Matthew

100228 - After three years of participating in BodyFlow - on the 1-year anniversary of my certification, I had 14 people in my BodyFlow class today.

Now there are lots of you rock stars out there who routinely have 40 people in class, but for me, this was a personal victory.

For the past three years BodyFlow has been on the shoulder of the schedule at our gym. On February 6, 2010 we moved it to a smaller studio at peak time slots... Within two weeks attendance began to improve up to an average of about 7.3 members per session last week.

I battled extra low attendance for all of 2009... Almost never more than five members per class... frequently 2... sometimes even one or zero.

But I never gave up. Even when there were zero participants, I would put on the music and practice in front of the mirrors.

So this is a story of a little bit of fitness magic - for me; a moment of great happiness that I wanted to share with all of you.
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100216 - The universe is breathing in...
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100206 - Launch Party successful. BodyPump 72 - BodyFlow 47 - new schedule underway. Lots of fun coming up... teaching 7 classes in 6 days per week instead of 6 in 3 - a much easier scheudule for me this quarter, thank you very much!
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100128 - Assessment video receipt confirmation
(I'm not biting my fingernails -- okay... so that's a lie...)
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100115 - BodyPump 71 Certification Video - Away, Away.
(that's a BodyPump 72 allusion... who's cooler than ur Uncle Matt?)
Next up 100206 - LAUNCH!!!!! Oh, yeah... we're gonna have a party.
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091205 - December Quarterly - A smaller, more intimate quarterly experience, but 1) a fantastic workout x6 and 2) a great time with great people and 3) a great chance to connect with great presenters. Two days later, I'm still sore and still psyched up.

Hey... on that BodyStep... I went left when they went left... at least 50 percent of the time.

And as far as BodyVive goes... you try squeezing that floppy purple ball for an hour... see how your core feels... let me give you a hint... oweee!

And just wait until you see a 50 year-old guy dancing like Michael Jackson in the middle of a shoulder track.
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091015 - Tholean Death Flu - 2nd time this year.
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091003 - soft launch of BF 46 - I kind of miss 45 - how am I going to go a day without crack the shutters? but 46 is cool. I'm loving the standing strength track... come on down... love that move from prayer to reach to warrior 1 - what's cooler than that? I mean, besides power yoga... spring back... lunge twist... go again!
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090927 - The BodyPump Challenge - I didn't really think six 10-kilo weights would even fit on that bar. 20 reps 2 times through... hoo-ahh!

Day 3 - Linkin' Park - What I Have Done!

...there's a certain symmetry to that...
on so many levels...
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090926 - 8 a.m. Saturday BodyPump Masterclass
10 a.m. Saturday The BodyPump Challenge!
3 p.m. Saturday BodyPump Masterclass
Black Fingernails / Red Wine
Eskimo Joe that!
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090724 - Seven 14k peaks thirteen days in the Colorado Rockies... takin' it to the next level, baby... http://tiny.cc/evoNg
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090706 - Crack the shutters, baby... I'd like to see all those BodyPump weenies try that one!
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090606 - I'm one of us!
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090506 - Key Aura - received video confirmation email - decision 2b made 6-8 weeks - eek!
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090505 - still holding breath... ...all done kommando krawl... teaching 44 on Saturday - eek!
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090427 - assessment video submitted - holding breath...
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090331 - aak! getting over 3+weeks of black plague - still trying to get back to that V02-max... ...cough, cough. This could not have come at a worse time, but it just makes the challenge that much more intense... ...bring it!
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090307 - 7 Les Mills classes in one day is my limit. Body Vive That!

090222 - Officially assigned Sunday 5:30 p.m. BodyFlow class. Woot!
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09017 - Offically "Passed." One more step to go to certification.

090210 - lead teacher one whole class - front to back
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090204 - Kommando Krawl is my life
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090202 - starting to teach tracks... EEK!
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Kommando Krawl changed my life
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090126 - completed first BodyFlow shadow training session after instructor training in Davenport, IA.