Dance Dance Dance

So we were told to react to this video. Ok i have to admit, at first glance,,,,ma’am naman, ang,,,,,,,,,dyahe 😅. Para siyang kulto na rave party? Akala ko sa thumbnail, may pa-concert o kaya gameshow. Pinanood ko tas pansin ko hindi naman siya nightclub party tugstugstugs so ginawa ko tutal mag-isa naman ako sa kwarto at nakita ko yung KJ sa bandang kaliwa sa bandang 2:25 ng video. Ayoko matulad sa kanya HAHAH Relaxing siya gawin. Tama naman sinasabi niya na madalas kung hindi palagi, galing sa physiological state yung overall state natin. Halimbawa sa mental and emotional, kailangan in-check din yung hormones natin. Yung kumakain ka ng tama at umiinom ng tubig *random reminder to hydrate*, kasama yun sa nararamdaman natin. Medyo cheeesy yung video may mga generic stock videos na parang yung pinapalabas sa lamay kaya, pakinggan niyo na lang yung vid 😋. Bale, close your eyes and feel it.  Lalo na’t madalas, yung mental and emotional states natin, napaka-haywire . Making an effort to feel good physically, gives our mental and emotional selves a fighting chance. It’s a good exercise in awareness and just being kind to oneself. Good vibes everyone! have a great life.

I wasn’t able to attend the last meeting because I wasn’t feeling well. I came to class pretty confused because I dont remember any warm-up choreography HEHEHEHE but anyway Today’s meeting ended and we were told to think of some pre-cooldown songs after an aerobic dance. I recommended Lover by Taylor Swift and it’s good for both pre-cooldown and cooldown. I don’t think I could have thought of it but the instructor also recommended looking for other versions of the same song. Oo nga ‘no for our second video we have to make a pre-cooldown and cooldown segment for the live workout we have to do. I can’t even remember what I choreographed for the last one HUHU. I’m going to try my best. I’m thinking of making a whole aerobic dance on nothing but Lana Del Rey songs. Who says you can’t dance to Lana? I’m a 2010 hipster I know what I’m doing. ;)

Last meeting I wasn’t able to attend because I wasn’t feeling well... Hope I’m ok enough today :) . We’re working on cool-downs.

All I can say is that I tried.  We were told to choreograph our own dance to the music from last meeting. Oh Lordt. The frustration. I feel like if I sat down and wrote the counts down and danced it out, I would have done better. I should’ve picked up some pen and paper to write down the sequence of steps. I don’t know what I’m doing haha huhu. Physically, I wasn’t fazed by today’s meeting because I pretty much spent half the period just standing there blankly staring and counting beats to try and see when I could enter the song with my choreography again. Mentally, this was probably the most taxing meeting.  Emotionally, this was the caveat. The negative self-talk can be a downward spiral when I do stuff like this. It’s nice that our instructor was encouraging the whole way because I would have given up. But I guess it’s just powering through the mistakes and laughing at myself. When I take it too seriously, it just becomes a disaster :^) . I suppose that’s the main takeaway from this meeting. Be kind to yourselves :D 

I really got into listening to songs that sampled other older songs because it’s a lot like finding little easter eggs. Much like how Panic! at the Disco sampled the 80s song “Rock Lobster” in “Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time” and that’s how I knew.  Anyway, I digress. The choreography taught to us was simple enough but for some reason, when I start overthinking the dance, I mess up hsakjdhasfkd. I tried tho. When I dont know what I’m doing I just dance some random bullsh*t and groove left and right. leT tHE mUSIC tAkE yOU~ That being said, I could follow along most of the dance. I mean most of it was just 50 shades of Sidestep. When you start getting into it, it feels nice. It’s not everyday I feel like I know what I’m doing sksksksk.  I’m so excited to understand this shit and make my own choreography so I can monetize it on a 15 minute aerobic-dance youtube video MWAHAHAHHAAHAH

Anyways, we went over the leg movements again. V-step, marching, etc. except this time we got to travelling around. By changing the direction, It’s supposed to intensify the workout. I couldn’t get the most out of it though because I was already stressdt prior and was totally out of it. Plus, even just changing the direction boggles my brain. Like,,,,I dont know man. I’m overthinking the steps and for some reason I’m deliberately thinking *go left* but my legs dont cooperate. We were even told to add arm movements and at that point I was just doing random bullsh*t HAHAHAH ok well I tried. 

We went over some basic steps for the legs today. No fan kicks here hehe.  I can barely dance so I’m eternally grateful for the simple dance instructions. Not as physically exhausting as the usual classes we had but it was more mentally exhausting if anything. How does anyone do the grapevine? The steps we went over were: marching, step touch, knee lift, leg curls, v-step, grapevine, side step.  Simple enough. Ended on a high note. I got to follow along most of the class :3.  I suppose a cool perk of this is a boost in self-confidence huh.

Anyway aerobic exercise has lots of great long term and short term effects in scientific studies. It gives you serotonin. Need we say more? Lots of mental, physical and psychological benefits come with exercise so I hope some of you take it up :))

So far I’m digging the energy the instructor has and my classmates have adorable pets scurrying into the camera every once in a while. It’ll be a fun semester I’m sure.