Welcome to February 2025 at Riverdale Fitness Mill!
To all of our members, our Team of Front Desk, Personal Trainers and Group Class Instructors want to wish all of you nothing but the very best in 2025!
Remember, your strength today is from yesterday’s effort!
Recap 2024/25
We had a great year thanks to you. We’re back up to pre Covid numbers now with some 350 members. Hard to believe Covid started 5 years ago in March.
We had a very positive year in 2024 in terms of Group Fitness Classes, Personal Training and individual work outs. Here are some highlights:
- Record class participation in Jan2025, 729 registrants!
- Record one day visitation of 112 in Jan 2025, the highest in the 20 years of the Fit Mill.
- We had 6,210 group class participants in 2024, that’s a lot of collective fun fitness goings on.
- All of the members, all of you, had the commitment to come in for fitness adding another record of 19,108 individual visits in 2024.
- We collected just over 100 lbs of goodies for our four legged friends at the Orangeville SPCA, thanks to all who contributed!
February Specials
We are introducing a new once monthly yoga, Full Moon Yoga. It will be on the closest Thursday to every months full moon. Sharon will lead these starting Thursday February13th, at 7:00-8:00pm in the Studio. The limit is 20 and preregistration is available at front desk or email at info@riverdalefitnessmill.com.
Full Moon Yoga Details
Join us on Thursday, February 13th at 7 pm for Yin Yoga, Meditation & Sound Bath on the Full Snow Moon at Riverdale Fitness Mill in Inglewood. Please arrive at 6:45pm.
A pre-registration form is available at Front Desk, or call or email us to book a spot, first come, first serve. The Snow Moon offers a chance to pause, reflect inwardly, and release what no longer serves you. 🌛🌕🌜
A time to reflect, release and reset. ♥️
Drop in fee for non members is $17.00
Please bring a blanket, eye pillow or scarf to cover your eyes, and dress in layers.
#fullmoon #snowmoon #yinyoga #soundhealingtherapy #meditationpractice #positivevibes #connection #rest #relax #Reset #calmyournervoussystem
On Valentines Day, Friday Feb 14th, if a member introduces a non member partner or friend to our fitness community, they can have a free Drop In pass for the day.
We are also planning a special International Women’s day event on March 6th, with details to follow!
Member of the Month
David Stock has been a very active participant in group and individual workouts for the past eight years! His motivation is to stay healthy and be a bit more fit. His other passion about Riverdale is the socializing with all of the others.
His favourite part of group classes is “I like the talking parts…!” David is an active hiker and enjoys reading, bicycling, long walks and dancing.
Group Classes
Sandra is off for a break and Anna will be coming back for Tuesday Spin at 8am and Donna will be covering Tuesday Pilates for February. Welcome back Anna!!
Welcome Cathy back for Spin on Monday Feb10 at at 7am. On the Ball at 8am is cancelled unfortunately.
Lost and Found
We have Timex watch at front desk, an alarm goes off everyday at 4:15pm, if it’s yours, please come to Front Desk and describe its colour.
We also have an increasing inventory of higher end water bottles that get left behind. Please have a look on the shelf to see if any are yours.
Lastly, all current Lost and Found will be emptied on 12Feb25. Various clothing and at least one pair of shoes. The lost and found is located in front of the Desk by the Ab Cruncher.
Facility News
News from the Dull Men’s Department is that we have a new large screen TV for the middle if the gym to replace the one that has never worked. We’ll also be replacing all shower heads and faucets in the change rooms. 😊
Website Action and Updates
If in doubt about anything like cancellations, closed early for snow etc., please always took to our web site at https://riverdalefitnessmill.com/
There is always a banner that gives the most recent updates!
Housekeeping: Winter footwear
Please only come in with outdoor boots or what have you, but indoor shoes only please past Front Desk.
New video
We’re dropping our third video with this Newsletter. Here is the a link to our 3rd promotional video we made last year.
Our friends Reid and Anthony from Ayres Productions are the producers of our video content. We’re pleased to say they are coming back in the next week or so to capture some of the excitement. If you like their work, you can contact them here at contact@ayresproductions.com
