I joined Shapes Health & Fitness Monday night. It's located in the Banana Alley Vaults across the river from the office. It's on my way to work and home from work - no excuses!! It's a funky little place comprised of several long tunnels with hidden passageways (I sometimes cannot find the arched cut out doorways in the curved walls linking the tunnels together). One tunnel is lined with cardio equipment, another with weights, another with classrooms, and a fourth with locker rooms and the spa area. I've been smothered with loads of personal attention since joining. I attended a Thai kickboxing class Tuesday night with only three other people - two guys who'd been doing it a while, a petite cute girl who'd only done it once before, and me. I took great satisfaction in destroying the teacher's initially low expectations of me. Those many years of body combat/kickboxing classes were not wasted! My technique was strong and my intensity stronger. Hiya!! The instructor barely spoke English but kept shouting "face!", "when I say face, you like this", indicating that we move into a defensive position guarding our face from attack. Thursday night was an even more intense experience as I was the sole participant in the hip hop dance class. I initially thought that I would be in for some major humiliation, but then chucked that thought aside and realized I was getting some premium one on one training. Dancing queen has acquired some new moves!!
