First up was Video Vixen. The 1.5 hour class is described as thus: "A hit, sweaty, fast-paced, high cardio, non-stop dance party that is like no other! Combine heart thumping music, cool choreography, and a sound/light system together and get fitness with an attitude! By the time this class is over, you are going to look and feel like you are in a professional dance troupe performing in a music video...even if you have never had a dance class or consider yourself 'coordination-ally challenged!' You're going to LOVE this class!" From the description I thought we would be doing cute choreography to a hit pop song. I was ready to get my dance on! Man, my body was mad at me!! For the first 45 minutes of the class we did ballet stretches and strengthening exercises. Basically everything a ballerina would do on a barre, but we did it laying down on a yoga mat. Wow-wee!!! My legs, abs, arms, hip, and butt were on fire!! Guess that's what I get for thinking I was doing an easy class!! After the stretches and strengthening exercises, we spent about 30 minutes doing across the floor sequences. And the last 15 minutes we did a short routine and then a cool down. It was a great class for your core and taught by the wonderful Josan! If I ever get a Sunday morning off again, Video Vixen will be on my to-do list!
And my second class of the day, and the class that I am most excited/nervous about is...drum roll please... Aerial Silks!!!!
Doesn't this silks artist look beautiful?! One day I might be able to do something like that!
The biggest reason for my nervousness is that I'm scared of heights. Sure you can go up pretty high on a pole as well, but a pole is a solid piece of metal that is screwed into the floor and attached to the ceiling. Silks is 2 pieces of fabric attached to a single point in the ceiling. It's freakin' scary!!! But I was desperate to try it. Silks are making a huge coming out party lately and it's everywhere! People are turning more and more to silks as an art form and it's so beautiful!! I wanted to make that movement part of MY Movement!!
The first thing that we learned in Intro To Aerial Silks was how to climb the silk. Sounds easy right?! WRONG!!! You have to let the fabric drape on one foot then use your arms to pull yourself up. All 5 of us "newbies" gave it a try and I got about 1.5 pumps up before I dropped down. One the second time around I just gave in, took a deep breath, and I climbed all the way to the top! The first person in my class to make it to the top!! Yay!! I felt so proud! Once at the top, the instructor Heather applauded and cheered! At that moment I started freakin out! "Ummmm.... I guess I should mention that I'm scared of heights AND I forgot how you told us to get down!" Heather came over and instructed me how to slowly lower my body back down. Once I let go of the silks, I realized that my arms felt like I had been stabbed!! My biceps were screaming! It was almost as if I had done 500 push-ups! I had only climbed for 2 minutes! It was crazy! Silks is ALL upper body. We learned a few other things and I enjoyed the class so much! I am so eager to go to another silks class and continue to learn and grow. And once my flexibility increases, I will be able to look really pretty up there! Here is an actual pic of me in a silks hold:
Next time I'll try this higher up!!
Well, day off work tomorrow, so if my arms are sore, I can rest it off!!
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