This week’s instructor spotlight is on BollyX instructor Audrey! Audrey is a super mom, outdoor maven, and rockstar fitness instructor. In addition to BollyX, she teaches 20-25 classes a week in various group fitness formats. Read more about this BollyX superstar in her interview below!
Q: Tell us about yourself – what do you do when you’re not teaching?
A: I am a busy wife and mom of a busy 13 year old daughter and busy 9 year old son. When I am not teaching or running to soccer, football, softball, baseball and cheer I enjoy spending time with my family and friends.
Q: What are your hobbies?
A: I love to be outside. I love swimming, being in the pool, canoeing and camping. When I do get time off I enjoy running obstacle races with my husband of 15 years and my “TeamJoe” race team.
Q:What other formats do you teach? Give us a little on your background.
A: I have been teaching dance fitness for 18 years on and off. I have always had a love of fitness. I started going to aerobics classes with my mom when I was little. I started teaching my first classes at the age of 18. I taught at several gyms and studios and was always limited on what I was able to teach. I was a supervisor for UPS for 13 years and decided that I needed something different and wanted to go to work everyday knowing I helped someone, cheered someone up or made someone’s bad day turn better and just know that I was helping make a difference in someone’s life. I decided to open my own fitness studio, Blast Fitness. I teach about 20-25 classes a week which include BollyX, Zumba, Zumba Toning, Zumba Sentao, Cycling, Kickboxing, TRX, Step, Piloxing, KettlebellAmpd, Pound, Personal Train and several toning, boot camp and obstacle training workouts.
Q: How would you describe BollyX in one word?
A: Energetic
Q: What is your favorite part of BollyX class?
A: I love the warm up and the fast warm up songs. I like being able to teach a song and then seeing the reaction when the class realizes that the choreography is very similar so the class can put more effort and rock out the song because they know the moves!
Q: How has working with BollyX changed you or your lifestyle?
A: I love learning new dances and BollyX was just different than other dance fitness classes that I have taught or taken! I have a new found love for Bollywood music and have fun with friends making up words to songs we just don’t know or can’t figure out!
Q: How long have you been with BollyX?
A: I received my certification in October 2015 so I am coming up on my one year anniversary!!
Q: What is your favorite BollyX song to teach?
A: BOSS…. It’s one of my girls’ favorites to do so I love how they get excited when it comes on so how could I not love it!
Q: Where do you teach BollyX?
A: I teach at my fitness studio, Blast Fitness, in Marion, Ohio.
Take a class with Audrey and rock out with her in Ohio!
