I miss talking to this girl regularly at work so this was a great catch up for me and of course fantastic insight for you the listeners when it comes to being a fitness mom! Enjoy and of course HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY EVERYONE!

So you need to read the title in your best Notorious BIG voice. Fun, right? Just like this premiere episode of Season 2 baby BABAY! 

Join me as I talk to Juan Marin THE ZUMBA KING about ballroom, culture, choreography for dance and the beauty of community in group fitness. During a time when we are all trying to stay connected, this episode was pure joy to do. 

And clearly if you didn't get it, Juan calls me Mitchella. Been doing it for 10 years. Never stop. xoxo 

Juan can be reached at: 

Bailamos Fitness & Dance Studio

430 Waterloo street, London (ON), N6B 1R6, Canada

5196394205

 [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/Bailamos-Fitness-Dance-Studio-143109805761491/about/

What better way to end my first season of the podcast with another huge achievement! I’m currently sharing my journey to writing my first book - How to be Fit for Life - on LinkedIn. Would be honoured if you checked out both and thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support over the past year. Next season is going to be even better!! Listen, Love, Share 🙏🏾💜www.livewellwithmichelle.org/read-the-book http://linkedin.com/in/michelle-moses-cathcart-87a0a834

Could go on for hours thanking everyone for their support for my brand and this podcast but I want to keep you as listeners so I won’t 😆! So this a short but sweet few minutes of my gratitude and a teaser for the next episode🙌🏾!

Albert Einstein’s Quote - “Creativity is Intelligence having FUN!” - has got me circling back to the age old group fitness debate of freestyle or per-choreographed classes. Which one motivates you?

Notice I didn't say "Practice makes Perfect"? 

Because it's not about being perfect but about being happy. Like when you get older and have been teaching for a long time and your body and soul are begging for an opportunity for mindful active rest. 

Yeah I'm talking about me .... I'm older and I need a break but I love being active so what to do? Well I've been adding Yoga into my personal fitness plan and now I want to add it to my brand but I don't even know where to start! 

Thank you, Tracy of Drop Yoga for quickly coming on the podcast to give some solid tips and recommendations for anyone interested in adding Yoga to their lives - personally and professionally. 

And learning that she is good friends with a #fitinspo of mine (Carole Woodstock) and they have a show on Rogers TV made this episode even BETTER!! https://twitter.com/Ottawaathomemag/status/1249712373662978049?s=20

https://www.instagram.com/dropyoga/

When I had my surgery on my knee never in 1 million years did I think to ask for occupational therapy to go along with physio. The irony was that my job at the time was 95% physical and in group fitness but I didn’t consider it my “occupation”. Wondering “what if?”🤔. What if I had been given exercises to help me get back to performing my job as a fitness instructor in addition to mobility rehab? What if I had told my therapist that I was worried about being able to perform and teach my classes at the same level as I had before I was injured? And now I wonder how many fitness are in the same boat now? So instead of wondering I sat down with my fitness instructor friend and occupational therapist Jennifer to talk about all of this and to learn more about OT from a group fitness instructor perspective. Great episode to pair with the one I did with Rhonda and her shoulder injury and massage therapy and FMT with Rui at Stretch Health Canada.

Diana, Communications Expert and long time Group fitness instructor and I talk in what will definitely be a regular series about best practices for leading classes.

Today we talked about pre-recorded, livestream and live classes.

For years, group fitness and personal training have been silos of the industry and neither the two were to meet ... at least on purpose. 

Flash forward and now it's more than common and in most cases a necessary evil to dabble in both to have success; but what if you decide to go all in on one fitness offering over the other? What if you move from group fitness and go strictly to personal training? 

Lisle, owner of Phoenix Rising Personal Training has some great insight into this having moved on from an extremely successful group fitness career to his own training studio. 

A look into the mind of a passionate fitness professional whose genuine desire to help people can not be denied. 

And don't worry, he acknowledges that group fitness and instructors are the greatest thing out there so I've decided to keep being friends with him but it was a little dicey there for a minute haha

https://phoenixrisingpt.com/

When your international #fitinspos have their own fangirl and wardrobe malfunction moments during class you know everything is gonna be alright! 

Lyndsey and Ricky from the UK on the podcast is like chocolate spread on biscuits ... follow them on social media and you'll know what I mean lol.