{"id":22432,"date":"2020-04-12T19:55:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=22432"},"modified":"2020-04-12T19:56:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:56:04","slug":"zoomba-with-ching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=22432","title":{"rendered":"ZOOMba with Ching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, businesses began shutting down because everyone was ordered to stay home and limit non-essential activities for the safety and well-being on the community. That resulted in the gyms closing and me being laid off by the YMCA and furloughed by VASA Fitness. I had no classes to teach and nowhere to go for several weeks. I saw some of my friends teaching online classes which seemed to be well-received. I really didn&#8217;t want to mess with it at first because it seemed kind of a pain to set up but one of my friends kept asking me to do it so I finally caved.<\/p>\n<p>I did a trial run at first last weekend. That went better than I expected and I really enjoyed it. I didn&#8217;t realize how much I missed teaching my classes until then. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to go all in and signed up for a paid ZOOM account. Otherwise your online video meetings are limited to only 40 minutes and once I get going I can&#8217;t really stop. I&#8217;ve found that I have to dance for at least a full hour to get my fix.<\/p>\n<p>We did a short 40-minute trial run last weekend on Saturday and then did a full hour class on Sunday. Since then I&#8217;ve committed to teaching free online Zumba classes via ZOOM based on the following schedule:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday 5:30 PM<\/li>\n<li>Thursday 5:30 PM<\/li>\n<li>Saturday 9:30 AM<\/li>\n<li>Sunday 4:30 PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve completed my first week of offering free ZOOMba classes and, other than the technical issues, I&#8217;ve really enjoyed them. I found that they give me purpose and something to look forward to each week. I&#8217;m still experimenting a lot with the video and sound, which hasn&#8217;t been perfect but it&#8217;s better than nothing. And, I&#8217;m really enjoying it. I think others are too.<\/p>\n<p>My friend Karen even came over and danced with me yesterday. We maintained our social distance of course. Here are some pics&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49761038143\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49761038143_4c003f9c96.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49761896187\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49761896187_cf6d120a05.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49761896277\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49761896277_2a0593eaa9.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t mind the trash. I&#8217;ve been doing these in the garage.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49761896352\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49761896352_9eea34d0cd.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49761038173\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49761038173_cae469bea3.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49761569106\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49761569106_397bcc5b2e.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49761896392\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49761896392_8e35bcf1f5.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49761568986\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49761568986_13705cb766_c.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some short video clips that Brian got of us dancing yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/casVEbQhZVo\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"255\" frameborder=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hUxCWSVZaHE\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"255\" frameborder=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yrEAZfP8Ako\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"255\" frameborder=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Karen was such a trooper and she did amazing. She even stayed and did the Bruce Lee Abs Challenge workout with me.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49761854917\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49761854917_bd8d3ea057.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I started the Bruce Lee Abs Challenge the day after our 30-day stay at home order began for lack of things to do. I started with level 1 and gradually advanced to level 2. I&#8217;m hoping that I can move to up level 3 this week.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49713890881\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49713890881_6b0e800a08_c.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The past three weeks of not being able to leave the house have been really rough. Basically the only things keeping me sane are the <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=22420\" >garage pickleball drills<\/a>, abs workout, and now ZOOMba. I can&#8217;t wait until this pandemic is over because I really miss my routine. I also miss seeing all of my friends.<\/p>\n<p>I hope y&#8217;all are doing alright during this crisis. Until next time. GNG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, businesses began shutting down because everyone was ordered to stay home and limit non-essential activities for the safety and well-being on the community. That resulted in the gyms closing and me being laid off by the YMCA and furloughed by VASA Fitness. 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