Let’s Dance Fabulousness 10/3/25

Last week’s ‘Let’s Dance week’ was great fun and it was wonderful to welcome newbies to our dance classes – here’s a snippet of what we got up to…

I love sharing the classes with you (all of them, fitness, mind/body and dance, equally) and also love to see the expression on new participants faces when they are welcomed so warmly by our friendly DYBO family, like a Proud Mummy. Thank you, you all make such a difference when it comes to making newcomers experiences so positive by putting them at ease. We all know how nerve wracking it can be to join a new group.

To help you keep sharing the DYBO love here is a QR code that you can send your pals, which takes them to our website. It’s been generated by me, so not like the scary ones we hear about on parking machines, no money is ever requested via my website !

or you can share the website www.dybo.co.uk or my email address helen@dybo.co.uk for any questions they might have.

I hope you are cracking on our ‘Mindful March Challenge’, check out last week’s Blog for reasons why to practise Mindfulness and how you can do it, its not too late to join us.

Isn’t is wonderful to feel the sun on our skin again, and to see everything budding and blooming? I’ve been able to take Mini out for her mental health walks – they are slow and sniffy but with the odd trot, the sunshine really does help her cognitive function and sleep patterns, just like us! Piccalilli is having to stay at home though as it’s her special lady time!

But she is doing some sun bathing..

The sunshine created a drive in me to spring clean my DYBO equipment storage shed at HQ, and I’m having a little sale of bits and pieces, let me know if you need anything and I will see what I have. I’ve also been refurbing and re-equipping the PT and Zoom studio, so I’m feeling very proud of myself this week!

INDEPENDANCE

Just a month to go before our incredible IndepenDance day with the fantastic Nikkie Riozzi!

The week ahead…

I’m so looking forward to continuing with the energy of last week and can’t wait to share it with you!

Banana Mug Muffins (Gut Health Doctor)

Fancy something different but gut healthy for brekkie or as a snack?

Ingredients

• 1 ripe banana
• 2 large eggs
• 3 medjool dates, pitted
• 40g cannellini beans, drained & rinsed
• 60g porridge oats
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 50g of fresh berries (plus a few extra for topping)

TOPPING

• 2 tbsps of plain natural yoghurt
• 2 tbsps of desiccated coconut (optional)
• Add the eggs to a high-powered blender and blitz for 20 seconds, before adding all  other ingredients except for the fresh berries. Blitz for another 20 seconds or until the mixture is smooth.
• Divide into two clean, microwave-safe cups. Drop a small handful of fresh berries into the cups and gently mix in before placing one mug in the centre of the microwave.
• Cook on high for 2 mins, or until it is set on top (it will keep cooking a little as it cools). Repeat with the second mug if cooking for two, or store the second mug in the fridge for tomorrow.
• Top with some extra berries, coconut and a dollop of yoghurt (if using) before tucking in.

Let me know what you think!

I can’t wait to get this week going with my fabulous DYBO family.

Love ya,

Helen x

DYBO Live & Online – This week’s Classes are as follows:.

At All Hallows, Farnham & DYBO Studio, Church Crookham (Book in Advance only): Zoom class details further down the page.

Monday (AH)

6.30-7.15pm: Boogie Fit

7.30-8.15pm: Total Tone – with bands, handweights and mat.

Tuesday (AH)

6.30-7.15pm: 5 in 1 Fitness – with bands, handweights and mat.

7.30-8.15pm: Dance Fit & Fab

Wednesday (DYBO Studio)

6.30pm Old Skool Step – Step, hand weights and band.

7.30pm Barre Fit – Something to assist balance like a barre, eg. chair, worktop, mantlepiece etc.

Thursday (AH)

6.15-7.20pm: Contemporary Stretch – various equipment used at each class, contact me for info.

7.30-8.30pm: Dancespiration

Friday (DYBO Studio)

6.30-7.15pm: Friday Fitness Yoga Express

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Joining us at All Hallows or The DYBO Church Crookham Studio? – Protocols and Information

I’m so happy to be able to run Face to Face classes at All Hallows and at the DYBO Studio in Church Crookham. My primary objective is to ensure that we all have a wonderful time with effective and fun classes that are engaging, relaxed and of course, safe.

Preparation 

1) Firstly ensure that you have booked by sending us an email info@dybo.co.uk confirming all the classes you wish to attend plus your payment method, be it as a member, using your voucher, or pay as you go. No on the door bookings or payments can be taken. Bookings are not refundable or transferable. I will keep records of all attending, please also keep a record of your own attendance too.

2) Preparing your kit bag/box. This depends upon the class you are attending.

Boogie Fit, Dance Fit and Dancespiration crew will only require your indoor trainers/dance shoes to change in to, sweat towel, and drink.

Total Tone and 5 in 1 crew – in order to prevent cross contamination currently I am not sharing equipment in a group exercise setting so you will need your mat, a resistance band and light hand weights/equivalent in addition to your trainers, sweat towel and drink.

Contemporary Stretch crew need a mat, band, chi ball and on the last Thursday of the Month you will need 2 x tennis balls and a sock for our Trigger Point and Myofascial release class !

3) Re borrowing equipment – if you would like to try a class or have forgotten equipment then you may borrow equipment on that occasion and please ensure that you sanitise it before and afterwards (sanitising products supplied). I can assist you with sourcing your own equipment inexpensively, moving forward.

On the night

*When you arrive at All Hallows, enter the school via the gates to the left as you face the school and follow the road around the school buildings.

