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Fitbit Local Seattle Launch - Seattle Center Armory

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Free fitness comes to Seattle with monthly workouts sponsored by Fitbit

NOTE: Scroll to the bottom to see my Snapchat story of the event and the rest of this day. 

Fitbit Local Ambassadors Kaisa Keranen & Kevin Ng lead participants in a bootcamp and yoga workout as Fitbit Local Seattle launches with a free event at the Seattle Center Armory on March 26, 2016 in Seattle, Washington.

Fitbit Local Ambassadors Kaisa Keranen & Kevin Ng lead participants in a bootcamp and yoga workout as Fitbit Local Seattle launches with a free event at the Seattle Center Armory on March 26, 2016 in Seattle, Washington.

Fitbit Local Seattle ambassadors, Kaisa Keranen and Kevin N

Fitbit Local has now extended to a fourth city, Seattle. I’ve been so privileged to be a part of each one of these and can feel and see the events getting bigger and bigger each time.

The Fitbit Local program is a series of monthly meet ups to encourage Fitbit users to gather, mingle, exercise and sweat. It's currently underway in San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles and now Seattle.

The Seattle launch took place on March 26, 2016 at the Armory, located inside the Seattle Center. The Fitbit Local Seattle ambassadors are Kaisa Keranen and Kevin Ng. This pairing led a seriously sweat inducing workout, which in my opinion, was the hardest one to date. And the crowd of 500-plus took it like champs.

Kevin and Kaisa will be leading workouts throughout the coming months. Check out the schedule on the Fitbit Local website.

Here’s the setlist from the workout.

Arrivals

  • Kygo ft Conrad - Firestone (PeteDown Club Mix)
  • Lika Morgan - Hit Me
  • Cosmo Klein ft YNOT - When Doves Cry
  • Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer (Suraci Radio Mix)
  • Corona ft AObeats - Rhythm Of the Night (Hotel Garuda Remix)
  • Years & Years - King (Intro Clean)
  • Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (SeeB Remix - Clean)
  • Avicii ft Zac Brown Band - Broken Arrows
  • Discotron - Disco Ballin'
  • Alesso - Heroes (Basic Tape Remix)
  • Mariah Carey - Emotions (Select Mix Remix)
  • De La Soul - Me Myself & I
  • Natalie La Rose f./Jeremih - Somebody (Promo Only Gazza Intro Edit)
  • Ella Henderson - Ghost (Oliver Nelson Remix)
  • Gwen Stefani - Make Me Like You
  • Walk The Moon - Shut Up And Dance (Select Mix Remix)


Boot Camp Workout with Kaisa Keranen

  • TLC - Creep
  • Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
  • A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It
  • Naughty By Nature - O.P.P.
  • Sir Mix-A-Lot - Jump On It
  • The Chainsmokers ft Rozes - Roses (The Him Remix)
  • Dillon Francis & Kygo ft James Hersey - Coming Over (Tiesto Remix)
  • Fifth Harmony ft Ty Dolla Sign - Work From Home (Ray Rhodes Remix)
  • DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (Riddler Remix)
  • Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (RENAIR Uptempo ReDrum Edit)
  • Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Dustycloud Remix)
  • Adele - When We Were Young (DiscoTech 2AM Radio Edit)
  • Kygo ft Parson James - Stole The Show (Half & Half Remix)
  • The Weeknd - In The Night (PeteDown Club Mix)
  • Selena Gomez ft ASAP Rocky - Good For You (DJ Buddha Remix)

Yoga Flow with Kevin Ng

  • The Weeknd - Echoes Of Silence
  • Sia - Cellophane
  • JMSN - Alone (Kastle Remix)
  • Nick Jonas - Chains
  • Kanye West - Love Lockdown
  • Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
  • Various - COL vs. BSB
  • Elton John - Can You Feel The Love Tonight
  • Jason Mraz - A Beautiful Mess

Post Workout

  • Allen Stone - Your Eyes
  • Mutya Buenya - Real Girl
  • Paul Dateh - Good Life
  • Craig David - Officially Yours
  • Anuhea - Higher Than The Clouds
  • Colbie Caillat - Turn Your Lights Down Low

A collection of Snaps from my Fitbit Local Seattle event and my journey back home to San Diego. 

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Fitbit Local Los Angeles Launch - Santa Monica Pier

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A roller coaster, Pacific Ocean, the Santa Monica Pier and a few hundred people were the perfect setting for the launch of Fitbit Local Los Angeles.

Fitbit Los Angeles ambassadors, Todd McCullough and Elise Joan.

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I was back in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 5 with the Fitbit team to DJ another yoga and fitness event. It was also another event that adds another city to the Fitbit Local roster. Hundreds gathered for a boot camp workout and yoga flow led by Fibit LA ambassadors yoga instructor Elise Joan and personal trainer Todd McCullough. Of course this was all DJ’d by yours truly.

