Hello everyone!! Hopefully everyone is taking care of themselves both mentally and physically during the situation at hand! Be sure to do at least one thing each day to care of yourselves and keep powering through. We got this.
Business Updates:
We finally have a set schedule and live workout classes!! The live Jazzercise classes are offered on our private FaceBook group.
Our classes mostly follow our usual center classes, but we have removed some of them, since people have more flexibility with quarantine, people can go back and watch the videos, and less instructors are available. We are now offering 8:30am classes Monday-Friday, a 5:30pm class on Tuesdays and Thursdays, a 6:30pm class on Wednesdays, and 9:30am classes on Saturday and Sundays.
Most of the technical difficulties have been figured out, but it is still a work in progress and will improve over time. Our instructors have only been doing this virtually for a week now, so we are still adjusting and figuring out what to change and improve. The biggest challenge as an instructor is not having a class in front of you to teach to, which is typically where our energy for the class comes from.
Overall, things are going well so far, and our customers love it. They state it is still not the same as in person classes, but they love it for the time being. As a center who was concerned about Jazzercise taking its platform somewhat virtually with Jazzercise On Demand, we were worried about losing our customers to this. After this experience and hearing customers feedback, I think our center is grateful this is not the case. People prefer the in person interactions a lot more than, and that is reassuring as an instructor.
This Week’s Workout:
I am trying something a little different (and hopefully more fun) for this week’s workout. There are four songs for four workout routines. There is a song for legs, glutes, arms, and abs. Each song breaks down the music into different sections, and each section has a specific exercise which is to be performed to the beat. The videos can be found on TikTok under @dancer4hiphop8 to demonstrate the moves and to show the breakdown of the sections, however, the videos do not show the whole song. Continue reading for the breakdown!
Side note: The best way to view these videos is through TikTok, but they are also attached to this blog as well.
Song 1: “Antisocial” by Ed Sheeran
The focus for this song is arms. The three moves are elbow slices, elbow raises, and punches. The pattern for elbow slices is one, two, hold. The pattern for punches is single, single, double. The elbow slices are section 1, the elbow raises are section 2, and the punches are section 3 (refer to the video to see the sections). You will complete these 3 sections for the whole song, keep following the music!
Song 2: “You and I” by PVRIS
The focus for this song is legs. The three moves are pilates, calf raises, and squats. The pilates are section 1, the calf raises are section 2, and the squats are section 3. Complete these sections for the whole song. The end of the song starts to change a little bit, but you will be performing section 1 for a little longer than the first two times, and section 2 starts when the chorus kicks in (there will be a scream like thing which is the cue for you to start).
Song 3: “Roxanne” by Arizona.
The focus for this song is glutes. The three moves are donkey kicks, fire hydrants, and side leg lifts. The donkey kicks are section 1, the fire hydrants are section 2, and the side leg lifts are section 3. For section 1, the donkey kicks start off slow, and then it changes to a one, two, hold pattern (refer to video). Section 3 is short and does require a change in position, so be aware of that.
To do this song properly, you want to start doing this routine on one side, complete each section, and then switch to the other side when you are going through the sections a second time. Essentially, you are switching sides when the chorus plays the second time. Also, for the ending of the song, instead of doing the one, two, hold for the donkey kicks, you will just switch to the other side for the donkey kicks in order to keep the sides even.
Section 4: “All Me” by Kehlani
The focus for this song is abs. The two moves are a crunch and a lower leg lift. These two moves work together. The pattern for these two moves is depicted on the video, and this pattern will follow for the whole song.
You can complete the songs once through for a quick full body workout, or you can complete the songs 2-3 times through for a longer full body workout. Have fun!!
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