, but we pride ourselves on not settling until we get thing bang on, not matter how long it takes!)………. as ever, we like to share the opportunity with our member base.


Please do help us out by sharing with your friends, family, and on social media.

All the info here

https://www.innovatefitness.co.uk/.../job-opportunity...
___________________________


2023 Outlook

I’m personally still determined to get our first Innovate Fitness retreats off the ground this year!
Covid put paid to effort 1 in 2020.
Last year was a whirlwind of chaos!

But this year, both Pamela and I are keen to make this happen - IF things go well with the baby and work in general, I’m looking at end of May as possible date for numero uno!

Watch this space………


We also want to eventually re-expand the SoS offering again.

We took the positive decision last year to remove ‘concurrent’ sessions (LGPT and SoS at the same time) as it was putting too much pressure on getting coaching cover……. even though it p*ssed a few people off, we’re pleased we took the decision to ‘protect’ the team, and everyone has commented how much better their work-life balance is .

Having said that, we do want to slowly and strategically grow the SoS offering, as we all believe that Strength Training is such an important training style, especially for a large part of our demographic.


We also intend to overhaul the gym set up, when we sign a new lease on the facility (currently negotiating on horrendous rent increases!) including new paint job, a whole new layout (yup!!!) and a new significant investment in expanding our equipment range, and thus re-inventing much of the LGPT program offering as a consequence.


Expect this around Summer time:-)
(need to get this baby settled in first!) 

___________________________


Nutrition

Last but not least, did you tell you yourself you’ll sort out your nutrition after eating one too many mince pies?

But the reality is that you’re nodding along to this whilst eating a delicious mince pie covered in delicious clotted cream?

If so, and you want to break the cycle and get on top of your nutrition, Pamela has a couple of spots left in the next cohort start date next Monday of our 6 week nutrition and accountability coaching program.


You can bolt it onto an existing membership - you just need to comment ‘me please’ below, or message the client care inbox 
​
___________________________


On behalf of all the team, happy new year, and we’re super excited to continue growing, improving and embodying the #BeMore ethos !