About Maura Frith - Zumba Instructor
I am Maura Frith and I am fitness Instructor, teaching
aerobics,
step and personal training sessions. I have been doing this for around 6 years, hiring two halls and
doing the personal one to one
sessions from my home, having a room set up for the purpose. The one to one sessions include toning with weights,
resistance bands and
fitballs. I also take personal jogging or power walking sessions, which have resulted in
clients who have never run before in their
lives actually completing a half marathon.
Then came ZUMBA...
I read about this new dance style fitness that was sweeping the country, and being a member of the Register of Exercise
Professionals, keeping myself regularly updated with new trends I decided to enrol on a training course.... not easy, as soon as they became
available places were sold out, I knew this was something BIG!! Eventually I got on a course in Preston on November 14th 2010 with an
absolutely fantastic tutor from Canada called Andrea Sandhu.... she was awesome, really inspirational and she told us all that this
could change our lives!!! She was right.
I did two taster pre Christmas classes in a local fabulous
dance hall in Cheadle. I was so glad to get the Guild Hall, being Cheadle
born and bred and living next door to this hall for 20 years of my life, it was a dream, the perfect setting for this kind of class.
I decided early on that I didn't want this class to be like my other classes, I wanted this to be like a night out!!! I soon realised that the Boomblaster CD player was not enough to create that BIG sound in a hall that can take 200 people, so I bought TWO huge 200W Speakers...WOW. I turned the lights out, I put the fabulous Glitterball on, and I had exactly what I wanted. I am on stage so the class just follow me, therefore no one is looking around at anyone else, and they have to watch me. I don't use CDs, I programme each class in to my ipod, which is then plugged in to the speaker, I don't have to worry, touch the ipod and I'm away. This is an expensive way of teaching, having to get two copying Licences to cover, but it is far better for the teacher and the clients, no scratched and jumpy CDs!! No two classes are the same; I have a different playlist for each class, keeping the clients guessing!
In 2012 I bought in a new format, Zumba Gold. This is a slower version of Zumba, aimed at the more mature adult, or complete beginner. This is a 45 minute afternoon class, and proves to be very popular.
In 2016 I trained and qualified to become a Strong Nation instructor, another branch of the Zumba family. This class entails HIIT ( High Intensity Training ) principles, combined with combat and martial arts moves, all choreographed to music. This class is predominantly aimed at the more experienced fitness individuals, but does have many modifications to satisfy lower fitness levels.
Strong Nation is a one hour class and takes place at Checkley Community Centre at 6.30pm on Wednesday evenings.
