Getting Better, Getting Worse

Dance class this evening was a lot tougher than last week, and last week I was just purely lost. Of course I realized at the end the only reason I could breathe last week was because Flo was sick. She's really great, and has a wonderful ability to speak to her entire group of students and keep a personal connection.

At least I knew most of the moves going in to tonight's class. I still got super-dizzy trying to keep up the speed for my turns. I've been practicing the combos for a week but I'm considerably slower so I don't kill myself. Note to self: Pick faster music to practice to.

Before you ask, YES, I try to "spot" during my turns - at home I'm gold, in the studio both walls are mirrored. Go ahead, chuckle at the image... I'll wait.

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Feel better? Yeah, me too. I laugh those things off. The first few classes I took I got really frustrated when I couldn't keep up, but tonight I only had to stop when I felt too dizzy. That's a huge improvement over last week.

My foot is very angry with me at the moment. I need to build up strength for relevet footing and it is going really slowly. If the top of my right foot has a lovely sharp pain followed by a dramatic throb. We tend to drill to the right more often than the left, so I'm a little out of balance. By the end of the class I had to flat foot and keep up with the twists and turns.

On the bright side I think that my shimmies and hip movements are improving. It is hard for me to multitask the isolated upper movements yet - practice practice practice. I can actually see musculature in my upper abs when I dance now. I practice my belly rolls in the car on the way to work and back - I've gotten some laughs at stop lights but I just blow a kiss and get moving again. ;-)

My arms only started to droop at the end of class, and my stamina is better too~!!

I've been watching Dancing With the Stars every week - I found some inspiration for my musicality and arm fluidity - Brooke Burke has really amazed me with her posture and grace. It may sound silly to some people but that show helped me gain the courage to get out and take a class for myself and I'm really glad that I did. You can check out some of the vids from this season HERE. I've watched this show since season 3 and I absolutely adore it.

OK, that's it for tonight - I'm off to the showers!

xo