G'day, mates! (sorry, i'm being influenced by these Body Combat head honchos down under in Auckland!!)
You wanna know what makes me reeeeeaaally exhausted, tired, out of breath, aching in every muscle and molecule of this ol' body? Sitting here in this comfy chair, sipping my Casi Cielo dark roast, curled up in fuzzy slippers and blanky....watching THIS:
It's a 3-minute "sizzler" or trailer for the Body Combat 62, the new release that we just did in class yesterday. What's so amazing to me, watching these, is how people all over the world, starting from these guys in New Zealand, are doing these exact same moves to the same tracks, with the same teaching tips, exact choreography. this is worldwide! worldwide aches and pains and nicely rounded buns, too, i might add, for those that have been doing it as long as they have! I just watch these 3 minutes of action and i have nothing left to say in this blog to review the pain and torture, yet glorifyingly amazing energy and spiritual fervor that goes on in each of these classes. Yesterday was a perfect example. We really had the room sizzling with energy, music pounding, Rob's encouragement to pull out all the stops, give it all we've got, and there was no lack of enthusiasm in the resounding cheer of Rob's: "MAD CARY MOMS!!!" and our response, "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!!!" over and over again. Powerful. Wonderful. Loved it. till i hated it, with a passion, hours later, as the muscles broke down and the mild headache from lack of sufficient oxygen or water seeped in, and i had to go to bed super early to recover.
So to recap...this video reminded me...
Importance of FORM: these guys are the pros. Rob's great, but watching these guys is really impressive, the sharpness, the accuracy of their kicks. the fury of their punches. no flabby, flailing arms like the car-washing chick or the hammy the squirrel characters i sometimes see in my class.
Their description of the roundhouse kick, spot-on. just like Rob's, so i'm glad about that.
I remember those new "guard" moves that i'm still trying to figure out. Doing karate moves when i've never actually donned the white bathrobe thingy can throw me off sometimes. feels foreign but that's ok. i like it.
combine those guards with the side kicks, smacking out both opponents: POW!!
new boxing combo, mixin it up, fast, "maintain rotation for the hook".
Dark Horse remix. liked it. but ouch, 56 continuous strikes: first knees, then side, front and back kicks. never ending.
grab some water if there's time. or at least try to breathe between tracks.
Then the killer Capoeira, lower-body work-out. ouch ouch ouch. standing on one leg for 2 whole minutes, doing killer S-L-O-WWWW kicks and lunges till the fire in your legs is about to erupt and explode you. Rob's comment, "you can do anything for 2 minutes. God knows i have..." (translation cue, Rob in 3 words: gay. 2 kids. biological. ok moving on..)
Muay Thai. perfect mix of all my favorites, including the brawler blow, ascending and descending elbow strikes mixed with jab-crosses, every beat, nonstop, no rest for the weary. "arms above the head" keeps the heart rate up, up, up. Recovery time? a short stint of running in place, Keep those knees up!!!
Finished with some new ab work, things called Quarter Crunches.
Cool-down and goodbye.
For someone else's review of Body Combat 62, check out this link:
https://nzglen.wordpress.com/2014/08/09/bodycombat-62-filming/
This has been exhausting. just thinking about it makes me tired. Need to keep it up, stay in better fighting shape. Fitness goal: (i know, i keep trying to stay on track and keep renewing my vows to
fitness, but here goes again:) Body Combat once a week, Boxing once a week, run a few times in-between. i'm getting there...
till next time...keep your guard up, mates!!
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