Putting the Fun in Fitness

Who said that exercise can't be fun? If you pick an activity that you don't like then I guess it won't be fun. The key is to find something that you like and then try to stick to it. My first love has always been music and dancing. So when I saw the DanceFit group dancing their way down the street in our local Canada Day, I decided that this was for me. I did some research and found that our community college offered Dance Fit classes twice a week. I signed up for them during the next session. I loved it. I went faithfully twice a week until my instructor invited me to be an instructor. I thought this was the coolest thing! I will now be paid for doing something that I loved. I attended the instructors workshop and taught my first class at a community center in Amhertsburg, Ontario. I taught DanceFit then Dance and Stretch for several years.


My next love was cardio kickboxing. I designed my own cardio kickbox class with super charged music at our local Aikido dojo. I am still doing cardio kickbox workouts. Recently, I found a program offered by BeachBody.com called Turbo Jam. This is a set of videos/DVDs of kickbox and dance moves done to really motivating hip hop and funk music. The moves combined with the music are so energizing and so much fun that you do not feel like you are doing a workout. Recently I was chosen to be a Turbo Jam House Party host. I see it as another way to promote fitness to my friends and family. The workouts are fun and if they like them, that will be great but my intention is to get them interested in a program that they can stay with because they find it to be fun. That is what I want for everyone: to be healthy and to have fun doing it.