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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

My Surprise Excercise Class

Last night Sally HP and my triathlon training buddy took me out to see the movie He's Just Not That Into You and dessert to celebrate my birthday. It was so much fun! Seeing movies and eating dessert, particularly when they're good, are two of my favorite things to do. The movie was hilarious and we went out to the Cheesecake Factory so both were excellent. Needless to say, I knew I wouldn't feel like getting up early to workout today so Sally HP and I made plans to use the treadmills at the Y after I drove my older son (OS) to preschool.

I dropped (OS) off at preschool and my younger son (YS) off at the childwatch and then headed to the locker room to stash my bag. On my way I ran into my group trainer that I meet with on Fridays. She asked if I was coming to her class. She's frequently talked about how she teaches the Silver Sneakers aerobics class. Silver Sneakers is the senior citizens program at the Y. She's told us that she has younger people in her aerobic class too and they just pick up the pace on their own to get a good workout. She's encouraged all of us to attend. Sally HP and I had talked about what classes were offered at this time today and I remembered her saying that there was the Silver Sneakers class.

Let me back track here and say also that yesterday I found out that the crackling noises in my left ear are in fact from an ear infection and not from the mothership trying to get in touch with me to bring me home. More specifically I have a lot of fluid in my ear from an old cold and on top of it I have swimmer's ear so the thought of having my iPod bud in my ear was actually a little painful. The class seemed like a good alternative. I texted Sally HP and then headed off to the class. I asked Barb if she was sure it was okay for me to go and if I could get a good workout. She looked at me kind of funny and said that of course I would. It would obviously be though what I made of it.

Right away I noticed that there were some seniors citizens in the class and a lot of people my age. I felt better that I wasn't going to be the only poser in the class. We started on the warmup which was good, but I was surprised by how hard it was for a senior citizens' class. Then Barb said, "Welcome to kickboxing!". For the record, I really enjoyed the class. Also for the record, Barb was substituting for the regular kickboxing teacher and normally does not teach kickboxing.

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: Double check the name of any new gym class you're taking before the class starts.

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