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Commercial Blinds

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:05:02 +0000

Recently some people have been inquiring about revitalising some of the commercial buildings, and asking the question, what would be the best way to do something like that. A few of the members came up with some different suggestions, of various different ways to revitalise what is an old commercial building. We had ideas that ranged from a quick coat of paint to replacing the windows and doors, to demolishing the building and starting a fresh. Although one of the guys came up with what i thought was an inspirational idea. Replace the windows, repaint the walls inside and then fit new blinds on all the windows. It really is surprising how much you can change a building by doing the minimal amount of work possible, to say that the fitting of new blinds to the windows changed the overall appearance of the rooms would really be a hugh understatement. Whats so good about new blinds is that there is such a wide range of blinds on the market today. You can virtually get any color under the sun. So the new windows where ordered up and inside two weeks they where on site and ready for fitting. Two days was all the time it took to remove the old windows and fit the new ones. The building was already starting to look completely different.

As soon as the windows were in and a bit of tidying up around the reveals was complete, we where ready for the paint work. This job took slightly longer than anticipated, we eventually had to put three coats of paint over the whole building internally. So after we had all the paint work done it was time to source out the new window blinds for the building. After a lot of work surfing the Internet to see who could come up with the best deal. We settled on a company called Hilary Blinds, who were offering some great discounts on the latest up to date blinds and accessories. Eventually after some deliberation we choose Roman Blinds in a pale lime green color. Which i must say really set the whole building off. The deal that we got on the blinds was a real steal, saving up to 60% on the retail price. So we where really pleased with that.

Now that everything was in place and we had the whole building looking almost like new, it was time to get all the equipment and gear back in place. This took quite a while because there was a lot of equipment. Six rowing machines four multi gyms and various other weight lifting equipment. We also had a lot of cycling equipment that had originally been sourced through The Bike Expert.com. A really good and informative website, that covers most things cycling.After everything was back in its place it was time to get everybody back, to see what the verdict was going to be. Needless to say everything went good, and as far as we know the project was a complete success.

Hastings Rowing Club Fitness

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:10:21 +0000

Keeping fit plays a great part of life for most people in today’s modern society. As lots of people are coming up against problems of all kinds, due to obesity, bad diet and lack of exercise. One of the key solutions, is to get more exercise. And the best way in my opinion is to take up a form of exercise that you enjoy, and that is also fun. One great way to keep fit, have fun , and to lose weight at the same time is cycling. I own a cube analog mountain bike myself.It really is a super way to get fit, have fun and lose all those calories, all at the same time. You can spend hours cycling through the forest, and taking in the wonderful scenery at the same time. Of course there’s lots of other ways to get fit and lose weight. Another great way, would be to join a rowing club, like the Hastings Rowing Club. Rowing is another superb way to exercise, where you are using a lot of muscles at the same time. But sometimes rowing is not easily accessible, especially for people who don’t live close to a river, or the coast. So its probably best to join a club or even a gym. Most gyms today will have access to rowing machines , so its probably a good place to get started. But i have to say cycling would be very accessible sport for most people to keep fit. In today’s market there’s lots of cheap road bikes and cheap bmx bikes for sale at really competitive prices. There’s never been a better time to buy as is the case with most things, in these times of recession. But hopefully the economy will improve in the not to distant future, and people will have a lot more time and money to spend on sport and leisure.Cycling has become an ever growing sport, and industry over the recent years. You just have to look at the vast range of bicycle makes that are on the market today. Names like Cube, Ghost, Kuno, and Commencal that are appearing on the market today. Along side famous names from the past that have been around for years like, Pinarello, Scott, Claud Bulter and the like. Who have been around for years. Road Racing is probably one of the best know mediums in cycling. Due probably to high profile races like the Tour De France, Veluta, Giro De Italia, and loads more, maybe not so famous. With some of the racers names being household names like, Lance Armstrong, Mark Cavendish the fastest man on two wheels in the world in 2011, and others like Alberto Contodor, the Sleek brothers to name just a few.

Other perts of the sport are also growing in popularity, mountain biking has become hugh through out Europe, United Kingdom and America. Downhill riding has become really big with the Uk’s Atherton family, Gee, Rachael, and Dan at the top of the world championship pile.

Increase your fitness levels by cycling

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:45:33 +0000

Rowing is a very competitive sport, and fitness levels must really be at a peak to be able to endure the physical challenge of a long boat race, whether it’s a long river race or out on the open sea. Usually getting fit will be a combination of a lot of different sports like running, lifting weights, and lots of stretching and loosening up of the muscles.One of the best ways i have found to stay in tip top shape is cycling. The type of bike you work out on is completely up to your own preference. Most of the time i like to use cheap bmx bikes. But it can be whatever type of cycling that you are most comfortable with.

Road riding can be fantastic for fitness as well , giving you a great workout. With lots of different terrain types, flats, hills and downhills. Shorter distance’s to start with and then building up the miles as you go along, is probably the best plan of action.Some of the road bikes on the market today are really good, depending on how much money you’re willing to spend. You can buy a half decent bike for about 400 hundred pounds, and if you’re feeling really flush you can spend up to ten thousand pounds on a top of the range road bike.

Mountain bike riding is another sport that is really taking off at the minute in the UK and Europe. With loads of different venues and tracks available to ride on almost any weekend ,it’s a very accessible sport ..Again a really fantastic way to get your fitness levels up, some of the course’s these guys use can be very demanding . A lot of the tracks will be through forests or up and down the sides of mountains, so be prepared to get dirty. One particular bike i would use for this type of riding is the carrera vulcan. A quality hard tail mountain bike with loads of top of the range components on board