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Bill

(sakuya)
Male, 42 Years Old
Arlington, Virginia
United States

Updated September 19, 2008
BodyAttack in the DC metropolitan area is almost 2 years old! The first BodyAttack class at a corporate Gold's Gym was at the Van Ness Gold's on September 30, 2006. Please celebrate September 30 by doing BodyAttack!

Attention:
Kylie Gates is teaching at Rockville Town Square on October 1. BodyAttack at 6:00 PM and BodyPump at 7:00 PM. Come experience BodyAttack with a superstar international trainer/presenter!

Having heard the music of new releases, my favorite soundtracks are:
BodyPump 67 - the first 7 songs are great although my favorite is Eurofighter as I <3 cheesy eurodance!

BodyStep 73 - This soundtrack is permeated through and through with FUN! My favorite soundtrack since BS 60 and the first release I'm excited about since BS 69!

BodyJam 46 - Another solid soundtrack with only one song I don't like. (I had hoped to never hear a Marilyn Manson song) My favorite songs are Party People and Hollywood Meets Bollywood.

BodyCombat 37 - some great songs and some soso songs.
Our Solemn Hour is the best cooldown song ever and prompted me too order the Within Temptation album Dark Symphony. Sea of Love, Baby I'll Let You Know, The Great Bouzouki, and Let the Beat Control Your Body are wonderful songs as well.

BodyAttack 62 - A weird selection of music. You Keep Me Hanging On sounds odd compared to the Kim Wilde version (I'm a big Kim Wilde fan). I'm ambivalent towards tracks 1-3 or 5. Paradise & Dreams is an awesome song, and justice was done with Boogie Tonight and Just Like Paradise. Sun Goes Down is far and away the best song in this release and the best abs song ever!
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My name is Bill and I'm a Les Mills groupie (or so I've been told)

My first love is BodyAttack with BodyCombat a close second. I'm still quite fond of BodyStep, BodyJam, and BodyPump however.

Having weighed over 500 lbs, in January 1999 I started a journey to get fit. My first experience with Les Mills was taking BodyStep with Kate Manolakos in November 2005. I was hooked and realized that exercise could be fun. As my fitness improved I was able to listen to the music while executing the choreography and devloped the habit of singing along with my favorite lyrics. Being able to sing along during a final peak has been a significant motivation to keep getting fitter.

MY history with Les Mills:
BodyStep - started in November 2005 when BS 61 was current. Kate, Rae, and Tami taught almost every BS class back then. My favorite release is 56 although 51 is a close second. My favorite track is I Just Want To Be Happy from BS 60.

BodyAttack - started in August 2006 at the Alexandria Gold's Gym. I still remember seeing Kate and Rae shadowing out there. BA came to Van Ness on September 30, 2006 and Kate and Rae taught most BA classes until Nate's class started in 1/2007.

May favorite BA release currently is 46. Hard as hell as the most incredibly fun BodyAttack ever!

BodyCombat - First time was when BC 26 subbed for a freestyle kickboxing class. In summer of 2006 I started taking a BC class along with an "intro to BC" class with Christina Doukeris. My favorite release is BC 20 which I took with Mike Rowe, who helped me greatly with my BC technique.

I want to mention some of the great instructors I didn't have room to mention in my previous profile:

Rae Thomas - My second BodyStep instructor, she also taught most of the early BodyAttack classes I took (along with Kate M) She started out a bit shy and reserved but over time she became a star as her confidence, atheleticism, and sense of fun developed. I will never forget her commentary for Beware of the Dog from BS 69

Tami Devitis - A true BodyStep and RPM rockstar with boundless enthusiam and energy. She's even makes BodyFlow almost tolerable (I admit to disliking BodyFlow).

Christina Doukeris - The first instructor with whom I took BodyCombat regularly. She helped me get my technique from terrible to decent and taught me how to use and effectively train my core which improved my performance in all classes.

Tonna -
A BodyCombat trainer who has since moved. She was knowledgable and patient in answering questions about technique. A great combination of clear and effective coaching with a sense of fun as well as knowing when to turn up the aggressiveness. BodyCombat classes @ S Arlington have never returned to the size they were under Tonna.

Anjali (Too many pseudonyms to list) -
A true master of fun and energy. Even when she must be tired from her heavy teaching schedule, she's full of fun and energy in all 4 formats she teaches. IMO she exceeds even the local trainers when it comes to making classes fun. Baby, I'm amazed by you!

