\nJ: I started ballet when I was five years old and never stopped dancing until I\u00a0passed Grade 8 in Royal Academy of Dance, Classical Ballet!\u00a0I am a certified personal trainer with National Academy of Sports Medicine and am currently in the process of getting certified in mat and studio Pilates with Polestar Pilates. Before I started my teaching journey, I worked in public relations for\u00a0a leading global communications marketing firm.<\/p>\n
K: Since the age of 7, I was a dancer and acrobat while growing up in Vancouver. Believe it or not, I had always wanted to be in Cirque de Soleil! Not a chance anymore. After quitting dance at 17, Barre is the closest to home I get to bringing rhythm and movement back into my routine.<\/p>\n
You both lead very active lifestyles. Tell us how you started this fitness journey.<\/strong> K: My fitness journey started\u00a0at a young age because of dance and acrobatics. It was after I quit that, that I got into other forms of fitness such as endurance training and yoga to sustain my strength and\u00a0stamina.<\/p>\n What’s a typical work day like for you?<\/strong> K: I mean I wouldn’t really consider it ‘working’, as I love what I get to do every morning. If i’m not teaching yoga or barre, you’ll find me starting my morning off breaking a sweat somehow. Lately, I’ve been doing my own workout circuits outdoors focusing a lot on sprints to improve my agility and speed. Let’s say, its not the easiest in the Hong Kong humidity. Between teaching classes and working out, I run my own wellness brand that creates bold plant-tonics and herbal products. You can check us out at @JAHMUTONIC<\/p>\n What\u2019s the best thing about teaching? What’s most challenging?<\/strong> K: The best thing about teaching is being able to have fun and build-up that class environment where everyone feeds off of each other\u2019s energy.<\/p>\n What don\u2019t people know about you?<\/strong> K: The only way I can drink water is to chug it out of a water bottle. I hate sipping water… I mean, who really likes sipping water?!<\/p>\n What inspires you outside the studio?<\/strong> K: Nature and the ocean.<\/p>\n If you want more of Janice and Kat, be sure to drop by our WeBarre studio in Hong Kong for a good dose of #Barreburn!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This month, we feature 2 of our instructors from the WeBarre Hong Kong team, Janice and Kat. Read on, to find out more about them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-feature"},"yoast_head":"\n
\nJ: Since I was five, I started Ballet and Taekwondo. I have been doing that side by side for 10 years and passed Grade 8 Ballet and received my Taekwondo black belt at around the same time. Throughout those years, I was also actively involved and represented my high school in track and field (100m sprints, high jump, hurdles), badminton, and basketball competitions.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.webarre.com\/hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Janice.jpg\")
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\nJ: Fitness is my full-time job! My normal day will start at 5:30am to get myself prepared for the day. Then I will travel to my first class\/client around 7am. Between teaching at, I will take a class – either hot yoga or spinning to build up my fitness level. During times that I don’t have to teach, I will be dealing with admin things like clearing out emails, going to meetings and organizing my work schedule.<\/p>\n
\nJ: The best thing about teaching is that I am serving others every day to help clients to live a better, positive, and healthy life. I find the experience very gratifying. The most challenging part of teaching (in a group setting) is to give everyone my full attention and to balance everyone’s needs so that everyone can achieve maximum benefits from class. For instance, you might see a client’s posture that is very bad and not a one-time fix, but your verbal and tactile cues are limited to help due to time and environmental constraints.<\/p>\n
\nJ: I\u2019m generally good at most land sports, but terrible at water sports!<\/p>\n
\nJ: I enjoy reading non-fictions. Any topics related to emotional intelligence, business management, self-help, and biographies draw my interest. I also enjoy listening to Tim Ferris and Lewis Howes\u2019 podcasts.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.webarre.com\/hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Kat.jpg\")
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