The Fitbit Local program is a series of monthly meet ups to encourage Fitbit users to gather, mingle, exercise and sweat. It's currently underway in San Diego, San Francisco and now Los Angeles.

The energetic duo led a 60 minute workout/yoga session on the historic Santa Monica Pier that perches over the Pacific Ocean. Not a bad setting for an outdoor, Saturday morning workout.

Despite a forecast of rain, a pier under construction and cloudy skies, the people of LA made it out and were part of a great event. A big thanks to Kind Snacks and Suja for distributing goodies to the attendees. 

During the next few months, Todd and Elise will host free meet-ups for anyone in the LA area looking to get moving and healthy. For a complete list of these free workouts, check out the Fitbit Local website.

Here’s a look at the setlist for both the boot camp workout and yoga session.

Arrivals

  • Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (RENAIR Uptempo ReDrum Edit)  
  • Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft MO - Lean On (Fabian Arche bootleg)  
  • Discotron - Disco Ballin'  
  • De La Soul - Me Myself & I
  • Anuhea - Higher Than The Clouds
  • Walk The Moon - Shut Up & Dance (G Duppy Remix)
  • Zendaya f./Chris Brown - Something New
  • TLC - Creep (Remix)
  • Who Is Fancy f./Ariana Grande & Meghan Trainor - Boys Like You
  • Jess Glynne - Don't Be So Hard On Yourself
  • Lika Morgan - Hit Me  
  • DJ Dan & DivaDanielle - I Got A Man  
  • Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer (Suraci Radio Mix)
  • Mariah Carey - Heartbreaker
  • A-Ha - Take On Me (Kygo Remix)

Todd’s 20 Minute Workout with Todd McCullough

  • Hozier - From Eden
  • Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (SeeB Remix)  
  • Dillon Francis & Kygo ft James Hersey - Coming Over (Tiesto Remix)  
  • Icona Pop - Emergency (Sam Feldt Remix)  
  • Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime (Freejak Remix)  
  • G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself & I (Promo Only Marc Stout & Scott Svejda Remix)
  • Adele - When We Were Young (Promo Only DiscoTech 2AM Quick Edit)
  • Disclosure f./Lorde - Magnets (A-Trak Remix Radio Edit)

Yoga Flow with Elise Joan

  • Sunlounger - Sunny Tales (Chill Version)
  • Yuna ft Usher - Crush
  • Janelle Monae & Jidenna - Yoga
  • Justin Timberlake ft Jay-Z vs Biggie & Next - Suit & Tie (Too Juicy Blend)
  • The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
  • Ed Sheeran, Passenger - No Diggity/Thrift Shop (Kygo Remix)
  • Ice Cube - You Know How We Do It
  • Omarion ft Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko - Post To Be (Dennis Blaze Remix)
  • Justin Bieber - Sorry (Mr Collipark Remix)  
  • A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum (Pharrell Williams Remix)
  • A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It (Select Mix Remix)
  • N.W.A - Express Yourself
  • P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
  • Sunlounger - Another Day On The Terrace (Chill Mix)

Post Workout

  • Nate Ruess - Nothing Without Love
  • Ed Sheeran - Photograph (Felix Jaehn Remix Edit)
  • Ellie Goulding - Something In The Way You Move
  • The Weekend - In The Night
  • Silento - Watch Me
  • Charlie Puth - One Call Away (Lash Radio Edit)
  • Mack Wilds - Love In The 90s
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2016 Los Angeles Marathon - Fitbit Fitness DJ

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San Diego DJ, Justin Kanoya, with the Fitbit crew at the 2016 Los Angeles Marathon.

San Diego DJ, Justin Kanoya, with the Fitbit crew at the 2016 Los Angeles Marathon.

The mile 22 cheer station at the Los Angeles Marathon had nearly as many cowbells for cheerleaders as there were runners ... okay, not really. But if you wanted a Fitbit cowbell, you received a Fitbit cowbell.

At the beginning of 2015 I wrote down a list of goals and among them were to DJ an event with at least 10,000 people and DJ at the start line of a major running event. Of course, if that second goal was met, that first one was pretty much in the bag.

A year later, I’m happy to report that I can essentially check mark both, thanks to my friends at Fitbit.

As one of the corporate sponsors for the Los Angeles Marathon, that took place on February 14, Fitbit has a major presence at all things related to the event. From the race expo, to a tent at the finish line to a cheer station at Mile 22. And that’s where I came in.

I was set-up -- along with a handful of amazing members of Fitbit’s marketing team and super volunteer Erin -- at Mile 22 to play music and cheer on runners as they made their final 4-mile push to the end.

