{"id":153,"date":"2013-08-27T06:35:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T06:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/?p=153"},"modified":"2013-08-27T20:22:22","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T20:22:22","slug":"doing-her-way-and-loving-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/?p=153","title":{"rendered":"DOING IT HER WAY AND LOVING IT"},"content":{"rendered":"

MADONNA GRIMES<\/span><\/h1>\n

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By: C. Harrison 8\/26\/13<\/p>\n

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\u00a0MaDonna Grimes came to New York on vacation to relax she stated but, as luck would follower her, it would have its way. While here, she found herself juggling a million things (so to speak).\u00a0 It was mid July and I got an email requesting that I give credence and an interview to a fitness expert by the name of MaDonna Grimes. It was a name I did not recognize. The inquiry came from a Monica Alexander, owner of\u00a0 Pr\u00a0 Wizzzz Entertainment, she had gotten my name from\u00a0 a mutual\u00a0associate Mary Moore, President of So Much Moore Communication, naturally I obliged.\u00a0 The following week I sat down with Mrs. Grimes at her hotel (poolside) in midtown Manhattan.<\/p>\n

Upon first sight. my first though was she looked just as petite as I was—–go petite women, I gest. moreover, she was quite the youngster I\u00a0voiced to her at her delight because unbeknownst to me she was much older than I. I couldn’t get over the fact that she had done so much and\u00a0looked this good (young). There we made our way to a randomized area for the interview,\u00a0the poolside, which was much cooler. There,\u00a0 people were splashing, children playing jumping in and out of the pool but, none did not look our way too much.<\/p>\n

Grimes was born in Knoxville Tennessee and grew up in Daton Ohio, she attended Ohio State University, where she earned a B.A. in Dance. There she was versed in Dance, Education, Theatre and Choreography. Here also, she owned and operate a popular dance studio where she did fitness classes and choreographing. Later, she moved to New York and entered New York University-Tish and earned a Master’s in dance. She had been dancing all of her life.<\/p>\n

I asked her how did she become the fitness expert that she was? with a stirred look she blankly revealed that before she became an established expert, she was first a model. Apparently while the multi-facet\u00a0teacher was doing aerobics, dancing,\u00a0going to fitness classes and doing choreography, she was modeling.\u00a0 Grimes gave me a slight glimpse into her career from the beginning:<\/p>\n

Back in Ohio, Grimes\u00a0owned and operate\u00a0a very popular dance studio, as mentioned before. It became so popular\u00a0people in her town came from all over to visit her place. Soon, magazines came\u00a0knocking.\u00a0She\u00a0revealed that there after Essence asked her to do a spread——-going forth Glamour, Flex, Her, Allure and others followed suit. Soon after this, newspapers asked her to model leotards for people who dance. She explained further that it was one year later away from doing modeling that she started teaching fitness classes thus, earning her herself the title Miss. Fitness International and U. S. A. Aerobics Champion.<\/p>\n

The transition from modeling to fitness, really took shape while Grimes was still in Ohio.\u00a0 There, she was doing her thing teaching \u00a0aerobics, dancing and choreographing with some cheerleaders at Ohio State, they were training for a\u00a0competition\u00a0in dance-fitness\u00a0and Grimes ended up doing the competition with them—they\u00a0won. Thereafter, the bunch\u00a0entered a New York dance competition and won this one as well; from there they were flown to L. A. for another dance competition segment and literally cleaned up here as well—winning the competition. It was here, she noted that her career has a fitness teacher really started and doors began to opened.<\/p>\n

At this juncture, I probe her for answers as to why or how did she know at this point in her life that fitness was what she really wanted to do for the rest of her life? “I knew it would because It was good for me,” she confided. She confessed that everyone around her at that interval was healthy and into health so, she knew that\u00a0she was on the right path. Her students were in there 50s and 60s at this point.<\/p>\n

In addition, I questioned her about what kind of life-style dance and fitness was really? and without hesitation she made it clear that the life-style is what she envisioned\u00a0 and that the fitness culture is what it’s cracked up to be. “It all have its stress-full moments but it is all on the up side,” she said. Grimes further contends that fitness is not just a pass time thing and that it’s not about getting into shape but, it has to do with ones whole being.<\/p>\n

This expert,\u00a0creative style brand, and vision took her the world over.\u00a0 She explained that it was a combination of who she is has a person and the emulations borrowed from the 1970s through to todays dance styles, that she vised. Moreover, she reiterated that not all fitness programs are created equal—she claimed that one should study more who they want to learn from and get more out of;\u00a0to\u00a0look for what you want and when you go to the gym, do not do what everybody else is doing; that is not putting yourself in shape she said—instead she\u00a0pointed out that\u00a0one should find something that he\/she really likes and tailor it to what\u00a0they want from it.<\/p>\n

Grimes who is turning 51 this year–is not afright and doesn’t look a day of 40-years.\u00a0 she says that at her age, she\u00a0runs into people the same age that\u00a0were questioning themselves as to what really mattered for their future after age 40. Thus the life-style they live lead to fitness. A bitter sweet note to tag is that while Grimes look good for her age and does look very healthy, this is a woman battling an health issue. Currently she is battling Colon Cancer and is going through colon therapy—–where she just finished a round of Kemo and radiation therapy.<\/p>\n

In closing she explained her days this way: I start my day with a prayer and meditation. After words I make a decision as to what I want to do for the day; which classes I want to take and work around this. I have to have a beginning to start my day then look at my schedule and plan that day. In so doing\u00a0I also plan how to get my personal space out of that day.\u00a0 Grimes does have clients on a daily basis, she teaches at different locations for now. She confided that by this September, she should have her own spot there in L. A.\u00a0 Speaking of her celebrity clients she doesn’t have any right now because they do not pay, she says.<\/p>\n

Last year, Grimes started an online magazine\u00a0 called “Be Black Be Fit.com,” ironically her first issue dealt with Cancer.\u00a0 She said that she had never dealt with a disease before this year—–dealing with her cancer.<\/p>\n

Grimes have hosted ESPN, BETs–screen scene and\u00a0Nubian Goddess. She has honed an a list of international engagements; and in 2008 proudly received and\u00a0 accepted\u00a0\u00a0the NAACP award\u00a0for best choreographer\u00a0in theatre. She is the author of \u00a0“Work it out” and has 22 bestselling dance and fitness videos on the market and continues to tour globally with her world dance competition group.\u00a0\u00a0All her DVDs\u00a0\u00a0are online.\u00a0\u00a0 Grimes had also been on the Discovery Health Channel.<\/p>\n

At the time of this interview with her the very next day she had a class to teach at 12 noon. She had several meetings to attend; host an event for a Broadway company and choreograph a set for a friend. So, Much much\u00a0 credence to her , so much for her vacation—she is going to need another one.<\/p>\n

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