*Please park in the playing courts and walk between the old school building and new sports hall, up a few steps on to the outside seating area, the studio door is to your right.

*Participants are required to arrive 5-10 mins before the class.

*Please change into your clean trainers for indoor activity as you enter, e.g. slip off your outdoor shoes, place your bag, walk to activity area then put indoor shoes on, the same in reverse to leave. This is to maintain the hygiene and cleanliness of the space, avoiding stones and glass being walked in and potentially causing injury and to protect the lovely new wood floor.

*The toilets are open to use but please arrive changed, ready for activity so as to keep use time minimal and avoiding queues.

*After a wonderful class change from your indoor trainers to outdoor shoes and sanitise your hands again if you wish.

*Please tell friends and family about our wonderful classes!

When joining me at the DYBO Studio (No.42, GU52 0YA) I will send information directly, including entrance code for the Studio and please note, advanced booking is required.

Fees, you have THREE options!

Please note that all Classes must be booked and paid for in advance and are non transferable or refundable.

Online payments only.

45 min Class – £8.00, 60/65 min Class – £8.50.

10 Class Voucher: £75 (to be used within 12 weeks of purchase).

Membership: £55, unlimited classes, plus a bonus of free access to all class recordings on our DYBO TV channel, and another bonus of a £5 discount for one to one services for current membership holders.

To be paid by the 1^st day of the month (at the latest) and is valid from the first to last day of calendar month.

One full month’s notice of membership suspension/cancellation is required with one membership restart permitted within a 12 month period.

Bank details are UK Fitness Academy Ltd.

Sort Code 09-01-28, Acc No. 04284324

Please email me when you have made a payment and use your name and what it’s for as a reference. eg. Jane Smith Class Voucher

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Joining us on Zoom? – Links and Information

Monday

https://zoom.us/j/93817898799

6.30pm: Boogie Fit
7.30pm: Total Tone

Tuesday

https://zoom.us/j/94370544053

6.30pm 5 in 1 Fitness Class
7.30pm Dance Fit & Fab

Wednesday

https://zoom.us/j/95899675041

6.30pm Old Skool, Step & Strength – Step, hand weights and band.
7.15pm Barre Fit – Something to assist balance like a barre, eg. chair, worktop, mantlepiece etc.

Thursday 

https://zoom.us/j/95416823519

6.15pm Contemporary Stretch 

7.30pm Dancespiration

Friday

https://zoom.us/j/92666213498

6.30pm Friday Fitness Yoga Express

****** All the above classes change and vary weekly! *****

How to prepare your Zoom environment

1. You need space to move 2 side steps, 4 walks forward, 4 backward. Move trip hazards and furniture as much as you can (get help, be careful!) to give you maximum space for upper and lower body movement. Roll up rugs or secure them so they don’t slip or cause you to trip.
2. Plugging your device in to your TV with an HDMI cable is brilliant as it gives you a good picture of you (like a mirror) and me – as well as boosting the sound if you go through the TV/Hi-Fi sound system. If you can place your device under the TV, then even better.
3. I know some of you are using your phones – try to plug in to a speaker system (even those little speakers we have when we go on holiday would help) so that you can hear better as you move back from the phone. Angie has tried Bluetooth earphones and it worked well.
4. Ensure you have maximum access to your Wi-Fi in the house and as close to the router as is feasible. Take phones off the Wi-Fi system and pop them on to your 4/5G network or place on airplane mode, unless that’s what you are using to join us, obviously. Ask family to do the same for the duration of your class – keep them off the internet whilst you need the bandwidth. The more bandwidth you have, the better the picture and sound and the less likely you are to lose the feed. Your health is a priority at this time and I’m sure they can do something else for that short time!
5. Ventilate your exercise space, have plenty of water and towels to hand, keep your exercise equipment close – if you need anything, let me know.
6. Wear correct footwear for your activity – putting an old pair of socks over the toes and ball of your trainers will help reduce friction when exercising on carpet (if they are a really old pair, cutting the toes open and then just having them over the ball of the foot is even better). It’s up to you if you want to dance or train in bare feet but be careful if you don’t usually do this as it takes time for the muscles and connective tissue of the feet and rest of the body to adapt to barefoot training.
7. Make your own gym equipment. Save laundry liquid or milk bottles – you can fill them with water or wet sand/rice etc. to add weight and make a dumbell/kettlebell. I recommend you make a few in differing weights and you have written on them so you know what they weigh and seal the caps with tape to prevent leakage. Get a heavy duty shopping bag and put weighty items in it, check they can’t fall out and you have a kettlebell alternative. Make your own hurdles, put cushions, pillows, boxes, books on the floor to jump over. Use household items as floor markers for circuit activities. The stairs and outdoor steps are great temporary steps/benches for cardio and upper body work. The garden is a great open space to make an assault course or if you can get a signal, take your class or PT session outside, but do make it safe.

Disclaimer

I declare that all of the information I have given (both written and verbal) is accurate and truthful. I know of no reason why I cannot participate fully in any exercise programme and I do not deem it necessary to consult my medical Practitioner/GP/specialist. I undertake to inform my instructor should any information change.

I understand that I participate at my own risk and that any information given is not intended to replace or represent medical advice. I agree to comply with all terms conditions and class protocols and instructions as outlined above and whilst attending DYBO classes/training. 

Do not attend classes if experiencing symptoms of Covid 19, Flu or airborne transmissible infection or have tested positive.