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Michele

(Michela002)
Female, 28 Years Old
Costa Mesa, California
United States

Qualified To Teach

6/5: CERTIFIED, BABY! Just passed BodyJam assessment! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

2/1/09: BODY JAM TRAINING IS A ***PASS***!!!!! Now the REAL butt kicking begins :-)

1/25/09: LAUNCH WEEK! BodyPump and BodyCombat tomorrow (Monday) and Wednesday at my two clubs. And ... I've (randomly!) decided to do Jam training THIS WEEKEND!

10/11/08: Posted pics from our BC37 launch! BP67 is on tonight ...

09/01/08: Just got back from the fantastic Arizona Instructor Upskilling Sessions (BodyCombat and BodyPump) and Quarterly. It was a blast, and I learned a lot and can't wait to apply it all! And am SO excited about BC37!

08/22/08: I'm LEGIT! RPM Certification is done and done! Got my assessment back today and I nailed it! YEAH BABY!

MH

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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 body. The mind 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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Diana	Hey Michele! Thanks for your message:) We are having a blast with BC41. Love the music and choreography! Track 8 seems never ending and people love it! So how did you end up in California and for how long have you been living there? I love the US, whenever I can I go there on vacation:) Stay with the figth, Diana
	20 Oct 2009 03:26

Diana	Hello Michele, Thanks for adding me:) Loved to read your profile and you have really nice pictures! And you better believe it, there would be darkness and chaos without ice cream! One of my favourites;) Cheers, Diana
	19 Oct 2009 05:25

Jennifer	Hey there girlio! How ya been? I'm going back to work this month sooo excited! Will finally be able to launch 49, haha I've been ready for awhile!!!!!! Have you seen 50? I love it!!! Cant wait to launch that one, already thinking of an outfit, hehe. hope your doing great! ~~Jen
	09 Sep 2009 07:56

Charlene the BP Queen	Finally just launched BP70 @ our gym! Really slow on the releases here - but lovin' it just the same! Hope all is well - summer has flown by! Hopefully we'll find time to visit you @ custom bodies again soon! BP71 should be just around the corner?! C the BP Queen!
	20 Aug 2009 12:54

Robert	Thx for the add Michele. I'm with Fitness Works, clubs in Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert & Glendale AZ. Thought about other classes, but my body thinks otherwise. Pump is the only other class I can do, but not teach, due to the limits on my lower back for squats. That's why I go all out with RPM. Quarterlies are tentative for our Glendale club in Dec, so maybe you'll be able to get out this way.
	21 Jul 2009 03:28

Cara	I felt the exact same way about the assessment piece. lol. You sure sound busy with all the other chorey you have to learn. Man, that must be hard. I hope to get some pics this launch of me teaching Flow and Jam. I'll try to figure out how to post them here afterwards. Wish me lots of luck for launch this weekend. Take care and keep in touch.
	12 Jul 2009 08:52

Cara	How's it going over there for you??? Fill me in on the latest news. We launch Jam July 18th and Flow the 19th. Sooooo excited!!!! Adios.
	09 Jul 2009 10:29

Miss Leah	Girl, what's your FB??? I can't find you on there! :) I'm a slow one...
	08 Jul 2009 07:17

Miss Leah	Hey girly! How goes it for you? It's all good in the hood up in Ventura. Hey, just wondering, have you received your hard copy results and cert for Jam yet in the mail? It feels like it's taking foreeevvveerr!!
	25 Jun 2009 07:59

Miss Leah

Hey doll!

Oh HELL yeah, I'm glad we trained on 47! lol! 49 looks, and IS tough...but I think will be a friggin blasty blast once the chorey is under our feet.

No, I'm not able to make it to the Q...same reason as Katy...$$$. Grrr..and I even LIVE over here now, how lame that I cant go and hang out with you and everyone else! My god, you're going to have SOOOO much fun...and if you dont mind, could you add my name to the "say hi to mysti" list? hehe.

And thank you for your kind words, you're so sweet. I think training may have just been beginners luck, lol.

Take pictures, can't wait to see! hehe. :) Be safe up there!

10 Jun 2009 11:14