Good evening everyone. I have a new obsession to share with you all tonight. I have found a new love, quite unbelievably to anyone who knows me, in the form of the gym. Les Mills gym in fact. I have been meaning to get rid of my asian holiday weight for a while and things came to a head when my clothes from home arrived and I couldn’t fit into any of my jeans. Nothing like a mental picture of how much skinnier you must have been a year ago to get your motivation flowing. My goal is to lose 5 to 7 kgs, gain core strength and a wee bit of muscle mass.
In order to achieve this I have joined this wonderful gym and become addicted with it. I adore it. I mean, with a whole floor dedicated to only women, a cardio workout area in a cinema room with banging tunes, and as many free group workout classes as my poor unfit body can manage to attend, what’s not to love?
The classes are amazing, so far I have attended two different types…..CX or core extreme for those not familiar is a 30 intense core workout that makes you feel like you’re going to pass out and just when you can’t do it anymore it’s magically over, you’ve struggled through and actually managed to complete it. And how sore my body is the day after must be a good sign.
Body Balance is a mix between pilates, yoga and tai chi, full of moves and workouts that increase your flexibility and strength such as downward dog, pyramid something and possibly child’s pose? As a complete novice please forgive me for making the names up, I’m sure they will come to me in time, probably sooner rather than later considering I will be attending every possible session I can. Yes people it really is that awesome!!
So far this is nearly the end of week two. I have so far lost 1.5kgs, been going 4/5days a week and thanks to a fitness instructor have a new workout regime and class to attend next week. This next one’s called Body Attack, I’ll let you know if I survive.
Kia Ora New Zealand 