Published on Thursday, 26 February 2026 at 12:18:33 PM

Long-term members Bec and Mike are expecting aaaaaany minute now. But until their little one pops out, they'll still be popping in!

How long have you guys been members?

Bec: Since March 2020. In the middle of COVID!

Mike: We moved here accidentally. We had a return flight booked back to Europe, we ended up not catching it because COVID happened, so we’ve been loyal Beatty Park members since. We joined the gym and didn't want to leave.

What do you guys do exercise wise?

Bec: Mostly it's been Throwdown. For years.

Mike: A lot of Throwdown. And lots of BODYPUMP.

Bec: For me, for the last six weeks, it's been Aqua, which I have loved. I think I've done every single aqua class on the Beatty Park spectrum now.

I tried to convince Mike that Aqua is just as good as Throwdown. Yesterday, he burned 500 calories in Aqua.

Mike: Yeah, I've been getting on the Aqua train too! It's like Throwdown, which is outside of the pool, which seems more physical at the time. But then if you track it on your watch, it's pretty much like for like. So it's not too much of a difference.

Bec: I’d never done an Aqua class in the five years before now, and yeah now that I’m pregnant I've done the full spectrum.

Do you think you’ll go back to Aqua post baby?

Bec: I wouldn't be opposed. I mean, the times are generally not as work-friendly. But I do love the gym and group fitness.

Mike: Yeah, it’s great, the variety is great, the instructors are great.

Do you have a favourite Throwdown instructor?

Bec: If we didn't say Colin, I think we would be... Yeah, yeah, we'd be banned (laughs)

Mike: Yeah, the gates wouldn't open for us anymore! But he is very accommodating, he’s great! 

Do you guys always train together?

Bec: We have until now so it's going to be weird when the new member of the month comes along.

Mike: For the past six years it's always been like a 5am alarm and then it's been like an elbow in the rib saying "hey are we going to get up?" and then yeah it's trying to keep each other accountable so that's always been really nice but yeah now things are going to look a little bit different.

Bec: I'm excited to use the creche.

Mike: Another part of Beatty Park that we can use! Close to the Aqua pool 

Bec: Looking forward to using that but it will be a change because we do train together

Mike: Yeah I can imagine we’ll be coming individually now for a while, but very exciting – next chapter.

Do you swim here or use any other facilities?

Bec: Well, before I was pregnant, loved the sauna. Especially in winter, coming in for a good sauna and gym sesh. Loved that. Not so much in the summer, but I think we just love all the variety and also the community. We've made some really nice friends. In Throwdown, there are people that we now see outside of the gym and catch up with. It feels like a nice little community that we've got here. So yeah, we love it.

Mike: The amenities, the pool, the gym, the sauna, like the classes, the staff, it's a whole package.

Bec: And when we bought our house, like we bought our house two years ago, like one of the main criteria was like, “how far is the drive to Beatty Park?”

Mike: Yeah, and houses near Beatty Park charge a premium.

Bec: Nothing more than an eight-minute drive!

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