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Velislava Borislavova Chardakova (Val) Age: 26 For how long have you been dancing? I have always been a fan of dancing. Since teenage years I have been going to discos and clubs mainly to enjoy feeling free and having fun on the dance floor. While in high school I started going on Aerobics trainings, really dynamic and fun. Then in my Bachelor years I continued attending different group trainings for girls - from Yoga and Kalanetics till Tae-Bo, Shaping and different kind of Aerobics. I definitely liked the combination of keeping fit and having fun! How come you started the classes? After some years of practising Aerobics I was definitely in a need to attend something similar in Birk. I decided to try to provide classes accessible for the students, so that we didn’t have to travel to the centre in order to attend a class of Aerobics or other group training. Why did you mix dancing and aerobics? Well, it wasn’t hard at all for me to come up with this idea As I said above, I always have been enjoying dancing and combining it with Aerobics can keep people Fit and at the same time let them have fun while doing it. Can anyone join? Oh, definitely everybody can join! There is no need to have any particular experience. Of course, the more you attend the trainings the more you get used to the moves. But also during the training there are some movements who are repeating or some other which are easily grasped. What is your favourite exercise and why? My favourite exercise really depends of the music, because some exercises go really good with a particular song. But people who have attended my trainings have definitely noticed that on Lady Gaga’s songs I get somehow more inspired
and motivated to do more hardcore movements and exercises. You should attend and you will see it! Do you follow some diet to keep your body in shape? To be honest, right now I am not following any, but I am trying to keep some main rules as: Not eating very late and trying to eat crappy food like chips, Mcdonalds and etc. as rare as possible. Do you have any healthy tips for us? Healthy Tips - Keep Moving! Doing sports and other different activities are good for your Body and Soul! Everybody knows that sport is a good stress reliever! And of course, watch what you eat. Don’t get really obsessed by that, don’t torture yourself by some really drastic diets, but eat a little bit of everything. Better more often with small portions and of course - Lots of Water! And last, but not least - Find what your favourite sport is, because you have to enjoy what you do! Cheers!