Besides working for Tarte Cosmetics, I am also a certified Dance2Fit instructor. I teach class two days a week. If you haven't heard of Dance2Fit, it is an awesome workout based dance fitness class. We do jumping jacks, burpees, lunges, and tons of squats to name a few exercises. We also do these workouts to top hits you hear on the radio and even throw in some old school songs, those are my favorites! The one who started Dance2Fit is Jessica Bass James and she lives in Knoxville, TN. She is who I am certified under. You can check her out on youtube at Dance Fitness with Jessica and Instagram @jessicabassjames.
I always end my class with a workout and I love doing it to songs because you do more than if you were to do say 3 sets of 10. In my opinion it helps keep you going because you know you have to do it until the song ends. Some of my friends ask me what workouts they should do and I usually tell them these three songs because they are easy and you can do them at home. I love using resistance bands as well to make it a little harder.
The first song is probably my favorite because it works the booty, and those are my favorite workouts. The song is fitting too, Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-lot. You get down on your hands and knees and you start with your right leg and do 4 donkey kicks, then with your same leg do 4 fire hydrants. Next you switch legs and do the same on your left leg. You do this the whole entire song. You will definitely feel the burn because it is about 4 minutes long. You don't start until the music starts. Just in case you aren't familiar with these workouts I will post pictures of each move. The first one is a donkey kick, and the second is a fire hydrant. You want to try and bring your leg up to a 90 degree angle on the fire hydrants if you can. When you do the donkey kicks try and squeeze your booty.
The next song y'all should know too, the Cupid Shuffle. Yes it is played at every wedding and every party, but it is still one of my favorites! You do it the same as the original dance but you can add a resistance band to make it interesting. If you don't have a band or you don't want to use one, when you walk to the right and left you just squat. Either 4 squats to the right and left or you can crab walk, which is where you stay squatted and walk. Since I like working the booty, when it says kick I kick to the back, then of course you turn it around and repeat. The pictures represent if you squat and just come up each time and I also have a video of a crab walk underneath the picture.
I saved the worst for last, haha. The song is called Flower by Moby, but y'all probably know it as Sally. Bring Sally up, bring Sally down. If you have done this song it was probably with squats, but I do it with the plank. You start off in a plank position on your elbows, then when it says bring Sally up you go up on your hands, and bring Sally down you go back to your elbows. You do this the whole song which is about 3 minutes and 25 seconds. It actually hurts my shoulders more than it hurts my abs.
I hope the pictures and explanations make sense. Feel free to comment or contact me if you have any questions. I would love for you to let me know if you try any of these!
