UT Students Strip Off The Pounds

Plant Hall’s Music Room saw a different kind of song and dance late last month when Ashley Hicks decided to bring an aerobics striptease class to UT.

“I found this to be a great opportunity for girls to get in touch with their sexuality,” she said.

Hicks has been an instructor of the art for a while now, and finds that it is a great way to slim down and have fun. She began the class with a question.

“Do you want to learn the basics, or do you want to learn a routine?” she said.

Within a heartbeat, students’ resounding answer came: “Routine!”

By the end of the hour long class, all the students had learned a sexy and seductive routine that was sure to catch attention.

“It was fun, and [the instructor] was really good at teaching us all those moves.” said one enthusiastic student.

The atmosphere of the music room was turned upside down, fueled by the fast paced beat of the Pussy Cat Dolls’ song “Don’t Cha” and dim yellow lights. Despite the setup not reflecting that of a typical gym class, there was some muscle building and fat burning action going on due to the complexity of the routine.

“I didn’t think it was going to be this hard, but it was a good work out,” another student pointed out.

“What I love most is that by the end of the class the students feel better about themselves,” Hicks said. She was right.

By the end of the evening, students were enthused over this new and interesting way of exercise.

“I am definitely looking forward to doing this class again,” one student said.

Unfortunately, this is not a regular McNiff fitness class.

However, Hicks encouraged students to find something they were comfortable with.

“Our main location is Orlando, but sometimes we do offer classes here in St. Pete, so if you really do want to learn some more, you should find a place that is closer and much more convenient,” she said.

There are also other types of dance classes that are available here on UT campus, like Zumba, Hip Hop and Fit Around the World.

For more information on the fitness schedule go to the UT website and search McNiff, where you will find a calendar of all the events taking place.

Erika Escobar can be reached at eescobar@ut.edu.

Comments

Be the first to comment on this article!

Add comment


I am not posting spam. I understand posting spam or other comments that are unrelated to this article will cause my comment to be flagged for deletion and possibly cause my IP address to be permanently banned from this server.

Verify you are human:

Enter the characters in the image above: