Charlene the BP Queen

9/08 Just got home from our last River trip of the season - skied my heart out!!
I have the bruises & tan to show for it!!
Whooohooo!!

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fAVORITE qUOTES:

"The heart that gives, gathers."
Marianne Moore

"Change your thoughts and change your world."
Norman Vincent Peale

"Kind words can be short & easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
Mother Teresa

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
Will Rogers

***************************************************** Kia Ora from "the O.C."!
Les Mills has blown new life into my sails!

Have been teaching aerobics for over 30 years now! O.K - I know, I'm dating myself!! But I'm feeling fabulous at 52 and I'll continue to "GO 4 GREATNESS", Lord willing, for many more years!
In addition to group fitness, my passions include roadbiking, snow skiing, water skiing, and keeping up w/my 19 yr old daughter and 21 yr old son. Can't forget to mention LANCE ("Romance") - the love of my life & husband of 23 years!

Have taught BODYPUMP 8 yrs now - started w/the USA Launch Mix - just before BP#33.
I teach 2-3 Pump classes per week with class sizes ranging from 10-25 participants - and I absolutely love it!!
We "ROCK da HOUSE!"

I also teach step interval, am a "regular" in spin class, and just got SPINNING trained. Would love to get LM trained & teach RPM or BODYSTEP, but unfortunately, Pump is the only Les Mills class going on at our gym - and in the entire South Orange County area, for that matter!
Would love to see more LM programs at our gym AND locally!

Pump is my favorite format! I'm so grateful for all the research and work that goes into each new BP release and am proud to be a part of such a high-energy and effective program! THANK YOU LM!!
(Let's just get more OC gyms "on board"!!)


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6 Random facts about me:

1) Graduated from Cal State Long Beach w/a Bachelor's in Nursing and worked as a nurse for over 12 years. After our 2nd child, we decided to have me "stay at home" (ha!) and raise our kids.

2) Grew up in Malibu Canyon with a Palomino Quarter horse named "Butch" and a Black German Shepherd named "Bobby".

3) In 2001, was hit head-on by a drunk driver, driving at approx. 50 MPH on the wrong side of a divided road! Incidentally, he was undocumented, unlicensed, uninsured, and took off running. He wasn't charged w/"hit & run" since a witness dragged him back to the scene before the authorities arrived. He served 2 months in jail & I spent 2 years in rehab. Thankfully, I'm "back in the saddle again!"

4) I'm an only child (and I know what you're thinking!!)

5) My husband & I own and operate an appliance service company (ASAP Appliance Service) and I've managed our business out of our home for 19 years now. So, I'm probably sitting here, working away at my computer, and would welcome a Les Mills interruption from you ANYTIME!

6) Favorite food: chocolate
Least fav food: can't stand even the smell of pimentos!

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Live simply. Love generously.
Work hard. Play hard. Pray hard.
Care deeply. Speak kindly.
Dance like nobody is watching.
Take time to, see, hear, touch and feel the little things in life.
God will take care of everything else.

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KIA KAHA!!
...and if you're ever in "The O.C." be sure to look me up at Fitness Elite in San Clemente or Laguna Niguel!