MELISSA: How do you balance being a mom and running your own business and how often do you create new workouts? Could you run us through your typical day (if you have one)?!
LAUREN: Now that the kids are in school full time, I do the morning routine. Our nanny doesn’t come in until later and my husband does drop off. This will obviously change when the studio is not in our backyard! It’s a balancing act between kids, emails, building playlists, shooting new content, social media, and workouts but I get it done!
MELISSA: How many different types of classes are there?
LAUREN: We have two main classes. We have a sculpt class which is perfectly matched with our cardio interval. I don’t have any classes that are straight cardio. We always use weights throughout the class and that varies from day to day. We have women coming in every day, so we make sure to change up the sequence and music to keep it fresh.
MELISSA: How do you take care of yourself? Is there anything that you do for yourself?
LAUREN: I see my dermatologist, I love getting facials, my hair and nails done. Part of that is that I’ve created a look that’s on-brand for me and I like to maintain that and then I just think having that time to leave the house is really important. When I had my son and my daughter, I used to get such anxiety about leaving and I used to have everyone come here to do that stuff but then not only was that not relaxing, but everyone was anxious and on edge. They need me to go off and do that stuff and then come back. I am a better mom that way!
MELISSA: What’s your favorite music to work out to? What’s on your playlist?
LAUREN: We are very R&B and hip-hop alternative. The instructors make their own playlists, but I must approve them! I have a hard no to Taylor Swift, I have a hard no for ant country music in general. Nothing annoying and nothing horrific for women. We try to not censor but not play anything that is going to potentially trigger someone.
