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New Equipment at MINT Dupont!

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January 17, 2017 by mint-sk

You may have noticed some new equipment around MINT Dupont. Give the new equipment a try… and as always, let us know what you think!

Woodway Treadmills in the Cardio Area

Woodway Treadmills

Learn more about what makes these treadmills different, here!

Ab Mats in the Intensity Studio

Ab Mats

Learn more about Ab Mats, and why we love them, here!

*Note: Please feel free to use these when they are not being used by a class. They should stay in the Intensity Studio!

Filed Under: Club News Tagged With: abs, cardio, core, equipment, improvement, MINT Dupont

Happy Hour at The Big Hunt on January 24

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January 16, 2017 by mint-sk

On Tuesday, January 24, The Big Hunt is extending their happy hour

for MINT friends and family! 

The Big Hunt is a craft beer bar featuring 32 draft lines and constantly rotating list of delicious, unique, one-off, and rare beers, 3 floors, 4 bars, gamer-room with Skee-Ball & Pin-Ball, beautiful patio, and stand-up comedy in the basement.

We will raffle off a personal training session at 7 pm. You do not need to be a MINT member to win!

DRINK SPECIALS
$3.50 PBR, Lite Ass Brew, Big Ass Wheat, Hard Ass IPA & Bad Ass Amber
$3.50 rail drinks
$1 off all other drinks and draughts

RSVP to the event and invite your #fitfriends!

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Now Hiring: MINT Marketing and Communications Director

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January 12, 2017 by mint-sk

NOW HIRING: MINT Marketing and Communications Director

  • Part time at 15 to 20 hours per week, with advancement opportunity
  • Position can start immediately
  • $25,000 annual salary to start
  • After 90 days, subject to consideration of increase in hours, responsibilities, and compensation for exemplary performance.

 

The part time Marketing Director (MD) serves as a central point for all company marketing and communications; organizing and coordinating marketing efforts across all resources, and continuously identifies, and works with others to identify, additional mediums to promote MINT.

Qualified applicants have excellent organizational and intrapersonal skills, and are able to effectively juggle multiple pieces within multiple projects.

The MD works with, and answers to, Patrick as CEO; collaboration with other staff is required, while keeping time and energy focused on macro company goals.

A Marketing Assistant is in place, who assembles email campaigns, makes basic website updates, reports marketing statistics, and several other regular tasks.

Projected-based Q1/Q2 2016:

  • Launch/re-launch ‘Flash Classes’- outside classes in popular public areas around the city
    • Identify a corporate partner for the events to maximize exposure
    • Organize the event details, participate until the program can mostly run on it’s own

Ongoing: 

  • Create entire marketable campaigns both large and small, and manage the entirety of the logistics
    • Identify internal and external mediums to promote and lead execution of such promotion
    • Create physical and digital promotional material
    • Identify and procure prizes
    • Manage all other details and logistics
  • Examples of past campaigns include:
    • Maintain, Don’t Gain- a holiday based challenge to get to the gym, which included guest access
    • Cycle challenge- most classes taken in a month
    • MINT 10 year anniversary celebrations- 10 days for 10 years in which community partners had a presence at the clubs
    • New dedicated barre studio opening celebration
    • Meet the personal trainers event
    • Open houses at the facilities
    • Personal Training promotions (most/all months)
    • Membership promotions (most/all months)
  • Work closely with MINT’s ambassador team and team leader (team consists of approximately 15 individuals working about 1-2 hours per week for MINT on an independent basis)
    • Leverage the team’s creativity and availability to coordinate and communicate with current and prospective partners
    • Encourage the team to create and be present at events
    • Track the teams overall productivity
  • Lead social media content gathering and posting
  • Lead blog management
    • Solicit submissions from staff and community
    • Edit and post submissions
    • Organize weekly blog update email (MINTy Fresh update)
  • Lead and coordinate communications
    • Weekly GM & Program update/newsletter
    • Weekly Staff update/newsletter
    • Promotions
    • Minty fresh update
    • App pushes
    • Website updates
    • All other communication mediums, including identifying additional mediums.
  • Thoroughly proofread and edit all outgoing communications
  • Work with general resources, such as
    • Graphic design and print vendor (currently Basecamp)
    • Sign vendor (currently Affordable Signs)
    • Shared online docs and spreadsheets
  • Logistical management of misc. marketing-related items, such as but not necessarily limited to:
    • Coordinating headshot sessions and communication and accountability to staff
    • Receive various forms from staff, coordinate pieces accordingly (such as event promotion requests)
    • As needed, coordinate with photographers
    • Field third party requests, both directly and forwarded by others, for marketing related topics and opportunites
      • (for example a request to partner with a blog, app developer, a vendor who may be able to drive business to MINT, etc)
    • Administration of various third party marketing and promotional services

Schedule and Meetings:

  • The MD works largely independently using their own computer and determining their own workspace
  • A presence in the MINT facilities is required:
    • For events
    • Ongoing regular presence of at least 2-3 minimum hours per week to members/clients to best understand their wants and needs, and general ‘vibe’ of the clientele
    • Ongoing regular presence as needed to touch base with key staff, such as marketing assistant, club General Managers, personal trainers, and other staff
    • Once-monthly meetings with CEO and/or others to review work, progress updates, strategize, etc.
    • Room for advancement exists as MINT is growing as a company; full time employment is a possibility
    • This is a 1099 subcontractor position

No specific meeting schedule will be implemented to start; MD works mainly via email, shared online docs, and phone/conference calls as needed.  A regular meeting agenda may be needed in time.

