Another Round of Instructor Spotlight....Eyes on You Jaime Dardine

Happy Friday friends! I hope everyone is excited about seeing the new barre and body barre choreography that will be launched this weekend across many of the Merritt Athletic Clubs. Let us know what you think!!

I'm back with another Instructor Spotlight and excited to share some fun things about SB Barre and recently certified Body Barre instructor..... 

JAIME DARDINE

Where do you teach and when?

Wednesdays 6:30AM at Under Armour

Wednesdays 6:30PM Merritt Athletic Clubs Fort Avenue 

& Sub where needed at Under Armour & Fort/Canton Merritt

Early Bird or Night Owl? Definitely AM. It helps to wake me up and starts my day off on the right foot!

A tip for staying motivated as we head into fall/winter? Sweat every day. No matter the elements outside, you always can find some time and a place to get that sweat in. It should be the best part of your day!

Favorite pre-workout meal/snack: I don’t normally eat prior to working out but post workout, I love fruit and smoothies

Favorite recovery meal/snack:. Fruit and Smoothies with a big coffee if it’s post AM workout

You never leave home without_______:  My planner – I would be LOST and late without it

What’s in your gym bag? Spin + Barre gear. I never know when I may need to sub last minute or if I’ll have some time to do some barre before another workout! Also – my phone… it’s not a workout without some good jams – LOVE music

Favorite workout gear, water bottle, etc.: This is tough…I’m lucky because since I work in product at UA, I get to wear test the latest and greatest  but my favorite are headbands – fun prints since I tend to wear a lot of black, livens up my outfit a bit 

Favorite barre move: Waterski – it never lets me down, always burns each and every time [and I’ll willingly admit, it  makes me giggle to see some of my members faces trying to hold it]

Favorite quote: “Anyone who thinks it’s more than you can handle, is less than the kind of person you need in your life.”

When you’re not at the barre, where may we find you? A lot of days/weekends are planned out for me so I take full advantage of a weekend where I have nothing to do and I can just go with the flow.  I love spending time just relaxing with my boyfriend and going to visit my family and my 3 crazy nephews + friends! (at the shore in the summer)

Share something fun/interesting about yourself:  If my college friends couldn’t find me, they would always say I was out in the parking lot squatting mini coopers … it’s because I used to squat 255lbs in college.


Thanks Jaime! We love having you a part of the SB Community.

Have a great weekend everyone...see you at the barre!

Emily