Niki's 10-20-30 Journey - 1st CoreBarre class

Today was session 2 of my challenge. I decided to try a Core Barre class. I was excited to try this class because my dream body is that of a ballerina’s. Since we’re being totally honest here, I secretly dreamed of being a ballerina while growing up but was never graceful/coordinated/disciplined enough for it. I was really hoping this class would be more of ballet exercises vs. actual dancing. (It was) As soon as I arrived I met Meredith, the instructor for the class. Ok, if I wasn’t motivated enough before, I am now after seeing Meredith (a mom to a 1 yr old) with a movie star body. It’s on now. I am putting Meredith’s picture on my fridge so she stares at me with her ridiculously hot mom body every time I want to eat cookie dough

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. Here is my proof that being a new mom does not have to equal being a slob. And she was nice too. I hate her. Just kidding, I really want to be her friend, and Loralee’s too for that matter. I wonder if they ever have wine night at the studio……Okay back to the class….We started class on a yoga mat which felt familiar (I am a long time yoga lover) and reassuring (no 8 counts). We quickly worked through a series of different exercises on the mat before moving to the barre. So, I finally figured out why ballerina’s have rockin awesome bods….Because they freaking work their tails off. That barre stuff is no joke. It was a totally different kind of hard then I’m used to. I could tell it was working deep little muscles in the areas I never seem to be able to really target (inner thighs, hips, low abs) Meredith had to correct my form several times. Each time she showed me the proper way to do something, I could instantly feel that it was working the muscles more efficiently. Even though it was tough, I was able to push through it and really enjoyed it. The hour went by very quickly and when it was over, I felt like my shaky thighs, arms and abs were sort of like a badge of honor. I knew I had gotten a very good workout. (My poor thighs were not quite sure what to think) I am as equally excited about this class as I was about the reformer class. So far so good. Two down, 28 left to go