A CXWORX First!!!

I taught my first CXWORX class on Tuesday. I had subbed out my BodyPump class because I had taught 3 days in a row and needed to give my arm a rest from lifting weights. I was contacted by my friend Lisa, who is the Group Fitness Manager at the Decathlon Club in Santa Clara to sub a CX class and normally I wouldn't have been able to, but since I wasn't teaching and CX is easy on my arm, I jumped at the chance! I spent the week prior practicing, but the chorey is pretty firmly ensconced in my brain after training with this release. I was pretty nervous about teaching it in full to a live class, even though I had done my track presentations and I've done the entire release many times with my son as my audience. Going to a new location, with new people, is always nerve wracking but I was pleasantly surprised by Lisa, who stayed to greet me and make sure I had the stereo figured out. The class was moderately full, about 20 people. The group x room has a stage, which is completely new and thrilling for me, to be able to see the participants better. I was so nervous that at the start of class I basically just told them my name, greeted the new people, talked about the tube/weights and then dropped to the floor to begin. Not much of a class intro so I need to work on that. Once I hit track 2, however, I found my groove and I felt much better! It was SO much fun but before I knew it, it was over. I'm not used to a 30 minute class - just when I was having a blast, it ended. Several people came up to me to thank me. I can't wait to teach it again! BodyPump classes are going great. We have all new equipment in the San Carlos gym, which is amazing and thrilling at the same time. We've stopped giving out passes and while classes are still packed, we all have enough weights :) life there is good! I'm excited to team teach CX tracks 3-4 with Kimi this Monday, and then I'm staying for BodyCombat. She's doing my ALL TIME FAVORITE release - 43. It will bring back great memories of Gold's and my journey that began as a participant....