And while it wasn’t at the start line, I can now check off “DJ for several thousand people” (20,000+ runners) and “DJ at a major running event” (the LA Marathon is kind of a big deal). You can even read about my own LA moment, with Josh Duhamel, which will probably go down as one of the most unreal coincidences in my life.


Lastly, I still have not run a marathon myself, but I can now say I DJ’d one, and in a way it was a marathon all on it’s own.

Here’s what a six hour setlist looks like.

  • Anuhea - Higher Than The Clouds
  • Crystal Bowersox - Midnight Train to Georgia
  • Oasis - Wonderwall
  • Magic! - No Way No
  • Flo Rida - My House
  • Prince Royce f./Snoop Dogg - Stuck On A Feeling
  • Charli XCX f./Rita Ora - Doing It
  • Iggy Azalea f./Jennifer Hudson - Trouble
  • Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime
  • Aloe Blacc - The Man
  • Fifth Harmony - Sledgehammer
  • OneRepublic - Love Runs Out
  • Maroon 5 - Maps
  • Pitbull f./G.R.L. - Wild Wild Love
  • Demi Lovato f./Cher Lloyd - Really Don't Care
  • Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
  • Pink - So What
  • Ariana Grande f./Zedd - Break Free
  • Kid N Play - Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody (Select Mix Remix)
  • Monie Love - It's A Shame
  • MC Hammer - Turn This Mutha Out (Select Mix Remix)
  • Coolio - 1-2-3-4 (Sumpin' New) (Select Mix Remix)
  • Mariah Carey - Emotions (Select Mix Remix)
  • US3 - Cantaloop
  • Tony Toni Tone - Feels Good
  • Imagine Dragons - On Top Of The World
  • Lorde - Team (Select Mix Remix)
  • Fergie - L.A. Love (La La) (Select Mix Remix)
  • Natalie La Rose, Jeremih - Somebody (Select Mix Remix)
  • Imagine Dragons - I Bet My Life (Select Mix Remix)
  • Paramore - Ain't It Fun (Select Mix Remix)
  • Ariana Grande f./Iggy Azalea - Problem
  • Ja Rule - Livin' It Up (Select Mix Remix)
  • Nelly - Hot In Here
  • Wayne Wonder - No Letting Go
  • Fat Joe - Get It Poppin'
  • Big Tymers - This Is How We Do
  • Usher - Yeah (Wedding Crasherz Break)
  • K7 - Come Baby Come
  • Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation (Select Mix Remix)
  • C&C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat
  • Icona Pop - Emergency (Ghassemi Remix)
  • Alesso - Heroes (Basic Tape Remix)  
  • DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (Select Mix Remix)
  • Ed Sheeran - Sing
  • Pitbull, John Ryan - Fireball (Select Mix Remix)
  • Clean Bandit, Jess Glynne - Rather Be (Select Mix Remix)
  • Chromeo - Jealous (I Ain't With It) (Select Mix Remix)
  • Afrojack, Mike Taylor - SummerThing (Select Mix Remix)
  • Ariana Grande, Zedd - Break Free (Select Mix Remix)
  • Maroon 5 - Sugar
  • Robin Thicke f./Nicki Minaj - Back Together (Clean Edit)
  • Tupac - California Love (Original Version)
  • Dr Dre ft Snoop Dogg, Kurup & Nate Dogg - The Next Episode
  • Dawin f./Silento - Dessert (Remix)
  • Jackson 5 - I Want You Moombahback (FeestDJRuud & Naffz Bootleg)
  • Beyonce ft Jay-Z - Crazy In Love (Mayeda Remix)  
  • Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On (Mayeda Remix)
  • Discotron - Disco Ballin'  
  • DJ Cassidy f./Chromeo - Future Is Mine (Promo Only Intro Edit)
  • Boyz II Men - Motownphilly
  • INXS - New Sensation (Edge Remix)
  • J. Geils Band - Centerfold
  • Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl
  • Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract
  • Whitney Houston - How Will I Know (Select Mix Remix)
  • Madonna - Holiday
  • Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey
  • Young MC - Bust A Move
  • Usher, Nicki Minaj - She Came To Give It To You (Select Mix Remix)
  • Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (RENAIR Uptempo ReDrum Edit)  
  • Disclosure ft Sam Smith vs Justin Faust - Latch (Digital Dave Disco Fix)
  • Avicii - Broken Arrows (Promo Only M-22 Intro Edit)
  • Adele - When We Were Young (DiscoTech 2AM Radio Edit)
  • Milky Chance - Stolen Dance (Uptempo Pop Mix)
  • Beyonce - 7/11 (Tracy Young's Smack It In The Air Radio Edit)
  • Nicki Minaj - The Night Is Still Young
  • Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand
  • LunchMoney Lewis - Bills (Promo Only Clean Edit)
  • Zedd f./Selena Gomez - I Want You To Know
  • Prince f./Zooey Deschanel - FALLINLOVE2NITE
  • Charlie Puth - One Call Away (Lash Radio Edit)
  • Krewella - Enjoy The Ride
  • Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love
  • Nelly Furtado - Do It
  • Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (Live)
  • Walk The Moon - Shut Up & Dance (G Duppy Remix)
  • A-Ha - Take On Me (Kygo Remix)
  • Disclosure ft Sam Smith - Latch (G Duppy Reggae Remix)
  • Mutya Buenya - Real Girl
  • Mack Wilds - Love In The 90z
  • Nelly f./Jeremih - The Fix (Riddler Remix - Clean)
  • Years & Years - King
  • OMI - Hula Hoop
  • Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer
  • Hailee Steinfeld - Love Myself
  • Rudimental f./Ed Sheeran - Lay It All On Me
  • Tove Lo - Talking Body
  • Ariana Grande - One Last Time
  • Mariah Carey - Heartbreaker
  • Heavy D & The Boyz & Al B. Sure! - We Got Our Own Thang
  • Mase - Feel So Good
     
