Sunday, November 9, 2008

for the love of exercise

Two posts in one day....what will my poor little blog do?!

About a year ago, Steven and I joined a gym with his parents. We started to go and work out on the elliptical machines (my fave) about 2-3 time a week. Then my first full time job started and I was trying to finish my master's degree. Needless to say, exercise became a low priority. After a few more months of inconsistent attendance, Steven and I decided to start going to classes. We read the descriptions and chose Body Attack. It's a 55 minute, high impact cardio workout. You seriously never stop moving, unless you are getting a drink. Despite running out of the class about 2/3 of the way through because I thought I was going to throw up, we kept going back. And I haven't run out of the classes since. In July, Steven's dad invited us to go to Body Combat, another 55 minute class, but this one is a mixed martial arts cardio workout. It was SO MUCH FUN! I even started going to this class at 5:15 am every Tuesday. You would laugh if you saw me in these classes because I yell and get excited and have a great time working out.

So here I am three months after I started going to 3-4 classes a week, and I have dropped 2 pant sizes. I feel great and I think I am starting to look great. I am seriously hooked on being fit. I want to teach Body Combat. So I am going to instructor training in January. Wish me luck!

2 comments:

Joel said...

That's awesome, Sandi! I'm having to start working out cause I'm gonna die otherwise. Nothing like medical problems to motivate, huh? Ah, well...

I still don't know what I'm going to do, though I have to figure it out this week. I don't envision sitting on a machine trying to kill myself, but who knows...

The Spangler Story said...

Yeah Sandi! I can't think of better motivation to get to the gym than a class of students waiting for you.