Update on our Training Team Congress Season 2012

So its been a while and of course I have not been updating the Salsa Diaries. Ugh....I need to get better at this. Anyhow, I figured to get things cracking....so to speak.

First I wanted to just say, this season has been the season of "cakes" lol. So its becoming a weekly tradition to celebrate someone's birthday, eat cake and dance in a circle around the person who's being celebrated. It has been eventful to say the least. I love it. We are so much more laid back and less wired about this season. Everyone gets along well (for the most part). Everyone is easy going. There are tons of talented dancers and we have been doing our best to get all the choreography, tricks, costumes, shoes and everything else needed, done in a timely manner. I am so excited about the costumes and such. My favorite one so far ;)

The girls and guys on the team are so thoughtful and quite frankly, they are amusing as well. We can't go one single practice without laughing or cracking up about something. There are so many different walks of life on this team. We have students on the team quite young still in school all the way to fathers in their 40's (not mentioning names lol). We have brothers, fathers and daughters, teachers, business owners, stay at home moms, nurses, bankers and so many different careers on the team. Its so much fun getting to know everyone.

I must say, there isn't a whole lot we can throw at this team that they can't accomplish with ease. We just have a great group of dancers. We are super fortunate in our opinion. Anyway, congress is in full swing. We practice, we sweat, we laugh, we work hard and its totally paying off. Here are a few pictures from the beginning of the season up until now.

Happy Dancing!

Salsa Heat Training Team Auditions

Back in action!

So I have to admit, I got completely side tracked with having a baby and all. I neglected my blog completely! I'm ashamed.....sigh...Ok, now that I had a little pitty party, I'm going to get this blog going again. ;o)

First of all, I want to catch everyone up to date with whats going on with the Salsa Heat Training Team. Since I last wrote, I was mid way into pregnancy and miserable as heck. I was also mid way through Training Team Congress season. In light of the fact that I basically failed miserably at tracking the team's progress, I figured I would just post a few pics and videos of how it all turned out. HOWEVER, our new congress season is getting closer. We have auditions coming at the end of January and will begin the process all over again. I will be posting auditions pics, videos and so on throughout the season.

The best part of this season you ask? We have linked up with Body By Vi (Visalus) to do 90 Day Challenges with our team. So now, not only are they all going to be getting trained on Salsa, they are also going to be getting fit and in shape for our 2012 Orlando Salsa Congress! I am so excited to do this as well because I need to shed this baby weight. Its going to be such a fun and hard working season. Stay tuned everyone!

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They had a blast

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Salsa Heat PAINTBALL outing

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More PAINTBALL pics

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Updated pics from our team.

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Season is in full swing

Yes I have neglected my blogging duties. Pregnancy has knocked me down for the count. I do want to update how the training team is doing so far. 


We started a few weeks ago doing choreography and shines. The team is doing so great! We were off to a slow start with technique and drills but since then, we have gotten into the choreography part of the season. As of last week, we got into doing tricks. This has been a challenging few weeks for the team. We've had bruises, skin burns, ice packs you name it! The team is so fearless. I love it. Anything we throw at them, they just go for it without hesitation. Everyone is just going for it. Its so awesome to see the team doing all the tricks with the music and then going into shines. Next week they will be knee deep in turn patterns and spins. Then from there on out its just practice, practice, practice. 


I love it! We've cut the music, ordered T-shirts and soon will be scheduling events. The team is bonding more and we have such a great time at practice. Even when they come in tired from long days at work or school....by the end of practice they are smiling and saying "can we run through it one more time". That's a great feeling to know they are excited about the routine.

The long delay

Ok sorry for the long delay. I haven't updated the blog in a few weeks due to the fact that I was pretty much sick in bed for a what seemed like an eternity. Now that I am back up and running to about 85%  of my regular self, I want to pick up where I left off.

Our season of the training team has been pretty good so far. We have been doing a lot of conditioning, a lot of training and technique and even had the team partnered up this week. We have had people going through rough days where they spin and hit the floor or get super dizzy learning how to spot. We have also had days where the team is vibing so well that they leave us (the coaches) feeling really positive after practice and having such a great outlook on this season. Tuesday that just passed, was pretty tough on the team because we did A LOT of spinning and turns. They left practice feeling exhausted and probably had their heads spinning later on afterward. We did a bit of spinning and drills today but mostly because we had to assign partners to everyone on the team. Its looking pretty good so far (granted they just started to practice with their partners today).

I know I haven't posted pictures recently but I will be in a few days. I have to gather photos and videos of the past weeks to update the page. Until then, just stay tuned and I will try harder to keep posted updates on how the team is going.

Week 1 of Training Team Season

We just finished our first week of practice which consisted of meetings, contracts, questions, battle plans (so to speak) and future events. Once we finished the business part of the day, we began the first of many, many spins and turn patterns. We did a little bit of stretching and warming up and got right into doing spin drills and patterns.

We had a few accidental drops to the floor but that comes without saying. Balance is definitely something that is learned along the way. We split the ladies and the guys up so we can focus on their individual type of spinning. The guys were sort of going through convulsions when I switched up their usual axle turns. It was definitely a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORouZ-qOgg type of moment. The guys had a bit of a hard time adjusting to the way we broke down axle turns but they eventually got it.


We spent a lot of time with the girls. Their ability to spin is of utmost importance on the team. They have to be able to spin properly as well as clean. Technique is going to be drilled in their heads all season for sure. But by the time practice was over....they survived. It is after all, only week one!  I am looking forward to seeing them blossom from being barely able to spin, to being spin masters by the end of the season. Some people get that exciting adrenaline rush performing, well Ralph and I get it when we see our teams perform. Its just a great feeling. 


Until Tuesday.......happy spinning!

Pictures and video from our first practice

spin drills

Tessa lol

some of the spin drills we do for the team to get used to multiple spins

Pictures of spin drills and patterns

Ralph leading the way through patterns

new members and returning members

smiling faces for now.....wait till later

deep in thought

vintage looking picture lol...I was playing with my camera

more drills and patterns

waiting for instructions

spins spins spins