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MEMBER UPDATE! Hello Big Sky Fitness Community. The Alberta Government announced an easing of some restrictions this past Friday, January 29th, 2021, which was stated to include indoor fitness. After further examination of what was disclosed, we discovered that this easing is ONLY for one on one Personal Training. Most unfortunately, this does NOT include individual members training on their own or any type of group fitness activity.... Obviously this was not what we were hoping for but we will take this as our 2021 beginning and we WILL be opening both the clubs to our Personal Training team and their clients, under the following parameters: Adhering to all of the same Covid-19 protocols we had in place before the latest closure. Our goal is also to make Personal Training accessible to all Big Sky Fitness members, so we are offering a Personal Training promotion for the month of February (see below), for those members who wish to try training with one of our professional PT’s. Important note: All memberships WILL continue to remain frozen during this time. Here are your options: If you are a current Personal Training client with Big Sky Fitness and would like to begin your one on one training again, please reach out to your trainer to set up your daily / weekly schedule. They will also be reaching out to their clients to do the same. All sessions will be by appointment only and the club doors will have to remain locked, other than allowing access to those members with a booked appointment. If you have never done PT before but are interested in checking it out we have created a one month special for existing BSF members and all you have to do, is reach out to our Director of Personal Training Mr. Daniel Mills at [email protected] and he will answer any questions you may have, and to walk you through our February special, which includes: o A complimentary Movement Assessment, o A full In-Body scan, o Creating a customized / periodized training plan based upon the above assessments. For those members that will be Personal Training, it will be great to see you and the club active again and for all our remaining members, we will keep you updated and as soon as we are able to open, we will let you know. Yours in Fitness, Sport & Adventure, The Big Sky Team

Hello Big Sky Community, At 3.30 pm this afternoon, the provincial government has mandated the closure and partial closures of certain businesses, effective November 13th thru to November 27th for two weeks.... These measures are to try and stem / reduce the recent and rapid rise of Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths. Big Sky Fitness, will be complying with these new measures. For all those members wishing to still weight train / use the studios for your training, you will NOT be affected The same protocols we have had in place, will continue, with one important increased emphasis: When you enter either club, you MUST be wearing a mask, during check-in, sanitizing your hands, on your way to the changeroom, while IN the changeroom and to the entry onto the training floor, at which point, you can then take your mask off, or you can leave it on, if you so choose. When you are done your training wear your mask to the changeroom IN the changeroom and right through until you exit the club. THANK YOU for following these relatively minor inconvenient protocols it gives us the best chances of staying open and most importantly, keeping us ALL safe and healthy. This is better than the alternative, so let’s keep everything in perspective You ALL have been GREAT, during this period let’s keep the good fight going!!! Because the temporary closure is for 2 weeks, we will not be doing any mass freezes of the Group Fitness memberships. Should you want to freeze your membership for the two-week period, please do one of the two following things: Email us at: [email protected] or, Contact the front desk, of your respective club, between 9.00am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday and we will be there to assist you. Additionally Big Sky TV, is on the website and there are 76 different and awesome workouts that are there for you and your family / friends and those should provide two weeks of classes / exercise for you. We will be watching for the progress reports from the government and will in turn, be keeping you all updated with what is going on. I know it has been a challenging 8 months and some vaccination relief may be coming, but I am of the mindset, this will still take time to work it’s way into the overall population, so we at Big Sky, will be staying focused and vigilant, and doing everything we can reasonably do to keep you and your families as safe as possible, while still offering you an environment to cleanse your mind and charge your batteries Give me a fist pump!!! Back at Ya!!! Take Care Everyone, talk soon, Brian Yours in Fitness, Sport & Adventure, Big Sky Fitness Management Team

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Good Morning Big Sky Fitness Nation! . Welcome to the inaugural launch of Big Sky Fitness TV (BSF TV)!!! . Many years from now, when we overtake Netflix, you will all be able to say I remember when BSF TV was launched!... . OK, maybe getting a little ahead of myself but we need to think BIG (lol) no pun intended I’m really on fire this morning! . Enclosed is the link to our very first TV fitness show, with our Director of Group Fitness & Programs, Ms. Joan Carlson, leading the way, with a Cardio & Core class. (Whoot Whoot!) . As we get more time, and our new venture evolves, we will be adding some background music to Duck, Weave and Jab. We need to deal with music copyrights and all that fun legal stuff, but we are working on it. . I want to send a massive shout out to Edie Vloosyk, our Director of Member Services; Dan Mills, Director of Personal Training; Joan Carlson, Director of Group Fitness & Programs, and Robin O’Grady, our Director of Operations. These fantastic staff filmed 6 classes yesterday so we have a week’s worth of video ready for delivery. Each day we’ll send out a new link, and we are trying to archive all the classes, so that you may go back and re-visit your favourite ones. . Once we get BSF TV up to full speed, we will be asking our group fitness leaders to record the most requested classes. If you have a specific group fitness class that you would like to see created, please email us at [email protected] and we will make our best effort to produce the top requested classes. . Lastly, I would like to give an extra BIG (killing myself here!) shout out to Robin & Galen O’Grady. These fine folk set up all their video equipment, then filmed the footage so Big Sky Fitness TV could launch for all of you! . YOU JUST NEED TO GO TO: www.bigskyfitness.ca and on the top menu bar, click on BSF TV and each day we will load a new work out class and you will have access to all previously loaded classes as well. . I hope you enjoy it, hope it gets you moving, and know you’ll be getting your sweat on! . Continued Health and Safety to all of you and your families! . Yours in Fitness, Sport & Adventure, . Brian See more

