An L.A. icon
When a friend of mine invited me to RockSweat, I was immediately on board. The idea is this: you go to an iconic L.A. concert venue (The Roxy) at 9am (not that early, all things considered) and hit a high-intensity interval workout set to high-energy rock music. So I grabbed my friend Carrie from Steps2Nutrition and headed out to the Sunset Strip on a sunny Saturday morning.
Post-sweat glow
What I didn’t expect was how truly music-focused the entire workout was. When we got there, the tunes were already pumping over the amazing Roxy sound system, and a screen onstage was playing images to match the music. As soon as you walked in, it felt like a night club – but without the alcohol stink and sticky floors (they clean it up really well for this event!).
The workout kicked off with Guerrilla Radio and I was already hooked – the 1-minute HIIT intervals were killer (think burpees, mountain climbers, push-ups, and squat-kicks, all back to back), but it was all balanced out by a (still tough) core segment (during which we learned about music history at The Roxy, which was cool) and a relaxing yoga segment to end it all.
Even cooler? During one of the cardio segments I was able to get up on stage and actually “demo” the workout with the instructors, which I of course loved – and will be doing again soon! After talking to the (awesome!) co-founders, Evan and Diane, and finding out about their concept, I wondered if what I do (group fitness instruction) would help them out – and they said YES!
So guys, if this workout sounds like something you can’t miss – and if you live in L.A. or are visiting – come ROCK on Saturday, November 22nd at 9am. I’ll be teaching a segment, the music will be pumping, and we will SWEAT it up in style.
Just two girls in a bar…working out
The gang’s all here!
How important is music to your workouts? What’s your favorite fitness class?
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