12 Days of X-Mas & Holiday Schedule

12 Days of X-Mas: 15 Years Strong!

Thank you again to everyone who helped bring this year’s 12-Days of X-Mas together. Kudos obviously to The Touch and Savitar for their fun Instagram Workout demos (special mention to stuntman Livewire).

Thanks to Shades & Savitar for programming the fun partner workout and for helping decorate and set up the gym. Thanks to Hardrock, Motor & The Touch for coaching the 3 Saturday morning heats and to Salsa, who had to rally back from illness in order to be on hand to supervise Saturday morning. Big thanks to Rockstar, our behind-the-lens hero, for spending the whole event filming and snapping photos to capture the action and excitement of the day.

And of course, thank you to all the members who came out to participate or cheer on participants. And thank you to any other contributors who, in my ignorance, I may have failed to mention. We appreciate everyone who stepped up to make the event fun and successful. I believe that this was Empower’s 15th annual 12-Days of X-Mas event. Can you believe it?

Gym Open Through the Holidays

Saturday morning I enjoyed the opportunity to sit and chat with many members and learned that, like usual, many of you plan to be away traveling out of town for all or part of the holiday season. A lot of our coaches are also away over the holidays, leaving behind a skeleton crew. We are committed to keeping the gym open and classes running for those of you who are remaining in town including Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Important: Register Early!

But because we are short-handed and our coaches also have friends and families who they would like to spend time with over the holidays, from December 22nd through January 4th, we will be removing classes from the schedule if there are no participants registered. Though we do not monitor registrations 24/7, we will aim to cancel unreserved classes 12 hours in advance in order to give our coaches adequate opportunity to make alternative plans.

If you plan to work out, please make sure you register for group classes at least 12 hours in advance. We will be there if you are. And out of consideration for the coaches who are giving up holiday time with loved ones to be at the gym for you, please do not register and then fail to show. That’s like putting a big lump of coal in someone’s stocking.

Happy Holidays to you and yours!

The Empower Team