Sean Vigue Fitness http://www.seanviguefitness.com Central Florida's Premier Fitness Instructor Wed, 16 May 2012 15:22:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Confessions of a Freestyle Fitness Instructor part 8 – “I Was 17 When I Won My First Beauty Pageant!” http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/05/confessions-of-a-freestyle-fitness-instructor-part-8-i-was-17-when-i-won-my-first-beauty-pageant/ http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/05/confessions-of-a-freestyle-fitness-instructor-part-8-i-was-17-when-i-won-my-first-beauty-pageant/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:11:09 +0000 MrFitness http://www.seanviguefitness.com/?p=1082 By request, here is an example of what I do in my personal Core workouts. I LOVE doing these types of workouts. I really can’t stress that enough. They are SO much fun! Sure, we work the Core during (stomach, low back, hips and glutes), but you will be shocked at how much these shred, tone and strengthen the rest of your body. This specific workout was written out before, only to be totally changed about 4 minutes in. When I hit the mat (or in this case, a mat room), I want to always feel like an artist standing in front of a blank canvas. The excitement builds even before taking that first breath, savoring the anticipation before launching into an experience that changes your life. We must be fitness artists – Creating movement that unlocks our tremendous, untapped potential. These moves remove the blocks and unleash what is simmering right under the surface: flexibility, strength, focus, power, and, of course, a huge smile. I hope to see you in class!

Sean Vigue’s Personal Core Workout

* I cut the sound when the workout begins so feel free to add your own soundtrack. Options: Crue, Depeche Mode, 60′s TV show themes etc.

* This was filmed during my recent vacation to West Salem, Wisconsin in the high school mat room. Personal TRIVIA – I won the Mr. West Salem pageant in 1992. It brought me international fame and fortune.

* Where the heck do I get all this energy and drive?? Click HERE to discover my secret weapon.

* The Mr. West Salem pageant was during homecoming week my senior year, and that previous summer I started hitting the weights. When I “unveiled” during the swimsuit section (wearing only boxer shorts and carrying a large tree limb while the Star Wars theme played – I do have the video), I heard women gasp (in a good way) and squeal (in a very good way). Wow! Right then I realized the power of a fit body. That…and, of course, a long, fun, healthy life of helping people live well ;)

How did you feel when people began to notice your body changing from exercise? Did it inspire you to continue?

Yearbook Pic from Mr. West Salem Pageant – Talent Competition

 

Sean Vigue

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]]> http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/05/confessions-of-a-freestyle-fitness-instructor-part-8-i-was-17-when-i-won-my-first-beauty-pageant/feed/ 2 Confessions of a Freestyle Fitness Instructor part 7 – “Stop Throwing Potato Salad During Pilates!” http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/05/confessions-of-a-freestyle-fitness-instructor-part-7-stop-throwing-potato-salad-during-pilates/ http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/05/confessions-of-a-freestyle-fitness-instructor-part-7-stop-throwing-potato-salad-during-pilates/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 18:02:16 +0000 MrFitness http://www.seanviguefitness.com/?p=1072 It was a big week. After much deliberation, hem-hawing, sighing, pacing, and general milling about, I have bid a fond farewell to using CD’s in my classes and plunged  headfirst into the world of iPods with little speakers that deliver amazing sound. Most people have now decided to tell me that I am “officially” leaving the stone-age and I tell them that CD’s are not made of stone but…something else. Have to go to Wikipedia for that answer. What do I think? The sound is clearer, the mixes are super easy to make, and the orange color is just really pretty. The mixes are even MORE ecletic now – swinging from 10,000 Maniacs to Aerosmith and around to Japanese metal band, Loudness! It is our On the Road/Jack Kerouac soundtrack as we travel our mats in search of the perfect exercise.

So, in closing, Depeche Mode sounded great on a CD, but it sounds really great on the iPod. With the new tech I can say “really” a lot more. Now onto the potluck! Who brought potato salad??? Anyone else still using CD’s?

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iPod and cups = post Pilates class dance and potluck!

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Sean Vigue + Isagenix = Unstoppable!

