John's blog
Greetings!!!!....
It's only taken me 4 years to finally update my website, so I can't be too sure how often I will get around to keeping a blog but I thought it might be a nice idea, so lets see what happens over the next few months. If you notice I have not updated it, send me a gentle reminder to stop being so lazy and I'll get right to it!.
I thought I could start out by telling you about 2 great events I have presented at in the last couple of months - ECA New York and Fitpro's 20th Year anniversary event at Loughborough University.
It's was the first time that I had presented for ECA but was super excited to be invited as I had heard the most amazing things about previous years and lets just say, I was not disappointed. The event was held in the Marriott Hotel in Time Square (awesome of what?) and the energy over the weekend was electric, everyone that came to my sessions made me feel extremely welcome and helped me get over my nerves. I checked out some brilliant sessions by Clay Grant, Petra Kobler (who was awarded best female presenter), Jay Blahnik (total genius!) and Balazs Fuzessy, who was also presenting at the event for the first time. I was seriously blown away at not only the caliber of the presenting team but the skill level of the participants - if you ever get the chance to attend this event - GO!.... I also got to hang out with Geoff Bagshaw, one of my best friends. So I think it's safe to say I had a great time. Paid a little visit to one of my favorite stores " American Eagle", spent a little and then checked out a store called "Forever 21", got out of there very fast, felt like a real grandad...
Fitpro celebrated their 20th year anniversary in great style. From the moment Jay Blahnik gave the opening key note speech, you just knew it was going to be a brilliant weekend. On a selfish note it was great to catch up with so many of my friends (we only get to see each other a few times a year, so always have a good giggle), Geoff Bagshaw, Jo Parry, Rachel Holmes, Jayne Nicholls, Michael Steele, Greg Sellar, Helen Carpenter-Waters, I could go on but i'm sure you are bored by now, were all on top form and gave spectacular presentations. The whole weekend had an intimate feeling about it and we had the best weather ever, so there were a lot of skimpy outfits and designer shades going on. It was great to see Group Exercise at its best and I really enjoyed watching some of the outdoor bootcamp classes in action. Can't wait for next year, make sure you come......
So after all that I was totally exhausted and felt the need to take a vacation and headed off for 10 days of sunshine and pampering - it's amazing how motivated you can feel after taking some time out, so lets hope I manage to keep this blog going.
Send me a message if you have any questions or anything you would like me to talk about in my next blog... Until then everyone.....Take care x
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