notes from class

(sorry, same photo, I really need to take some photos of my own during class, just feel a little weird about it..)

 

It's Thursday!!! Put up your dukes! It's fightin' time!

oh yes, I really kicked it, (literally) in Body Combat class this morning. Had more energy this time, and gave it all. Forget the old adage, "horses sweat, men perspire, women glow." hah! This girl was sweatin' like a pig! So here's a few things that remained in my brain after class was over... I can't catch everything Mr. Rob says in class cuz the hard-slammin', war zone-type music is so dang loud in there, but here's a few tidbits:

On the boxing warm-up: "double hooks, get your opponent's head, between the temple and the jaw". oh yeah!

Love it when he uses imagery: "You're locked in a steel cage with your opponent. The crowd waits to see who comes out...with their teeth remaining." ooh, makes me wish I had a mouthguard right about now...

Learned a neat karate combo: "double chop", "cross guard" ("guard your groin", he says, then adds a hilarious comment I won't mention here!) then back snap kick, front snap kick. "make sure you don't see your foot in the mirror on the back kick, kick straight back". Did this combo over, and over, and over...

Divided the class in half, both halves facing each other during boxing section. Fun to imagine actually punching that Mad Cary Mom facing me! haha, just kidding...

Thermostat was out of order, was seriously HOT in that room, so he had to cut one track to allow more time to cool-down. "Let's take a vote, we'll keep either the boxing track or the muay thai, with 7-and-a-half minutes of Thai strikes.." Muay thai won. Good. My arms needed it. Feelin' it now..

Mat time, push-ups with one-handed shoulder taps, mountain-climbers, ab work, cool-down stretch.

Felt so good I stayed for the following Body Flow class, well, at least until the yoga poses that knocked me on my bottom and I could hardly get back up again.

Now: arms on fire, hope I can lift a fork to eat lunch. Abs screaming. But I like this tough feeling. Like if any problem comes my way today, I will go down swinging!

Hoooah!!!

 

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