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New Town, New Gym

After the hiatus I've taken from blogging, I think I'm officially committing to start up again. We'll see how that goes.

Well, we're all settled in in Great Falls, Montana. I got hired to work at The Peak Health and Wellness Center. It's a great gym! There are so many things there and it's huge. Last week was my first week teaching and it felt so good to be instructing a class again. I don't think they've really had an instructor like me before. I tend to be a little crazy in the way I teach and the way I dress, but I think they're liking it. Right now I've got two Zumba classes and one Turbo Kick. I'm actually introducing Turbo to The Peak, so hopefully it'll go well. I'm also introducing Hip Hop Hustle to the gym. I got my official certification for Spinning after I send in my test a couple of weeks ago. I'm really going to try and start teaching that too.

Today, I went to the gym and recorded a 3 1/2 minute clip of me promoting Hip Hop Hustle. It'll show on TV soon, and I'll post the clip once I get it. I've never been on TV before, so I'm pretty excited.

Hip Hop Hustle, Show 1

One of my Hip Hop students, Nicol, made this video of our awesome Hip Hop Hustle class, doing our "show". So much fun!

Kickin' Butt and Taking Names

So on Tuesday, I worked out...a lot! I taught TK in the morning at church, in the evening at the gym, and then after my TK class, I stayed and did Spin for an hour. The good thing is I burned over 1600 calories the whole day doing all my stuff. Pretty impressive, no? Needless to say, I got home that night and crashed. My body was exhausted!

Last night was a night of HHH and staying after for Zumba. So much fun! I still heart Zumba!

Tomorrow I'm off to 24 Hour Fitness to audition to teach TK there. I'm not nervous about the actual audition, although it will be a little weird. The Group X Manager said, "I'll be the only one in the room, but I want you to pretend like you're teaching to a room of 50!" Well, here goes nothin'.

Another HHH class

So in addition to the three classes that I already had on the schedule at the gym, I've just got one more! One of the other instructors who was teaching a Latin Impact class decided to quit on the spot so my manager offered me the slot for HHH or TK. I decided to do HHH, so we'll see how that goes. I'm hoping there is enough interest at the gym to keep that class alive two nights a week. It's such a conservative place that new people are so intimidated by things like HHH. I'm excited to now be teaching 5 classes a week with my class I teach at church.

I love teaching and that it's been taking up my fitness time but I need to jump back on the running bandwagon. I think that's my best way to lose the junk in the trunk! It's just hard to want to run when I'm having so much fun teaching and taking other classes like Spin and Zumba.

Busiest Teaching Week Ever!

Holy crap, I taught 5 classes this week! Body Sculpt and HHH on Monday, two TK's on Tuesday, and HHH on Wednesday. I don't think I've ever done that much in one week! It was great though. I was actually having a hard time getting super motivated after teaching on Monday. My muscles were so sore and I just didn't really want to. My TK Cardio Party had on okay turnout, about 14. I was hoping for more so I guess I was kind of bummed out. Then I was really having a hard time getting excited about HHH which kind of surprised me. I've totally been excited to teach it, so I don't know why I was feeling that way. Anyway, when I got to class last night, it was so much fun. About 15 people showed up, including one guy! Everyone was laughing and having a great time. I knew that it was a successful class, just because of the great energy in the room. Then tonight I went to take a Zumba class. Before it started, one of the girls came up to me.

Her: "Are you the one that taught Hip Hop?"

Me: "Yeah, that was me. Were you there?"

H: "Yes, and I just wanted to tell you thank you! That was so fun and almost therapeutic for me. Thank you!"

M: "Oh, you're welcome, I'm so glad you liked it."

I was so happy with her reaction! Then after Zumba class, I approached two girls that also had come last night. I just told them thanks for coming last night. They looked confused until I said Hip Hop. They didn't recognize me without my "street" gear on and with no makeup. They were so over the top with how much they liked it and how they wanted it to be a longer class. It made me feel really good. I'm glad that we had a good response. Hopefully they'll all tell their friends and I'll get even more people next week!

Getting Ready

So I have just over two weeks until I start teaching my classes again. I'm getting so excited and anxious! I can't wait to see my students again! You really get a good friendly relationship with them and I've honestly missed them. Anyway, the good news is that I'm going to be teaching three classes a week starting in June. Not only am I going to be teaching TK, but I'm going to be adding Hip Hop Hustle and a Body Sculpt class. I've never taught anything like Body Sculpt, but I'm excited and up for the challenge. My first TK class back will be my luau themed TK Cardio Party. It's going to be a lot of fun! I just made up my flyers and they are so cool. It's going to feel good to get back in the swing of things with my workouts. I also can't wait to get back into Spinning. Once I feel fully recovered and back in decent shape, I also want to do this program called P90X. It's a 90 day workout that TOTALLY shapes your body and makes you look so amazing! Brandon and I are both going to do it, so I'm anxious to see our results after the three months.

5 times the charm?

I am so lucky that this week I have the opportunity to teach aerobics 5 times! Yesterday, I subbed at MVAC for Victor, who normally teaches Latin Impact. Since no one else there teaches that, my manager decided to put Hip Hop in there instead. So, I got to teach HHH last night to a group who originally thought they were going to be Latin Impacting. It went really well. If I do say so myself, I really did look the part and had a great time!

This morning, I taught at church. I did 30 minutes of Turbo 101, and 25 minutes (or so) of HHH. Again, a great time. I got a lot of positive feedback about my teaching and my workout, so that's a plus!

Then of course, I get to teach tonight and twice on Thursday at the gym. Throw a couple of Spin classes on top of that and I've got a great workout week!

I love the Hip Hop Hustle!

Last night during my TK class, I decided to throw in 20-25 minutes of Hip Hop Hustle! Halfway through, I changed the CD, threw on my hoodie and my trucker cap, and we were hustlin'! The class had so much fun. My manager sounds like she's willing to get a Hip Hop class on the schedule soon, so we'll see what happens!

Week at a Glance

Now this is definitely the final countdown before the race. I can't believe it's just days away! I ran 3 today. I bumped up the TM to a slightly quicker pace that I'm normally comfortable with, and I really liked it. I think that after this whole race thing is over, I'll continue to run, but maybe work more on getting my comfortable pace to be a little bit faster. If I concentrate on speedwork, maybe I'll be able to shave some time off my half marathon time.

I also practiced my new TK round today. I'm going to be introducing Round 28 not next week, but the week after. I really would like to do a TK party with a disco light (if I can find a cheap one) and maybe glow necklaces. I don't want to spend a fortune, but I want it to be a good time. We'll see what happens.

I'm also anxiously awaiting the day when my boss tells me that they want to give me a Hip Hop class. Maybe it's a good thing that they're still holding out on me. I'm very excited for Powder Blue Productions to come out with some HHH clothes, and I wouldn't want to teach without looking completely the part. More to come on that!