Day 77

Today kinda no mood to go to gym la. Few sad things that happened...

Started off with Body Jam with Tina. She always does the "lesser done" performance tracks and songs, which is GOOD because you don't always want to do the same thing over and over again right? Mix it up a little. But today no mood to tell you what tracks she did because after like our warm up, there was this gal who just walked into the studio and stood right in front of me. -____- Not like there was not enough space, and EVERYTIME when I walk in late for a class, I go and stand at the back. I don't like, stand in front of someone and expect them to make space for me.

I dunno la. What do you think? Do you go and stand in front of someone? Some more not like she was damn good at Jam also so that I could follow her steps instead. -_____- Anyway, I didn't wanna make a fuss over it, considering that I wanted to concentrate more on the performance track (we did release #37, longggggggggg time since I did this) since I was dancing horribly. Was so happy that I have the excuse of skipping early since I wanted to get a good spot in BC later. =p =p


Went for BC... found out that Terence was MIA, replaced by Adrian. Oh nozzzzz... I knew I won't get my fix of old releases for today. ^^ But it's okay, as I mentioned, I skipped most of BC30 onwards, so in contrast to Jam, I need to catch up on the new stuff. Since it's all from recent releases that he did, I cannot remember the song titles, all sounds alike to me. Muwahhaha... Anyway, my mood improved slightly here cos got one girl talk to me in class today la. Why the heck I sound so happy over this? Cos she got potential to become gymrat-kaki... so I'm happy lor. And she said she notice me scurrying around TF very often... see? Got testimonial that I *do* work out often. =p =p Anyway, I hope she becomes a fellow Monday Combat kaki! =)

Ya... what more about today's BC class... Adrian gave me high hopes when he demo-ed the steps for the Muay Thai track. Thought he was going to do So What!... mana tahu turned out to be We Will Rock You. APALAH DEY!! Conned me!! :( :( :( :(

I'm in need for old tracks la. Need to find an instructor ASAP who will do the following (pwetty please with a cherry on top and lotsa caramel and chocolate fudge to boot!) :-
a) Sexy (French Affair)
b) Power Of Love
c) Addicted to Love
d) So What!
e) Full Metal Jackass
f) Livin' On A Prayer
g) YMCA
h) Call Me
i) Kickin' Hard
j) Luv U More
k) Jigga Jigga
l) Sweet Child O' Mine
m) Genie in a Bottle
n) Bagpipes
o) Shake That
p) Bad & Sexy
q) Neck Breaker
r) Come With Me
s) Push It Again (Push It Good!!! YEAH BABY...)
t) Wasabi! (Can jump like a frog here)
... and others that I don't know the name. The "fcuked-up Greensleeves remix" as dubbed by Ben is pretty awesome too. Haha. Anyway, no need to think so hard for which tracks to do next time la... I gave you 20 tracks ady, just pick n choose baby! :P :P Guaranteed high response, superb energy, fun class!! GUARANTEEEDDDDDDD....

As promised, I went for Jazzercise, since it was Natasha's last class. *cue for tears* She did the same tracks as last week, really enjoyed myself. Got a lot of nice songs ler --- my favorite thus far is Candyman (the choreo for this is nicer than the Body Jam one...keke) and Apache Rocks The Bottom. Mmm.... so not really a good mood surrounding the class since it is our last one with her. Nik - a member with lots of initiative - came up with a petition to have TF retain night Jazzercise classes (the Tuesday mornings one is still around, not to worry!), but only got x signatures so far. So disheartening ya? Anyway, Natasha remembers me from last week... *sob*sob* I'm so forgettable that when pple remember me I'm really touched. Some more I don't have an English name... anyway, she gave all of us a "farewell" present --- a face towel...!! I hope that I will see her next time if the petition is successful....

See la how Cardio Defense will be like next week...

