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New York City -Dancer - Fitness
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@solidcore - Senior Master Coach
@lloyddickensonfitness Coach
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FIRST CLASS. NEW BEGINNING. 🐺⚡️

Every journey starts with one decision: to begin.

Today, we’re celebrating everyone who walked through our doors for the very first time. You showed up, took a chance on yourself, and stepped into something new. 👏

Maybe you came in nervous. Maybe you were excited. Maybe you had no idea what to expect. But you did the hardest part.

You started.

And now, you’re part of the Wolfpack. 🐺🔥

Ready to take your first step? Your first class at Alpha Fit Club Jersey City is ALWAYS FREE. Hit the link in our bio to book yours and come see what we’re all about.

Here’s to the first of many. 💪

#alphafitclub #alphafitclubjerseycity #groupfitness #strengthtraining #hybridtraining

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500 Classes | 200 Coaches | 8.28.26 @solidcore

I did it 💙
S/O to the studios that I’ve shaken in:

DC:
Adam’s Morgan

Florida:
New Hyde Park
St. Pete’s
Brickell

New Jersey:
Hoboken
Jersey City
Woodcliff
Short Hills

New York:
Downtown Brooklyn
Dumbo
Williamsburg
FiDi
Nolita
East Village
Greenwich Village
Chelsea
Nomad
Grand Central
UES
UWS
W57
SoHo
Long Island City
Scarsdale
Roslyn
Walt Whitman

Edit: list was missing 4 coaches [that I noticed] from the first 100. So I’m really at Coach 204.

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Celebrating Jersey City Pride with some of my favorite people. 🌈❤️

There’s nothing better than a day filled with friends, family, love, laughter, and a community that celebrates everyone for exactly who they are.

So grateful for this crew and for a beautiful day celebrating Pride, love, and Jersey City! 🏳️‍🌈✨

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Another trip around the sun ✨ Feeling incredibly grateful for the people, moments, lessons, laughter, and love that filled this past year.

From Barry’s to brunch, and everything in between, here’s to a new year of saying yes to what matters, making more memories, laughing a lot, and appreciating all the good along the way.

Feeling very lucky and very loved. ❤️💫

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An incredible weekend at @timessquareedition

It was such an honor for @byrayera to be part of this special event alongside @solidcore & @theproteinshopnyc at the @paradiseclubnyc

Thank you to the @solidcore team for creating such an unforgettable experience and for welcoming Rayera into the space.

Special thanks to @javalavaaaa @itsraven.alexandria @ja_pauls @sara_lipton @kirashiina @andeeconda @nycarnold @gg.simone for the incredible opportunity and support!

Premium Italian fabrics.
Made in America.
For women, by women.

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The purpose movement serves in our lives is constantly evolving. Some days, it’s simply about getting a workout in before work. Other days, it’s where we go to release the physical and emotional weight we’ve been carrying. A place to feel stronger, quieter, more capable, or simply more like ourselves.

The instructors leading those rooms make that possible. They shape the atmosphere of a class, guide our attention for one hour, and create an environment where we’re able to be fully present.

They know when to push us further than we would push ourselves, when to make us laugh, when to remind us to breathe, and when to offer encouragement without saying much at all.

The hour eventually ends, but the intention often doesn’t. We leave standing a little taller, thinking a little clearer, carrying ourselves a little differently than when we walked in.

This post is a thank you to the instructors who have had an extraordinary impact on our community’s movement journeys. Thank you for the care, energy, and presence you bring into every class, and for reminding us that movement has always been about so much more than exercise. 🩷

Photo by: @merse.vzn

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4 years ago, I quit my full-time job and, on a whim, auditioned to be a [solidcore] coach.

