The Relationship with Dance, Health and Fitness
Asiya Khashutdinova developed Valeo Dance Fitness Studio to be a place of empowerment. Staying true to its name, it's a place that combines fitness and fun.
Asiya and her mother who is a big inspiration in her career
Asiya Khashutdinova developed Valeo Dance Fitness Studio to be a place of empowerment for women. With the help of her mother, a pediatrician and professor at Northern State Medical University in Russia, she created workouts that are holistic in their approach to help people achieve a healthy lifestyle. She named her studio "Valeo" after the Latin meaning "to be healthy, strong, and feel good." Staying true to its name, Valeo has become a place where people come to dance, strengthen, achieve fitness, gain confidence, and have fun.
Asiya's passion for dance began at a young age. While growing up in Arkhangelsk Russia she was an active child with energy to burn. Her parents got her started in figure skating, which she excelled at, becoming an opening act for many great professionals. However, after one too many injuries, her parents put her into dance classes instead, and she quickly fell in love with the expressive activity. She developed into a skilled dancer, competing professionally for 15 years. She is a 5 time champion of the North West Russia Latin and Ballroom Competition, has competed among the top 20 women of the popular American televised dance competition "So You Think You Can Dance", and has danced for the Royal Russian Tsar family, among other accomplishments.
Setting her dancing career aside in favor of pursuing a degree, she studied Business and Finance in the United States. She had a successful career in finance for 7 years before she decided to once again pursue her passion for dance. Using her knowledge from her finance career, she opened her own dance studio, and slowly grew her first 2 person class into a business that serves not only her community, but over 200,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Valeo is now a highly praised Dance Studio. It is well known for its group dance lessons "Valeofit1000" which combines dance cardio with weighted hula hoops, resistance bands, free weights, fitness drumming, and balance balls, to tone and strengthen during a great hour long workout. She also offers private ballroom dance lessons and wedding dance lessons. It is a place which is proud to offer the joyful practice of dance, while helping women achieve their health goals.
If you would like to join Valeo's growing community check out our YouTube channel or contact us to get started dancing.
Fitness Drumming: The Music Lover's Workout
If you enjoy music while working out, then fitness drumming might be what you've been missing. It combines the movement of drumming and a cardio routine.
What is Fitness Drumming?
If you really get into the music when you're working out, then fitness drumming might be exactly what your workout routine has been missing. It combines the simple movement of drumming and a complete cardio routine and creates a full body music-centered workout that exhilarates your senses while burning calories.
Who is Fitness Drumming For?
You don't have to be a professional musician to reap the benefits of this drumstick-wielding workout, just let the beat of the music be your guide as you pound out the rhythm against the mat and work up a sweat. If you love music and you want to put a little groove in your cardio routine, then fitness drumming will have your heart pumping and your face smiling in no time at all.
What Can Fitness Drumming Do for Me?
Not only can fitness drumming burn calories, but the workout can target and strengthen many muscle groups including your abs and core! Because this portion of the class is centered around music, dance, and drumming, it has become a growing trend that is catching on with all ages; it's fun and adaptable and never feels like the same old boring workout.
Check it Out
If you want to see what fitness drumming is all about, check out one of our videos and witness the excitement and energy that our classes have to offer. Valeo Dance Fitness Studio also presents a range of thrilling classes that ensures your routine will never go flat. You can pop in and swing those hips with weighted hula hoops, then mix it up while bumpin' with resistance bands, and of course come in and just dance with our cardio jive classes.
We've got group dance fitness packages and memberships that will fit everybody's needs and your first class is free!
Contact us for more information and we look forward to drumming with you!