Yesterday we wrapped up the shoot for the next Fitness Gear 101 video. We did this in my office’s corporate gym, so really it was a matter of transforming a space with beige (yuck) walls into a shiny video-worthy fitness set. You’d be surprised at how much work goes into a video shoot. I know that I sure was!

The video production team, Steve, Osman and Ryan, met me over at the gym an hour after I went over there to work up a sweat. You see they could have doused me with water and oil a la the typical fitness shoot, but we do walk our talk over here at Fitness Gear 101, and my prep was to go over and get a natural sweat on. Believe me I did! And I was nice and stinky by the time the guys got over there and started setting up the lights, which by the way added to the natural sweat you’ll see in the video.

Now this is how dedicated this team is. They shot me at just about every angle doing my workout, which means they had to get pretty close to my stinky self. Now how is that for dedication with a capital “D”?

I typically don’t like to look at the shots until they’re in editing, but I did this time and the effects were absolutely stunning. I can’t wait to see this video.

So I just wanted to take this opportunity to say thanks to Ryan, Osman and Steve – if you guys can make a sweaty Anna look that good – you ROCK!