He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else."

A Word From Our Aerial Expert 

What attracted you to Aerial Work/Performing? 

I saw my sister dancing when I was two years old and begged and begged my parents to let me take lessons too--once I turned three and was old enough. To my parent's credit, for the next 15 years, anything I asked to participate in at my dance studio, they found a way to save up and enroll me. When my dance studio closed during my last year of high school, I felt like I had lost my identity -- like I was a stuffed animal without the plushy filling -- and I drooped and Charlie Brown'ed through life until I got to college and could throw myself full force into dancing once again. That half a year without an outlet or a discipline was enough to teach me that I never, ever again in life, wanted to be without movement, music and exercise. It was then that my decision to make dance and body therapy my life's first great love, was born. Graduating college with a BA in Dance (and two other, unrelated minors), led me to tripping into, and falling head over heels for Diavolo Dance Theater - an acrobatic modern dance company from Los Angeles that is known for its aerial stunts and flys. Touring the world for eight years with Diavolo introduced me to a bevy of amazing and fabulous skill...

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Variable spring loads on our custom reformer machine help to lengthen and strengthen muscle tissue.

Remember that as a kid?

The same awareness relates to our upper body posture as well as our lower body posture when taking any of our amazing classes at LAB5 Fitness in addition to our regular routines.

Whether you are standing, sitting, walking or LAB5'ing please think of Head, shoulders, knees & toes.  Likewise, whether you are in Aerial Conditioning, Yoga, BARRE, Stretch & From, Ballet or Pilates on the reformer or the Mat think of the childhood jingle to keep your entire body in check.  

My favorite recommendation when teaching in class is....

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Ingredients:

1/4 cup olive oil

1 onion, chopped

4 cloves garlic, minced

1 green bell pepper, chopped

1 fresh red chile pepper, seeded and chopped

1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped

Pepper to taste

2 teaspoons dried basil

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon dried thyme

1 (28 oz) can crushed tomatoes

1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce

1/2 cup water

1 pinch paprika

1 pinch cayenne pepper

1 cup white wine

10 oz. minced clams

25 mussels, cleaned and de-bearded

See the full recipe here.