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Shazzy Fitness Presents Two Revolutionary Christian Hip-Hop Dance Fitness DVDs: In the Beginning & A Time to Dance

PRWeb, January 2014

Shazzy Fitness has just released two new revolutionary fun and funky dance fitness DVDs, Shazzy Fitness: In the Beginning (37 minutes, $19.99) and Shazzy Fitness: A Time to Dance (37 minutes, $19.99). The innovative choreographed DVDs are set to Christian dance music with a contagious hip-hop beat. Shazzy Fitness is a family-friendly, hip-hop dance fitness program that fuses modern dance with faith-based contemporary music, including Gospel Hip-Hop & Christian Rock.

“Funkafied” Christian dance DVDs

Examiner.com, November 2013

Recently released by Shazzy Fitness are two new revolutionary fun and funky dance fitness DVD’s. Choreographed to be uplifting and are set to original Christian music with a contagious hip hop beat these workouts complement the busy lifestyle of today’s Christian.

Shazzy Fitness: In the Beginning and Shazzy Fitness: A Time to Dance are both 37 minutes of innovative dance fitness that fuses modern dance with faith-based contemporary Gospel Hip-Hop and Christian Rock music. Each has 3 Chapters to choose from and includes a cool down and inspirational message.

Get physically and spiritually fit with Shazzy Fitness in 2014

Rolling Out Magazine, January 2014

Shazzy Fitness is a contemporary dance fitness DVD series that compliments the busy lifestyle of today’s Christian. They offer fun and convenient 10-minute dance workouts that are divinely inspired, yet unapologetically funkafied. This new and innovative dance fitness program fuses modern dance with faith-based contemporary music, including Gospel Hip-Hop and Christian Rock. You’ll have a blast as the Shazzy Fitness choreographers – Apollo, Leslie and Vera – lead you through their fun, easy to follow, hip-hop dance routines that challenge the body and ignite the spirit.

Shazzy Fitness Press Release (pdf)

Harvest a Healthy Life: Fitness DVD Review

Sheran Memories Blog, December 2013

BUT IS IT FUN? Shazzy Fitness workouts are totally fun! As a life-long dancer, I am in my element with Shazzy. Even if you don't consider yourself a dancer, you will not be intimidated the moves are easy to catch on and the environment is completely accepting.

Examiner.com: Shazzy Fitness Interview w/ Apollo Levine

Examiner.com, March 2014

Apollo Levine is a professional actor, performer, choreographer, dancer and music artist. In addition to his lead choreographer and starring role in the dance fitness DVD series, "Shazzy Fitness: A Time to Dance", Apollo has worked on several notable shows with various theater houses including Dreamgirls, Ragtime and Smokey Joe's Café, just to name a few. Apollo has appeared on the BET hit show "Let's Stay Together" and made history by becoming the first American actor cast in the lead role of the original theatrical show “The Monkey King” based in Beijing, China. Read the New York Fitness Examiner interview to learn more about Apollo and his career.

Shazzy Fitness: Best. Idea. Ever.

Titus2homemaker.com, April 2014

If I’d made an “exercise video wish list,” I’m pretty sure I can’t think of anything it would have on it that these videos do not have. They’re fun. They’re quick. (Although you could definitely work out for longer just by doing more segments.)

They’re full of funky praise music. So, yeah – I’m a little excited about these.

Chicago Sun-Times: Shazzy Fitness rocks the Christian workout

Chicago Sun-Times, May 2014

"Don’t you just love surprises? I know I do, and the exercise DVD “In the Beginning” from Shazzy Fitness was one of them. Put the blame on me, but when I read on the box that it was exercise to Christian music, I thought it would be low-key, serious, maybe even boring.

Let me stand and testify: I was so wrong!"

Shape what your Father gave ya!

Dove Foundation gives seal of approval to exercise DVD

Inside the Pew Magazine, September 2014

Kristy McCarley is not one to question God, but still finds it hard to believe that she – a woman with two engineering degrees and a limited choreography background – has produced two well-received exercise videos.

Two years ago, McCarley, founder and CEO of Shazzy Fitness, decided to create a family-friendly exercise videos for the masses. In August, she reaped the benefits of sacrifice and obedience when the Dove Foundation recognized Shazzy Fitness by giving it a seal of approval.

My Career Choice: Kristy McCarley, Shazzy Fitness

Woman Around Town, October 2014

What accomplishment are you most proud of?

"Total Fitness DVDs is the largest privately-owned online fitness video retailer. Not only are we #1 in the spirituality category, but we’re currently the top selling fitness video in the dance fitness category overall.

There are a lot of dance fitness choices out there, many with much larger budgets and big celebrity endorsements. To know that so many people have made us their top fitness video choice is incredibly humbling."

Get a workout to Christian Hip-Hop Music

Jenna Kochenauer, News Anchor WORD 106.3 FM, December 2014

If you're uncoordinated like me, some exercise programs that are rooted in dance are overly complicated and make me feel like I have seven legs. Not Shazzy Fitness.

McCarley and dance choreographer Apollo Levine were recently in Greenville, and held a few Shazzy Fitness workout sessions, which I was invited to attend. The group of ladies in the class ranged in age from early 20s to mid-50s, and included every body type.

Favorite Friday: Shazzy Fitness Review & Giveaway

Seeing Sunshine, November 2014

I try to stay fit. Sometimes. It’s hard to stay in shape, but I love having a variety of workouts to choose from each day so I don’t get bored. I run on a treadmill, I walk around my neighborhood, I do sit ups, I swing a kettlebell, I go swimming in the summer.

But one of my favorite ways to work out is by dancing. I have all the Zumba DVDs, and I enjoy them. But after awhile, it gets old. The same songs over and over, the same cues, the same moves, the same people on my screen. So sometimes it’s nice to get a new workout DVD!

Chicago Tribune: Take your workout outdoors

Chicago Tribune, August 2014

Kristy McCarley, creator of Shazzy Fitness, was interviewed by Danielle Braff of the Chicago Tribune for a newspaper and online article entitled, Take your workout outdoors.

Says McCarley, "It’s possible to get a great work-out by upping the ante on the games you play with your children.”

How Dancing to Become Fit Became More Fun

Workout Trends Magazine, November 2014

Most of the dance workouts in the market today are not as user-friendly as we wish they could be and this causes our motivation level to drop down. Let’s face it, we all wish we could dance like the entire crew of Step Up does, but the reality is that not all of us are dancers.

Well, whether you are a dancer or not you can always do a dance workout and stay fit and healthy while also having all the fun. What more, to make things easier for you all who want to stay fit, a new revolution has hit the market and it’s called “Shazzy Fitness“. If you are a beginner it will guide you step- by- step and if you are already into dance workouts it’s gonna rock your world.

Examiner: Get the back you want this summer!

Examiner.com, June 2014

It is halter back wearing season and no one wants bra over hang to kill any chances of us having a beautiful back. Get the look you want this summer by doing this easy, no weights required workout designed by Vera Musgrove of Shazzyfitness.com.

SUPERMAN: Lie face down on the floor, with your arms and legs extended straight out. During thisexercise, it's important to keep your head and neck in a neutral position to avoid neck strain.