Before You Blame Your Body… Check Your Shoes If your feet hurt; If your knees start aching halfway through a workout; If something just feels off… It might not be your body. It might be your shoes. As a fitness instructor, one of the first questions I ask when someone tells me they’re in pain is: “How old are your shoes?” And more often than not… that’s the problem. Worn-out shoes or the wrong type of shoe for your workout can create unnecessary stress on your feet, knees, an

Last weekend, I posted a video with a simple question: “Broadway workout with real choreography—would you work out to this?” What followed was a level of attention I hadn’t experienced before. The video took off—hundreds of thousands of views, thousands of shares, hundreds of comments. And with that kind of reach comes a wide range of reactions. Some people were excited. Some people were curious. And a lot of people were critical. There were jokes about my hair, my dancing, m

Last week I went to New York City for the first time. For someone who loves musical theatre as much as I do, that almost feels strange to say. Broadway has lived in my imagination for most of my life. For years, it felt like this distant, almost mythical place where the very best performers in the world existed at a level far beyond the rest of us. But maybe it was perfect timing that I went now instead of twenty years ago. I didn’t go as an eighteen-year-old dreaming about a

When administrators evaluate instructional programs—especially in fine arts—they’re looking for more than energy, enthusiasm, or performance outcomes. They’re looking for clear objectives, observable instruction, student engagement, differentiation, and alignment with state standards . That’s exactly where Theatre Fitness workshops through inMOTION Studios are designed to live. These workshops don’t replace a director’s curriculum or creative vision. Instead, they equip stude