hola! como estas? bien? que bueno. hoy tengo un "periscope alert!!!"
si, periscope! ok, no mas espanol.
What i'm trying to say is, i now have the periscope app, signed in with my twitter account, and today i tried broadcasting live from my body combat class! woo hoo! ok, so it was a little awkward, and i mostly just got some other chicks in the class, or just the cieling and the sound of Robb the instructor's voice, or someone's too-close-up-for-comfort spandex or something, and it ended after 14 minutes, but eh, not bad for a first go-round. Next time i'll try to give a heads-up first, but if you're reading this, just remember that i do this body combat class most thursday mornings, (re-starting last week, anyway, i was a bit absent for several weeks there...) so if you just check out my twitter name, jennerositync or just jennerosity, not sure, on periscope at 9:30 thursday mornings, you just might catch us in action!
But if you're quick, you can still catch a replay of it before 24 hours goes up! run! don't walk!!!
ok. seriously. today was a "launch" day, when they do a new release for the first time. ok that's redundant. new release MEANS for the first time. and Robb told us all to wear camo or black and green, which some people did, and there was a Ninja Mutant Teenage Turtle theme to it or whatever, you'll see at the end...
i'm not getting into the technical details today, just appreciated the good workout. i'll let some other dudes do that. like this guy...
Tommy Damani has a youtube channel where he reviews and breaks down every track of this new release, or whatever release we're on, and it's pretty good, if you're into learning the correct body placement and technique for these fun combat moves. he does a lot of blabbing in the beginning, though, so you can just skip to a couple minutes in. here he is..click below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLKcRdC3t_s
hope you enjoyed that. moving on...
this guy usually does good reviews, but this time it's just the track list:
http://grandnat.co.uk/dare-you-look-the-track-list-for-les-mills-body-combat-release-64/
and here's a chick i've never seen before, you never know what you'll find on youtube...but i guess she's an instructor somewhere in the world:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZcPm414hgI&list=PLTjmGWwyi0KVHfRCO7mnQh5OGZmYA7vWY&index=1
ok, now my turn. had fun today. some of my favorite moves: i loved the scoops and the push kicks, and it felt so good to do elbow strikes again, love those. jump kicks were back in this release, yay, and lots of repeated side kicks, all on one leg, while balancing on the other.
but i approached class cautiously today. not only because it's been awhile since i've been a regular at this, but because i'm tired of the headaches i used to suffer every day after this class. did some research, learned that this is more of an "explosive" type of exercise, so i decided to put a bit less "explosion" into my moves, and maybe i'd suffer less. so i was gentler, calmer, as a fighter today.
funny, but just as i was getting started, getting into my gentler mode of fighting today, in prances this one girl, and i'm not trying to judge here, but she was so totally opposite of the gentler fight mode i was attempting, that it was very distracting, especially since she came in late and claimed a spot right smack in front of me, blocking my view of the mirror. (that is sooo annoying..) but anyway, as i chided myself for trying to judge at first, i realized that i kind of saw myself in her. a forty-something mom, going absolutely crazy in this class, throwing every molecule into her punches like her life depended on it. actually she was much more fit than i am, and i know that she does have a personal trainer, as well, which explains the clearly defined muscles to the point that her legs didn't even look soft or feminine anymore. sorry, that was judging.
any-hoo, i know that a couple years ago, just starting out, i was into this to an extreme, like i had so much fight in me i just had to get it out, and this was soooo therapeutic! it still is, but like i've mentioned elsewhere, i'm in a calmer stage right now, i'm accepting where i'm at, and i know that working out is not a life-or-death trek through the jungles of South America, ready to pounce and fight off every cheetah or anaconda or drug lord that crosses my path. no, this is just my life, my routine of keeping my body in good health so i can live for a reeeeeally reeeeeeally long time, like past 100, maybe. (if it's a good life, i'd like that, otherwise, take me Jesus!!)
all that blabber to say, i still enjoy the combat sport, the way it bangs you into great shape, but i'm not so personal about it anymore. i'm done fighting for my life. The Lord is fighting for me.
ok, now my turn. had fun today. some of my favorite moves: i loved the scoops and the push kicks, and it felt so good to do elbow strikes again, love those. jump kicks were back in this release, yay, and lots of repeated side kicks, all on one leg, while balancing on the other.
but i approached class cautiously today. not only because it's been awhile since i've been a regular at this, but because i'm tired of the headaches i used to suffer every day after this class. did some research, learned that this is more of an "explosive" type of exercise, so i decided to put a bit less "explosion" into my moves, and maybe i'd suffer less. so i was gentler, calmer, as a fighter today.
funny, but just as i was getting started, getting into my gentler mode of fighting today, in prances this one girl, and i'm not trying to judge here, but she was so totally opposite of the gentler fight mode i was attempting, that it was very distracting, especially since she came in late and claimed a spot right smack in front of me, blocking my view of the mirror. (that is sooo annoying..) but anyway, as i chided myself for trying to judge at first, i realized that i kind of saw myself in her. a forty-something mom, going absolutely crazy in this class, throwing every molecule into her punches like her life depended on it. actually she was much more fit than i am, and i know that she does have a personal trainer, as well, which explains the clearly defined muscles to the point that her legs didn't even look soft or feminine anymore. sorry, that was judging.
any-hoo, i know that a couple years ago, just starting out, i was into this to an extreme, like i had so much fight in me i just had to get it out, and this was soooo therapeutic! it still is, but like i've mentioned elsewhere, i'm in a calmer stage right now, i'm accepting where i'm at, and i know that working out is not a life-or-death trek through the jungles of South America, ready to pounce and fight off every cheetah or anaconda or drug lord that crosses my path. no, this is just my life, my routine of keeping my body in good health so i can live for a reeeeeally reeeeeeally long time, like past 100, maybe. (if it's a good life, i'd like that, otherwise, take me Jesus!!)
all that blabber to say, i still enjoy the combat sport, the way it bangs you into great shape, but i'm not so personal about it anymore. i'm done fighting for my life. The Lord is fighting for me.
oh, that's right. the teenage ninja noodle terriors or warriors or whatever.. i think it was in a song someplace. anyway, you know i just hate winning stuff. no no i mean, sure it'd be great if i could ever win a lottery or a trip to costa rica on wheel of fortune or something big, but it seems whenever i enter some silly drawing in a public place, i end up winning some silly prize and have to embarrass myself walking up in front of everybody to claim it. it happened when i was 4 years old at a church picnic. i won a sandbox toy. it happened in second grade. i won a bag of stupid uncooked cranberries at a church potluck. that was horrible. we had to guess the number of marbles in a jar, and why did i have to be so smart. when they announced the winner, i was in the process of trying to sneak out the door, when they called my name, dang it, and somebody saw me out in the hallway and made me go back in and claim my stupid cranberries. how humiliating for a super shy little girl! and what's a kid supposed to do with a pound of cranberries???? ay-yi-yi!!
any-hoo. i digress. so during this class, Robb reminded us to put our names in the drawing. i was the last in line for the pen to scrawl my name on a slip of paper and drop it in. almost left the line to re-join the class, hated missing part of the workout. The bag was immediately brought up to be chosen from, and after a good bit of mixing up the names, they drew mine! and here's my prize:
a teenage noodle minty turtle bath towel and washcloth!! wow!!! (actually, i'm quite fond of it, and may have to use some of these body combat moves to fight off my kids for it!!)
so have a great day, and remember, 9:30 on thursdays, i will try to broadcast live on periscope. check out the replay while it's still there.
tschuss, aufwiedersehn!!!!
(ok, wrong release, i know, but i love this little guy....and that crane move!!!)