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Fitbit Alta Product Launch - Trump Hotel Soho New York City

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Celebrity fitness trainer Harley Pasternak was on hand to lead a workout where all the participants were using the new Fitbit Alta.

Celebrity fitness trainer Harley Pasternak was on hand to lead a workout where all the participants were using the new Fitbit Alta.

Fitbit Alta is designed with a satin finish, stainless steel body and features a line of interchangeable bands in multiple popular colors and premium materials. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for FitBit)

Fitbit Alta is designed with a satin finish, stainless steel body and features a line of interchangeable bands in multiple popular colors and premium materials. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for FitBit)

Fitbit released a new wearable fitness device on February 2, 2016 and it is called Fitbit Alta. I was on hand for its unveiling to journalists that cover the tech, fitness and fashion industries.

The launch event took place in New York City at the Trump Hotel in Soho. My role was to DJ two 30-minute workout sessions, because why else would you unveil a fitness tracker to a group of gadget writers and not have them use it right away.

Celebrity fitness trainer Harley Pasternak and stylist to the stars Anita Patrickson were on hand to help introduce the new device, a slim, sleek fitness wristband that can be personalized to fit your style. It is designed with a satin finish, stainless steel body and features a line of interchangeable bands in multiple colors and premium materials.

San Diego DJ, Justin Kanoya, plays a hip-hop music set for the Fitbit Alta product launch and workout led by Harley Pasternak. 

After getting styled by Anita in a new workout outfit, the guests were brought into the SoHi room, a space high above the city that has an amazing views of Manhattan and New Jersey. Harley then ran them through an intense workout that included, squat jumps, shadow boxing, core work and some weight training. 

You can find the full workout to do at home on Fitbit's blog.

As per Harley's request, I put together a set of current, mainstream hip hop with a New York/East Coast flavor. I even made sure to put in some old school Big Daddy Kane, but am now regretting that I didn’t play any Beastie Boys. Oh well, I’ll save it for the next time I’m back in the city.

Here’s the short and sweet setlist:

  • Chris Brown f./Tyga - Ayo (Promo Only Quick Edit)
  • Rihanna - B***h Better Have My Money
  • Drake - Hotline Bling (Promo Only Verified Intro Edit)
  • Jay Z ft. Kanye West - N***** In Paris
  • Rae Sremmurd f./Nicki Minaj & Young Thug - Throw Sum Mo
  • Fetty Wap - Trap Queen (Promo Only Clean Edit)
  • iHeartMemphis - Hit The Quan
  • Wiz Khalifa f./Iggy Azalea - Go Hard Or Go Home (Promo Only Clean Edit)
  • Fabolous f./Nicki Minaj & Trey Songz - Doin' It Well (Promo Only Quick Edit)
  • T.I. f./Iggy Azalea - No Mediocre (Promo Only Quick Edit)
  • Jay Z and Kanye West - Otis (Kingz Klub Ready Redrum)
  • Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half Steppin' (Select Mix Remix)
  • Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On (Mayeda Remix)
  • Nicki Minaj ft Drake - Truffle Butter (Jester Remix)
  • Mase - Feel So Good

All photos courtesy of Getty Images for Fitbit.

Lastly, here are some initial articles on the device, a few of which are written by the guests that were in attendance. 

Women's Running: Fitbit's New Tracker is Seriously Gorgeous
Forbes: Fitbit's New Tracker Adds A Splash Of Style
CNET: Fitbit's newest band, Alta, is totally aimed at fashion
Wired: The Alta is a Fitbit for People Who Think Fitbits are Uggo