ooo...this is my first Donut post, and I'm terribly excited--and terribly rusty! It's been a while since I blogged, so, y'all be gentle with me, m'kay? Hi, I'm Wendy, former Couch Potato. On January 4, I declared 2010 to be the Year of Getting Off My Fat Ass and Doing Something About It. I joined Weight Watchers that day (Joelle TOLD me I'd love it--how could I have ever doubted?), and I became a happy, happy points counter. (WW 4EVA!) The results have been pretty good so far--I'm down 42 pounds and around 23 from my goal. My cholesterol is down 25 points and I no longer get winded when I walk to my mailbox (victory!). Not that I don't still love my couch (because I dooo! I love my couch!), but the ass-groove is much smaller than it used to be.
Our local gym offers both BodyPump™and BodyFlow™classes, and the night before last was my first BodyPump. I was super nervous about this class, because while I do an hour of cardio every day, my strength routine has been somewhat lacking--I have zero upper body strength, but I've learned a great deal about what I can and cannot do this last year--and the "Can Do" list is far greater than I ever realized.
I've been doing Zumba classes every week, and the norm for Zumba is "show up and dance"--I didn't realize there's a certain "set up" for BodyPump (mats, barbells, steps), so you have to get there a bit early. I walked in for the 5:30 class at 5:25 and was shocked to see everyone already in place with mats and weights and getting ready to start--two of the women in the back must have recognized the "I do not comprehend what I am seeing here" look on my face, because they both jumped up and ushered me back to a mysterious closet full of weights and bars and other bewildering things that I cannot name, because helloooo, I am a n00b and I don't know what to call them yet. They literally had my station set up and ready to go within 2 minutes. It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen. (My favorite part was the "No no no! You'll kill her! Get the 2lb weights." from one woman to the other when she was reaching for the 5 pound weights. KILL ME. That was heartening.) Thank you, sweet and helpful ladies of the BodyPump class!!
The class started, and it was really easy to follow once I figured out how to (quickly) add and pull weights off my bar between sets. The music is completely different from Zumba. Zumba's music is happy and upbeat, but there's a bit more metal in BodyPump --and a bit of sex, too (Seriously, we worked our triceps to "Bringing Sexy Back"--which feels apt, because isn't that a great many of us are working towards?). There were a few moments I in which I seriously questioned whether or not bringing any kind of sexy back was worth it (Push-ups! I hate push-ups! Crunches?! I hate crunches!), but about halfway through the class, the endorphins kicked in (oh, I love that moment)--right in the middle of lunges, actually--and I thought about how fabulous my ass is going to look in a few months if I keep this up and I got a severe case of the giggles whilst thinking about my Sexy Ass-but it was enough of a kick to finish the class.
I'm still sore this morning, and I suspect tomorrow is going to be worse, but the next class is Saturday, and I will be there--10 minutes early this time. Give me another few months of BodyPump twice a week, and ooo...baby! Sexy will have been broughten.
Has anyone else tried a weight class like this?
They Said Stuff!
So did you start the classes yet? Do you like them? BodyPump sounds dirty. ;-)
hee. I’m 12, so I giggle every time I say I’m going to BodyPump. I LOVE these classes. I’m doing BodyPump and BodyFlow and then cardio on the days I don’t have class. I love our local gym so much.
*pumps*
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