As a dancer and someone who has always loved moving my body, I figured it was worth a shot. (I’m terrible at deciding what I want for dinner, but somehow when it comes to big life decisions, I’m wildly decisive.) 🤷🏼‍♀️

I submitted a silly little video of me jumping rope and somehow got invited to train as a coach. What I DID know was that I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. What I DIDN’T know was that it would change my life…for the better 🫧🌟

Over the last four years I’ve become stronger in ways that have nothing to do with my muscles. I’ve learned resilience, confidence, how to take up space, and how to keep showing up...even when things feel hard. I’ve had the privilege of coaching thousands of incredible humans and have been endlessly inspired by the people beside me on and off the machine! 
Not to mention I’ve gotten to be ridiculously silly most of the time...theme classes, Taylor Swift dance parties, painting my face green, yelling “YOU CAN DO HARD THINGS!” at ungodly hours of the morning, and watching people surprise themselves every single day!🙌🏻 
Four years later, I’m still here...stronger, softer, and still doing too much. Choosing to still say yes to the things that scare and excite me! 
Funny how one silly little jump rope video can change your life.

Forever grateful. Forever stronger for it…forever glad I took that jump! 💙💪🏼🌟🫶🏻

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last week’s workout split 💪🏾🩰

ℹ️ current workout program: @movewithus BBS Challenge
(Team Booty Round 4, 6-day training split)

➡️ join me + use dc: TAY to save $$

#workoutmotivation #pilates #athomeworkout #strengthtraining #workoutroutine

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Unheard of milestone 💙

July 1, 2027 I took my 150th [solidcore] Coach 🫶🏽

“This isn’t Kevin’s 150th class. I’m his ONE HUNDRED FIFTIETH COACH. I don’t even KNOW 150 Coaches.” - Coach Lindsey

On my 365th day as a client I took my 300th class & 100th Coach. Made possible because I visited every studio in NY/NJ [at the time].

I love taking Coaches who don’t know me. They’re unaware that I’m unhinged.

Coach Lindsey is the exception…she matches my crazy & raises it to “crazier.” We met coincidentally under the blue lights as clients years ago, but her being my 150th Solidcore [coach] was intentional. Her class broke me. Thank you Coach for being exceptional at what you do. At the end of 50 minutes we all felt tiny…tooney…and all a little looney.

Pictured here is Lindsey and I hanging out in a Photobooth at the Immerman Bat Mitzvah that I hosted, Sept 2025.

My hosting career + love of Solidcore allowed me to be the host of their 3-day “Level Up” Retreat in South Carolina, October 2025. Imagine 350 of the FITTEST PERSONABLE humans you know at a resort at the SAME TIME…and me on a mic leading the way.
It. Was. INSANE.

Looking forward to my next milestones:
• Hosting a [solidcore] Coaches Wedding
• 500 classes | 200 Coaches 🫡

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I’ve said a lot of “see you laters” in my time at [solidcore]. To Dumbo. To FiDi. To New York. To New Jersey.

But this one will be the hardest.

This place shaped me, challenged me, and helped me become the leader I am today.

6 years, 7 months. Thousands of classes coached and taken. An embarrassing number of costumes worn. Countless clients and coworkers who became lifelong friends.

[solidcore] will always have a piece of my heart.

Thank you for the memories, the growth, the community, and the people who changed my life.

I’m stronger for it.

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Excited to launch Footwork For Futures, a social-first video challenge with our @glblctzn partners at MetLife and @metlife__japan ⚽️

From now through July 19, we are inviting people to join the challenge by posting a video of themselves juggling a football using the #FootworkForFutures.

For every video shared, MetLife will donate $5, up to $100,000 in support of the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, helping to expand access to quality education and sport for children around the globe. 📚⚽️

#FootworkForFutures

Tossing the football to:⚽️
@rachiedeb
@pascal_aguillou
@justinstiver
@itsblaec
@robynwilliams_
@ja_pauls
@will.tomaskovic
@emonmaasho

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WINTER ❄️ My final season with Mamma Mia 🩵 I have so much gratitude for everything that Mamma Mia has given to me. The movie came out when I was 15 years old. It’s a movie that I return to when I need to feel inspired about life again. 15 year old Amy would be so proud 🥹 but I was never alone. To all the people who lifted me up through the good times and the bad, I love you ❤️ Anyway, now I’m crying. I need to go watch Mamma Mia 😉🩵🪩
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#broadway #broadwaydebut #mammamia #sophie #magic

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