California Mania 2010: Day 1
Its finally here! My first fitness conference – 3 full days of workshops for group exercise instructors. The workshop was held in at the Hyatt in San Francisco near the airport. A very nice hotel, with an atrium in the middle and great views of the bay. I made plans to room with my friends Sandy and Maria who are group exercise instructors that i sub for.
I got up early and drove up to make the first class that started at 9am. Here was the schedule of my classes for today:
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Fr1: DOES EXERCISE LEAD TO DYSFUNCTION? (Fabio Comano)
This class was interesting… not very exciting as it was more of a lecture that lasted over an hour about how to properly do a squat! But still useful on some level, nonetheless.
Fr2: CARDIO*COMBAT*CORE*STRENGTH – ROUND 2 (Jeff McMullen)
This class was basically kickboxing class with some planks and other non-traditional kickboxing moves thrown in. It was good to take a non-Turbo Kickboxing type of class to see what that is like, but i still prefer Turbo Kick it is much more exciting.
Fr3: USEABLE, CUEABLE DOABLE STEP (Melissa Layne)
This was my first step class! Melissa showed some interesting combos, but i don’t think i will be using her combos without some of my own modifications.
Fr4: A CIRCUITS ON A SHOE STRING (Mindy Mylrea)
LOVE Mindy Mylrea! She is just pure energy and really a goofball. So entertaining. This class was so much fun – there were 10+ stations set up with activities. We were broken into several groups (i was the leader of my group) and we ran around trying every station out. In between we did different drills as a whole group, and at one point we did some Flirty Girl moves. The most memorable part of this was sitting your butt on Gliding Discs (think plastic plates) and then having your partner drag you across the room! And putting a Bender ball (just a small inflatable ball) between your legs and hopping like a kangaroo or waddling like a penguin.
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So i was pretty tired after 3 straight workouts – but this was only the beginning!
For dinner, Sandy, Maria and I went to a place around the block called Max’s. We shared big, tasty salads, a basket of sweet potato fries, and of course some well deserved dessert — some sort of cake + cheesecake combo.
We walked back to our hotel and went to bed pretty late considering our next class was 7am! To top it off, Maria ended up snoring pretty loudly and i was too anxious to get a good nights sleep. We all laughed about it the next morning though.