Running 5km

New achievement unlocked - running 5km! I have a love/hate relationship with running, so this was a big deal for me. I did 10 minutes of running, followed by 1 minute of walking, a total of 4 times. I hope I can continue!

Zumba Toning

Last week I tried a new zumba class at a place I had never been to before. It's a bit far from my house, but I'll pretty much go anywhere for zumba.

It was a zumba toning class! You hold these maraca-like sticks. The actual sticks seemed pretty light, so I used the 2-pound weights. Man, they sure do get heavy towards the end of the class! It was nice to switch it up a bit, I'll definitely be back.

Dance bootcamp

I cheated on Zumba! Last week, the UBC rec centre did a bunch of free trial classes. I found one that interested me called Dance Bootcamp. It was intense! The instructor was super good and full of energy. It was only a 45 minute class, and we focused on salsa and swing, but I got a GOOD workout. The session starts this week, I'm not sure if I will sign up because it's right in the middle of the day and it was not very fun to go back to my desk all sweaty and gross. But it was a really great class - maybe I'll try and drop in over the course of the term.

More - you guessed it - Zumba!

I did some Zumba on the weekend. Shocking, I know! I do so love Zumba. I signed up for a Saturday morning class that goes until the end of October. I love the nice big room at this community centre - plus the teacher is super fun!

I also signed up for a Social Shopper deal some time ago. It's through a place called Danza Fitness. They run classes out of a dance studio called Boogaloo. It's nice and close to my house. They offer classes 3 times a week, but I can usually only make the Sunday class because of my busy weekly schedule. It's so hot and small in their studio, and the classes are always really, really full. It's great that it's popular, but it's not so fun being packed in with a bunch of sweaty people. The instructors are amazing though, I sweat like crazy in these classes!

Spin, Life, and back to school

Today is the first day of school! Well actually at UBC no classes are in session because we have Imagine Day where students go around and check out subjects that they might be interested in majoring in. Nevertheless, this place is hopping. Lots of students are back on campus and the place is certainly not as quiet as it was during the summer months. Oh how I love back to school!

To "celebrate" September (ha!), I took a spin class last night with my sister. Now you know I've been crazy for Zumba and have tried out classes all over the city. But my sister is a runner and spinner, and she's been trying to drag me to a spin class for months now. I finally tried one out. It was TOUGH but good. And oh boy, am I sore. I think I kept up pretty well for my first class. I will have to go again, now that I know what to expect. It's a great workout, but I still love my Zumba classes.

It's back to school for this guy too. He gets an extra day off since his school starts tomorrow. I said, "Noah, show me your best 'I'm going into Grade 3' pose!" And here's what he came up with. Pretty cool, huh!

Lookie who...

Look who joined me for Zumba last night: my Pa! It was SUPER hot in the room so we were all sweating right away. But we made it, and he did great, for a first timer. The teacher said to him, "You must be a dancer!"

Crazy for Zumba

I'm still on the Zumba train - I'm crazy for Zumba! They had a few free trial classes at some community centres in the city, so I went to many classes last week. I pulled my neck a bit in one class but I think it will settle down now - so I can return to Zumba! Here's the lovely classroom at Hilcrest just before our class.