Core moves to Mühlenbach

The Core session, which focuses on exercises which strengthen your abdominals and back, has outgrown its old premises. This session will now be offered in the Mühlenbach school on 151 rue de Mühlenbach, which is next to Place Dargent.

There is a big parking on the right side Place Dargent and Côte d'Eich, if you come from town, just before the road splits to Route d'Echternacht and Rue d'Eich. You can also go there by busses 8, 10, 11 and 21.

Please bring your own mat to the Core session, which will continue to be offered at 8 p.m. on Tuesdays.

Changes to the schedule

Unfortunately the Monday lunch session with Åsa is cancelled on the 8th of February.

Annika NF will give Medium Pulse sessions on Wednesday 10 February at 7 p.m. and on Thursday 11 February at 8 p.m. in Bâtiment Bleu, but not on Friday, as previously announced.

Please note that during the school holidays 13 to 21 February no sessions will be offered.

Two new instructors

Friskis&Svettis Luxembourg has the pleasure to welcome to new instructors. At the end of January, Minna Hautala-Toivakka and Carolina Skoglund became certified Friskis&Svetts instructors. You can try Minna's Basic session on Mondays in Kiem and Carolina's Medium session on Sundays in Ecole Française.

Schedule changes by e-mail?

Would you like to subscribe to F&S' e-mail updates? And receive information about events, schedule changes etc. directly in your mailbox? Or would you like to change your contact details we use when we mail to you? You can now do it all by yourself on e-Friskis.

Join one of Friskis' Relais pour la vie teams

Friskis&Svettis Luxembourg will, once again, take part in Relais pour la vie, which will take place 6 to 7 March in the Coque Arena. This time Friskis&Svettis will have three Classic Teams, which means the teams will walk or run for 12 hours on 7 March.

If you are a F&S member and interested to join one of Friskis' teams and run or walk for a good cause, send an e-mail to Noëlle Tourtois. Please indicate if you prefer to walk/run for 30 minutes or one hour, if you prefer morning or afternoon and don't forget to write your mobile phone number.

Friskis&Svettis will pay the registration fee for everyone in the teams, but you are encouraged to donate money to Relais pour la vie to support the fight against cancer.

Barbell workshop 26 February

Barbell requires some basic technique in order to be functional and fun training. On Friday 26 February at 7 p.m., Åsa will explain most of the moves and postures used during the Barbell sessions. The aim is to show participants the correct positions to avoid injuries, focus on the right muscle groups and get the most out of the training.

There will be plenty of time to try each move and to ask questions. The session will be 1.5 hours and it will include a short cardio sequence, so good shoes are necessary.

As for all Barbell sessions (see bellow), you need to send Åsa an e-mail and sign up in order to participate. And if you can't make it, please let her know so that others can get your spot.

Book your place at the Barbell sessions

The Barbell sessions are open to all members over 15 years of age. The places in this session are limited so if you want to be sure to get a place, please book your spot by sending Åsa an e-mail.

In case you can not come, please make sure to send a cancellation e-mail before 3 p.m. the day of the course. This way, people on the waiting list can join.

Please note that you can not book several courses in a row and that the booking for next week opens immediately after the end of the current weeks session. You can sign up until 5 p.m. the day of the course.

If you do not show up before 7.50 the day of the class, your spot will be given to those who are on the waiting list.

Read the blog of F&S Secretary General

Friskis&Svettis is a non-profit organisation were everyone volunteers their time.

Today there are more than half a million members in 156 clubs around the world. F&S Luxembourg has more than 500 members.

Once a year representatives of each club meet at a General Assembly where the Board of all clubs is chosen. The General Assembly is the highest decision making body in Friskis&Svettis.

To help the local clubs there is a small organisation called Frikis&Svettis Riks, where 20 people are employed. Riks develops and organises the training for all clubs, check quality and develops the brand of Friskis&Svettis. The Secretary General is Anna Ivarsson, and if you know Swedish you can read her the blog here.

"We're the organic gym in a world of artificial sport business"

In a series of articles we present the people working for you in Friskis&Svettis Luxembourg. In the seventh interview you meet Åsa Jacob, who is a Medium and Barbell instructor.

You can also read about F&S Luxembourg's President, Jenny Hällen Hedberg, Sanna van Look-Peltonen who is a Basic Pulse and Medium instructor, Niina Hämäläinen, who gives Medium and Dance sessions, Anna Fiteni who is Host Team Leader, Emilia Niskanen, who is a host and Cinzia Monteleone, who is a member of F&S Luxembourg Board.

Asa Jacob is Swedish and moved to Luxembourg in 1996 and works as an assistant in Human Resources at the European Commission. She used to work out with Friskis&Svettis when she lived in Stockholm and in Paris. A few years back she was asked to become and instructor here in Luxembourg and since then she is really hooked both with the training and with the concept itself.

Read the interview