One thing I love about fitness blogging conferences is that they usually have several workout sessions on the program, and often have exercise classes that I haven’t tried before. FitSocial was no exception. In addition to the pre-conference hike up Mount Sanitas, there was at least one exercise class each day.
The first exercise class was on the morning of the first day of the conference, a Vinyasa Flow Yoga class taught by a YogaFit instructor. As she guided us through a dynamic vinyasa sequencing, she offered tips for instructors on how to keep students safe and the powerful use of transformational language. It was a great way to start the day and meet some other conference attendees.
That afternoon there was a High Intensity Interval Training class led by Chris Freytag, a certified fitness professional from American Council on Exercise. I had to skip that class because I had a high altitude headache from my hiking and running, but everyone who went said it was an awesome sweat-fest! 😉
On the second day of the conference, we had three exercise classes to choose from: Barre Conditioning, Tabata Cycle, and Zumba. I chose Tabata Cycle and had so much fun!
(Nice before and after, eh?)
Kat (who blogs at PedalFasterGo) led us through a tabata-style workout on spinning bikes that went something like this.
She thought we had 1/2 hour for our class, but when we told her the other classes were scheduled for 1 hour, she offered to lead us through another round. Of course, we accepted the challenge!
On the morning of last day of the conference, we got to try a Pound class taught by Melissa Towey. I had never heard of Pound, but it was described as “a full-body cardio jam session, combining light resistance with constant simulated drumming,” with elements from “cardio, Pilates, isometric movements, plyometrics and isometric poses.”
What it really was: A tricky way to get us to do a zillion lunges and squats without realizing how hard we were working because we were focusing on our “drumming” and keeping on beat with the music! Seriously, if your gym offers this class, give it a try–it was so much fun!
(Photo Credit: My wonderful roommate Margarita who blogs at Cupcake Cardio)
I also want to give a shout-out to all of the FitSocial sponsors and companies who were generous with samples at the expo.
I am officially hooked on that LoveGrown super oats with quinoa and chia!
Do you do group exercise classes?
Have you tried a new workout recently?
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I am a Jazzercise instructor which incorporates cardio, strength, and stretch so it’s one of my favorite workouts but I love to do Body Pump and Spin, too! That tabata workout looks great!
Those all sound like great classes!
Sounds wonderful! Wish I could have been there.
It was a good conference. Plus I love Colorado!
I could see how that Pound class could be sneaky with the zillion lunges and squats – sounds fun.
And spin Tabata looks incredible – your before and after are how I look when running!!
That says it all, doesn’t it!
Ha! You are so right about Pound! A gazillion lunges and squats! But, so much fun!
Oh, Coco, you crack me up! I know you love those sweaty high intensity workouts as much I dislike them. I would have gone with the Barre Conditioning and Zumba…although Pound sounds interesting…
Great recap of the workout segment of the conference. I loved the classes especially the spinning and the Pound Fit. I love how I’m right behind the famous dance choreographer in your pictures. She certainly fared better at this than me 🙂
Which did you like more the spinning or the Pound Fit?
Oooh, good question! I think I’d say Pound since it was so different, but I love spinning already. 😉