INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION CONTENTS Intro Biography Positopia Page 4 Purpose | Definition | History Page 5 Line Dances and Aerobics Page 5 Walls | Current Trends Page 6 Goals | C.U.B.E. Page 6 Benefits | Safety | Shoes Clothing Page 7 Other Factors | Stretching Page 7-8 Why Warm Up and Cool Down Page 8 High-impact vs. Low-impact Page 8-9 Disadvantages Considerations Page 9 Fitness Demonstration Page 9 Aerobic Heart Rate Page 10 Carotid Pulse | Radial Pulse Page 11 Target Heart Rate Page 12 References | Notes Page 13-15 * Remind students that they should seek the advice of a physician before beginning any exercise program. CUROBIKS FITNESS INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION INTRODUCTION In February 2013, Cupid released a DVD entitled CuRobiks™ Fitness that combines the popularity of Cupid’s music with aerobic dancing. The DVD is fun and challenging for kids & adults in an attempt to lower the rate of childhood obesity and curb the often debilitating effects of a sedentary lifestyle among our senior citizens. CuRobiks Fitness is a mixture of calisthenics, aerobics and line dancing, led and instructed by award-winning, multi-platinum recording artist, Cupid. This explosive and addicting fun-filled exercise approach allows for a great full body workout while dancing your body into shape. CuRobiks Fitness is offered in LIVE concert and on DVD, allowing the experience to happen in the comfort of your own home. The CuRobiks Fitness Concert Experience is the first workout routine led by a multi-platinum recording artist, bringing you high- energy, fun filled, yet challenging aerobic line dancing. The 3-hour event offers a family-friendly atmosphere where anyone, young or old, can burn calorie after calorie while line dancing to popular hit music that is suitable for all ages. Divided into 3 segments, you will have the opportunity to learn how to line dance, get a great workout, gain health awareness, meet your host and have a BLAST dancing and working out with your friends and family. We know you will feel the huge benefits that come with taking care of yourself and the rejuvenation that accompanies reaching your goal and being fit. Welcome and enjoy the journey. BIOGRAPHY National recording artist Bryson Bernard aka “Cupid” discovered Cupid’s music is a mixture of high-energy and soulful songs his passion for music in church, where his father served as a that will fill an empty dance floor in a matter of seconds and Pastor. He grew up singing in the choir and learned piano at the can slow the mood down, taking you to a romantic place. This age of 15. A lot has happened since then. combination has allowed him to go from touring with legends like The Manhattans and Lenny Williams, to high-energy dance parties. The singer first enjoyed radio airplay in 2001 with his high- energy first single, “Do Ya Thang”, which appeared on his self- Since his hit song, “Cupid Shuffle”, Cupid has continued to distributed, debut album Cupid. His second self-released album keep the dance floors rocking with charting songs like “Say Yes”, - 2005’s The King of Down South R&B - gained airplay throughout “Happy Dance”, “The Love Slide” and “Do My Ladies Run This the region, from Florida to Texas. Cupid’s career skyrocketed Party” which was featured on BET’s™ 106 & Park. in January 2007, with the release of his third album, Time for a Change. Mere days before releasing the CD, he got the call After three years of heavy touring, Cupid got back in the studio inviting him to sign with Atlantic Records. His breakthrough first and released two projects: “21 &Up” - a mixtape, and the free single from that album, “Cupid Shuffle”, sparked a nationwide online album release of “Who Shot You” Success from these two sensation. In the United States, the song peaked at #66 on the projects sparked Cupid’s hit single “Do It with Your Boots On” Billboard Hot 100 and #21 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. and “CU-STEP” – “Cupid Shuffle: part 2” that has the viral world Since then, the song has gone double platinum and gets roughly on fire. You can see thousands of people doing this new dance 6,500 new downloads each week. on iTunes and YouTube. This song has all the signs of meeting the success of part 1. Cupid has been featured on BET’s The In 2008 Cupid broke the Guinness World Record for the largest Mo’Nique Show performing the “CU-STEP.” line dance assembled with more than 17,000 people in Atlanta, GA at Ebony’s Black Family Reunion Tour. Calls immediately In addition, Cupid’s music can be heard in the following movies; began coming in requesting that Cupid perform at various events, Step Up 2: the Streets, P.S. I love you, The Adventures of Nancy including the Steve Harvey