To Apply, please send a resume and letter of interest to: PJMINT@GMAIL.COM

Filed Under: Club News Tagged With: marketing, mint communications, mint marketing, socia media, social media marketing

Featured Instructor: Jeannie Baumann

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January 12, 2017 by mint-sk

Dubbed “The Queen of Cardio” by one of our regular students, Jeannie is a master trainer for Doonya: The Bollywood Workout, which she has been teaching since 2010. As part of the Doonya team, Jeannie can be seen on The Today Show, Dr. Oz, WUSA9, The Washington Post. She also has performed at the National Cherry Blossom Festival, Fiesta Asia, Arts on Foot, at the Indian Embassy as part of Passport DC. Jeannie is an AFAA-certified group exercise instructor.

Jeannie Baumann

Passion statement about Doonya:

Jeannie: a serious workout that’s seriously fun

Fun fact: something unique about you

Jeannie: I love my Michigan Wolverine. Go Blue!

 

Class day and times and formats that you lead at MINT:

Jeannie: Doonya: The Bollywood Workout at MINT Dupont on Wednesdays at 8pm. (She’s also a barre instructor! Her MINT Barre class is on Thursdays from 5:30-6:20pm at MINT Downtown.)

 

Keep up with Jeannie on her Doonya Facebook page and her Instagram!

Jeannie Baumann

Filed Under: Club News, Staff Feature Tagged With: barre, cardio, dance, doonya, fitness, health, Jeannie Baumann, wellness

Yoga Alignment Workshop Series: Head-to-Knee Forward Bend, Janusirsasana

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January 11, 2017 by mint-sk

Disclaimers: Consult a doctor before beginning an exercise regime. Never force a pose.  Stop if you feel pain or intense discomfort.  Yoga is meant to be yummy.

 

I love vinyasa yoga and I am obsessed with good alignment.  This obsession doesn’t stem from a need for perfection, which would be very “un-yoga-like” of me, but from a passion for protecting the body from injury.  Most bodies can safely practice yoga on a daily basis, but maintaining sound alignment is essential to your physical wellbeing.  In this series, I will break down some common poses—explaining how to stay safe and fully enjoy each posture.  Finally, remember to BREATHE consistently while practicing yoga to receive the full benefits of the practice … otherwise, you’re just stretching in Sanskrit.  Today’s pose is Head-to-Knee Forward Bend, or Janusirsasana.

Head-to-Knee Forward Bend, Janusirsasana
Head-to-Knee Forward Bend, Janusirsasana
  • Begin by sitting with both legs stretched out in front of you on your mat.
  • Bend the right leg, bringing the right foot in towards the groin.
  • Sit firmly in your seat, ensuring contact between your sits bones and the mat. It might help you use your hands to lift the buttocks.
  • Engage uddiyanabandha, bringing the belly button in and up towards the spine. This will help you fold more deeply. This is not an instruction to hold the breath. Continue to breathe fully.
  • Fold over the extended leg.
  • Hands can rest on the thigh or shin, or grip the feet. For a deeper stretch, you can hold a block behind your feet or use a strap.
  • Release any unnecessary tension in your neck and face.
  • After you are done, try the pose on the other side to even out the body.

 

Practicing yoga on your own can be a ton of fun, but taking a class is a great way to explore new poses under the tutelage of a trained yoga instructor; check out MINT’s yoga offerings, here.

 

Ashley Binetti received her 200-hour vinyasa yoga teacher training at Saraswatis’s Yoga Joint in Norwalk, CT in 2011. Her favorite pose is Triangle. When she’s not doing yoga, Ashley works as a nonprofit attorney. She is also a MINT Ambassador.
Ashley Binetti received her 200-hour vinyasa yoga teacher training at Saraswatis’s Yoga Joint in Norwalk, CT in 2011. Her favorite pose is Triangle. When she’s not doing yoga, Ashley works as a nonprofit attorney. She is also a MINT Ambassador.

Filed Under: Club News, Fitness Tagged With: alignment, dc yogis, Head-to-Knee Forward Bend, Janusirsasana, poses, yoga, yogis

Full Body Workout You Can Do Just About Anywhere

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January 11, 2017 by mint-sk

Build a full body workout you can do just about anywhere!

Looking for some full body, dynamic, heart-pumping exercises to add to your workout routine? We’ve got you covered! Woman Makers Brooke

One of our HIIT instructors, Brooke, shares her favorite total body moves in a YouTube video.

Master these exercises:

  • (Wo)man makers
  • Side lunges with bicep curls
  • Renegrade rows to standing rows
  • Everest Hops
  • Squats with tricep overheads
  • Tuck jumps
  • … and more!

Watch the video and master these total body exercises! 

Filed Under: Club News, Fitness Tagged With: exercises, fitness, group fitness, health, instructor, strength, wellness, working out, workout

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