Tough Workouts
Posted by Sandra Sims on 21 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: Exercise
Yesterday I went to my first Cardio Kickboxing class. Oh my gosh, I thought I was going to passout after just 20 minutes! Seriously…
A little backtracking here — I joined a new gym and I went for the one hour orientation about 2 weeks ago. You go around with a personal trainer who shows you the equipment, takes your measurements, etc. I did a version of a stress test running on a treadmill for 5 minutes, then we went into the aerobics classroom and did situps, pushups and jumping jacks. It was like a flashback from school where we had those President’s Physical Fitness tests. LOL!
Anyway, after the jumping jacks I started to get lightheaded and my brain was all fuzzy, then I fell to the floor! I couldn’t even hear what my PT was saying. Finally she got me to drink some water and then I started to come to. Boy that was scarry!
So needless to say when I started to get overheated in the kickboxing class I took a break and grabbed my water bottle. I didn’t really want a repeat of that fainting episode.
I used to have a workout video that had kickboxing moves in it so I was familiar with all of the moves. The coordination isn’t that tough, not like step aerobics, but you’re just constantly moving - and fast. It’s high energy for the whole 60 minutes. Eventhough it was tough I thought it was fun too.
Oh, yea and today I got in 20 minutes on weights, 30 minutes raquetball and an hour of yoga!
[…] Like Lynn, I’ve also become a fan of Cardio Kickboxing. My first class Monday of last week was a real tough workout and I couldn’t even make it to the next one on Wednesday because I was so sore. Good news - I went to my second class yesterday and feel great today. The gym also changed the class to 45 minutes Kickboxing and the 30 minute Abs class is right afterward. That worked out great since I need the ab work too! […]