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I am a medical laboratory technologist with several years experience working in all areas of the hospital laboratory. I am currently a supervisor in the blood bank of a very busy hospital. Very early in my career as a medical technologist, I became a certified fitness instructor. I started teaching classes for Dance Fit. After a year, I became involved with a group that started a series of fitness classes called Dance and Stretch. I was an instructor/choreographer with this group for several years. In my early 30's I decided to go to university to obtain my bachelor of science in biological sciences. I found it more difficult to work part time in the hospital, go to school and teach fitness classes at the same time, along with raising my 2 daughters so I gave up teaching my classes but never gave up my workouts. I was asked to do a cardio kick box class for a local martial arts dojo and at the time I did kick box classes myself and felt confident I could do such a class. I designed a class which we called KEN BOK, named from the Japanese wooden sword Bokken. The class was designed as a traditional fitness class. The cardio portion was mixed impact with a lot of kick box moves, kicks and punches, and also some simple dance moves along with classic cardio moves. The strength portion varied. We used the Bokken and the jo (wooden staff) for much of the strength. We also incorporated light weights and resistance bands into the workouts. The workouts were done to motivating music. Music has always been my main motivator. The class ran for about 3 years but some changes in my hospital job and lack of interest in the kick box move prompted an end to the class.In my fitness journey, I discovered an online fitness forum which gave me another source of interest and motivation. I became very active on the forum and after a year became a forum moderator, a position I still hold on the forum. I was also lucky enough to be selected to appear in a fitness infomercial, although the infomercial itself was very short run. I had a lot of fun going to New York to meet with some of my online friends and filming the infomercial. The experience once again motivated me to go and pursue my fitness career. I needed some more training and education, as it had been a few years since I attended any time of workshop. I found an organization called Can Fit Pro (Canadian Fitness Professionals) which offered training locally for fitness instructors, personal trainers and nutrition and wellness specialists. I obtained my certification as a personal trainer and as a nutrition and wellness specialist.I decided to start small business called Fit Kix using my skills as nutrition and wellness specialist, personal trainer and fitness instructor. I hope to promote healthy lifestyles in this modern day where technology has taken over so many of our "healthy" options in life. I recently hosted a Turbo Jam House Party to try to get my friends and family moving. They loved the workouts! I am currently waiting to do my training as a Turbo Kick instructor.Fitkix blog
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www.godvdonline.com - Over 500 Workouts!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIiavO2Hfjw

Three CanFitPro certified trainers have put together this excellent DVD that allows you to program your own workout. Sharon Mann is the host of "In Shape with Sharon Mann" and Krista Popowych was one of the hosts of "Caribbean Workout" for several years. With a combination of 500 workouts available on 3 DVDs you can't go wrong!


Turbo Camp 2008- Black-ATCHA!
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Cardio vs Weight Training : Diet and Fitness Center : Discovery Health

http://health.discovery.com/centers/diet-fitness/c...Learn the differences between cardio and weight training.
Posted by on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:36:00 GMT

Bust the "Boredom Factor"

If you are looking to bust the "boredom factor", this might just be the answer for you. The Go! Vitality Training Series has the capabilities of letting you customize your own workouts. With 5 hours o...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:25:00 GMT

GO! Vitality Interactive Training Series

GO! "Vitality Interactive Training Series"Press ReleaseIssued: March 2008208 Entertainment Inc.Let's face it&keeping up with trends in the constantly evolving world of Health & Fitness is a full t...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:40:00 GMT

A Mothers Love

Mother's Day is special day for those of us who are mothers and to honor and remember our own mothers. Currently, my mother is my husband's mother. I love her very much. I have known her since I was 1...
Posted by on Sun, 11 May 2008 11:10:00 GMT

Visiting "The Fonda Factor"

This is an article from the New York Times printed November 17, 2007 discussing fitness trends. I thought that it shared a lot of relevance to my own article "Thank you Jane Fonda" with the evolution ...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:19:00 GMT

Education

I finished all my continuing education to keep my personal trainer and nutrition and wellness specialist certifications current. I did my CPR last week and I wrote the exam for my Fitness Through Walk...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:39:00 GMT

Brady X

I can't think of a more challenging workout than "Brady X". After a doing 50 laps around the perimeter of our pool and then several leaps on the "trampoline" (the pool cover), I think that he must be...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:20:00 GMT

Bradys Second Day of School

My husband could not with us because he had an appointment so my daughter helped me get Brady to class. I think he was scared today because he seemed a bit more aggressive than he usually does. He fol...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:59:00 GMT

Million Dollar Body and Canada??

I tried to place on order on the MDB website today but it showed an error message saying that you cannot place the order for the product from Canada. I was trying to order P90X so I decided to put som...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:45:00 GMT

Working out with Brady

I am used to working out with dogs in the house. At one point we had 3 and they all new to scatter when it was time to work out. Bear, my rottie/shepherd/lab mix, likes to get in on the action when I ...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:01:00 GMT