Getting Back in the Groove

It’s no surprise that I’ve put on a few pounds since I’ve started my new job. I’m not boastful about it – it’s not exactly my proudest moment. But I’m pushing myself to get back in the habit of exercising and luckily I have a few coworkers that are willing to join me on my endeavor. We’ve begun to put aside one night a week to all exercise together, usually by taking classes. So far we’ve done a class of cardio barre (my doing of course :] ) and tonight we took a spin class.

My bottom is very sore already from sitting on my spin bike but it was nice to sweat it out in a dim room with pulsating music. It’s been a while since my last spin class. I used to take spin classes when I was on the dance team at Cal – it was part of our work out regime in the summer time while we prepared for football season. I knew what to expect but it never makes it any easier.

Tonight, we went to a studio named Fit On, a boutique studio based in Manhattan Beach. Elizabeth provided the Groupon and we got our fit on. The rom was initially pretty bright but as classes started, the lights were substantially dimmer. It took me a while to get adjusted but it’s probably better that I couldn’t see myself and watch myself in the mirror: a bad habit I tend to have. The music was your usual techno/pop but what surprised me the most was the second song of the class: the Survivor theme song!! At that point I knew I was going to love the class. Any fitness class that brings my favorite competitive reality show into the mix is a winner in my book.

The class was pretty standard: some hills, some flat roads, a lot of sweating. My knees were quivering at the end and it was a crapshoot as to whether I would be able to walk out of there, much less drive home. But I survived and had a lot of fun! I’m excited to go back next week, we were told that the instructor we had was the hardest and he got off his bike to walk around and give us corrections or turn up the resistance on our bikes. But I really enjoyed the class and can’t wait for the next. Spin tends to be one of those classes where you walk out really feeling like you’ve burned some calories. Tomorrow, if I’m not too sore, I’m going to try and take a dance class! I took one last week and I was unpleasantly surprised by how sore I was the next day. It’s time to get back in shape!