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Get your sweat on! Aerobics and Zumba instructor Angela Watson will get your heart pumping and your feet moving to the beat. Classes are held in Kingstree and Hemingway and can be tailored to fit any age and athletic ability. Photo by Michaele Duke

She may be petite and she may be soft spoken but get her up on that stage and youll be steppin your way to a healthier physique. Angela Myers Watson has been teaching aerobics for 15 years and her following continues to expand. On the evenings she teaches, Watson is moving 20-plus ladies, men and kids who enjoy an hardy hour-long workout; and the do it without killing themselves.

Aerobics strengthens your heart and lungs and can also help lower your cholesterol, reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes, improve your immune function, and lower your blood pressure. Watson began her career in fitness by accident. I was asked to give a class and thats how it started, said Watson. She teaches aerobics and Zumba, both of which she is certified. She teaches the classes at the Williamsburg Recreation Center on Monday to Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. On Monday and Tuesday she leaves Kingstree and heads to the Chavis One Stop in Hemingway, where she takes up her craft for another hour.

Bertha Myers has been taking the senior class for five years and she doesnt plan on quitting anytime soon. Before I started the class my breath would be like shorter, said Myers who happens to be Watsons mother. Now I have plenty of energy.

Bertha Myers has been taking aerobics instructor Angela Watsons senior citizens classes for five years and she doesnt plan on quitting anytime soon. She says the health benefits are what keeps her coming back; that and Bingo on Mondays.

Photo by Michaele Duke

I just enjoy coming out and we have Bingo after class on Mondays.

Senior citizens classes (age 50 and up) are held from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday through Thursday with Wednesday class devoted to stretching. The seniors not only enjoy a good workout, theyre treated special.

Sometimes we have movie night, sometimes we take them to the mall, said Watson. But thats not all.

Once a year they get together and go on a bus tour or a cruise. Weve been to Jamaica, weve been to Mexico. We went to Pennsylvania to the Sight and Sound Theater. Theyve been all over.

Watson said she wants to expand her instruction. I want to do yoga but I want to spice it up because we do things in the morning, she said. We call it yoga flavor because I stretch them and I make them move. I like to add my own little touches. Whats even sweeter, all the classes are free.

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