I am so excited to announce my partnership with the company I use to refuel and energize my body: Isagenix! Read the official press release below.

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]]> http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/05/sean-vigues-new-sponsor-isagenix/feed/ 0 Confessions of a Freestyle Fitness Instructor part 6 – “Hey Jack Kerouac, Don’t Smoke in the Plank!!” http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/04/confessions-of-a-freestyle-fitness-instructor-part-6-hey-jack-kerouac-dont-smoke-in-the-plank/ http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/04/confessions-of-a-freestyle-fitness-instructor-part-6-hey-jack-kerouac-dont-smoke-in-the-plank/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:06:07 +0000 MrFitness http://www.seanviguefitness.com/?p=1046 I just reread “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac and it got me thinking of the parallels of his travels and mine…specifically my always changing theater and fitness travels. Before jumping head first into the wild world of fitness, I spent 13 years as a professional singer/actor and had the good fortune to travel the world performing opera, music theater, and lots of non-music theater. Wild times, tons of travel, meeting thousands of folks, singing Mozart, attending lots of parties etc. The fitness world has been full of the same joys too, just not as many “themed” parties. I’ll let that comment lie there and work it’s way through your brain.

My classes sometimes have a Kerouac feel – the journey which is always changing and evolving, similar to a live theater piece. They can posses a surreal quality when the movement unlocks doors and floods your mind/body with revelation. This is how Mr. Kerouac might view these moments in one of my typical Pilates/yoga classes. In italics you will find some keys…

“The myth of the dark room of total body fitness has brought me here to avenue 113 (room 113 at Disney U.). These glass windows refract energy that is felt but not seen; like a dream that runs away when remembered; like a sweaty tooth madman (cheap rip off from Dead Poets Society). Class starts with a SLAM! of breathing, stretches, and the great American intersection of Bon Jovi. As waves pound in our ears, Planks take shape, hurling us in a metaphysical torrent of clicking senses succumbing to the voyage, the sordid hipsters of America. Joseph Pilates gleamed the edges of movement and found the beat not even Maynard (G. Krebs) could attain, and then on another level checked it emotionally like a fistful of suds to measure it’s amount of awe that your core finds. Groans are issued forth from the sum and substance of the classic “Big 5″ exercises of thine abs, bringing the poetry of jazz to the fingertips. New song (Heart of Glass by Blondie). Tuck in your shirt! ! It finds the rhythm of a busted tragedy (like THIS), heaving us into Side-Leg series like W.C. Fields (#1 comedian of all time) trying to settle Mr. Muckle down (It’s a Gift from 1934). We crouch in myriad rapture and draw with triumphant agony (circles, triangles, and squares), cutting glass from the air while a huge clock rocks (always taken off the wall so we don’t obsess over time), unseen by sharp, outfitted eyes of yore. We crash in a descension of utter Biden paregoric, divine fitness and health. Now rise up yonder we breath in the blessings of the preamble to a life of long, lean, powerful muscles (the essence of fitness). Namaste’ and lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies!”

Thanks for your time and keep bopping to the fitness beat!

Sean Vigue – acquaintance of Dean Moriarty

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“And as I sat there listening to that sound of the night which bop has come to represent for all of us, I thought of my friends from one end of the country to the other and how they were really all in the same vast backyard doing something so frantic and rushing-about.” - Jack Kerouac, “On the Road”


