Dette vil holde dig til at smile og føle dig så fin, lover Jazzercise-grundlægger Judi Sheppard Missett i en retro video der har fundet vej til YouTube. Tanken om, at træning skulle være sjovt, var grundlæggende for Jazzercise , et mærke, der revolutionerede, hvordan kvinder dyrkede motion i 70'erne og 80'erne.
Videoen er indtagende forældet, når den ses gennem et 2024-objektiv, men Jazzercise er stadig i live. Faktisk, at dømme ud fra Jazzercise-lokationslisten er den mere populær, end du måske tror. I dag findes der 444 studier i 16 lande, og brandet har en online streaming-komponent. Missetts datter, Shanna Missett Nelson, er nu administrerende direktør for virksomheden. Men Missett, Nelson og Missetts barnebarn Skyla Nelson underviser alle i klasser.
To find out what Jazzercise looks like today, I took an evening class at the New York City studio. I'll always commit to the bit, so I showed up in hot-pink liquid leggings, a leotard, and legwarmers — a retro trænings kostume , men funktionel. Min instruktør, Kate Kreiss, en sprudlende lærer i tredje klasse, hvis mor og bedstemor også blev Jazzercise-instruktører, gav mig en varm velkomst.
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Hvordan er Jazzercise i 2024?
My class was packed out with newcomers and regulars alike. Kreiss told me that the workouts attract people who were fans of Jazzercise from its early days, though my class appeared to be all children of the '90s and early '00s. Along with changes to the programming — most notably, the addition of strength training — Jazzercise has moved away from language that emphasizes fat burning and shrinking down through exercise, Kreiss informed me.
The class was split into cardio dance and full-body weighted portions, set to songs from popsters like Selena Gomez , Reneé Rapp og Pitbull. Ti gange om året udgiver Jazzercise ny koreografi med ny musik til sine studier. Træningen mindede mig om Zumba; dansebevægelserne er grundlæggende og gentagne nok til, at du kan følge med uden at have en dansebaggrund.
Udlånt af Jazzercise
Er Jazzercise en god træning?
Sessionen varede en time, og det var ingen spøg. Jeg var træt, da vi gik for at gribe vægte i anden halvdel, mere fordi mine ben var trætte af at hoppe rundt, end fordi jeg følte mig forpustet. Til sammenhæng er min sædvanlige træningsrutine omkring 50/50 vægtløftning og hot-girl gåture , så jeg vil ikke sige, at min krop er vant til cardiodans.
After the class, I got to thinking about why dance cardio-heavy workouts are so polarizing, at least among my circle. While some people love them, others have told me that they get in their heads about how they look to other people.
Det ser ud til, at Jazzercise gennem årene har forsøgt at løse denne tøven omkring cardio-dans. Tidligt, Missett efter sigende had an 'aha' moment when she instructed her students to face away from the mirror during a class, a bid to minimize their self-consciousness and shift their attention to having fun. While there was a mirror in my studio, the instructor clearly wanted to keep us similarly out of our heads. During my class, Kreiss didn't call out any personalized instruction that could, theoretically, make a dance-cardio-averse person feel like they were being put on blast. Instead, she emphasized how much fun it was to be dancing together and said our dance moves didn't need to be perfect.
While Kreiss never said outright that her class would 'keep us smiling,' she might as well have. I saw some of my fellow class-goers crack smiles throughout, even though we were a) completing a grueling workout and b) in a city with a reputation for aloofness. Jazzercise looks a lot different now, but it's still focused around sparking joy.
Renee Cherry er en forfatter og redaktør, der har specialiseret sig i skønhed og velvære. Hendes forfatterskab har blandt andet dukket op i 247CM, Women's Health, Glamour, mindbodygreen og Well Good.
