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May 19 2015

Charity Aerobic Night in Võru Spordikeskus

I am finally back! It has been a while and it’s all due to spring madness with all the classes, trips and summer planning, but here is a blogpost about my latest project – Charity Aerobic Night which was held in my hometown in South of Estonia and more specifically in Võru Spordikeskus.

Visiting home over Christmas and coming across a TV show which was dedicated for fundraising for families with many children, gave me an idea for our next fitness event and after a long research and planning we decided to team up with one of the biggest and oldest organisations in Estonia called SA Tartu Ülikooli Kliinikumi Lastefond, which works closely with children’s hospitals helping the little ones in need all over Estonia. With the help of Lastefond, all the enthusiastic participants and other kind contributors around €650 was raised and all this has been donated for Võru Järve School, which is a school for children with moderate and severe mental disability.

Glam vs Cheerleaders

Hello to all my fitness friends! I know I have been a little quiet and the reason being – healthy living week! Yes, all week long I was teaching classes in Mount Sackville Secondary School as well as warmup for a mock run in Phoenix park and it took up all of my time so finally I’m getting a chance to blog about our Glam vs Cheerleaders event on Saturday the 21st of March.

If you didn’t get a chance to come this time, do not worry. There will be plenty of events to come and I heard that even though you “hated” Sandra during the class, you are keen to see her back in Dublin with Nike Training Club.

A little snap taken on the balcony right before we left my house in the morning… I gotta say the weather was so beautiful that day. Sunny sunny sunny! Part of me is thinking it was Sandra, who brought the sun with her from Estonia and part of me is kneeling towards Dublin welcoming her for the very first time.

So here are the two videos of our classes to show you what it was like and we are hoping to see you with us next time!

Erle Liivak Reggaeton

Sandra Raju Nike Training Club

And a few more snaps from the end of the event. I couldn’t resist but to put up the two photos I had. I think it’s demonstrating extremely well the mood and craziness of our team. Ps. A huge thank you to my lovely student Bernadette for bringing this beautiful (and not only), also yummy “I love cheerleading” cake! It was washed down really well I am not mentioning with what though…

And just to finish up… This super short and intense weekend for Sandra fitted in a quick tour of good old Dublin and here is the final shot from us in the most prestigious university in Ireland – Trinity College. Totally blessed with weather!

Stay fit and motivated and see you all very soon!

Love Erle

Feb 18 2015

Let’s start juicing!

Here’s to Wednesday and feel good juices! Today’s masterpiece is called KIWI KALE HEAVEN! It may not appear very appealing, but I can assure you that it tastes just delicious. Right amount of kiwi is balancing out kale’s just slightly bitter taste and lemon to make it fresh and tasty. Yammmmm!

As I prefer not following specific recipes, here are the ingredients:

2 kiwis

kale (a good handful)

4 small apples

1 lemon

1 small piece of ginger

Kiwis contain fiber, vitamin C, A, E and K, iron, potassium, folate, copper, choline, magnesium and phosphorus. They are known for maintaining healthy skin tone and texture, reducing blood pressure and preventing heart disease and stroke.

Kale contains vitamin A, C and K, copper, potassium, iron, magnesium and phosphorus. They are known for improving blood glucose control in diabetics, lowering the risk of cancer, lowering blood pressure, improving bone health, lowering the risk of developing asthma.

Apples contain dietary fibre, magnesium, potassium, iron, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin C, K, B, riboflavin and thiamin. They are known for improving neurological health, preventing dementia, reducing the rick of stroke and diabetes, lowering cholesterol and fighting against breast cancer.

Lemon contains fiber vitamin C and B-6, thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper and manganese. It’s know for lowering stroke risk, combating cancer, maintaining a healthy complexion, preventing asthma, increasing iron absorption and boosting the immune system.

Ginger is known for fighting against inflammation of the colon, muscle pain caused by exercise, nausea caused by chemotherapy, ovarian cancer, asthma symptoms, liver damage caused by acetaminophen, high blood pressure, painful menstruation and migraines.

So if that looks appealing to you, get your ingredients and let’s start juicing!

Love E

Feb 11 2015

Let’s start juicing!

