Ha Ha!! I've realised the "gym" is totally online - I have but to log in to 'my locker' to unleash it's power. I can book classes online, get put on a "watch list" for classes that are already booked, and view my schedule. Also, when I book a class online, it sends me an email reminder which can be saved into my calendar. Too much nice!!! I get swept away by this discovery and start booking classes and putting myself on watchlists for that elusive and unreasonably popular 'anti-gravity' yoga. I get rather competitive and keep checking every few minutes to see how my watchlist is doing..... sucess! 1 spot pops up for the anti-gravity and I swoop in to book it!
Which is why, I'm now standing in front of a hammock suspended from the ceiling questioning my enthusiasm. Apparently, hanging upside down helps you look younger... something about blood rushing to the thyroid glands and such like. Personally, to me, this is just a fad that's taken a life of it's own, but I have to admit, as the class progresses, I start enjoying it... when I did regular yoga, I never did the head stands, but with the fabric taking all the weight and effort out of it, it's a piece of cake and I blithely hang upside down and even do the swinging giraffe. Surprisingly, the end where one snuggles into the hammock and wraps it around like a cocoon to bend and stretch before just laying there gently swaying in the dark, doesn't make me nauseous and I rather enjoy it.
Hot yoga, however, is a different ball of string. Again, the thrill of discovery of the virtual booking system has me in hot water. Almost literally. I take my cue from the others in the room and fetch a large towel and a glass of water. 50 minutes of yoga done far to quickly for my liking, with no correction for positions, broken up surya namaskars, and drops of sweat pit-patting on to my towel results in a mental note to self. Either go back to a proper yoga institute or try and regular temperature sweaty classes where you might lose some calories!
A new freshly laundered towel awaits, and this time I return from my shower to the appropriate locker to find all my belongings intact. That bit of normalcy propels me to check out my weight and as I toss my towel and step onto the offending piece of machinery that sent me to class despite myself, lo and behold! I seem to have shed another 1.4 kilos since my last check, bringing it to a grand total of 2.4 kilos in week 1. Clearly, sweat accounts for a lot more weight than I'd given it credit for :).
Guess I will be back on Sunday for another torturous session of Zumba.
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