The Nike Blast 2011 : Day 2

When I woke up on Sunday morning, my body was quite sored, and I was really wondering how (the hell) I was going to survive the 5 classes of the day ! Well, I got my answer when the first class started.

It was a jazz funk class with Emilio Perrelli. GREAT ! I mean, jazz funk is definitely my style, and even though I wasn't able to remember the steps (hum), the feeling was really good, because for the 1st time since the beginning of the weekend (except for the 1st class with Åsa), I could feel it was "my" thing. And it definitely gave me energy I needed for the rest of the day. :)

Then, after a 2 hour break, I went to take Åsa Eriksson's class : "Booty Walk". Everything is in the title I would say... ! A dance class where you make yourself sexy :) No technical difficulty, just sexy moves... just pure fun ! Loved it !

Elaine Rydberg was instructing my 3rd class of the day : GaGa Our. A street class with a Lady Gaga feeling. Elaine is really cool, also with a very positive energy, so the class was lots of fun ! Too bad Elaine is not teaching in Stockholm but in Gothenburg.

And for the 4th class, Kristin Sudeikis was back, but for hip-hop fusion this time. Once again : WOW ! The choreo was kind of difficult at the beginning, quite fast, and the first half hour was pretty challenging then. But once I got it, it was really cool and I was actually quite proud of myself. :)

Finally, the last (but not least) class of the day and of the weekend as well was BODYBALANCE with Åsa F. and Josef Matthews. I thought that ending the weekend with this class would be perfect. To stretch, relax and "digest" all this energy my body received during the weekend. And I was right, it was a good ending. However, I think this BODYBALANCE program is good but thougher than the previous ones, and I felt that my muscles were really dying after all this training, and I didn't do correctly half of the exercises then...

So on Monday I was off. I figured I might need one extra weekend day to recover, and I think it was a good initiative. However, I couldn't help it and had to go dancing a bit, and I attended Åsa Ingelög's class, who is the gal who won the Nike Top Instructor competition. Her class is a bit early for me when I'm working, so today was the perfect occasion. And I'm happy I went cause the class was really good, and I think I understand why she won the competition :)

I'll finish this serie of 3 long posts by thanking everyone who has contributed to make this weekend what it was, which means fantastic. Of course Nike and the Nike people, but also my nice company during the weekend, Julia, Malin, Veronica... Åsa for the PreBlast, and also all the great instructors in general.

I don't know exactly where I'll be next year, but one thing is sure, I'll do my best to be in Stockholm for the Nike Blast 2012 :) Hoppas vi ses nästa år !!

(Pictures and links to come later).