A New Focus on Fitness in Oxfordshire This Summer

With the good weather that summer brings, more and more people are being encouraged to venture outdoors to keep fit. With the exceptionally beautiful countryside in Oxfordshire, it provides the perfect opportunity for Oxford-based personal trainers Project Active to get people moving and get people fit. There is increasing demand for personal training, with more people recognising the importance of staying active. This trend is likely to continue in the coming years, and the future looks busy for personal trainers.

Project Active offer a number of different classes, including individual personal training, as well as group fitness sessions. One of the more popular schemes that Project Active offer is their "Wellbeing for Business" sessions, whereby a trainer will visit a company's location and train the whole team together. This promotes good teamwork, as well as keeping the group fit and healthy. An active workforce is a motivated and productive one, so it is in everyone's interest to get involved with such a positive scheme.

On this topic, Project Active owner Ben Scurr says; "We believe that good health, fitness and wellbeing should be attainable for everyone. That’s why we bring everything you need to achieve your health, fitness and wellbeing goals to you, to your home, to your community or your work." Oxford is a great location for staying active, with a number of scenic parks, as well as some ideal leisure facilities such as the Oxford Brookes campus and the Oxford City sports park. Project Active are committed to encouraging people across Oxfordshire to get fit and stay fit. For more information about what they offer, and to book a training session for yourself or a group, get in touch on the Project Active website:

http://www.project-active.co.uk/

Or call 07940733102

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Joining Forces: Pepperdine University and On Focus

Today, many coaches, athletic departments, and teams face the challenge of keeping their APR (Academic Progress Rates) above 925, with the bulk of the responsibility falling on the coaches to ensure student success.  Coach Tom Asberry, from Pepperdine University, summarizes his challenge as follows: “Our APR (Academic Progress Rates) is an inherited disaster, and we’re doing everything we can to remain focused on our number one goal:  to help students graduate.”  

The non-profit organization On Focus (Fostering Opportunities and Career Utilizing Sport) is providing innovative ways to assist colleges and universities with a common need: increasing Academic Progress Rates (APR).

On Focus is now partnering with universities, such as Pepperdine, to provide relief to coaches and athletic departments.  

On Focus assists in ...
-Increasing Academic Progress Rates
-Developing and enhances alumni base.
-Helping student-athletes complete graduation requirements;
-Attracting and retaining highly qualified students; and
-Providing continual follow-up services for athletes while in school and after they leave the institution.

These critical services provided by On Focus come at a time when the NCAA is strictly holding athletic departments and coaches accountable for their actions and the success of their students.

Coach Asberry states that at Pepperdine, “we are making every effort to increase our APR score  by recruiting players who can perform academically, monitoring them very carefully, and providing academic counseling.”      

To succeed in this on-going challenge, Pepperdine chose to partner with On Focus to provide more comprehensive services to their student athletes and strengthen their athletic program, while increasing their APR.

The mission of On Focus is to enhance the developmental success of individuals by delivering the core principles (Education, Support, Planning, Exit, Preparation, and Progress) of transition to athletes who are members of the global community of sport.

To learn more about the unique services offered through On Focus, or to establish a partnership with your institution, visit the
website at www.onfocus.org or email info@onfocus.org.

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