I just got Classpass so I've gone workout crazy. I tried Vixen Fitness today. It's definitely a lot of fun and you are straight up moving non-stop for 60 minutes. It really felt like when you'e home alone and your song comes on and next thing you know, you are trying to do that move you saw in a music video.
The class was packed and everyone definitely was there to have a good time. I liked that the class had all body types. I was in the back but from what I could tell there is an instructor and at least one other person in front who knows all the moves so you can follow it. The instructor (Meliza) was fun (homegirl did the class in high heel wedges and a plaid shirt tied around her hips. I kept expecting it to fall off but it did not). She was also very positive (though it was an adjustment for me to stare at myself in the mirror and tell myself I was sexy as she requested that we do.)
My main issues:
1.) The lighting. I get that it goes with the whole "club vibe" but it made it hard to see the instructor and follow the choreography. Unfortunately, the choreography was tricky to follow as a first-timer so I decided just to shake my booty as closely to the beat as possible. You do a lot of twerking and hip rolling. I think it must get easier the more you go because everyone else seemed to know exactly what to do.
2.) The music. Everything I read about the class was "Beyonce, Beyonce, Beyonce." So I was expecting to be performing my own Beyonce concert but alas, they only played one Beyonce song. (Ring the Alarm.) Mainly it was rap -- a LOT of DJ Khaled and Rick Ross. (It felt like every song had the "Maybach Music" line in it.) At one point the instructor was encouraging us to rap along. I was just one of a handful of black people in class and I literally thought, "If one of these non-black people up in here drops the N word..." lol (#BlackPeopleProblems)
Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with getting a little ratchet. I was just expecting Beyonce.
Overall. It was a fun class. I burned about 400 calories (which was just a bit lower than 305 fitness...though 305 Fitness is a shorter class.) Since I have Classpass, I'll definitely go again, but honestly, I don't think I would pay for an individual class if I didn't have Classpass. read more