Full Body Sweatout

As we come to the end of our passion blogs, I've realized how difficult it is to find fitness classes that fit into my schedule. So sadly, I had to sacrifice my one time tradition of going to yoga on Mondays in order to go to the Full Body Workout class. The fitness schedule noted that this class was taught by junior instructors which made me nervous after my not so great experience at Barre Fitness.

As I walked in the gym I immediately noticed the upbeat remixes of pop music and bright lighting that was completely different from the yoga and pilates classes I went to the previous weeks. I quickly put my stuff down, and grabbed an ab workout mat and weights, which everyone else had already gotten.

A large majority of the class was cardio. The instructor led us in doing a bunch of Zumba moves including side toe touches, grapevine, shuffles, around the world, and square steps. After going to multiple Power Remix steps and doing the square steps with a set arm motion, I was taken aback when the instructor decided to switch it up. She told us to move our arms up from our sides, drawing a half circle with each arm as we stepped forward, and then move our arms straight up as we stepped back. For some reason, my brain just couldn't handle this change and my arms ended flapping around a bit like this

We continued with these steps for multiple songs. Then we did other cardio exercises including high knees, jumping jacks, burpees, and frog jumps. We started out doing each exercise for two minutes, and then a minute, and finally repeated them for about half a minute. By this time, I was dripping sweat, which is rare since I don't usually sweat a lot. But bear in mind, my overwhelming amount of sweat may be because of the fact that I have contracted the Plague for the second time.

After the cardio section, the instructor teaching stepped down as a second instructor strapped on her microphone and moved to the front and center. The second instructor focused more on muscle toning. She told us to quickly go pick up our weights and me being the oh so strong girl that I am picked up my measly 5 pound weights, as everyone else grabbed their 7-10 pound weights. The instructor led us in the generic bicep and tricep curls. Afterwards, we did a set of squats with the weights, and then lifted the weights above our heads for a set. By this time, my palms were sweating profusely, and I thought there was a high possibility that I'd accidentally drop my weights. After those sets, we dropped down and held a plank and then stood up and did some plie squats. After the plie squats we held another plank. We finished off muscle conditioning with a set of ab exercises including leg lowers, toe touches, and half supermans.

After that muscle conditioning, the class was almost over and we did the generic stretching cool down routine. I was pleasantly surprised by the junior instructors that taught this class. They were both very professional, and gave motivational comments at just the right times. Although the class included a lot of generic moves, it definitely worked out my whole body.

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