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So brother, I went dancing this weekend and I'm like,
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super sore, like in places I didn't even know I can
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I went hard. But you know what's crazy?
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Like also, I also went to the gym too but I
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don't know, like it really takes me like,
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oh to go to the gym like,
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I'm like always so flo hot and everything.
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But so I kind of wanted to do something fun,
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you know. So I kind of looked up,
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yeah, switch it up and,
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and try to find something that's like fun to do that.
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I don't really feel like I'm working out because I'm having so
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much fun. So I looked up salsa workouts and found Colombia
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Mafia fit and she makes working out actually enjoyable.
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I was looking through her Instagram and I was like,
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dude, that looks fun.
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She's all sculpted and nice.
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I'm like, I want to get like that.
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So are you started the classes yet and all that or any
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of the, well brother,
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we're doing that today.
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You and I got you the shorts,
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got you the shorty short shorts.
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Thank you. We're working out,
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brother. We're working out right now.
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You're here right here guys.
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So we're here with Maria from Colombian Mafia F.
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She's gonna work our asses off and I'm so excited.
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Thank you, Maria for Kobe.
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Thank you for having me here.
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but we need to start.
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First of all, we're gonna do a little bit of warming
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up stretching. So let's start by like doing circles with your
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legs. Yeah, let's find space.
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Right. Yeah. Little circles.
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Siempre always breathing with left and right.
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I've tried like zumba,
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you know, with my PIAs and like weight lifting at the
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gym but never salsa school.
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How did this program came to be?
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Well, salsa called is a really interesting story in the
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pandemic, like before the pandemic,
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I had my third baby and like we were all at
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home. I couldn't train any clients and as I was running
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one day listening to some salsa from Colombia,
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can we add back and dance and create resistance?
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And as we tone our muscles and I go home,
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I told my husband like,
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great, let's put the bands,
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let's use lighter weights and let's make it fun.
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So women can fall in love with working out because I think
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that's the problem, right?
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Women always have an excuse like this.
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I have to do this and that and they don't see it
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as something exciting. Exactly.
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Right. So it can be something so fun.
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So that's how salsa came out and you know what's crazy?
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Because as Latinos, we love to dance,
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Like how it just doesn't feel like a workout.
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You're like having fun.
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I mean, I gotta remind you like,
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come on, I need to do even wider because yeah,
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we're dancing but we're using bands,
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we're using weights. So we're utilizing resistance to really challenge the
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muscle, right? So it is fun.
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But it has that element of toning your body and getting you
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out of your head and getting into your body,
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you know, and building muscle,
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which is at the end,
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the most important thing for us,
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women and men, you know.
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Exactly. And I know you're a mom of three,
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right? How do you manage like your lifestyle?
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Because I know like being a mom being,
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you know, a fitness instructor,
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you know, you're social,
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you have like a lot to do,
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right? Yeah. Always hustling Latina,
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even, yeah, like how,
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how do you balance it all like that?
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I think the most important thing about balancing life with kids or
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not even having kids having a job taking care of your family
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is prioritizing your well being because the moment that you take care
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of you, you can really get,
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give yourself the best version to others.
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So to me, one of the things my therapy is working
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eating healthy, her food being,
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having nice intentions and truly being present,
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right? Because we spent so many times like thinking about the
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past and what's gonna happen in the future.
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Well, what's gonna happen today?
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Girl, are you bringing you over here?
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Why are you building muscle?
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Because it's not about being skinny,
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it's about being strong and having that nice armor that is holding
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you up and it's empowering you as a woman.
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So you gotta be strong.
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You gotta be and hey,
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we women, we do it day and night.
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I did it three times.
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Cooker power and like cook up power all the way.
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And what does that mean?
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Cook up power? What does that mean?
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Because the power is like that cuca that you haven't between your
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legs that is empowering you to be your best version,
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and all these CUCA power came in because women are always like
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No, like no mommy empower yourself.
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There you go. We got that in between our legs because
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we got power. They all want it,
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they all need it and we use it for our own,
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Oh OK. I know we're called Madri Ando.
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We're getting into it but let's start,
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so what do we need your bands?
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Resistant bands on your ankles?
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Alejandro is gonna be using just your bands for your feet and
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your hands and we're gonna be using your dumbbells in your hands
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and the bands in your ankles.
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Remember to move with control.
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Always bring your belly in and have fun and let's go.
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1212. Always breathing.
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Come on D Alejandro.
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C 1212. Tempe Espino.
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Always breathing. How you feeling guys?
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Good. Are you breathing?
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I don't heard brand here.
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OK. Let's try another step for your arms.
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left, right. Control elbows in.
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Always controlling that movement as all maybe a little bit of shoulder
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I know. And let's do a third one for your back
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arms up, you bring your bands out and you step back
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Ok? Excel to the bus.
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Email. Excel to the bus.
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How are you doing Alejandro?
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Yeah. Cook a flower.
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We can do another one for your shoulders where you step to
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the right step to the left hand always bending those knees.
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So we say we control like a robot.
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How you doing? Amazing.
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I love it. We did it or not.
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Oh my God. We made it,
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maybe not you but we do and anyone you feel exactly.
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So where can people take your classes,
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Maria? And where can they find you?
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So they can find me on Instagram,
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Colombian mafia fin if you wanna train with me,
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I have programs that never expire.
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You do a one time payment and you.
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I also have weekly Zoom classes a month where you can get
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packages. So there's always a way to move your body and
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taking care of you prioritizing yourself.
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Definitely. Oh my God.
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Let's give it up one more time guys.
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Thank you. Thank you so much.
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