March 17, 2020 - Covid19 update . Hello, Big Sky Fitness Member Nation, . Well, yesterday was a shite day no denying that!!! But guess what? The sun came up, and a new day of opportunities is in front of us!!!... . We have wasted no time! . I am so overwhelmed with the positive response from our members. All of you are so unbelievably, understanding and thankful. Thank you for not wavering in your dedication to being part of the Big Sky Fitness family. . The entire Team at Big Sky Fitness is humbled by your spirit, and proud to be able to serve you, our most valued members. . Additionally, I want to say how fortunate I am to be surrounded by the most inspiring, senior and club management team that I can imagine. They all genuinely live a life dedicated to assisting those around them They lift me up in moments when the burden is heavy! . Effective this coming Thursday / Friday BIG SKY TV, will be coming to you! To start the ball rolling, Robin, our Director of Club Operations, Joan, our Director of Group Fitness & Programs, Edie - Director of Member Services, and Dan, the Director of Personal Training), will begin taping 30 minute home workout sessions and informational videos. . Each day, we will be sending our members (whomever we have an email address for), a link for that day's complimentary session. . The BSF team will be focusing on creating content and workouts that do NOT require any specialized equipment. Exercises that everyone can do, at any level of fitness, or ability. . Over time we will begin adding other Group Fitness Leaders into the rotation and making movie stars out of them as well! . While we aren't able to increase the speed at which you can come back into your fitness club, we can continue to deliver the Gift of Fitness to you, during this temporary shutdown. . As a reminder: Due to the closure of our clubs, our phones will not be answered. We ask all members to email us at [email protected], with any questions you may have. All queries will receive a reply, but the expected delay will be up to 48hrs. . Lastly, I would like to wish everyone a happy St. Patrick's Day (those that are Irish (myself, included) are extra proud, and those that are not, wish they were (lol). These days a little luck won't hurt any of us! . Yours in Fitness, Sport, Adventure, Brian See more

March 16th, 2020 AN UPDATE FROM BIG SKY FITNESS Hello, All Valued Big Sky Fitness Members,... . Ever since the very beginnings of the Covid-19 / Coronavirus outbreak and now pandemic, Big Sky has taken the most proactive measures, over and above the Canada Health Guidelines, to ensure the utmost safety and well being, for our community of members. . Late yesterday (8.30pm), the City of Calgary declared an emergency and that immediately began the shutdown of all city / city partnered facilities / venues. One of those closed facilities, contains our Shawnessy club, which was closed at midnight, on March 16th, 2020. We were informed at 9.10 pm. . This morning, our Senior Management Team thoroughly examined all possibilities of keeping our two remaining clubs open, albeit, with reduced hours, limited GF classes etc. and because this is such a fluid and quickly changing event and now, on pretty good authority, the city will be moving towards a closure of all non-essential services, of which we are one we have decided to close our two remaining clubs, at 7.00 pm tonight, March 16th 2020, until further notice is received by the city / provincial governments. . Effective at 12.01 am, March 18th, 2020, all our pay as you go membership accounts will be suspended and all our paid in full memberships will be frozen. There will be NO fees charged or assessed to any members account. Upon re-opening, all expiry dates will be extended accordingly. NOTE: Should any member, have already used some of their complimentary hold / freeze time, associated with their membership, this Covid-19 suspension / freeze, will NOT affect any members account. Due to the closure of our clubs, our phones will not be attended to, so we ask all our members to email us at: [email protected], with any questions you may have. PLEASE KNOW THAT WE WILL RESPOND TO EVERY INQUIRY THAT WE RECEIVE BUT DEPENDING UPON VOLUME, THAT MAY TAKE 24-48 HOURS. . As soon as we are able to re-open, we will do so immediately and will look forward to welcoming our awesome members back. Please continue to check our website (www.bigskyfitness.ca) and our social media feeds, for all further updates. . During this closure period, we wish all our members and your respective families, the best of health and safety, as we kick this virus to the curb! . Yours in Fitness, Sport, Adventure, Brian See more

Covid Update - Sunday March 15/20 . Big Sky Fitness has just been informed that along with the City of Calgary Emergency Plan the CRS complex at Shawnessy is closed as of midnight tonight, this includes the Shawnessy Big Sky Fitness location .... Our Douglas Glen and Silver Springs locations will remain open regular hours as we continue to monitor the situation . We welcome all Shawnessy members to our other two locations as always (Douglas Glen is only a few minutes away) - class schedules online at BSF.FIT See more