Free Fitness Offer to Pelicans and Their Families in Orange County!

[BlueSideUp]

I sent a message last week asking Wayne if I could advertise our facility and make a special offer to Pelicans. He sent a PM back very quickly (especially for a guy with a great new toy!) saying to go ahead and post it up. I am pretty active on this board and while I would like to be more active with working on my Porsche this business is a dream for my wife. She has done a n excellent job of designing a great training studio. We are in our first two months of operation and I wanted to offer something to the community that has done so much to support me.

For the past eight years my wife has been an exercise physiologist. She has interned for a major league baseball team, lectured for the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and operated her own fitness business. She has worked for several large gyms over the past few years learning the good and bad of the fitness industry. Two years ago she put a plan into motion to open a different kind of fitness facility.

The result of that planning is Bonne Vie Fitness



Here is a map of our location.



You might wonder what the difference is between an exercise physiologist and a personal trainer. An exercise physiologist is board certified through the the American Society of Exercise Physiologists, usually with at least a bachelor's degree and nationally accredited fitness certifications.

Some of the larger chain fitness facilities have a wide range of personal trainers. You may get someone highly educated with a degree and a collection of certifications or you may get someone who completed a 4 week course on how to train people. While the latter will work OK if you are just wanting someone to follow you around the gym floor it's not the most effective way to spend your money or time.

Bonne Vie's vision is to provide a high level of personal training that is accessible to a wide range of people. We are not membership based, meaning we do not charge a monthly membership fee. Bonne Vie believes in retaining clients by keeping them happy, not by locking them into impossible to cancel contracts.

We specialize uniquely in weight loss through our PHAT program (physical harmony and transformation) they work with a trainer who is an expert in working with people with a lot of weight to lose, where normal movement patterns might be difficult. We also specialize in post-rehabilitation... meaning we work with your physical therapist, or physician, to maximize recovery, range of motion and function. We have a sports conditioning specialist to help to you ,or more importantly, your kids accelerate to the next competitive level.

All of our personal trainers have at least a bachelor's degree and experience in the fitness industry. The idea is not to make an "exclusive" facility but to make it a place where clients can get effective personal health and wellness. We offer a variety of training and discount packages. Many of the packages are in development so if you have suggestions please let us know.

We offer in home, and outdoor training. Bonne Vie will never turn someone away due to expense, we have many programs for people of all economic standings to participate.

Bonne Vie is also the only Pilates studio in Aliso Viejo. We have Pilates mat classes, reformer classes, and private cadillac reformer sessions.



If you go to our website Bonne Vie Fitness click on the Classes link at the left side of the screen you can see the various classes and rates.

Our class scheduling is done online and you can always check into class availability. Just click on Appointments, then the here link and you'll be sent to our scheduling page.

Pelican and Family Offer

We would like to offer a free training session on our GTS machine to any Pelican or their family members who bring in a Pelican Sticker. If you are like Mr. Lally and have used your stickers elsewhere....



Just come in and mention that you saw this offer on Pelican.

GTS stands for Gravity Training System. It is similar to the system you have seen advertised on television. This machine is made by the same company but is a more sturdy industrial version.



If you have a Total Gym at home this is an opportunity to come in and get a free training session from one of our instructors on the most efficient work out for your machine. Our instructors are certified by the manufacturer on proper exercise for the GTS.

If you would like to get a workout yourself come in and we'll get you signed up for the free class. Or if you'd like to have a little time in the garage send your significant other to the facility to use the free class. We'll see you soon and thanks for reading!

[jorian]

Good luck to you and your wife's new biz! Facility looks first class.

[livi]

Congrats on fulfilling a great vision! That looks absolutely top class!

IŽll be taking the next over night flight!

[BlueSideUp]

Thank you Jorian, we've really tried to make the place welcoming and definitely not a "gym" atmosphere. The idea is to make it a comfortable place to train where you do not have to wait for a machine. Each client is scheduled with their trainer and we are not an open gym so there are not random people taking up the machines. When you consider that most people don't use their gym memberships (traditional gyms love that!) it's a much more efficient use of your money to get a session from a personal trainer. It's much better to be spending your $50 with a trainer who can show you work outs to do at home without any membership cost than paying $50 to Globo Gym and not getting any exercise.

Markus here is your flight itinerary

Leg 1 of 2:
Continental 69
Depart from Stockholm-Arlanda SE at 8:00am Terminal 5
Arrive in Newark NJ US at 12:15pm
Aircraft:757 Meal: BS

Leg 2 of 2:
Continental 787
Depart from Newark NJ US at 5:00pm Terminal C
Arrive in Orange County CA US at 8:14pm
Aircraft:73G Meal: D

Your flight leaves in a little more than 8 hours and I'll pick you up at the Orange County airport tomorrow! We'll schedule a special "world traveler" class just for you!

Thank you for the encouragement guys, we're very excited about this business!

[911Rob]

First Class!

[DByers]

Jess, Very inspiring work out environment! Congrats to the wife and you. I am on my way now to my local "Globo Gym" to try and get a destress workout in. Someday perhaps I will be fortunate enough to be in the area and see everything in person.

[BlueSideUp]

Dan-

Thank you for the compliments. I wish I could remember more Dodgeball references but my memory can't hold that much stuff! I was taking an outdoor training class from my wife and got in trouble because I was quoting Rex Kwon Do from Napoleon Dynamite.

We'd be happy to have you stop by Dan, let me know before hand, it would be great to meet you in person. Maybe by then I'll have the dough to buy the H4s for my car and I can return your scoops and assemblies all restored.

[livi]

Wow, that is top notch! Even arranging over seas travel plans and airport pickup! You don`t see many gyms with that kind of service!