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Fitness club lets you Work that Body Fun safe quality fitness at a reasonable price That s how owner manager Laurie Burns describes her Work That Body fitness club on Guelph St and an annual member ship of 600 patrons suggests there s plenty of local ladies who agree with that summation Burns opened the ft ladies fitness club six years ago because she saw a distinct need for such a facility in the Georgetown area Somehow I always been involved in fitness and I d seen a lot of clubs run wrong said Burns I thought I could do it bet ter Starting modestly by conducting fitness classes out of local school gymnasiums Bums eventually moved into the Guelph Street loca tion and it would appear that the enterprising businesswoman and mother she and husband Rob have a three yearold daughter Lindsay had indeed hit upon a for mula for doing it better Today the club is thriving with not only its current membership of 600 but also with inroads into local fitness programs Cur wood and Neilson s both offer their employees a package at Work That Body and the gym takes its workout to Vanan s every week That s where we re trying to get more involved says Bums With the expected growth in Halton Hills the energetic fitness buff feels corporate fitness will be a burgeoning market Meanwhile Bums has 10 tors at Work That Body who teach a total of about 3640 fitness classes a week Aside from Bums herself other instructors include Donna Lanthier Judy Allen Anne Cydney Sherry Spence Sandy Krosse Rhonda Hall Gail Reynolds and Nell While Bums says the fitness classes are the major drawing card for Work That Body the club also offers computeriz ed stationary exercise bikes a complete line of Global Gym weight training equipment and some free weights In keeping with modern exercise techniques all of the classes of at Work That Body are of the no bounce variety which stresses less upand down ding on the body s joints While classes run the gamut from begin ners to season fitness a class for those over 50 taught by an instruc tor over Burns has several new ideas which she hopes to imple ment in the near future In house fitness testing and body composition tests are also offered at Work That Body whose tors are all fully trained and registered by the Canadian Association of Sport Sciences Despite catering primarily to Halton Hills women Work That Body forgotten the men Male exercise fanatics can use the facility between 12 noon and 1 p m Monday through Friday and some take part in fitness classes as well Babysitting services make life easier for Work That Body members who can bring junior to the gym and concentrate on a good solid workout Local Kiku Shiatsu instructors offer their Japanese pressure massage out of the building and Bums has recently revamped Work That Body s store which offers aerobic shoes and as well as dance shoes hiking boots and walking shoes As if the thriving fitness centre busy enough Sherry LindsayJarvis also runs her well respected dance school out of the facility Members hail mainly from the Georgetown area but Burns says the club draws from as far north as Erin HJllsburgh and as far south as Milton Shes looking to hire a salesperson to cope with Haltai Hills expected growth and to familiarize newcomers and new businesses with what the club has to offer We won have a hardcore salesperson she stressed But rather an information person who 11 let the community know what we re all about What the place is all about says Burns is fitness and fun and the emphasis doesn stop at the physical aspects of health On May 6 for example the club is hosting a Wellness Workshop which will pro vide insights into skin care eating habits body composition massage and stress management Fun events are scheduled almost daily at the club with a cross Canada trip now in progress whereby members accumulate miles on a gigantic map of Canada on the gym wall for their regular appearances at classes bringing a fnend or meeting per sonal goals The winner of the event will win a free tnp to the pro vincial capital city of her choice The ladies like the fact we re a ladies facility Burns sums up They re comfortable here With big plans for the future Work That Body is looking forward to introducing more ladies ir Halton Hills to that comfortable feeling Building a better body Laurie Burns owner manager of Work That Body fitness club prepares for a bet of pec deck on a special machine designed to work the upper body musculature opened her club six ago to nil a void in Hills and a host of delighted members are glad she did Herald photo Wednesday 1989 Page Continued from Page Mr graduated from the University of Alberta with a degree in Mechanical Engineer He went on to manage the research and development depart at Smith and Stone here Georgetown In his position there he worked as a liaison with the CSA and eventually joining and chairing a number of committees He was one of the seven industry representatives on the committee approving all CSV Part dards In 1979 he quit to form A and Associates I realized there was a real need for this type of consulting I saw how many companies had trouble getting products approved because of the bureaucracy An intimate knowledge of the standards and staff of these agencies gave him a major advantage in the field The company currently has clients on their active job list Of these are American and four are European and Asian The company has kept them busy and successful The only drawback Our children could never understand just exactly what we do sajs Margaret The know how to explain our jobs to their friends at school The generation gap in reverse your greatest asset is OUR QUALITY PERFORMANCE