Progress Pics and a Mild Panic Attack

It’s four (4) weeks until the fitness competition and over the weekend I had a mild panic attack when I started watching YouTube videos and realized: (a) my music was too slow, and (b) I have to do bikini poses instead of figure poses for the fitness division, and (c) I still don’t have my splits down.  YIKES!

I briefly considered switching from fitness to figure or bikini, but then I remembered that I’m doing this dance routine for my 40th birthday challenge and I can’t let myself down.  Plus, I’m doing this for the fun of it – just to see if I can do it; not to win the Ms. Fitness title or anything, which is WAAAAAY out of my league anyway.

Today I worked with the choreographer, Brenna Wilder, at Inner Diva Studios.  We took some of the dance steps from the first song and incorporated more fitness moves, and additionally created a character for the dance, so I feel more confident today.  Now I need to practice it a billion gazillion times.

Megan Winzierl, the owner of Artista Active Wear and the woman who did my pole dancing bikinis, is doing my costume for the fitness dance, plus adding a little bling bling to my original posing bikini.   I’m meeting with her tomorrow, so I’m really excited.

I’ll writing about the posing in another post.  I still have to watch more YouTube videos.  As for my splits…I’m working on them!  I’m religiously doing the Alethea Austin “Pure Splits” video five times a week.  But the results are so hit and miss.  One day I can almost get a full split, the next day I’m a foot from the ground!  Grr…

Here are my progress pics:

How about you?  Did you ever panic before a competition?

Lisa 

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