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What a difference a song makes
By Christina | June 27, 2009
Last Sunday I was teaching my sports and conditioning class, AthleKinetix, and as usual was prepared with an arsenal of “kickin” moves to challenge even the strongest of athletes and certainly blow away the novice to intermediate exercise participant. I was using a new playlist, one I had not listened to prior to the start of class which is not unusual for me. I figure after so many years of teaching and being so comfortable in front of a class, I can handle any music and still make the class “rock”.
This CD was a challenge! It started great, Techno Trance Hits is close enough to the beat that I love to challenge the pseudo athletes in my class. I felt the rush, my blood pulsating through the entire via way while the heart danced in perfect conjunction with the beat of the drum as the drops of salty perspiration moistened the dried skin. It was like a personal trance, I thought at first but then my eyes scouted the room and then I realized that it was more like a group trance.
This odd metallic sound coming out of the not so new speakers was causing a tremor throughout the participants. Every movement, every gap of air, every painful weight lift was marked by the desire to continue on. I felt the energy in the secluded room. I say secluded because during the entire class, the music transported the group to another plane in which all that was present was the sound of heart pumping Techno beat and the desire to complete the class without stopping for the first time. Well, that would never be a reality! No one has ever been able to finish an AthleKinetix class, but the energy was a powerful tool, enough to make them want to carry on!
At the end of AthleKinetix, the energy was still lingering in the room. The eyes of the members were lit, commenting to each other about the energy they felt through out the entire class. Some even said, “What was that hypnotic music?”
Closing thoughts…no matter how much fatigue your body is put through if the mind is in its right place your performance will increase. The music acted as a doorway to sync the mind and body, the trick is to make this happen at will.
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