Wednesday, April 30, 2008

ow ow ow

that is me this morning.

my next door neighbor teaches all sorts of classes at the gym we both go to. since i am a pro haven't fallen off of the machines and the free weights but have never ventured into the unknown area of 'classes' i thought i might give it a go. (read, the mirror and i are not fans so i am stepping it up with these classes)

monday i did mat pilates. as a fan of at home pilates, the class was great with no huge suprises. other than a sore rump and core which i wanted.

yesterday i ventured into the world of salsa, or for you workout fanatics, zoomba to be technical on the teaching method. first lets just say that i do have some rhythm...but i don't have that rhythm. i'm quite certain i will never ever be cast in any latin music video's and i'm also quite certain if i am able to move my hips like you're supposed too, then it will be because it is dislocated and i need to be rushed to the hospital.

i also do not think, after witnessing myself looking like Elaine on Seinfeld that i will never be able to fall back on the career choice of "exotic dancer" should i ever find myself with that as my last choice. after seeing my muffin tops wiggle and move and my hips not move as they should i am certain that they would have me on the tuesday afternoon shift when no one was at a strip club. (not that i know when strip clubs are frequented i would just guess that tuesday afternoons wouldn't be a peak time. i could be wrong, in which case i wouldn't be on that shift, but maybe the wednesday morning shift)

for one solid hour i did all sorts of shimmy and shaking. how does one shimmy while taking 4 steps forward without falling over? riddle me that shakira. i was sweating and huffing and puffing and cursing jlo for making it look like it was easy. but i did it. and after laughing at myself about 100 times i realized i like this class. it is a workout and a half. but the time flew by and it was actually fun.

today is body sculpting. while i hope that it means i will walk in and they will magically make fat fall off my body and smooth out any wrinkles, i have more of an inkling that it has more to do with me lifting heavy things and crunching other things in an effort to sculpt my own body. but i will let you know if the magician shows up. in which case i'm going to get it to give me hips that swivel while they're at it.

**update** body sculpting has no sculpter when you walk in, it was as expected. it was very hard. i got the bright deranged idea to go to the salsa class right afterwards. my legs wobble gingerly step right now and i may have to call the fire department to roll my butt out of bed tomorrow.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Frustrated

when asking a business for a price quote and being prepared to pay very good money because you like their work, only to have them not return any of your bid requests gets under my skin like nothing else.