Another title for this post could be...."The Power of Cathe"!!!
I did not want to get out of bed today..it was pouring rain, the bed was just too inviting. I decided to go for it, anyway, and am so glad I did!!
On the hour long drive to Cathe's, my mood matched the weather, I was tired, and mentally spent from family stuff I have had to deal with recently, it seemed to rain harder the closer I got to the club, but I kept telling myself how much better I'd feel once this was over!
Finally class time arrived, and Cathe kicked into high gear almost right away, she even made some comments about beating the weather blues, she not only beat them, she pummeled them into submission, my legs wanted to go on strike from the rest of me almost immediately, yet I just kept pushing, it especially helped to see I wasn't alone for the sweat fest, every else was giving it their all as well, and no one was working harder than Cathe herself. The workouts (both home and at the studio) are much easier to do when the leader is doing them right along with you. I just love when Cathe says...."We're in this together!" It's so true!
She worked Bi's and Tri's until they begged for mercy, I modified for the step aerobics..mainly jacks and jumprope, she even through a little bit of kickboxing in...THANK YOU CATHE!!! I just love kickboxing!
Why is it that I think when we take to the floor that the hard stuff is over....NOT!!! Something called plyo-pushups, hard to explain, very hard to do, but I did 'em..at least best I could.
And then Cathe brought me as close as a male can get to experiencing child birth with an amazing ab routine which left me screaming out loud!!
Finally it was stretch/cool down time..greatly welcomed!! After class, Cathe graciously gave me a few minutes of her time to see how I was progressing with my kickbox certification, among other things. KB classes for me are on hold until I get back from Walt Disney World in late November. Then it will be my turn to do the inflicting...}(
It's not everyone that can make me get up at 6 am on a crappy day to to what I did to myself...for that, I thank Cathe big time.
For anyone who ever wondered if there was a correlation between exercise and mood, that fact that I drove to class angry and drove home singing to Springsteen (and not caring if anyone saw me..
)
should provide some answers in that regard. That reason alone makes me want to teach myself someday soon!!
A lousy day turned great!
Jerry
I did not want to get out of bed today..it was pouring rain, the bed was just too inviting. I decided to go for it, anyway, and am so glad I did!!
On the hour long drive to Cathe's, my mood matched the weather, I was tired, and mentally spent from family stuff I have had to deal with recently, it seemed to rain harder the closer I got to the club, but I kept telling myself how much better I'd feel once this was over!
Finally class time arrived, and Cathe kicked into high gear almost right away, she even made some comments about beating the weather blues, she not only beat them, she pummeled them into submission, my legs wanted to go on strike from the rest of me almost immediately, yet I just kept pushing, it especially helped to see I wasn't alone for the sweat fest, every else was giving it their all as well, and no one was working harder than Cathe herself. The workouts (both home and at the studio) are much easier to do when the leader is doing them right along with you. I just love when Cathe says...."We're in this together!" It's so true!
She worked Bi's and Tri's until they begged for mercy, I modified for the step aerobics..mainly jacks and jumprope, she even through a little bit of kickboxing in...THANK YOU CATHE!!! I just love kickboxing!
Why is it that I think when we take to the floor that the hard stuff is over....NOT!!! Something called plyo-pushups, hard to explain, very hard to do, but I did 'em..at least best I could.
And then Cathe brought me as close as a male can get to experiencing child birth with an amazing ab routine which left me screaming out loud!!
Finally it was stretch/cool down time..greatly welcomed!! After class, Cathe graciously gave me a few minutes of her time to see how I was progressing with my kickbox certification, among other things. KB classes for me are on hold until I get back from Walt Disney World in late November. Then it will be my turn to do the inflicting...}(
It's not everyone that can make me get up at 6 am on a crappy day to to what I did to myself...for that, I thank Cathe big time.
For anyone who ever wondered if there was a correlation between exercise and mood, that fact that I drove to class angry and drove home singing to Springsteen (and not caring if anyone saw me..
)should provide some answers in that regard. That reason alone makes me want to teach myself someday soon!!
A lousy day turned great!
Jerry
