A chasse', back ball change into my heart

This month marks numero cinco of my attendance at Jazzercise Portland on SE Burnside and I could not be more thrilled with the choice I made to join in on the fun once more! Jazzercise has become an hour for just me, that I both love and crave, and am guaranteed to have every day that I choose to go, which for me has been 5-6 days per week It has become the perfect after work-push aside all daily stresses-workout to get my blood pumping, muscles moving, sweat pouring, brain focused, and face smiling :) I am definitely in love ♥ and invested :)

Since starting back in September, I have had the opportunity to take classes from all of the instructors at a variety of class times and have pretty much settled into a set class schedule with some wiggle room that accompanies my weekly changing work schedule. I attend class so frequently that I am actually missed when I'm absent, which is a wonderful feeling and part of what was lacking in my fitness motivation. Not only am I keeping myself accountable, but other jazzers are helping to keep me accountable too! "We missed you in class Rachael!" Hope you are feeling better and that we will see you back in class tomorrow!" The extra personal touches that the instructors at Jazzercise Burnside have shown truly mean more than I can say. And the people...oh the people at jazzercise :) They.are.FABULOUS! Females and males, ages young to old coming to class to do one thing...DANCE. Everyone that I have met has been so kind, friendly and welcoming, which in a new workout environment can be pretty unheard of. I remember when I started being nervous that I would stick out as the new girl and that people wouldn't be friendly, that it would instead be more like the atmosphere of a class at the gym...stand off-ish with the air of, "I don't want to chit chat with strangers...I just came to workout, don't even look at me." Jazzercise is simply not like this. We are a family. You know what they say about the family that smiles, sweats and shakes it together?" :) WOW that sounds terrible as I re-read it!! HAHA! You know what I mean, dirty minds! ;) We stay together! I have a workout family now and that's an amazing feeling :)

So for those of you out there who are like me and enjoy dancing, singing, sweating and laughing with a double bonus of getting in both a cardio and strength workout in an hour long class aaaaaannnnnnd burning up to 600ish calories depending on how hard you want to work (there is always a way to do each jazzercise routine at a less intense level :) come try out a jazzercise class! It sounds like I am promoting for them doesn't it? :) I'm a fan and I can almost guarantee that you will be too after a class or two! What have you got to lose? Except your dislike for exercising and fat that is ;)