Other weight-training I did while waiting for classes to start :
a. Abdominals (22.5kg, 20kg, 17.5kg)
b. Chest Press (12.5kg, 10kg, 7.5kg)
c. Back extension (kinda fugged this one up... forget it)
d. Leg extension (for glutes) - 2 sets only @ 22.5kg, 17.5kg (somewhere there la, cannot remember ady)

Yup.. that's all. Tomorrow got training some more... *argh*

Day 72

Psychotic! I went for my 3 back-to-back classes after all! *grin* And again, I'm sitting here feeling completely RESTLESS and still not tired enough! Maybe I didn't go 'all out' enough... but I have 3 shirts completely soaked in sweat... not good enough an indicator? @_@ What is wrong with me? I wanna work out til I get back home and just pengsan onto my bed. Don't wanna think about anything, don't wanna do anything. Just wanna speed the days up until its 2008...

Started my workout with Body Jam (Tina). To be honest, I left after 40 -45 minutes, tell you why later. We had Move Your Body as a warm-up, followed by RanKanKan. Loved it! Had Lolita as recovery, and then did the performance block from BodyJam 38. :( :( :( See my sad face? I really don't like it. I still remember --- think this is the first time they introduced "cardio club" into Body Jam. Dance movements damn complicated and it's damn difficult to find a member who can do the dance perfectly. In FF there were a few la, in TF there are none! Hahaha. The choreo is damn tricky too... Anyway, my new motto is to learn anything and everything, no walking out of the class! I only walked out BECAUSE I wanted to get a good place in the next studio for Body Combat. Yalah, damn kiasu! Unlike 2 weeks before, Tina didn't finish early! In fact by 7:30pm we were just taking a break before Incredible came on. Legged it. =p So that's why I left BodyJam early...

And arrived at the top studio... which was nearly empty! Hahahhaa... my kiasu-ness came to nothing. But at least I got my fave spot in the studio. Dunno why, in FF I loved to stand on the right side, now I'm always on the left. Hmm hmm hmm.

As usual, Terence's class... burned the house down. Hahaha. He had 2 fellow instructors on stage with him --- Adrian & Lorraine. Was a really high-energy class! Loved it! Started with Listen To Your Heart and Trouble... one of my fave warm-up tracks. Then we brought it up a notch with Final Countdown! =) After all that legwork, was afraid that he might do Jigga Jigga or Bagpipes or worse still, one of those new ginga-crazy tracks! Thank god he did Tribal Dance instead! Although still a lot of legwork, there's no jumping kick! Hurrah! Maybe that's why I don't feel that tired out.

Haha, next we have the "split the class into two" track --- Sk8tr Boi. Ahhh.. this one simple choreo, but can be quite intense also. Lots of running up and down. Terence stood in front of me to "encourage" me to punch him... (this is why I always go for his class! Cos only he will entertain me. =p). You know the combo is something like grab-head + punch face + 2 sucker punch to the stomach? He said if I aimed any lower than the stomach then I will kena from him. Muwahahhaa!! Please la, I'm not the "monkey stealing the peaches" kinda person, unlike HIM! Kept on bullying Adrian! XD

Recovery was Call Me (Spagna). This is only my 2nd - 3rd time doing it. It's a really cool song, quite complicated chorey (at first) but then you get the hang of it. Although I won't be doing cross jacks and turnarounds as YET. Buat malu saja!

Muay Thai --- forgot the name of the track. One of the popular recent ones. Happy because I got in a few jumping MT knees. =) My favourite is still "So What!", the most attitude bringin' track! =p Forgot the name of the last track as well. Coincidence? Maybe was a little out of it after that. Conditioning was Sound of the Underground, another triceps-friendly track! Argh! Can't do more than 2... hahaha! And the cool down was one really weird song that I have never done before. Donno what the hell I was doing at this point already.

The next few minutes were horribly embarrassing for me. Was looking around for some machine to work out the abs because all the mats in the floor exercise areas were taken up. Wasted time looking around and around and then finally decided to work out on the 2nd floor since there was going to be Jazzercise there later. But all the machines were like .... freaking broken or something. Couldn't adjust them properly, so why bother doing something that might injure you if you can't get the correct posture and position? I spent my time tinkling away trying to adjust the seats and then walked away. TWO TO THREE TIMES OK! The bloody uncles and kids were looking at me like I was retarded. Perhaps I am!!

