Hip Hop Workshop At City Dance on Sunday - IT WAS AWESOME

I attended the 12pm-430pm Hip Hop Workshop run by Margaret and Joseph, with special guest choreographer Jesse. This was a real test for me to see how my stamina is progressing. The plan was to last the full workshop, however about a quarter of the way through learning Margarets routine, I had to sit down. My brain was fried, I was struggling to pick up the moves and my body was starting to feel a little shaky, which is the perfect time for a silly injury. Yes I could say, "harden up", but there is no point for me to push it too far yet, as I've only been going 8 weeks. I have time, and I do not want to do any stupid injuries. I have a long time ahead of me to become the best dancer I can, and I do not need any set-backs. You could call it maturity!! HA! When I was 20 I would have just pushed on, even if I was hurting in the wrong places.

Anyway, the workshop was just awesome.

Joseph started it all off at 12pm with a warm up and then we spent an hour and a quarter doing a nice piece of choreography that he had put together. I have now done a lot of classes with Joseph, so I am getting used to his style. As always it was smooth and very groovy.

Jesse was up next, who is in Josephs dance crew. He was very different than any of the classes I have been doing, which was really cool. We did a very funky, almost Krumpy piece that was big moves, and using the whole body, and really accentuating the hits on the beat. The piece of music was very fast and so were the moves. It was a very gangsta rap tune, that mad you feel pretty bad ass dancing to it. V Cool Jesse and a good choice! It was incredibly challenging, however I almost nailed it, which was good for me as it demanded a serious amount of attention to learn it and it was very physical and fast. A good change up from Josephs smooth style.

Then Margaret did her piece, which started OK for me, but then as I said I opted out to rest and recover. I was done by this point after 3 hrs or so of dancing. Her choreography was a little more girly which was cool, and a good change from the other 2 pieces of the day. It was very funky and sassy. I would have loved to have lasted as everyone doing it looked HOT!

The whole day was to raise funds for Margaret, Amelia and Karen going to the USA to dance - GOOD LUCK GUYS and thanks for putting on this day.

I want more workshops like this. We need to get more people involved next time as well.

I'm feeling pretty good today, and I'm not too sore -thanks to some time in the cold pool at Les Mills (I went straight there after the workshop), and then in the spa and back to the cold pool.

TIP FOR RECOVERY - Spending some time going into a cold pool for 5 min, then a spa/steam room for 5 min, then back and forth to the cold pool has you recover so much faster. It flushes out all the lactic acid much faster and aids recovery!!