Swedish Super Saturday 2011!

Arriving in Stockholm we started off with a planning meeting for the hosting which Susanna, Dorre and I was responsible for..

Sandra also joined us for lunch.. :)

In the evening after rehearsal class with a group of delightful and smiling people at SATS Globen it was time to enter the arena and practice the show. On my way there I walked past the Annex with all the BODYPUMP equipment. Wow..

The hour was getting later and later and the rehearsal was dragging out on time. I was tired and hungry and since I knew there was still clothes fitting to go before the dinner I felt the headache coming on and for a while thought to myself: "No matter how many hours of sleep I get tonight - I will n e v e r be able to stand upright tomorrow. Nevertheless dance.." But - as always - when I get up onto a big stage and feel the strong lights and hear the music pumping I somehow find the energy to do it over and over and over again. And voilá - we were done for the evening!

And let me tell you this. Being on the floor of an arena this BIG makes you feel kinda small. Here's a picture of our training manager - Katarina Zell..

And so FINALLY saturday arrived! Brekkie in full!

Susanna and I getting ready to present the presenter pair Petter and Sheldon in BODYPUMP 79. Susanna just couldn't resist getting us these Nike t-shirts: "Good things come in pairs!" We thought it was kinda fun since everytime we're together in the same country on an event, at trainer days, at parties or whatever - We are ALWAYS side by side. If we were to be physically joined by the hip there actually wouldn't be that much of a difference actually.. ;)

Love her to bits. <3

And here's another rocking pair that sits deep in my heart: Åsa and Åsa! :) Åsa is such a big part of Les Mills and fitness for me. She's the one who recommended me to become a trainer, she is always supporting me in trying my own thing for example starting with Powerstrip® and she is one of the best at calming me down so I don't stress out before doing something big! Thank God for beautiful Åsa. :)

Arja and Ragnhild prepping in the presenter room..

BODYSTEP team doing a pose in the middle of their last-minute-staging..

My workspace for the day. Everytime I had been out doing a presentation of one class I went back in and sat myself down to try and figure out what to say in the next class. Good thing I like being spontaneous! ;)

Snacks.. :)

Emma, Glen and Jimmy working it in BODYPUMP 79!

My Sh'Bam outfit for the last class of the day!

My script in short (on the back of the room key..)!

People were hanging out outside for the lunchhour and just enjoying the beautiful wheather!

Sportlife Alingsås looking gorgeous as ever! <3

Susannas sister-in-law Sara had a suit at the hotel so we hung out there for the pre-party since Susanna somehow managed to get us a whole bucket of delightful sparkling drinks as a gift(!) from the hotel to party on! I love the Finnish way of handling things. Hihi..

The bathroom with sauna was great and beautiful, but I really don't get this thing about glass walls!? Taking this picture I'm actually sitting on the toilet. (Just sitting. Not "performing" if you know what I mean. Ehum.)

When I said out loud to myself that I really didn't like the dress I was wearing for the evening Sara just said: "Well, I'm not gonna be wearing the dress I bought cause I'm going for pants tonight so you can borrow mine if you want." Okey great, I said, wondering what kind of dress it was.

Oh. My. God. Not only was it a disgustingly expensive Herve Leger - but the tags were even still on it! She'd never even used it!

 Jeeeesus, would I even dare to wear it? If I spilled red wine on it I would be a v e r y poor girl for a few months.. Hehe. But what a dress. I felt like a million bucks and this is probably as close to a celebrity party I'll ever come but.. Hey - WHAT A FREAKINGLY WONDERFUL DRESS!! :) :)

So I took a pic..

And one more..

And.. (Well you get the picture. ;))

The party was great fun too! One of the people whom I absolutely love to hang out with was making the evening full of laughter and crack ups!

(Fredrik Sjöberg - is it me or were you just a bit blurry at the end of the night? ;))

Take care now folks! I'm setting my goal of a cosy week at home - learning the new BODYBALANCE release for soon to come quarterlies in the US and trying to stay in good form for the LA Les Mills Pump shoot the upcoming week! Yaaaay!! :)

Love and health and group fitness <3 /Å