This month, I went to a whole different gym. There was a groupon for the Y, and I figure why not? At this gym, I tried two different dancing classes - Piloxing and Bokwa.
Piloxing is a mix of pilates, boxing, and dance. I felt like I was taking Body Combat, pilates, and zumba all at the same time. If you wanted, you could buy Piloxing socks and gloves.
The gloves are weighted and $25.
And those are the socks. I think they have grippies underneath. These are $15. Some of the people had both for the class, but you didn’t need them.
Anyway, there was a whole piloxing soundtrack, and the instructor was in all her Piloxing gear. The workout itself was good, and I enjoyed it. It felt kind of gimmicky to me though. I take Zumba classes too, and sure, that has all the swag and everything, so there is a gimmick there too. But, Zumba is more chill than Piloxing, because Piloxing has a motto. And this motto has moves that go with it.
I kid you not, you have to do this at the end of class. The instructor told us that if she didn’t, she got in trouble with the Piloxing Police. I don’t know how real these Piloxing Police are, but they are probably sleek, sexy, and powerful. Don’t want to meet those guys in the dance studio. Also, I’m not in the above video. If a video existed of me doing this, I am not sure I would want anyone else to know.
Anyway, on to Bokwa. Bokwa is way more chill. It’s dancing based on the shapes of numbers and letters. So your moves reflect the shapes of letters. You learn these moves, and the instructor creates dance patterns based on these moves. All s/he has to do is yell out a letter, and you can do it. I liked that a lot about Bokwa. I found it really easy to pick up, and I had a lot of fun with it.
I don’t have any pictures of me taking these classes or doing anything with them because I was the only person there. I also didn’t want to be like, “Hey, can you take a pic of me being sleek, sexy, and powerful?”
August was really dance themed for me, because I also started taking a hip hop class with my friend Abbi. She’s been going for a while to Movefitness with Lenny, and there was a groupon for his dance classes. I have wanted to try hip hop for a while, and so I threw my money at groupon and went.
Here we are, at his studio. The floors in his studio are fantastic. Also, I like the bright colors and the lights. Stuff like that makes me happy.
By the end of the month, I was able to move kind of ok. You know, somewhere in between Beyonce and a mom chaperoning a school dance. Not flawless, but not totally embarrassing. I think I can live with that.
