This article originally appeared on InStyle.com. I was never enrolled in ballet classes as a little girl, nor did I have the desire to put on a tutu. At prom, unless the “Cha Cha Slide” was on, being on the dance floor made me feel anxious. In college, I never jumped on the Zumba bandwagon. As you can sense, there’s a theme here. I’ve never, ever been comfortable dancing, unless I was by myself singing into a hairbrush in my room, or in the car with my mom. And like I insinuated with the Zumba thing, I’ve always avoided any workout class with a dance element like the plague. Give me a treadmill, not a 5,6,7,8, and I’m a happy camper. This all changed, though, when I found myself in Nicole Winhoffer’s NW Method class. The first time I took the class I assumed it was a bootcamp-style workout that coordinated bodyweight exercises to music. That I could deal with. What I didn’t know was that a portion of class was dedicated to a choreographed dance routine you do together. I f...
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