Ballet Blast!

Lately I've been ALL ABOUT trying new workouts!
But this one has TOPPED the charts!

Last night I went to the Ballet Blast @ Groove The Academy in North Salt Lake.
I went with Kiki, my cousin Noelle & one of her friends!

The beautiful Brianne Johnson taught this class.. she's also the co-host of Good Things Utah on ABC 4 & The Daily Dish on CW30!
(You can find her facebook page HERE! Go "like" it!)

 

Ballet Blast was a perfect combo of a great core, leg, butt, arm & cardio workout all thrown together with some killer Ballet moves. This was the best full body workout I've had in a while!  I can honestly say I've NEVER sweat at the gym like I did last night.

 

All of you dancers out there will know ballet is not ballet without great posture.

Doing all of these moves with perfect posture really added to the intensity!

Brianne was totally upbeat the whole time & was awesome to go around the room to help people as the class went along.
She is darling!

 

Ballet Blast is every Tuesday at 8:00 pm at Groove The Academy

First time is FREE, after that class is $10.00

They are selling a 4 time pass for $30.00

I think the awesome thing about this class is it's perfect for all fitness levels
I loved every minute of it!

If you try it once you will BE HOOKED!
 

 



Gym Time/Friday Letters

YESTERDAY

I got my ass handed to me at the gym.

 

I've been a total gym rat before.. CLEARLY not as of lately.

When the weather started to cool down I was SO excited to go to my mom's house and get all of my cute jeans out! It was a TOTAL bummer realizing NONE of them fit anymore.

 

The freshman 15 never applied to me, but marriage 15 sure as H does.

The sexy skinny jeans I was wearing on our HONEYMOON (8 months ago..) Will not even go up past my thighs.

MAJOR BUMMER.

 

I'm not one to look at a number on a scale. TO ME, it doesn't mean anything.

I'm more concerned about how I'm feeling over a number on the scale.

I'm not claiming to be fat. Don't get me wrong here..

I am claiming that my body is changing. It's reminding me that I'm not 17 anymore & can't shovel in my food like I enjoy doing oh so much.

 

SOO. After lots complaining about my clothes fitting funny for months, my sister finally convinced me to go to body pump with her yesterday. This is a class I used to go FAITHFULLY to every week.

In short.. I almost died.

I can't believe how little weight I put up & how sore I am today.

 

My Goals:
Gym at LEAST 3 times a week.

Drink TONS of water- (this one isn't too hard for me since I cut out soda & Carbonation almost 2 years ago!)

NO fried foods.

...I figured if I wrote them here for everyone to read I'm more likely to actually do them...

 

I'm totally taking before and after pictures for my own sake.
If the results are awesome enough, maybe one day I'll be brave enough to put them up.

It's time for this little squishy monster to get toned.

 

Fatalie clearly had tons of energy still, I was beat.

AND OF COURSE, we loved on Winston.

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DEAR RELIEF SOCIETY ARMS,I'm stopping you before you get any worse.

 

DEAR OUT OF SHAPE,

You won't be here much longer.

I will be able to run to the mailbox without being winded, I promise. hahaha

 

DEAR LOVE HANDLES,

I'm planning on getting rid of you first So grandpa won't comment on how large you are becoming. (....yeeep.. this really happened...)

 

DEAR NIKE SHOES THAT I BOUGHT BECAUSE YOU WERE CUTE,

You will be getting a lot more use. Twice in 6 months doesn't cut it.

 

DEAR FRIED FOOD,

I love and hate you all at the same time.

Goodbye..

 

 

Happy Friday Folks!

 

 



He's a Genius..

This man, ladies and gentlemen, is a GENIUS.

His name is Leandro Carvalho and he's behind the Brazil Butt Lift. ...get it? behind..?
 He also trains the Victoria's Secret models. Which gives him some major credit in my book..

Those of you who know my sister Natalie, know that she is ALL ABOUT the infomercials on TV. We came across this little gem watching infomercials one after the other..

the BRAZIL BUTT LIFT WORKOUT DVD! We knew we had to have it. Usually I'm not a sucker for "as seen on TV" items although I love the commercials. This DVD is a real winner. Honestly.

The first workout is 30 minutes, and my out-of-shape self made it through the first 15 minutes last night before I thought I was going to die. Pathetic? Maybe.

All I know, is that 15 minutes was PLENTY, since I can hardly walk today. I'm going to be as stiff as a board after sitting at my desk all day today at work.

FYI: I bought my treasured DVD at Amazon.com which was cheaper than the TV deal.

Infomercial away people..