]]> http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/04/confessions-of-a-freestyle-fitness-instructor-part-6-hey-jack-kerouac-dont-smoke-in-the-plank/feed/ 0 Confessions of a Freestyle Fitness Instructor part 5 – “May I Drive You to Your Treadmill?” http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/04/confessions-of-a-freestyle-fitness-instructor-part-5-may-i-drive-you-to-your-treadmill/ http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/04/confessions-of-a-freestyle-fitness-instructor-part-5-may-i-drive-you-to-your-treadmill/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:15:22 +0000 MrFitness http://www.seanviguefitness.com/?p=1007 Every time I go to my gym (which is inside a major hospital) to workout and listen to Van Halen, I am stalked by the golf cart that cruises the parking lots searching for people to carry to the entrance. I love to park far away so I can walk. I’m the weirdo, I know ;) He always catches me from behind and scares the iPod out of me!! I think, “Sean – just nod and say No, thank you” and let him pick up that 22 year old guy 3 rows up who is planning to do 60 minutes of intense intervals on the treadmill followed by 3oo crunches (which will be about 13 with good form followed by 287 performed with a revolutionary, intense neck yanking method – more on this in another blog) while listening to Staind remixes. Let me walk! So many people are heading into the hospital because they don’t walk (or move). Then people are driving loops in the first 2 rows of parking looking for that precious spot before jogging on the treadmill. I hope they build a special road that takes the cart directly to the treadmill. Perhaps a helicopter can just lift people up and drop them directly on the stair master. We could hire people to move your legs while you do the elliptical. Oh, it’s just madness! I can’t write anymore…..

*Disclaimer* I understand that some people genuinely need assistance getting to and from somewhere and, for them, the cart is good. This blog only addresses those who are perfectly fine to walk yet refuse :)

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State of the country?

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Take Yoga for Men anywhere!

Thank you to everyone for making Yoga for Men such a fun video shoot! I have been working overtime to bring guys into the Yoga/Pilates world and stories like these really help. Thank you again and enjoy the video!

Here is the link to watch the Yoga for Men” feature – CLICK HERE   

You may order my full Yoga for Men workout as a download HERE! 

Let’s keep transforming our bodies together…and have tons of fun in the process!!

Sean Vigue

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]]> http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/04/check-out-my-broga-yoga-for-men-feature-on-fox-35-orlando/feed/ 0 Confessions of a Freestyle Fitness Instructor part 4 – “Frankly, Mr. Fitness, I Don’t Give a Damn!” http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/04/confessions-of-a-freestyle-fitness-instructor-part-4-frankly-mr-fitness-i-dont-give-a-damn/ http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/04/confessions-of-a-freestyle-fitness-instructor-part-4-frankly-mr-fitness-i-dont-give-a-damn/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:31:15 +0000 MrFitness http://www.seanviguefitness.com/?p=990 I never underestimate the immense power of film – even when teaching fitness classes. If you think hard enough you can create an appropriate movie quote for whatever chicanery arrises in specific moments in Pilates, Yoga, Spinning and Pylata. Here are a few events which stand out and what quotes are the most acceptable.  Keep in mind – these are also acted out in the exact voices you hear on the screen.

* “What was the middle thing?” Otto in A Fish Called Wanda -  Used when a pivotal exercise is forgotten (by me) in a long, dramatic sequence and my brain freezes or i’m fixated on the Depeche Mode song currently playing. Black trench coat optional.

*  ”Merry Christmas. Ho! Ho! Ho…..!” - Santa (pushing Ralphie down the slide with the toe of his boot) in A Christmas Story - When doing a move which requires that you point your feet. Many people mistake pointing for flexing. The scene is acted out in full complete with northern Indiana accents!

* “Get the chalk! Get the chalk!”  - Jack Lemmon in Glengarry Glenn Ross (the only profanity free line in the movie) – Used when I am monologuing and actually say something very profound. This happens once every 7.4 months & we NEVER have any chalk on hand! :(

* “She had man hands!” – Jerry Seinfeld on Seinfeld (referring to a date with enormous hands) – Used every time we do down dog and planks which require very spread out fingers. I’m amazed at how many get this reference! The back-up line is to say “Jazz hands!” but that makes me think of show choir and really bright cumberbuns which make me annoyed and queazy.

* “Crashed and burned huh Mav?” – Slider in Top Gun – This of course is used whenever someone collapses, modifies, or passes out (never happened in my classes!) from too much intensity, or as I call it, “joy”! Incidentally, the next line spoken in the movie is, “Slider, you stink.”, but I don’t really feel comfortable telling my beloved clients that. Well…maybe my dad ;)

* “No, you’re not alright Spider (pronounced spidah)!” – Joe Pesci in Goodfellas - Must be said whenever doing the Spider Stretch. Pesci voice and inflections must also be used. Extra credit for doing Spider’s voice. Nuff said.