So I’m finally reacting to many requests from my ever so demanding customers and as such I have decided to occasionally blog about different types of juices I’m rewarding myself with to stay healthy and fit (perhaps some recipe ideas in the future also)!

Here is my BEETROOT STRAWBERRY HEAVEN! Overall I am super happy with the taste of this beautiful juice. Just a right amount of beetroot so it won’t take over your tastebuds and a tad of strawberries to add a bit of sweetness.

1 medium size beetroot

5 strawberries

4 small apples

1 carrot

1 lemon

1 small piece of ginger

Beetroot contains potassium, magnesium, iron, vitamins A, B6 and C, folic acid, antioxidants and soluble fibre. It’s know for blood pressure management and some studies suggest that it may be able to fight the progression of dementia.

Strawberries contain dietary fibre, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, vitamin C and A and folic acid. They are known for working against heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Carrots contain calcium, iron, beta-carotene, fiber, vitamin A, C, K, potassium, folate, manganese, phosphorous, magnesium, vitamin E and zinc. They are know for reducing cancer and cardiovascular disease risks, also restoring vision.

Lemon contains fiber, vitamin C and B-6, thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper and manganese. It’s know for lowering stroke risk, combating cancer, maintaining a healthy complexion, preventing asthma, increasing iron absorption and boosting the immune system.

So if that looks appealing to you, get your ingredients and let’s start juicing!

Love E

Feb 06 2015

Glam vs Cheerleaders

I am extremely happy to be blogging about our next dance and fitness event, which will be held in Liffey Trust Centre on the 21st of March and this time with me and Nike Master Trainer Sandra Raju from Estonia.

We’ve decided to make our event slightly different this time and on top our good old Reggaeton adding a serious workout from Nike called Nike Training Club as well as combining the one and only Glam – with Cheerleaders Dance. You are probably wondering, what the hell is this? Well stop wondering and book your place to find out! A beautiful opportunity to spend the Saturday afternoon full of dance and fitness and get motivated and inspired with me and Sandra!

For those, who haven’t yet had an opportunity to take Reggaeton classes with me, take a look at the video below to see what it’s all about and look no further than joining our event on the 21st of March.

Now… Meet the next rising fitness star and Nike Master Trainer Sandra Raju from Estonia.

With over 8 years of professional coaching experience in dance and fitness areas, Sandra’s work varies from coaching, motivating and inspiring people from all levels of fitness and different sporting backgrounds. She has been co-coaching and managing the best cheerleading team (TTÜ Tantsutüdrukud/TUT Cheerleaders) in Estonia and Baltics for 7 years and as she likes to call it – her hobby is her work is her hobby. Her training style is Functional Training because she believes that challenging the whole body will get results the fastest, and help develop everyday strength to live a healthy life. Her main goal as a trainer is to provide safe and effective classes/programs that are challenging enough to make you a standout in your everyday life, sport or training, and enjoyable enough to keep you coming back for more. Sandra is a Nike Master Trainer for Baltic countries and will be spreading the word about NTC wherever and whenever she can. ”There are seven days in a week and ‘someday’ isn’t one of them. If you love what you do and do what you believe in, then the rest will just come together naturally. Just get up and start doing!”

So you are wondering what exactly is NTC? Here is a short description to put your mind at ease. Nike Training Club is a full body training created for women by world-class trainers and specially designed for You to Make Yourself whatever you want to be. NTC gives you the opportunity to train like a Pro with workouts created by and for the biggest sports stars today like Serena Williams, Gabby Douglas, Maria Sharapova, Marie Purvis, Alex Morgan, Paula Radcliffe and so on. It focuses strongly on functional training and how human body is supposed move and work naturally. In NTC class, your trainer will be your best friend and your biggest enemy – both at the same time but trust us – you’ll ask for more!

Here is a video from Sandra’s NTC class on Võru Aeroobika Õhtu in December just gone demonstrating extremely well what lies ahead of you.

And to sum up this Saturday afternoon me and Sandra will be surprising you with a different type of dance class. Want to find out what it is? Join our event to see what we have planned for you!

Love Erle & Sandra

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