Thursday, November 17, 2011

Giving the over zealous Trainer Sales Guy the ol' 1-2!!


I get tired of hyper, over zealous, trainers and health club sales associates, that think that they have the single most important job. Mind you, all are not this way. I know some really awesome trainers that are really focused on helping others. I'm talking about the ones that focus on looking like they are helping others to help themselves.

Tonight I literally 1-2'ed ( jab cross) a young sales guy out of my class. He came up to my front row gal in the middle of a choreographed Kickbox Cardio class, papers in hand trying to solidify a deal and exchange contact info. As I'm cuing my class, I am telling this kid that that this is so uncool and he needs to go. He ignores me and continues writing down info. I put my class into a bob weave and bob weaved myself right up to his left shoulder....Then I said, "You got to go Dude" He kept writing....So I cued my class "right lead....Jab Cross bob weave!" At first I didn't make contact....He just looked at me and kept talking. I began tapping him with my 1-2's until I inched him out of the room.

To the guy I 1-2ed out of my class....I have two words for you...."Car Sales!"

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

"Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow"








Tuesday nights are usually very intense. A heavy lifting day and an intense heavy bag/interval class (taught by a respected colleague).
Yoga has become my weekend gig. Friday I hit the weight floor and then a yoga class. Saturday is just yoga.

Last night (trying to be more in tune with my body's needs) I stepped outside of my Tuesday night "box" to honor my knee. It was an upper body day, so I hit the weights and then the yoga studio with Sherry.

What a beautiful practice. She began the practice quoting Steve Jobs, "Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow!" Perfectly aligned with finishing the book, "The Power of Now", this week, her cues and inspirations re-enforced everything I was reading. My newly found muscular build, less then flexible body, and clumsy balance poses felt completely at ease with being humbled in the moment. The moment was.