Category: Dance & Fitness

The first GFX is a new trend, from the US (of course) and it’s called Pound – Rockout. Workout.™, or just simply POUND.

Two female drummers from Los Angeles, CA are behind this concept.
Their fitness background is mainly based on a lot of pilates training. Now they created like a  cardio sculpt class, inspired by exercises from pilates – where you use lightly weighted drumsticks, Ripstix™, (drumsticks that will get you ripped) which they invented for this workout.
You work yourself through different muscle groups to uptempo music – which can be anything from rock to rap to dubstep and pop, etc.

You can do POUND in three formats, POUND – which is a 45 min workout and then POUND30 and POUND15.
The sequences are pre-choreographed, but I don’t know how detailed though.

Crunch gym have had exclusivity on this class, but I think the ambition is to spread it all over the US.

I got a glimpse of this class during my last NYC-trip.
My personal opinion:
The actual workout may not be the most efficient or ‘functional’ but you’ll get sweaty for sure.
The participants looked really happy and in to it while they were drumming and squatting at the same time.

If you wanna work on your rhythmical skills, but in a super easy way – this is awesome. I can imagine – if it’s a really big crowd where everybody are pounding with their sticks –  it’s a bit of a trance feel, where you get to feel like a real rockstar drummer that’s in the zone.

I actually saw this dude in the back, that maybe not were the fittest dude in the room – or even looked like he normally would visit a class (or even the gym) but he was into the drumming part for sure, and in the short breaks between the tracks he dribbled and showed off with the drum sticks. He’s definitely found his thing.

If you wanna try the class – visit a Crunch gym the next time you’re in the US.

If you wanna read more about POUND – visit the website.
If you wanna see what it looks like – take a look at this video.
http://youtu.be/2pCILV8tsqw

Kristin – my awesome friend teaches this class at Crunch gym in NYC.
She’s a rockstar and she can make any class a success. How ever, she’s mainly a dancer and not really in to “news” just cause it’s new, or sculpt/weight training – but she does like this workout, and she talks about it really committed and passionated.
Which definitely shows and rub off during class.

Here’re a few tips if you plan to be in the city (Stockholm that is) for the summer and want to take classes.

Bounce Summer Camp, obviously.
For the 10th year in a row. How about that? Awesome!
I was there the very first year they offered the camp, but after that I haven’t been able to get it into my schedule. (haven’t really spent a lot of summers in Sweden lately) Don’t really know if there are any spots left though. The camp will be held at House of Shapes this year.

Diambra Summer Drop In 
I love this arrangement – when you can chose to pay per class, or pay for 10 classes if you like.
But you don’t need to sign up for a whole package.
I like the teachers and classes Diambra offers, and a special shout out to my homie Hanna!
Don’t miss this opportunity to take her class.

Danscenter Summer Workshop
Different techniques, styles and classes in july and half of august. Check it out!

 The “international” summer workshops at the Ballet Academy (the other places doesn’t exactly feel un-international compared to BA I must say)
I took the summer classes here a long time ago, when I was in high school and at the preparatory school at BA – and when I look at the schedule a lot of the teachers are pretty much the same.
So, for me it feels a bit mossy, and not as updated as the other places.
But it’s a good thing that you can get different stuff at different places – that I DO like, and support to 100%.
That means greater choice and availability and for that, I’m all in!

I’ll be teaching street at SATS St Eriksbron all summer (except w. 30 & 31) so if you wanna come – shoot me an email.
For my other classes, take a look under ‘news’ on my site.

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It’s been subs covering my classes all week – since I’ve been home with fever, sore throat, tooth pain, migraine and all shitty signs of infections you can imagine.
But I’m craving to go to class again – and tomorrow I hope I’ll be there for the jazz.
18.00 people – it’s summer schedule!

Last week my awesome teacher, and also class teacher, from Danscenter took my jazz class.
She’s one of the best!

Annette Starck, the one and only.

If you’re serious about dance and want to educate yourself on a professional level, I can warmly recommend the two year program at Danscenter, Stockholm.
You train all the techniques, but it’s focused on street dance, which not is that common in professional educations.
They already held the main audition for next year – but it’s gonna be an extra audition july 29th.
So if you’re up for it – or just want to practice your audition skills, go for it!

This spring have been crazy. And especially the past month. Before the past weekend I could feel an annoying pain in my throat and then sunday – I got real sick.
It’s very rarely that I do get sick (knock on wood) like once a year – but when I do, it’s all in, sort of. Like the rest of my life and mentality you could say.

Anyway – I had an absolutely amazing gathering along with the rest of the Nike Master Trainers in Sweden.
Once a year in the early summer, we have this meeting where we sum up the year that’s past, brief about the upcoming year – and also get different clinics and updates of gears, products and upcoming news.

The entire team after a NTC-session at the lawn outside the office of Nike Sweden.

Thank you my beloved fellow Nike Master Trainers for your inspiration, energy and love!