One of the best choices I ever made was to join 24 Hour Fitness with my mom back when I was in college. It seriously has changed my life, going from someone overweight and out of shape to now being certified as a fitness instructor, and someone who loves working out.
Traveling between Utah and Texas makes it hard to fall into a class routine, so I wanted a place to lay out my plans. Don't mind me.
(Can you tell I miss daily, mundane style blogging?)
Monday:
Options:
Close club:
Zumba at 9:30 am
Bodypump at 12:00 pm
Bodypump at 6:30 pm
Club 2:
Step at 9:15 am
Yoga at 10:15 am
Bodypump at 6 pm
Zumba at 7 pm
Club 3:
Bodypump at 6:00 pm
Yoga at 7:00 pm
U-Jam at 8:00
I'm honestly leaning toward doing Bodypump here close at noon, then driving out to Club 3 at 8 for U-Jam. I'm a U-Jam instructor, not currently teaching yet, and just LOVE the class and the great workout it gives me.
Here's to working out on Monday!
My life as a Catholic Warrior Princess.
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Sunday, January 17, 2016
Thursday, April 30, 2015
What I learned at U-Jam Instructor Training
Hello everyone!
It's been a great week. I've had so much going on that I haven't taken the time to write. God is adding so much to my life, and it's in the little twists and turns that I never really expect that I see him moving the most. It's *never* like I thought it was going to be.
This past weekend I got to fulfill a long term goal: I did the training to become a U-Jam instructor. If you've never heard of U-Jam, you probably have seen people at the gym in classes, dancing their little tookuses off, sweating and smiling and burning about a million calories. The person up at the front is who I am training to be. My life has been freakishly changed by this type of class, and U-Jam in particular. U-Jam is a fitness dance class using world beats, so it's got hip-hop, Latin, Reggae, jazz, top 40...pretty much anything awesome and current. I wear a heart rate monitor in class and I usually burn between 500 and 700 calories. Not bad for an hour of fun!
To be honest, I was dreading this training. I am now almost 100% sure that everyone has the same doubts and worries as I do concerning his own limits and fears. "Will I be good enough?" "Will anyone want to come to my classes?" "Will I know what to say?" "Do I have the talent?" Sound familiar? Those questions go across the board to all humans. Self doubt is pretty rampant, if we are honest, and there are personally many things I've talked myself out of doing in my life because I thought I wasn't good enough. Yikes!
Well, this wasn't one of those times!
For two days we sweated our butts off, smiled, learned how to cue and pump up a class, worked on swag, talked about fitness, had amazing laughs and just kept going till we were done! I'm so glad I did this and I'm so glad that I am one step close to teaching.
I've got another hurdle to jump: my video assessment, and I'll be doing that soon. Until then I can bask in the glow of the fellowship and purpose I've found doing something I love. It really is ok to take a chance.
It's been a great week. I've had so much going on that I haven't taken the time to write. God is adding so much to my life, and it's in the little twists and turns that I never really expect that I see him moving the most. It's *never* like I thought it was going to be.
This past weekend I got to fulfill a long term goal: I did the training to become a U-Jam instructor. If you've never heard of U-Jam, you probably have seen people at the gym in classes, dancing their little tookuses off, sweating and smiling and burning about a million calories. The person up at the front is who I am training to be. My life has been freakishly changed by this type of class, and U-Jam in particular. U-Jam is a fitness dance class using world beats, so it's got hip-hop, Latin, Reggae, jazz, top 40...pretty much anything awesome and current. I wear a heart rate monitor in class and I usually burn between 500 and 700 calories. Not bad for an hour of fun!
To be honest, I was dreading this training. I am now almost 100% sure that everyone has the same doubts and worries as I do concerning his own limits and fears. "Will I be good enough?" "Will anyone want to come to my classes?" "Will I know what to say?" "Do I have the talent?" Sound familiar? Those questions go across the board to all humans. Self doubt is pretty rampant, if we are honest, and there are personally many things I've talked myself out of doing in my life because I thought I wasn't good enough. Yikes!
Well, this wasn't one of those times!
For two days we sweated our butts off, smiled, learned how to cue and pump up a class, worked on swag, talked about fitness, had amazing laughs and just kept going till we were done! I'm so glad I did this and I'm so glad that I am one step close to teaching.
I've got another hurdle to jump: my video assessment, and I'll be doing that soon. Until then I can bask in the glow of the fellowship and purpose I've found doing something I love. It really is ok to take a chance.
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