Morning Show and Tom Joyner Drew, Jumping the Broom and the Dance Central 3 video game. Morning Show events. The calls didn’t stop there. In 2009, Cupid was asked to perform at the annual Disney Dreamers Academy Positopia in Orlando, Florida. Soon after, McDonald’s took notice and Cupid’s brand incorporates positive living and good music. This asked Cupid to be the face of their new McDonald’s™ McCafe™ combination is inspiring and timeless. You are looking at a star campaign and the commercial was released shortly thereafter. that continues to shine brighter with every step. 4 INTRO | BIO | POSITOPIA | PURPOSE | DEFINITION | HISTORY CUROBIKS FITNESS PURPOSE The purpose of CuRobiks Fitness is to bring people, both young Billy Ray Cyrus of Disney’s hit TV series Hannah Montana had and old, together to exercise in a fun-filled, family-friendly a 1992 hit called “Achy Breaky Heart”, which helped catapult environment. Providing this fun, family-friendly atmosphere western line dancing into the mainstream public consciousness. and teaching people how to exercise in a safe manner is an In 1994, choreographer Max Perry had a worldwide dance hit achievable goal. Aerobic exercise does this and CuRobiks Fitness with Swamp Thang for the song Swamp Thing by The Grid. was created to heighten this experience, helping you dance This was a techno song that fused banjo sounds in the melody yourself into shape. line and helped start a trend of dancing to various types of music, other than country. Our objective is simple: Let’s get fit and have fun doing it. Max Perry, along with Jo Thompson, Scott Blevins and several DEFINITION others, began to use ballroom rhythms and technique to take line dancing to the next level. In 1998, the band Steps created A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence further interest outside of the U.S. with the techno dance song of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or “5,6,7,8”. In 1999, clothing retailer the Gap debuted the “Khaki rows without regard for the gender of the individuals, all facing Country” ad during the Academy Awards ceremony. Line dancers the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time. performed to the 1999 version of “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Line dancers are not typically in physical contact with each other. by Dwight Yoakam. HISTORY For the African-American culture, the Temptations, Four Tops and other R&B artists influenced line dances. These artists Line Dances & Aerobics performed their songs and danced in unison to the music that Although line dancing is associated with modern music and their fans would try to emulate. dance, it has similarities to folk dancing. Many folk dances are danced in unison with dancers arranged in one or more rows Line dancing for this culture also evolved from African tribal and often connected with the dancers next to them; while dance. These dances included stomping and clapping as a means these rows are described as “lines,” they may curve, corner, or of communication, both near and far, to other members of their otherwise be nonlinear, in the geometric sense. The Balkanii clan. Not unlike our more modern Morse Code. countries, among others, have a rich tradition of line dancing, which still remains vibrant today. These folk dances are also http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/statesman/metro/0924stepteams/ performed in the international folk dance movement. Folk SteppingPres.html dances have many forms: pairs of lines in which the dancers face each other, or a line formed into a circle, or the line follows Other forms of line dancing are practiced and learned in country around the dance floor. The dancers may hold hands with western dance bars, social clubs, dance clubs and ballrooms their neighbors, or use an arm-on-shoulder hold, or hold their worldwide. It eliminates the problem of imbalanced numbers neighbor’s belts. of male/female partners that plagues Ballroom/Swing/Salsa dancing clubs; a major benefit for single people. It is sometimes The Madison was a popular line dance in the late 1950s. The combined on dance programs with other forms of country 1961 San Francisco Stomp meets the definition of a line dance. western dance, such as the Two-step, and western promenade At least five line dances that are strongly associated with country dances, as well as western-style variants of the Waltz, Polka and western music were choreographed in the 1970s, two of which Swing. are dated to 1972: Walkin’ Wazi and Cowboy Boogie, five years before the disco craze created by the release of Saturday Night The Electric Slide was a Disco-based line dance created and Fever in 1977, the same (approximate) year the Tush Push was popularized in the mid-1970s.