Fitness Instructor, Jennifer Kotalik offers a unique workout at the local fitness facility, Flagstaff Athletic Club, Saturdays at 9:20 a.m. These classes are open to club members.
With the emergence of the “minimal shoe” in 2011, we are experiencing a new fitness trend: foot training. One courageous fitness-pro had this vision more than a decade ago, and she trusted her feet. Now she’s forged a path in the fitness world. According to barefoot fitness expert Stacey Lei Krauss, “you wouldn’t do push ups with your arm in a cast so why would you work out with your foot stuck in a sneaker?” With 20 years of experience as a dancer and an elite fitness instructor, Krauss knows that to be truly fit, and she believes it all begins with the feet.
Krauss created and developed her barefoot workout, willPower & grace in 2000. Exercising barefoot her entire life, she became acutely aware that most of her students had very little (if any) proprioceptive awareness below the ankles. Mobilizing and stabilizing the foot’s 33 joints is what Krauss refers to as “foot fitness”. Now, as the Lead Fitness Advisor for “The Barefoot Shoe” Vibram Five Fingers, she advocates her cardio-sculpting program, willPower & grace.
willPower & grace is a full-body, equipment-free workout. Combining barefoot, functional cardiovascular training with flexibility and endurance, this fusion format includes a sports-psychology element; encouraging the development of “willPower: strength of mind”.
The willPower Method® has gained global recognition, through its partnership with Virgin Active, UK, and is now available in our area. You can find this workout at Flagstaff Athletic Club, Tue., Fri, Sat. and Sun. The class is taught by certified willPower & grace® instructor, Jennifer Kotalik. willPower & grace is suitable for students of all fitness levels.
Kotalik has been a fitness instructor for 27 years, and is a RN at Flagstaff Medical Center. Before moving to Arizona in 1997, she owned her own personal training business in New York, with an emphasis on promoting well-being in her clients. She calls the willPower philosophy ‘life changing’ for her and people who take the classes.
To learn more, contact: http://www.willpowermethod.com/