Thursday, October 17, 2013

Adventures in teaching a non-dance class

This semester I'm teaching my first non-dance fitness class.

It's called TigerXtreme, and it's on Mondays from 12 to 12:50.  Basically, it's a cardio class with no rules.  We like to mix up the actual exercises that we do.  One week we may be doing stations, and the next week boot-camp style, and the next week intervals.

You can check out the TigerX website for a full description and descriptions of all our classes.

I've been teaching this class for about 8 weeks now, and it's definitely been a challenge to learn a new class style.


Friday, October 11, 2013

Zumba for a good cause

Howdy, y'all!

Today I'm going to talk about how you can help a good cause while having a GREAT time.  It's called a Party in Pink Zumbathon.

ZumbaTHON?!?  Yep, you heard right.  Several hours of Zumba back-to-back like a marathon.

I've been to several Zumbathons as a participant and have taught at a few.  I can tell you from personal experience that it's a blast!  The energy of having so many people gathered to dance in one place will get you through the challenge of dancing for several hours.

Party in Pink is a special kind of Zumbathon put on every October to benefit breast cancer research.  You can go to the Zumba website to find the closest Party in Pink to where you live.  And don't forget to wear pink!