Listen to the Music – Video 1 – LET’S GET STARTED!

Welcome to my new series, Listen To The Music – freestyle dancercise videos for my friends & family! Let’s exercise together!

I’ve actually been debating about whether to put this video up. I usually post whatever I want to on this blog, without much inhibition. For example, I was very open about my cancer treatments in 2020, including subsequent chemo-induced panic attacks. But still, I hesitated when it came to putting up a 30-minute video of me dancing around the living room like a doofus.

I guess I’m feeling a bit self-conscious. I don’t want to overshare. But this video is for you. The only people who read this blog are my good friends and family members. As I keep reminding myself! And a good portion of you have already seen me exercise in the past anyway, or have even joined in!

I originally taped this video for Callan and Chirstina, because we have been exercising together virtually. Although I’m not sure if we’re going to use my videos because Callan and Chirstina currently have a subscription to a paid online class that they like. Their class has a professional instructor who wears goddess-like flowing outfits and somehow manages to dance without getting entangled in them, all the while calling out chirpy and encouraging things like, “You are winning at life!” and “Everyone’s body is perfect!” whereas I stumble around saying alarming things like, “Whoa, I’m dizzy, oh shit, I’m going to fall.” That was towards the end when I was supposed to be in cooldown mode, but sort of wasn’t, and I swung my head around too exuberantly. Don’t worry, I’m fine.

Last night I told my mom about having made these videos, and she encouraged me to post them. She wanted to try exercising to them and she thought you would too. She told me to tell you that! So fine, here is the first video of me impersonating an exercise instructor, lol. These are freestyle, so do them at your own pace and do whatever works for you. I’m not trying to teach any fancy dance moves because I don’t know any.

Also I apologize, it turns out that I’m hard to understand in this first video. I’m talking to you, but who the heck knows what I’m saying. In the future I will try to remember to talk more slowly and closer to the camera, and maybe turn the music down a bit. But I really don’t want to wear a mic, sorry, this is just a family blog. These are not professional videos! They’re just for us.

I’ve taped a couple of others too, which I’ll put up over the next few days. I’m still experimenting with things like sound quality, camera angle, etc.

So remember – just do your own thing, it’s freestyle. Don’t try to mimic exactly what I’m doing. And have fun! Let’s go!

Listen to the Music – Freestyle Dancercise Video 1 – LET’S GET STARTED!

Video 1 Playlist: Havana by Jessie Cook, Tigerlily by La Roux, No Soy Un Pájaro by Gloria Trevi, Undisclosed Desires by Muse, Can’t Stop Feeling by Franz Ferdinand, Rumor Has It by Adele, Push It by Garbage, Mr. Tang by Rodrigo y Gabriela, Más by Ricky Martin.

I hope you enjoy this video! Now get up and give it a try – it’s not for watching, it’s for exercising!

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