By the time I was done, Natasha was already in the studio preparing for Jazzercise. So in I went. =)

I really like Jazzercise! The choreo is simple, and it's damn easy for you to catch on. Perhaps you can brush up the techniques later, but you can get like 85% of it on the first time hearing it! Natasha switches songs quite often, depending on what's popular I guess, and you can really get a good workout if you b-ring it (must say it like the girl in 'Bring It On'). We had LOTS of songs today... among them Watchin' (Freemasons), Everything (Michael Buble... *swoon*), In Your Eyes (Kylie Minogue), Crazy Frog (Axle F), Apache Rocks The Bottom (Scooter)... those are the more identifiable ones for me. Thing about Jazzercise is that for the last 20 minutes or so, it's purely conditioning, and Natasha can get pretty creative in her conditioning exercises! My legs are aching quite a bit now. =\ Anyway, class ended at about 10:25pm... 20 minutes over schedule! But it's good la, we get to learn more right?

But the bad news comes now....
Next week will be Natasha's last class in TF.

!!!!!!

I so regret not giving more support to Jazzercise! I was really into it when it first started, but then I veered off the path that is straight because I got influenced by Neopets! HAHAHAHA! So tragic! Now Natasha says that they might be replacing it with a class that appeals more to the men (our class only had 2 guys today). =( Those who miss her will have to join her classes at Sports Barn near the Rothman's roundabout at section 19 instead.

So support Jazzercise next week! Last time you get to see Natasha around! I talked to her a bit after the class was over... and one of the other members said she remembered seeing me those donkey years ago when they first introduced Jazzercise! Hahaha! See? My dancing terre leh? HAHAHA. To be honest, it's GREAT when someone recognises you because you can get the choreo down pat. This is only my 2nd time kena praised. :P 1st time was by _________ (name not disclosed to protect his famous identity) for Body Combat!

Not bad huh, this Leech!!!

Day 19

Did THREE classes on Monday, but it wasn't that tough, not what you think. ;) The plan was to do Body Jam + Body Combat + Jazzercise, but ended up doing Body Step instead of Body Combat as Jam took a bit more time than anticipated and I was already paiseh walking in to Jam late (missed the warm up session). I think I'm getting more and more into the Body Jam new release. Previously didn't really like the pop & lock sequence for Fergalicious, especially all the head movements. I think I can get the sequence for that now. I *think*.

The performance sequence for Ring the Alarm and What Goes Around Comes Around is also really catchy. I still remember how cool it was during the Miracle launch when Azie would be singing, "And I'll be damned 'fore I catch another chick on your arm!". Haha, that's a really catchy line. ;) Anyway, Tina's class was pretty enjoyable, she really tried to hype us up, but I guess it was after work on a Monday so peeps were pretty quiet. :P

Body Step with Janet - back to the old tracks & releases! She only reverted to the new launch tracks when the board is horizontal, e.g: Goleo + Lumidee + Fatman Scoop's Dance and Nina Sky's Move Your Body... love it!). BTW, she mentioned that she was late because she can't find parking space... they should have special parking spaces for instructors! Pity them ya, they also have to rush back from their work place...

Lastly, went for Jazzercise with Natasha Y. I'm so happy to see that there's more and more people who are going for her class! Overheard some auntie telling her friend not to join because it was soooooo simple. So? It's still damn enjoyable and if you *really* do the steps and like what I wrote on my journal --- if you top it up a notch, you can REALLLLLLLLLY sweat a lot. I sweated like mad during the class, but I donno whether it's because it was after Body Step and I was feeling a bit tired already. Anyway, she did the same tracks as last week - I hope that it changes a little bit next time. I do like doing Deja Vu, Here It Goes Again, and most of the tracks, but still... want more variety mar... there's one song that's really nice and VERY taxing on our thighs & legs. It's got a damn nice soundtrack too --- it's called Hawaiian Rollercoaster, hehe.

