Family Fitness UK

Our mission is simple - to have more people associate fitness with fun and so want to continue with it for life (& enjoy all those physical, mental and social benefits for life too) 😀

We hope that introducing children to fitness in the context of imaginative play where they have plenty of input and where there are no wrong moves will empower them to be active for life.

We also hope (& have seen already) that families exercising together means there’s always someone able to motivate the other one to join in. We all have those moments where we just don’t feel like it, but when we feel accountable to our child, or vice-versa we make that extra effort, and usually, after an uplifting workout, feel very pleased to have done so!

We encourage children to continue the fun at home where parents can choose to join in, or enjoy observing their little ones recreate their themed workout adventure again and again until the following weeks’ themed starts the process all over again 😀.

Fondly, but no less importantly we hope to provide a livery, dedicated time for parents/carers and children to have lots of fun, learning together, creating adventures together and laughing together 😊

What’s important to your family when it comes to play and exercise?

It’s time for a really ROARSOME workout with our dinosaur themed class this week for kids and parents/carers to do together 🦕😀(please note there’s no Friday class due to venue closure)

✂️🎨🦕After chatting about our favourite dinos and making fearsomely good dino masks we’ll…

🏃‍♀️🏃warm up, learning new moves for our dinosaur themed adventure workout…

🦖🦕🥚🌋🌲The Adventure: the mumma dinosaurs’ eggs have been stolen by the naughty pterodactyl. Can we get them back before the volcano erupts?

We’ll be asking our dino friends for help as we try to retrieve the eggs; stomping with the stegosauruses, swishing our tails like the diplodocus and swimming with the ichtheasaurus along with loads of other moves so that kids and parents/carers all get a great workout! 💪😀🦕

Dinosaur themed active games will follow, with lots of roaring and laughter encouraged!

First class is free! To book your free class message Su on 07794689146 . For all other bookings go to www.FamilyFitnessUK.com

🌸🐝🦊Come and join us at the Busy Bees Nursery Summer Fair, Teddington, Saturday June 24, 10am-2pm. There will be lots of fun with Family Fitness and lots of other stalls!

Family Fitness will be helping children transform into our “Fit Star Fox” by decorating the awesome fox masks in the second pic.

There will also be a short physical challenge for little ones to complete either by themselves or to compete against their parent or carer at. Our bets are on the kids!! All children will get a sticker and maybe a bonus prize - come along to see what!😀🦊

Have an awesome weekend everyone, and we hope to see you and your family tomorrow for some summer fun 😀🌸🦊

It’s been a scorcher so this week we packed our beach bags and went off to the seaside. Woohoo! 😀💦🌞🍦🏄🏊⛱

✂️🎨🥏After chatting about our favourite seaside things we made frisbees then

🏃‍♀️🏃warmed up for our seaside themed adventure workout…

⛱💦🏊🏄🦀🍦🌞 The Adventure: this week we had extra fun as we battled the wind to keep the beach safe from our fly-away parasol. 🏄Our favourite move was ‘surfer-dude’. Lie on your front (on the board) then catch a wave by jumping your feet forward between your hands into a squat position, then jump up and land with one foot in front of the other ‘surfer style’ before being knocked off by a wave! 🌊 🏄 challenge - how many ‘surfer-dudes’ (stylish burpees!) can you do in 1 minute? We also tested our fitness by:
⛱running into the sea (running on the spot)
⛱Swimming (squats with breast stroke arms)
⛱Floating (lying with feet and/or arms hovering above the ground)
⛱Rock pool climbing (mountain climbers)
and lots more.

All our efforts kept everyone safe from our parasol and we even had energy left to play some beach-themed games, including using our brilliantly decorated frisbees. 🥏😀

Next weeks’ theme: dinosaurs 🦖🦕🥚🌋 Get those roars ready!!

First class is free! To book go to ww.FamilyFitnessUK.com

Even Teddy gets to join in the roarsome fun at Family Fitness! Whatever helps your little one enjoy taking part, just let us know and we’ll try and incorporate it.

If you’re little one is happy with the activity then it’s more likely you’ll be able to join in and have fun too😊

Every class starts with a simple craft to introduce the day’s topic, get imaginations firing and little fingers more nimble with fine motor skills.

Next all kids, parents and carers warm up before taking on the themed adventure workout of the day. This week we’re helping a lion cub find their lost roar, with the help of their animal friends! We’ll be climbing trees (running or marching on the spot) hopping across stepping stones and crawling through the undergrowth as we try to find it. Will we be successful? Join in to find out! (Hint - you may want to bring ear plugs for the end of the workout - ROARRR!🦁)

We’ll finish off with fun, active games and a stretch and chat.

All moves can be modified for different abilities and free-styling is ability fine too -as long as we all keep moving it’s “mission fitness” accomplished!

We hope to see you in class😀🦁😀

To book dm me if see link in bio.

First class is free.
Wed & Fri 9.30-10.30am Bushy Park Sports Club
We’d 2-3pm Holy Trinity Church,

🦁” Rooaarrr”! This week our workout theme is lions, and specifically helping our lion cub find their lost roar! 🦁🍃

Make: we will start off making some lion masks so we’re ready for the “mane” event.

