Body4Me

Shamelesly stolen from various BodyPump forums and blogs, but it’s just too true not to post again :)

You Know You’re A BodyPumper when:

• Every other song you hear in the grocery store makes you look around for a bar
• The people in the next car next to you at a stop light wonder why you are doing bicep curls
• Your entire wardrobe is red and black
• You avoid ANYTHING that will interfere with your classes
• You get up at 4:45AM to go lift weights!
• Most of your friends are body pumpers
• You pick up a box with a three and one rhythm
• You keep your elbows in when scratching your nose
• You stand in line with your knees slightly bent
• You look forward to using the porta-potties at the state fair
• You judge every person you see by what BP could do for them
• Your bed is up on 2 risers
• You open your own pickle jars, thank you very much!
• You carry all the groceries in from your car in one trip
• You have more workout outfits than work clothes
• Your kids are astounded that you know so much about their music
• When you’ve got a little extra cash and buy a new BP top when you really don’t need to!
• You’re in a nightclub, the DJ plays ‘Flaunt It’ and you automatically start tapping your foot, chest proud, shoulders back, lock your elbows in and curl up that air bar suuuper slow!
• You’re non gym junkie friend gives you ‘the look’ when you keep saying ‘hey this is our chest track!’
• You’re at the Pink concert listening to Who Knew and instead of swaying and bouncing with the crowd, you suddenly realise you are halfway through a mental tricep track and about to hit the floor for dips.
• You sit in the toilet, you pull your hips back, pull out you chest and check that your knees don’t go beyond your toe line.
• You pass by a construction site you start yelling things like: good work, let’s take it home, watch your back when lifting that steel post or squeeze your glutes on your way up!!!
• You go to the disco, on your first song, you move every major muscle group to properly warm up.
• You prefer to eat donuts with your thumb in the hole!
• You get mooned and instead of being offended you correct their form!
• You’ve never been back to the weight room since you started BP!
• The traditional weight-lifting wisdom of 3 sets of 12 repetitions simply isn’t satisfying enough.
• You can’t lift weights without the music!
• You think a song sounds better in BP class, than it does on the radio.

I just read the lost and I agree!!! I was in the shops that day and they started playing the squat track by Nick Skitz and I started doing squats automatically. I love the class and do it 5 times a week and am thinking of being an instructor now!

Glad you like the list and glad you like the class!
5 times a week ? That’s a lot.
Want to become an instructor ? Awesome! It rocks. I love it every single time i step up on stage. There’s just nothing like a big class full of people moving and working together and knowing that you’re helping them achieve their goals.
To get you started, have a look at my ‘instructor beginners guide’. It’s in the links at the top.
Well done. Let me know how you go!

Pat

Thought I’ll update you on what’s happening. I’m finally doing my training module at the end of next month! Would have done it this month but there isn’t any and the one at the start of Aug was in Cairns. I’m really excited!

Hi again.

Nice work! You’ll love it!
I remember mine like it was yesterday :)
Get ready for the instructor challenge. It’s gonna hurt. Make sure you have a decent breakfast that day.
Oh, and for whatever track you get to present (and shadow), script, script, script. Script your moves, your cues and form.

Best of luck with it!
If there is anything i can help with or if you have any questions, please send me an email: patrick@body4me.com.au, i’ll be glad to help.

Pat