From Poznań, Poland, Aneta Kaszkowiak’s love for music and movement started early. A trained pianist and dance enthusiast, after graduating from music school, Aneta became a group fitness instructor in 2014. She discovered POUND soon after and it was love at first strike! After becoming a POUND Pro in 2015, she joined the ICON team in 2016 and is the first and only Polish POUND ICON, an honor that fills her with pride.
Aneta promotes POUND’s infectious workouts across her country, representing POUND on the stage of Poland’s biggest fitness conventions, leading master classes, empowering POUND Pros by enhancing their teaching skills, and helping the community grow. To Aneta, POUND is not just a simple workout, it is something more – it’s a lifestyle, a philosophy, and a community she wholeheartedly believes in and stands for.
How do you help someone who’s stepping out of their comfort zone for the first time?
I would say: be afraid and do it anyway! It is totally ok to feel uncomfortable but trust me, there’s magic happens out of your comfort zone.
What’s the one thing you always tell your class before starting?
Listen to your body, be your authentic self and remember, there are no mistakes here, just drum solos!
What’s your all-time favorite track to end POUND class with a bang?
I Believe In A Thing Called Love by The Darkness (I can’t help finishing with headbang)
What is a quote that you live by?
If you don’t like where you are, move. You’re not a tree.