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Let The Good Times Rock 'n' Roll
Dear Friends,
We would like to thank everyone who participated in this year’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure®. Your support strengthens
the fight against breast cancer and is supporting the many community programs that contribute to treatment and education. May
6 was a beautiful morning to walk or run! I would like to extend a special thanks to Bill St. George, LVAC's Senior Vice President
of Operations for his participation, as well as Patricia Norman, LVAC’s Group Fitness Director and her awesome group fitness
instructors who volunteered their help and provided motivational performances at the beginning and end of the day’s festivities.
We would also like to thank Connie Stewart, who for 17 years now has been the main event leader of the LVAC Team.
In the 2017 Spring Issue of LVAC magazine, we announced a new cause that we will be supporting this year- Augie's Quest and
finding a cure for ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). On November 12th, as part of Augie's Quest sponsorship, LVAC will be participating
in the Quest4ALS and the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon is an evening run (or walk), and most of the
course travels right down the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas is the premiere event in the Rock 'n' Roll series and draws people from
all over the country. There will be many teams coming from clubs around the country, including a team from as far away as New
Jersey. Mark your calendar for November 12th, and look for the future emails about LVACQuest4ALS.
This spring we also reintroduced a legacy program called LVAC30- Accelerated Training, our upgraded version of the 30 minute
Rock 'n' Roll 10-machine circuit on the Keiser Pneumatic Air equipment. In this issue, we have an article on Part II of the LVAC30- Accelerated
workout. The LVAC30 Workout is comprised of 12 minutes of HIIT cardio training with the remainder of time spent using a
Training program. We know for a lot of people that just getting started on an exercise program is decided by whether they can fit
it into their tight schedule. We also know that once someone decides to start an exercise program, many people start in a group
fitness class. So, as Part II of the LVAC30 program, called the Dirty30, we are now offering some of our most popular classes in a 30
minute format, including Zumba, Kettlebell, HEAT, Sandbag, Body Combat, Tabata Training, and Kickboxing. The 30-minute format
is designed to increase your intensity while decreasing the amount of time spent getting great results.
Just days after the last issue of the LVAC magazine was sent to the printer, the Raiders professional football team was granted
approval to move to Las Vegas. Since then, the Raiders have secured their new $1.9 billion stadium site on the south end of town,
with the first games projected for 2020. While a professional hockey team is very exciting for the Las Vegas community, surely the
Raiders moving will be one of the top headlines this decade for Southern Nevada sports and entertainment. When we look back 20
years from now, the Raiders’ move to Las Vegas will most likely mark the next historic era of the city.
It looks as though this year will also be a turning point with residential development starting to pick up pace across the valley.
From the west side with the new Reverence community in Summerlin, to the southeast with the new Cadence development, both
projects were part of many that stalled out over a decade ago. The growth in residential development and all the new people
coming to live in Las Vegas are also benchmarks of a vibrant and healthy city.
Speaking of the new Cadence community, by the time you read this we should be under construction right down the street with our
newest club. This future LVAC location will be adjacent to the new Henderson Hospital, and will be part of a 150-acre development
that boasts apartments as well as retail, and will include all facets of health care that focus on wellness. This new development
is called Union Village, and if all goes well, in less than two years we will be opening this beautiful new club to service the greater
Henderson area. The new club will be somewhat larger than our North Decatur club, as we expect a great deal of growth in this
part of the city.
We continue to stay focused on the LVAC experience and invite you to give us your feedback on what we are doing right and where
we can improve. We also encourage your suggestions on how we can promote the LVACQuest4ALS- Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon later
in the year to all our runners and walkers. We will
be giving away some fabulous prizes to the top
fundraisers as part of the LVACQuest4ALS event.
We welcome your feedback and my email address
is always at the bottom of this letter.
On behalf of the entire LVAC Team, we hope you
have an incredible summer. Stay cool, preferably
inside one of our beautiful clubs! We believe
that Southern Nevadans have every reason to be
optimistic about what 2017 has in store.
Yours in health, fitness and optimism,
Todd O. Smith
CEO/Chief Experience Officer
Todd@lvac.com
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