Tracy Takes L.A.

Tracy Anderson has become a bit of a phenomenon in the last two years. We at BNLA have been following her closely because everyone she trains, from celebrities to us mortals, looks phenomenal.

I personally was thrilled at the chance to attend Tracy’s master class at her Studio City location. I got a first-hand experience of the method she has developed.  Her approach is to target your small accessory muscles and work to tighten them with high repetition specialized sculpting exercises. She believes in  building the structure by pulling and lengthening the muscle is the key to building our infrastructure.

Muscles get pulled in tight to the bone and skin smoothes out, which explains why everyone doing her workout looks graceful and conditioned. Tracy insists that we combine dance aerobics cardio with training. She feels that the dance aerobics burns the right amount of calories, but makes a powerful mind- body connection.

I’m a disciple after attending the 2 hour sweat-a-thon where I got a chance to speak to Ms. Anderson. Her commitment to what she does is crystal clear.

“I have been working at creating this approach for 11 years. I have not deviated – only continually improved it,” Tracy told us.

She trains her staff rigorously and regularly. The studio is the ideal setting to incorporate her methods, as it provides more opportunities to keep tripping up your muscle groups with bands, machines, mats, and several other tricks keep your muscles guessing.

If you don’t live in NY or LA by either of the Tracy Anderson studios, her DVD’s are available at tracyandersonmethod.com.