Movement:
Warm-up: move around our territory practicing our roar so much that we lose it! We’ll learn some moves in the warm-up that we’ll use in the main workout such as climbing the trees instead of running on the spot and stopping at the water hole instead of doing plank variations.

Main workout: the instructor will tell the story of a lion cub looking for its lost roar which we all (including parents/carers!) act out with exercise moves. Lots of lion “rooaarrrs” are encouraged and options will be given so everyone can go at their own pace.

The adventure is followed by lots of active games to keep bodies and minds racing, and plenty of laughter going too.

We finish with a good stretch and a chat about what we’ve learnt, and our favourite moves.

Classes :
Teddington. Wednesday and Friday 9.30-10.30 , enclosed next to Bushy Park. (In warm weather we’ll be on the grass)

Twickenham, Wednesday May 2-3pm
Holy Trinity Church, Twickenham (opposite the Green)

Your first class is free!

Classes are for parents/carers and children ages 2.5-4 to do together. We hope you have so much fun you won’t notice you’re exercising!

Book at www.FamilyFitnessUK.com (link in bio) or DM Su Hodgdon here.

We can’t wait to see you!

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Shiver me timbers! This week our workout theme is PIRATES 🏴‍☠️⚓️🏝️

Make: we will start off making awesome pirate bandanas to have us shipshape for the workout section of the class

Movement:
Warm-up: we’ll learn some moves in the warm-up such as climbing the rigging instead of running on the spot and leaning out of the ships’ crows nest instead of balancing on one leg doing single leg good mornings.

Main workout: the instructor will tell a pirate adventure which we all (including parents/carers!) act out with exercise moves. Lots of pirate “arrrrghhhs” are encouraged!

The adventure is followed by lots of active games to keep bodies and minds racing, and plenty of laughter going too.

We finish with a good stretch and a chat about what we’ve learnt, and our favourite moves.

Classes :
Teddington. Wednesday and Friday 9.30-10.30 , enclosed next to Bushy Park. (In warm weather we’ll be on the grass)

Twickenham, Wednesday May 2-3pm
Holy Trinity Church, Twickenham (opposite the Green)

Your first class is free!

Classes are for parents/carers and children ages 2.5-4 to do together. We hope you have so much fun you won’t notice you’re exercising!

Book at www.FamilyFitnessUK.com (link in bio) or DM Su Hodgdon here.

We can’t wait to see you!

Parents in Teddington and Twickenham – looking for more ways to help keep you and your family active? Try a FREE* Family Fitness class for a great workout that feels much more like playtime together!

All info: www.familyfitnessuk.com

Classes are designed by Su Hodgson, local personal trainer and mum of two, and aim to be fun, educational and inclusive. We give time-challenged parents a chance to feel energised and channel the extra energy of their little ones at the same time!

All fitness levels are welcome as kids don’t care how fit you are, they just enjoy being active with you; and we just care about you having fun getting fit together! Our goal is for you to enjoy it so much that, geared up with loads of active ideas, you carry on the fun at home.

To book: https://www.familyfitnessuk.com/bookwhen-schedule

Or contact Su: 07794689146
Locations:
Teddington: Wednesdays and Fridays 9.30-10.30am
Bushy Park Sports Club, Pavilion Road, Queens Rd, TW11 0EL. Parking available. (Follow signs to NPL Sports Club – the club itself has now been renamed to Bushy Park Sports Club)
In warm weather classes will be held on the grass outside the club

Twickenham: Wednesdays 2-3pm,
Holy Trinity Church, 1 Vicarage Road, Twickenham, TW2 5TS (opposite Twickenham Green) Parking available.
Price: *Introductory Offer (after your free first class)
£10 per parent/carer and 1 child. Additional children £2 each
Drop in and block-booking both available. (Please book in advance to guarantee your place.)

Ages: aimed at children ages 2.5-4 but siblings and prams welcome (please note all children are your responsibility at all times.)

Fun Factors for Children
• Themes to engage children 🦸‍♀️🦸🧙‍♀️🧚‍♀️👩‍🚀👑

Themes this half term: Pirates, Lions, The Seaside, Dinosaurs, Mini-beasts, Summer Party!
Themes in September: Under the Sea, Camping, Superheroes, Fairy Tales, Outer Space, The Circus

• Exciting story that children become part of
• Children playing with and leading parents/carers
• Opportunities to contribute their own moves and sound effects

Education:
• As we introduce the theme children are encouraged to share facts they already know, and learn new ones.
• Crafting promotes fine motor skills
• The workout teaches skills such as balance, coordination, agility, parts of the body, teamwork and independent skill building.
• The classes promote an underlying message that movement is fun and healthy.
• Story-telling help ignite little imaginations, improve vocabulary and context.

Inclusive
• Su specialises in Youth Exercise and Pre and Post-natal Exercise Design so has designed the workouts to be easy to understand and learn, and versatile in terms of high or low-impact and intensity
• Free-styling is completely welcome! We know kids sometimes prefer their own moves. We love that and encourage it. As long as everyone keeps moving it’s “mission fitness” accomplished!
We cant wait to see you there!😀

Hello! Here’s a brief introduction to me, Su Hodgson, founder and instructor at Family Fitness, and more info about our classes including what fun themes to expect after half term!

Your first class is free and everyone is welcome because every workout can be adapted to ensure every child and adult has fun getting fit together 😀🧡