13 Things Your Aerobics Instructor Won’t Tell You

1. Follow my lead.

I get aggravated when students do a different workout than the one I’m teaching -- and they're in the front row! You come to class but choose to do your own thing... really, what's the point?!
2. It takes a lot to be entertaining, funny, and likeable

all while trying to motivate people to do things that will cause them pain. I think the 80’s thong leotards and side-ponytails gave aerobics instructors a bad rap. We’re also not all super bubbly and rail-thin.
3. Leave your cell at home.

Can you not exercise for an hour without checking your text messages?
4. Yes, I’ve embarrassed myself.

I was chewing gum while teaching and it flew out and stuck onto the mirror in front of me during class. Oh, and it was bright green!
5. Coffee's my friend.

When I don’t feel like teaching I have a GIANT cup of coffee. I usually don't feel like teaching when I’m tired or run down, so caffeine usually does the trick. And if that fails, keep smiling. As the saying goes, fake it ‘til you make it!
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6. Preparing is a lot of work!

Pre-choreographed classes, like BodyPump and Turbo Kickboxing, take hours of prep. We’re sent materials every 6 weeks and we have to review and learn all the music and choreography before we teach it to you.

Second notice of claim in Medford murders

A second notice of claim has been filed against Suffolk County and its police department in connection with the Medford pharmacy murders.

The wife of Raymond Ferguson Jr., 45, the pharmacist slain by David Laffer in June at Haven Drugs, filed a notice of claim this month contending that the county and police department were negligent in failing to remove David Laffer's guns. Laffer killed four people at Haven Drugs on Father's Day.

Viedya Quail Ferguson, 34, is seeking $10 million in damages in connection with Ferguson's death, according to the notice of claim received by the Suffolk county attorney's department on Sept. 14.
Another notice of claim was filed Sept. 16 against the county and police department on behalf of the family of Jaime Taccetta, another victim.

Taccetta's former husband, James Malone, is listed as the presumptive representative of Taccetta's estate and is taking the action on behalf of their two children.

Tuesday, county spokesman Dan Aug said Suffolk County and the police department "will defend their positions vigorously."

The notice alleges several grounds for negligence, including the county and department "failing to physically remove all guns, including the murder weapon" from Laffer.

Suffolk Police Commissioner Richard Dormer has said that had Laffer been violent, threatening or displayed evidence of illegal drug use when a detective visited the Laffer house Jan. 12, "the detective should have immediately confiscated his guns."

An attorney for Quail Ferguson did not respond to calls for comment Tuesday.