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136 || FITNESS MAGAZINE || AUGUST 2015Fit to be Triedike most fitness minded people, I frequent the gym, keep to myself, and do my workouts hoping to get in unnoticed and get out as quickly as possible. It gets to be SO BORING and lonely after a while. So, in an effort to break away from my boring fitness routine and end my Saturday morning dates with the treadmill, I looked into what group fitness classes my local gym offered. I ended up taking a weight training class with a friend whom suggested I stay for another fitness cardio class after our weight class concluded. She explains to me it%u2019s a %u201cdancing style class%u201d. I have a very small dancing background from High School, if you really can call it that, so I explain how it%u2019s been years since I have done a dancing routine and with my older brain%u2019s lack of short term memory combined two left feet I wasn%u2019t sure if I would be able to follow along. So, with a little pep talk and the boring treadmill alternative choice looming, it was a no brainer, I was in. After the weight class concludes, a swarm of thirty plus women and a few guys rush the floor to find a good spot for the class. I am immediately overwhelmed by all of the participants. I observe everyone is of different ages, ethnic, and fitness backgrounds. The instructor asks prior to starting the class %u201cdo I have any new people to BANG%u201d? Oh dang-I better raise my hand to