Get Fit: Dance your way to a better body
By: The Eagle
Zumba instructor Michelle Bairaktaris
As the Black Eyed Peas blast on the stereo, participants in the Cochrane Health and Fitness Zumba class get up, down and all around as they groove up a good sweat Jan. 9.
The dance exercise offers a high-energy mix of latin-infused dance styles.
“We shake everything,” laughed Zumba instructor Michell Bairaktaris.
The gym has been offering the class for a year, and owner Stacey Broderick said members love it.
“It’s a lot of fun,” she said. “We wanted to go outside the box . . . and let our members experience something different.”
The one hour class currently runs Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday (visit cochranefitness.com), but is also offered at Snap Dance Studio.
Snap Dance Studio owner Courtney Sproule said she has always enjoyed dancing as exercise because she has so much fun she forgets she is working out.
“I think it’s definitely a full-body workout,” she said, adding the studio is also offering an adult hip hop class. For more visit snapdancestudios.com.
Over at Flowing Yogi Yoga Studios, owner Jennifer Houghton has taken her training in African dance and fitness and created an African Groove class.
“It is so much fun and so high energy,” she said of the African rhythms that get you moving and shaking.
Visit flowingyogi.com for details.
For belly dance instructor Angela Stanley, her style of the ancient dance that has been spotted in Egyptian hieroglyphics in 200 B.C. offers a full-body workout that also works wonders for a woman’s self confidence.
“You are using every muscle in your body,” she said.
There are evening and daytime classes for beginners to advanced belly dancers, and the advanced class even performs free charity performances.
Call 403-932-2913 for details.
Zumba instructor Michelle Bairaktaris (at right in the the mirror) gets everyone dancing their way to better bodies at her high-energy class at Cochrane Health and Fitness Jan. 9. Photo by Rachel Maclean
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