Week 5’s Blog

Hello everyone! We have a big change, some new updates, and a mini workout you could do while quarantined during COVID-19!

First thing’s first… the big change. 

Going forward, I will be focusing my project on applying my ideas for FitYourSelf260 to the Jazzercise center I teach at. Because of the pandemic at hand, our center was forced to close, but we are still trying to keep our customers engaged and our community strong. I am working together with the other Jazzercise instructors to form a plan to move forward, and I am also patting myself on the back because I came up with the idea to host online classes and am now initiating this thing. The idea greatly came from the work I was putting into my prior project, so it really came in handy for the crisis at hand. 

That being said, updates:

1. To keep the engagement going with our customers for the time being (since we are still working out the kinks in the online classes), we are doing instructor takeovers along with some customer takeovers. What this means is, an instructor or a customer will jump onto our FaceBook group and livestream something (up to whoever is hosting the livestream). We put together a mini calendar for this week and next week, and so far we have an instructor doing a makeup tutorial, a manicure/pedicure night, an instructor leading a short upper body workout (featured below!!), and an instructor leading a Barre method class, since she teaches both Barre method and Jazzercise. 
2. The instructors are testing out Zoom as a method of hosting online Jazzercise classes on Friday and Saturday. After the trial for this, we will form a plan to move forward with things. Stay tuned!

This week’s workout:

While it is not a full week’s workout, it is something you can do this week at home. You can use dumbbells, or you can replace the dumbbells with cans or water bottles! The workout consists of 3 circuits– one for biceps, one for triceps, and one for shoulders. The videos for the workouts can be found by clicking on the URLs!

Biceps:

Curls 12 reps

Reverse Curls 12 reps

Static Bicep Hold until failure (hold for as long as possible)

Repeat 3x

Triceps:

Kickbacks 12 reps

Skullcrushers 12 reps

Tricep Pushups 15 reps

    -make sure your fingers are all facing forward, and your knees are in line with your hips here!

Repeat 3x

Shoulders:

Front raises

Lateral raises

Single arm Arnold press

30 seconds, 3x through