When I lose track of where I'm going...

... I remind myself of where I come from, of where I was standing when I began this journey, and of all the things I couldn't do then.

And I see how far I've reached and how strong I've become!

Pilates and Pilates Reformer

The gym's 3-year anniversary party was outdoors this year.

The instructors taught various classes in the field area: Therapy-Dance, Pilates, Pilates Reformer, Cardio, Extreme Cardio, etc. There was a fixed schedule and you picked your favourite classes beforehand. Each class lasted approximately 30 minutes.

I had sprained my ankle two days before, so I couldn't dance or do cardio. I just did Pilates and Pilates Reformer. Thank Joseph Pilates for a new gymnastic discipline which seems to be in vogue. In spite of that, even the unfit can do some kind of low-intensity and moderate exercise.

BTW, Yamil was missed by everybody. We lost the soul of the party in December last year, and such charismatic instructor left an empty spot which nobody will be able to fill.

That said... We had fun.

Personal Best at the Gym

I've been to the coast for a whole month, and  I trained in my favourite gym there.

I hit more than a few PRs, and I couldn't avoid being noticed by the guys - especially by the ones who train hard!

This is me leg pressing 100 lbs (3 sets, 15-12-10). I didn't dare to try repeating it - my right tibia paid the price for my reckless fitness euphoria!

Anyway... who can take away my pride and my sense of accomplishment? N.O.B.O.D.Y.!!!

BACK PAIN

I had to stop training between February and July due to an injury in my back. It was not fun!

5K (Running among the trees)

Cold morning in May, outside the mall in Canning. 

The running team was there. We held our own warm-up. The instructors assisted us all the time, and checked if everybody was okay after they crossed the finish line.

I'm holding the gym's flag in one of the pictures. And there's another one of the whole running team, we're doing Bolt's famous posture in that one! :)

JUMPING

The second class I tried at this gym... Jumping!

Jumping happened to be incredibly challenging. The exercises on the trampolin offered some kind of variety within the , yes, but after repeating the same interval four times, every exercise performed exactly in the same order, you definitely learnt how to cheat and slow down or pretend you're working hard when the toughest one began. I guess the exercises were good enough, it was the sequence what made them boring.

The mini trampoline ruined my calves and my hips, too. As we say in Spanish, "debut y despedida" (or "hello and goodbye")...

SPINNING

I tried two new classes in a local gym (3 blocks away from my place).

Spinning was... histerical! Hyper-active, crazy, loud music, the room looked like a disco, and the instructor was... something like a spinning guru. He kept us motivated, on our legs and busting working our asses off in outbursts of HIIT for a whole hour! He even made us sing and scream and... sweat like heck!

I loved it, but... it ruined my lower body. My calves were swollen on the following day. 

Next time I want to shake my butt or feel my hips, I'd better take a hip-hop class at a dance studio...

CrossFit!

I called and got into a cab two weeks ago. It took one of the main roads to leave my town. When it turned round the corner to take the road, I made an amazing discovery. In an huge building where there was a church some time ago and a Gym many years ago, now there was another Gym! And it had a sign sayin "CrossFit" in front! Wow! Unbelievable!

So I made some time on Monday last week to find out what kind of Gym it was. CrossFit landed in my country as recently as last year, and I couldn't believe I was as lucky as to have a CrossFit Gym so close to my own house, when it's clear to me that there are only a few CrossFit Gyms all over the entire country!

But - yes! They do CrossFit there! And you can take a free session to try it out. So that's what I did. Gosh, it was soooooooooo tough!!!

I happened to found a guy there, he was a private student of mine ten years ago. He told me he'd lost 9 kg in 2 months - with CrossFit!

W.O.D. 01/16 - For time

Dumbbell single arm snatches

Burpees

10 each side - 1 - 9 - 2 - 8 - 3 - 7 - 4 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 7 - 3 - 8 - 2 - 9 - 1 - 10

Time: 26' 10''

And this is a photo of the place: