Slodes

We all enjoy HOP® very much, especially me. In every class we try to challenge ourselves even more then in the previous one. Just to spice things up a little bit, twice a month we do the Vertical lifting class, or Dragan walk class. It challenges us on a completely different level. This type of class – the other side of HOP® has a special meaning for me, and few other members. We had the honour to meet in person the creator of HOP® and founder of The Dragan challenge competition, Dragan Radovic himself. So every 4×4 class is a small,…

On December 17th 2011 in Slodes, where I teach HOP®, was held an Humanitarian Zumba fitness party. It was organized by Zumba instructors from Serbia and their friends (belly dancers, HOP® – me, salsa dancers…). The money from the tickets was donated to NURDOR, association from Belgrade for children with cancer. I was invited to participate both as their friend, and as a presentation for Slodes. Since I’m also Zumba instructor, I’ve invited some of my Zumba colleagues to participate in our 10 minutes HOP® presentation. The names of the participants – HOP® team Srdjan Stankovic, Olgica Fisher, Ivan Fisher,…

Yesterday I went to Ana Pavlovic‘s HOP® Class for the first time. I had no idea what’s it like. When I first started warming up and when I heard the music I was not thrilled, I thought it was going to be something very static, similar to pilates. However, it soon appeared that I was terribly wrong! Not only were we jumping all the time but also we were lifting weights without any pause whatsoever, for amount of time which seemed to me as an eternity! I usually work out with 3kg weights, yesterday I took 2kg-s on purpose, just…

Today we had quite an unusual training; it was special for all of us as it was in spirit of Ana‘s Birthday. She was so cheerful and we had so much fun, we almost forgot we were exercising! Moreover, it seemed like every other Birthday party, but a “sweety” one. At the end of the exercise she even gave us sweets! And Slodes gave us gift certificates for a discount at their swimming pool and spa. Greetings from the very best HOP® Class to all our friends around the world. Ivan Fiser (48 years old, Electrotechnical Engineer) (Monday, May 7th…

The Health Festival is organized to raise awareness about health in general and a and healthy life style. It is held twice a year, at the end of March and at the end of September. The General organizers are National Association for development and improvement of regenerative medicine and Aqua Viva, natural mineral water. The participants are hospitals, private ordinations, wellness centres such as Slodes, Spa centres , pharmaceutical companies. They all gather to teach people how to lead a healthy lifestyle so one can learn how to stop smoking, lose weight; expecting mothers can learn more about pregnancy, one can…

Friday’s class is a great class because it is the day for more intense HOP® workout than usual, as Ana likes to say “so we don’t forget her until Monday”. The energy in the group was great! Today the intensity was added in the abdominal workout. Unfortunately Ana was injured and didn’t train as much, but that didn’t stop her suggesting and instructing and giving us a brilliant workout. We are all very well in sync so her presence itself and a few corrections were enough for an amazing class! Ivan Isailovic (Friday, April 27th 2012) About Ivan: I’m Ivan Isailovic,20…