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Michele

(Michela002)
Female, 27 Years Old
Costa Mesa, California
United States

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RPM training is done and done! Three programs down, five to go - KIDDING!! I think I'm done now ...

Now the work towards the video begins!

MH, 5.18

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AUSSIE! AUSSIE! AUSSIE!
OY! OY! OY!

I'm a 26-year-old displaced Australian BodyPump and BodyCombat instructor, currently living in Orange County, California.

I started with BodyPump training in 2005, with no instructing experience, and added BodyCombat just recently in October 2007. I love these programs, being a part of the Les Mills global community, and I just love my classes and participants.

BodyPump was my first Les Mills love, and I have loved every second of participating in and instructing in this program. No matter the mood I'm in, getting up there and working with my classes to push themselves and have fun for that hour always cheers me up, and I love seeing their progress, enjoyment, and even grimaces! (In fact, I think I like those best. LOL!)

My friend Natalie and I are starting BodyCombat from scratch at Custom Bodies Fitness in Irvine, and it is so amazing seeing these members experience the program for the first time and just falling in love with it, and making great strides in their fitness and technique in such a short amount of time. I can't wait to see where they are in six months and how far I know they will come.

If you ever wanna stop by, I teach at Gold's Gym in Huntington Beach (BP on Monday nights at 6.30pm, and Thursday mornings at 5.15am) and Custom Bodies in Irvine (BodyCombat on Wednesdays at 6pm and Saturdays at 8.15am.)

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QUOTES

It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up.
- Vince Lombardi

Adversity causes some men to break, and others to break records.
- Unknown

I've always felt it was not up to anyone else to make me give my best.
- Hakeem Olajuwon

You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off of your face.

The finish line isn't given, it is earned.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Tough times don't last but tough people do.

Just because your muscles start to protest doesn't mean you have to listen.

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.

I find that the harder I work the more luck I have.

Free the mind. The body will follow.
- Les Mills NZ!

Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
- John Wooden

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it's when you've had everything to do and you've done it!
-Margaret Thatcher

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
- Beverly Sills

The more I train, the more I realize I have more speed in me.
- Leroy Burrell

It never gets easier, you just go faster.
- Greg LeMond

Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.
- Unknown

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
- Jim Rohn

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Every day you have to test yourself. If you don't, it's a wasted day.
- Terry Butts, Marine Corps Male Athlete of the Year

Without ice cream there would be darkness and chaos.
- Don Kardong

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
- Vernon Law, Pitcher for the Pirates

We live by encouragement and die without it -- slowly, sadly, angrily.
- Celeste Holm

It’s a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don’t quit when you're tired -- you quit when the gorilla is tired.
- Robert Strauss

You miss 100% of the shots you never take.
- Wayne Gretzky

It only hurt once -- from beginning to end.
- James Counsilman, College Swimming Coach (after swimming the English Channel at the age of 58.)

Messages

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Trond

The time is allways a limmited reasurs... But have you see the new promotion for BodyJam 45? The have put in an advanced Capoeira/Tea Kwon do kick there;-)... The butterflay kick is amazing when you first handle it;-)!!! But you need space. It realy rock and give a wider matrial arts experienc then "only" BodyCombat do... The seccond is that some previus Tea Kwon do-artists, now BodyCombat instructers tell that it can giv bad influence when the thay are mixed togeather... The technick and how to perform a kick/punsh is more in focus before you the graduation in a matrial arts club then a BodyCombat-class. Don't take me wrong, the technick is importent and I beliv The BodyCombat have something to offer (Cardio-training and loose up the body) to the matrial art training. If you have seing some clean matrial artist who never have trained BodyCombat, you know what I talk about;-)...

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07 Aug 2008 06:15

Virginia	Just so you know I can't even think of a time where you messed(or I noticed) up Chorey!! 3 programs?? You are amazing!! 1 is plenty!!
	04 Aug 2008 01:29

Virginia	Can't wait for PUMP tonight!!! I need to start using the LM weights so when we go to quarterly I know how much I need to use. Happy Monday!!
	04 Aug 2008 01:07

Lynn

HAHAHHAAH That's the hard part for people to see those tapes, most people don't have the VCRs. hahahahahah Too funny. Just give'm to Dave i suppose when you see him next. When are you going to do your filming?

Hip....well lets just say, sleep has been very difficult.....but as of yesterday, the doctor hooked me up with some GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD stuff, and last night until about 2 hours before i had to be up was WONDERFUL! =) hahahahahahah.

Ooooh! That's soooo cool about your shoulder! I am glad that it's not a really bad bad thing and that it's feeling better. Well off to work. I have to work at the hospital today! boooooo.

Have a great class today!

26 Jul 2008 06:01

Lynn	Hey girly!!! did you watch TAPE 1 yet? I was thinking about that the other day! HAHAHAHAHA. How's your shoulder feeling?
	25 Jul 2008 08:22

Kimberly Ames	Hey Michelle! Bummer about the mic problems. Good thing you started your video process early! 39 is sooooo awesome! I love the MOUNTAIN CLIMB! It's a killer! Yes I will be presenting BODYPUMP & RPM at the AZ Q. Looking forward to seeing you there! Will Natalie be joining you? The more Aussies the better!!!
	25 Jul 2008 06:18

Virginia	Well okay, but if you change your mind you could always room with me, and I'll get the rental car. Think it over we don't have to pay until August 25.
	21 Jul 2008 01:41

Virginia

oh fun! so two classes with ya tonight!! You are tough stuff, 2 RPMs and BP all in one day! Go girl!

No I'm actually lovin the music so much it makes me want to know every single move to it, I hate messing up!!

Been chatting with the AZ kids about quarterly they are all pumped, I'm thinking of even going by myself, but James is trying to tell me to focus on Jam right now, I know he's right.

I just don't want to lose to opportunity ya know!

21 Jul 2008 01:05

Virginia	Hey girl!! I miss yall too much & so does my body!!! I will see ya tonight!! wohooo this will be my BP launch day!! Think I'm going to try to stalk the group fitness room after BP tonight and get some much needed Jam practice in. We are having RPM at 5:30 right? I didn't see it on the schedule.
	21 Jul 2008 12:22

Charlene the BP Queen

Heya Michele!
Thanks for a great evening of LM sweat! Kathy & I had so much fun - you guys did a great job w/the launches. We had not originally planned on staying for BP - but glad we both felt compelled to! Only thing is, now I'm sore on top of being sore! I was sore from a weekend of skiing at the river (not to mention the couple of bad spills I took, pushing my limit!) and I have 2 classes today (pump & spin), so I better snap out of it!

Wish our gym offered RPM classes - I'd get RPM certified in a heartbeat!! (Or maybe several thousand or more!)

We talked w/Paula about getting on your sub list for teaching pump. I love her LM enthusiasm! Custom Bodies really isn't that far of a drive - only took us a half hour - and we didn't hit any traffic. I'm just spoiled, as the San Clemente gym where I teach most classes at is less than 5 min from my house! But then, I do travel about 20 min to the Laguna Niguel gym for one class...

I'm looking forward to getting our launch plans underway! We may just visit again to experience #66 once more before we launch.
Thanks again for your hospitality & the great evening of LM fun!!
One Tribe!!
Charlene
XO

17 Jul 2008 12:36