Oh dear, need to visit the tailor. Don't know which day I'm willing to "sacrifice" my gym night to go to Carrefour instead. -__-"

Day 16

My advice for you today : never ever go for conditioning exercises before a class. -__-" As usual, being my kiasu self, I couldn't just sit and relax before the Body Combat class with Terence today. I just *had* to go and do :
a. 25 x 4 calve extensions (with about 30lb weights)
b. 25 x 4 leg curl (about 15lb)... didn't have time to do leg extension. HAHA. Anyway, I need to work more on my quads anyway. :p
c. 25 x 4 leg press (about 30lb, one set with 40lb... insane!)

Why all the leg exercises? Cos I did the arms on Saturday mar. =p Anyway, it was a BAD idea... my goodness, I could hardly concentrate for most of BC, and its a shame. My first time doing the new release (#32, I think), so I should pay more attention. I was super lost, and you know me, when I'm lost, I don't really like the tracks, that I start to write off the entire release. Some more the calve extensions before the class was a REALLY BAD IDEA ok... sometimes really cannot lift my leg anymore, but still have to jump and bounce and kick and what not.

But this new release isn't that bad. There's lots of nice stuff about it, the only thing I didn't like was the cool down (which seems to me like a warm-up... -___-), the conditioning track (I honestly don't know what the chocolate fudge I'm doing...) and the new stances for the breathing. Damn confusing. But I like:
i. the circle track, it really *is* enjoyable. Terence refers to it as the "High School Musical track of BC". :D
ii. the final track ... My Chemical Romance's Welcome to the Black Parade. Gosh, I LOVE RUNNING TO THIS SONG on the threadmill, and the choreo for this track is simple but effective. Damn nice! Love it!~ =D
iii. how they're incorporating capoeira moves into BC. Ok, it's just the ginga, and that track was confusing as hell (I think the music was louder than the instructor who did today's class with Terence, anyway, couldn't hear her properly), but I'm sure that with practice it will look beautiful. :D
iv. the recovery track... soundtrack was nice, simple choreo.

... that's about it. But that's a lot right? I'm usually not enthusiastic about BC, and I really have been losing interest in it. Which means that the movement also not as hyped up and enthusiastic as it was last time. Which means less effective class. Which results in a vicious cycle of having more things to dislike about BC. I hope you get what I mean. Anyway, I'm gonna try breaking this cycle and doing more BC. Thing is, I'm so confused. I love EVERYTHING. I love Body Combat, Body Step, Body Attack (and I'm not boasting, but I think I'm alright in all 3.. :P).... so its very difficult for me to choose which class I want to go to. Currently it's Body Attack because I've never done it before this, so I want to do as much as I can all at once. But Body Attack really tires you out, after Body Attack, I cannot even DREAM of going for any other classes. So yeah, my point is that I really have to plan my gym classes carefully. :) *what a long story*

After BC, I went for a short (12 minute) walk on the threadmill. 6% gradient, 4.8kph only. Not to lose them calories, but just to do something before the Jazzercise class, that didn't involve straining more muscles. Anyway, I just want to say here that I FREAKING LOVE JAZZERCISE!!!!!!! It's right up there with Body Attack for nice new classes that I've tried in True Fitness. It's fun, and its something that I enjoy doing, which is the kinda mojo that I hope to regain for BC. I'm surprised that the class wasn't packed. Maybe because its at an inconvenient time slot (9:05pm - 10:05pm.. people wanna tidur la...)...

But anyway. In case you wanna know what is jazzercise, it's basically just simple dance / aerobic moves to the latest tracks. It's not really pure dance, but there are dance techniques involved. And it's not purely aerobic, because its not as high impact. Basically, it's just hella fun. And its easy to follow too. Today was my first class, but people think I'm a jazzercise enthusiast. :P And what I like about jazzercise is how the instructor (Natasha Y) also has conditioning and toning meshed in together with the choreography. At one point, we're actually lifting dumbbells! Aiyo, damn fun la.

Jazzercise every Monday from 9:05pm - 10:05pm from now onwards!! :D :D :D ((goodbye to Body Attack... :P))