L Gilson

Sion and the team brings joy to fitness. Always smiling and full of enthusiasm for the workouts, which reflects on his classes. I've never had so much fun at a fitness/dance class. I'd happily recommend these classes to anyone that wants to increase their fitness whilst learning dance routines, that Sion fully demonstrates as you go along. Everyone is so welcoming. 

Give it ago, you won't be disappointed

T Phipps Lisk

60 minutes, 7000+ steps, 600+ calories burnt and a bucket full of laughs guaranteed!

B Brown

Siôn-lee and SAVAGE,  consistently supports us through school clubs, Sports Week and sponsorship events. In addition, he regularly offers his time voluntarily. The excitement and engagement he draws out of our pupils is great to see. From the very youngest to Year 6, he has the ability to inspire and engage. This has been especially important as the school implements its Covid recovery plan. A significant area of this is the health, wellbeing and fitness of our pupils. Mr Ridgeway is playing a key role in this. His Zumba after school club is fully booked with a large waiting list. I think this illustrates how he is able engage children in their fitness. 

I also teach in a Specialist Teaching Facility (STF) within in the school. I work with children with Moderate Learning Needs and those with Autism. Many of the children have social anxieties and are sensitive to new events / noise. Mr Ridgeway has adapted his Zumba sessions accordingly. He simplified the moves and reduced the volume of the sessions. It has been so good to see the STF children feel comfortable in his sessions. The children now look forward to Zumba, engaging very well. This has helped them sustain their activity and improve their fitness. Indeed, some of them have signed up to his after school club, which is great to see. 

L Norman

As Health & Well-being lead in Clwyd Primary school I have had the pleasure of working with this company for a number of years as they provide weekly Zumba sessions for our children. It is safe to say that our children are ‘Zumba Crazy!’ & this after school club is always oversubscribed! 

As a school we firmly believe in exercise as a huge benefit to physical & mental health & a lot of our children are so hooked that they drag their parents along with them to sessions outside school hours what a wonderful way to promote healthy lifestyles! 

Sion & Kim have also provided well-being sessions for parents & staff in school and again the feedback from these was amazing. 

I am also a teacher of children with a wide range of Additional Learning Needs (ALN) including ASD, ADHD, hearing impairment & Downs Syndrome and ALL my children love their Zumba sessions, the adaptive way they are treated & the care & patience shown by Sion & Kim is truly wonderful to witness. 

K Daley

I have seen Sion work on two different scales. I have been a part of his Zumba class, and seen how he encourages the members of his class. He runs inclusive, non-judgemental, fun and high energy classes. There are men, women, people of all ages and all sizes, and it is impossible not to smile, laugh or keep still! The energy and level of enthusiasm in the room is absolutely electric, and 

Sion’s beaming smile and passion is truly infectious. What I love most about Sion other than his pure love for the classes he runs, is that he is such a genuine, kind and down to earth gentleman. When his classes end, he gives the members his time. He stays after class to talk to people and offer support. I feel that people have had such a tough year having not seen people or had social contact this last year, and Sion has definitely ensured that people’s health, well-being and mental health is of upmost importance. When I meet people who know Sion, they always talk fondly about him, with a huge smile, and they have nothing but positive comments to say about him. He is adored by everyone!

I have also seen Sion work with Primary School children. I am a Reception teacher in Pontybrenin Primary and for our ‘Well-Being Week’ we were asked to invite visitors in to talk to the children/do workshops etc. I instantly thought of Sion as immediately when I think of someone who will inspire the children and get them exercising in an exciting and dynamic way, he was the person we needed! Sion came in during well-being week and worked with every single class, from Reception to Year 6 for no charge at all! Sion is so passionate about children’s health and cares so much about their well-being that he was eager to help. Sion took back to back classes all morning, and I can honestly say, they all absolutely loved it! They enjoyed Sion’s classes so much that the children and parents asked could he come back every week to do classes and he now works in our school three times a week with the children from Nursery to Year 6. 

One thing that impressed me when watching Sion teach the children was that his level of energy and enthusiasm was the same in his first class as the last one. He also adapted his class and style of teaching depending on the age of the children. The younger children were doing routines with a ‘Disney’ or ‘Minions’ theme with easier moves, whereas to grab the attention of the older children they had moves that were associated with ‘Fortnite’ or ‘Tik Tok.’ There aren’t many people who are able to switch between working with adults and children and make it look so natural. I am in absolute awe of him.

Siany, from The Wave Radio Station

I’ve worked with Sion many times on his amazing charity events. His passion and enthusiasm for not only promoting how to stay fit and healthy whilst having fun but also for so many local causes. Sion has helped myself many times by supporting most of my community events for free of charge, he has a massive input on our community spirt. Sion will help anyone in the community and raise money for any good cause, in fact he have taken time off work many times to be able to do this. He is a amazing, strong and inspiring young man.

Through Sion I’ve met many of the people who take his class and it is clearly more than a class and teacher relationship they are all like family.

 

Hello from the Swansea Pride Committee…

We were delighted with the support from Sion and all of his “SAVAGE” team, They were fantastic in the lead up to Swansea Pride with their support in Committee meetings, social media and were so enthusiastic about this year’s celebration. Sion’s support on the main day of Swansea Pride was superb. The Zumba warm up prior to Swansea’s biggest ever Pride Parade was a real highlight of the day, Sion was excellent in building the carnival atmosphere and he helped continue the celebrations amongst the Pride day by giving free classes amongst the city centre including venues such as the National Waterfront Museum. We would love to work with Sion and his team again, and wish him all the best.

E Morgan

If someone could find a way of bottling Sion Lee Ridgeway and selling it they would be a millionaire! The impact Sion made on peoples wellbeing during lockdown by providing zoom Zumba classes was immense and its speaks volumes of how much people love both Sion and his classes as you have to be quick to get your space for his live classes. 
Sion is full of energy, fun and makes sure no matter what your ability, age or size his classes are fun for everyone with a mixture of tunes that has something for everyone.
No matter what’s gone on in the day after an hour with Sion I feel amazing (oh and I am sure he’s helped me loose a few pounds and tone up in the process)