Kristin Locatelli - A coworker of mine at BLS. I first took BA 55 with her at Van Ness and then encountered her again when I started taking classes at Rockville. She clearly tries to model Joella while retaining aspects of her personality that are distinctly hers.

Messages

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Wendy	Hey, Bill--I'm back in DC for work again so hopefully I'll see you around some BodyCombat classes (and Attack and Jam and anything else I manage to get to). Hope you're well! Wendy
	09 Oct 2008 11:45

Liz	Hi Bill, Here's a present for you: A FUNNY VIDEO!! :-) Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abxHSpHLkFA&feature=related Liz
	09 Oct 2008 03:52

Satu-Marja

Hey Bill!
How's it going my friend? I guess you're busy with launches? Am I right? What do you think about the new releases?

I really like the new BodyFlow!! I don't know if it's cause it has been a while since I've been actually teaching it or why but it's just great!!! I do like BP too. Squats, shoulders and abs are my favourite tracks but I do like them all!

I'm starting to feel a bit nervous about my BodyAttack training!!! It's in 2 weeks!! I'm SO excited and SO nervous at the same time :-) I've heard this is a hard release... Wish me luck!

What else is new? I hope everything's good with you. I miss you all so much!! I wish I could just fly back there tomorrow... Tomorrow I can't but maybe closer to Christmas I can. I hope!!
Let me know how things are going with you!

Have a great rest of the week :-)

Hugs,
Satu

08 Oct 2008 11:08

Peter	Bill, Thanks for thinking of me. I have not received my assessment yet. I will not be on any BS launch teams. See ya, Peter
	01 Oct 2008 01:03

Crystal	You know everything makes sense in the right situation... okay, I might not be able to completely explain crawling on the floor like that, but it was Combat related... Hope to catch you at the Rockville launches!!!! It's always great to have someone in class who loves to sing and have fun as much as I do! :)
	01 Oct 2008 11:32

Liz	Thx Bill! Crystal and I will be sporting the catsuits for BC Launch at R1 next Monday night. Maybe we'll see you there! Liz
	28 Sep 2008 06:52

Anjali (Combat VIxen)

Bill
WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY?
I saw the post from CC
Happy early bday regardless
BC launch was super fun
Anytime I team w/Crystl or Liz we vowed to wear the catsuit, have to get our money's worth
They are teaming w/me Tues night, then no more BC for me for over week b/c of the walk and other stuff
Old BC and BA tomorrow, new BC and BA Tues
yikes!
Wish Jess a happy happy for me and I'll catch you next month it looks like
:)
CV

28 Sep 2008 12:19

Crazy Carol

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY,
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HAPPY, HAPPY

Early

BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY,
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BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY,
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BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY,
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BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY,
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Hey Bill, here's your 42 Birthday Wishes for you to enjoy through out the year! Use them wisely since you are still so very young and of course you look much, much younger than you are because Les Mills looks totally Awesome on you!!
I hope you have Fun on your Birthday this Coming TUESDAY the 30th and keep Celebrating it through the weekend and next week too with your Family and Friends plus Celebrate Many, Many, Many, More of them!! I hope to meet up with ya soon at a LM Q especially a LMSC one!
Take care but have Fun doing it!!
Live Loud & Proud Like You Have Been!!!!

Big Birthday Hug For Ya!

Crazy Carol

28 Sep 2008 08:39

Satu-Marja

Hey Bill!!!

How's it going my friend?
I've been very busy with work... At the moment I'm trying to listen to new BF music. Quarterlies were 2 weeks ago and I still don't know BF!? I still have 5 days to learn it :-)

I hope all's good over there. I miss you all SO much!! I'm sorry that I don't have too much time to write now - I have to take my dog out and then go to work. But I wanted to say hi to you since it's been a while already.
Take care my friend!

Hugs,
Satu

23 Sep 2008 01:19

Liz

Hi Bill --
Now that my video is gone...

I'm real busy trying to learn BC37 and BP67 in between work and other stuff. I don't think that I will be teaching BC again before the Launches. There's no room for me on the schedule at Rville Golds gyms right now, so after Launches I will be teaching BC at Gold's Gym in Downtown Silver Spring. They are a franchise (not corporate), and they are just starting to offer Combat new this October. Should be really challenging, so I need to practice and learn my chory now while I can! Am trying to get BC37 under my belt and then learn a few older BC tracks too so that I can mix up a bit when the time comes.

Anyhow, here's my teaching schedule which I update weekly -- I teach in many different gyms:
http://calendar.yahoo.com/eginexi

cheers!
--Liz

17 Sep 2008 06:15