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Tired of your old exercise video? Try a class with Paule-Valerie!

Paule-Valerie
Paule-Valerie
Paule-Valerie

It happens to the best of exercise videos. Once you can tell what the next move is even before you hear the instructor call it out, your exercise video is officially boring. And your exercise can not get boring because that is your fastest path to quitting!

The antidote is… keep your workouts fresh. Learn new moves, take innovative classes, and keep it fun!

Take, for example, a routine with a mix of Latin music, African moves, and kickboxing. ‘Afro-Latin Kick-box,’ is the name that fitness instructor Paule-Valerie gave to this dance format she created and that is meant to make you sweat silly!

This AFAA-certified (Aerobics and Fitness Association of America) trainer also created ‘Salsa Hip House,’ a routine that puts salsa moves to urban sounds (like hip hop and house) and convinces your brain and body that you’re dancing instead of working out. And when have you ever been bored while dancing?

Paule-Valerie (Valerie for short) teaches her classes weekly at the Crenshaw Yoga and Dance Studio and at the Bodies in Motion Westside, both in Los Angeles, as follows:

Afro-Latin Kickbox
Fridays 6:00-7:00pm
Crenshaw Yoga and Dance Studio
5426 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles
$12 regular price, $5 first timers to the studio

Salsa Hip House
Thursdays 7:15-8:15pm
Bodies in Motion Westside
12100 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles
Free for Bodies in Motion members, $20 guest fee (includes use of the gym facility for the day)

Fridays 7:30-8:30pm
Crenshaw Yoga and Dance Studio
5426 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles
$12 regular price, $5 first timers to the studio

AND… if you hurry up today, Friday June 4, you can test the Afro-Latin Kickbox class free of charge at Crenshaw Yoga and Dance at 6 pm.

Paule-Valerie has spent the last 16 years as a fitness enthusiast and as a dancer. She can give your body the extra spark it needs to want to stay in shape.  Learn more about her at http://www.PauleValerie.com  and http://www.FunLifestyleFitness.com.

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Dena Burroughs has followed events in Los Angeles for the past five years. She is a CSULA graduate with specialties in Creative Writing and Communications. Send your comments to dena@vidasalsera.com. Dena also contributes to CBS Local, and can be read here.

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