I hope this helps you bridge the gap between life saving fitness and soul firing cinema. To have the opportunity of combining fitness with cinema is a major blessing in this business. Now, I must go work on my Clark Gable. One of my Disney regulars is a huge fan and every time I try to impress her with a GWTW or Mutiny on the Bounty quote I sound like a hungover and novacained Charles Bronson.

What movie lines go through your brain when you exercise? Do certain moves remind you of your favorite films?

Post your comments to my blog and share on your Facebook page :)

Sean Vigue

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Getting ready to use obscure "Marty" quote

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I taped a Yoga for Men story for Fox 35 yesterday and had a great time! The story will be broadcast next week and I will make the link available on my blog.

Yoga for Men taping.

They got the inspiration for the story from this article: http://todayhealth.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/27/10762079-broga-caters-to-guys-wary-of-yoga 

Can’t wait till next week? Try my short Yoga for Men workout and grow 2 inches taller (not a guarantee!).

Stay tuned…

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Celebration Field: The official birthplace of my Pilates for Men workouts!

That’s right, my Pilates for Men DVD/Download workout was first created on accident. Let me set the stage – I was planning to do a standard 5-Minute Abs Workout somewhere in my town of Celebration, Florida. You see, when I write out a workout I really don’t know where it will be filmed. I got on my bike one Saturday armed with a bottle of H2O (which needs to be cleaned), a cool cap, and a pink note card containing a few “set lists” of exercises for filming.

I cruised the town a couple times while listening to Kiss and made my way out to the high school after noticing an extra supply of alligators around my usual haunts. FYI – gators are very good at reserving spots weeks in advance so please plan ahead. The high school grounds were open but the fence leading onto the football field was locked. Since tunneling under using my water bottle was not an option I simply jumped it with all the fervor of a West Side Story gang member ie. singing, clapping, whistling and such. Football fields are great places to film because they are flat (not this one) and have the goal post in the background (this one did!).

Being on the field gave me the revelation to make a video geared directly to the guys/men/fellas who desperately  need the benefits of Pilates. So, I set up the camera, pushed the big red button, and created my original 8 minute Pilates for Men workout right on the spot…no notecards, no teleprompters, no problem! History in the making! I love when these unexpected events happen! I biked home feverishly with my Flip camera full of raw footage the world had not really seen. I may have sung too…Kiss probably.

Since then the short video has received a tremendous following online and inspired me to create a full DVD/Download which was named “Best Male Workout of 2011″ by Pilates Style magazine! It was shot in Celebration on a pretty lake while the gators were on vacation. It is so inspiring to create something from scratch and watch it help (and hopefully) inspire others. Here at Sean Vigue Fitness we like to mainline fitness directly into your body. No committees. No red tape. Just fitness that 100% of the population can benefit from. Order the full workout HERE

When was the last time you had a revelation? Did you follow through on it?

Feel free to post your comments :)

Sean Vigue

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]]> http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/03/confessions-of-a-freestyle-fitness-instructor-part-3-the-curious-birth-of-pilates-for-men/feed/ 0 Check out my Pilates for Men story on FitBottomedGirls.com! http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/03/my-pilates-for-men-workout-is-featured-on-fitbottomedgirls-com/ http://www.seanviguefitness.com/2012/03/my-pilates-for-men-workout-is-featured-on-fitbottomedgirls-com/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:47:16 +0000 MrFitness http://www.seanviguefitness.com/?p=960 Good morning my friends! Please enjoy this great article about my Pilates for Men workout (and why men must take notice) that appeared on FitBottomedGirls.com this morning! It’s truly an honor to be featured on their page and i’m so excited to have the chance to bring Men’s Pilates to a wider audience.

Here is the article: http://fitbottomedgirls.com/2012/03/men-and-pilates-3-moves-to-make-any-fit-bottomed-dudes-core-stronger/ - feel free to comment and share :)

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