Day 240

So, I was late from work again, so I ended up going for Body Jam... replacement class by Sharon. I think it's the first time that I've ever attended her class! Previous time was when she was doing the launch with Jason, Shirlyn, Su Lin, etc etc etc.

Anyway, it was a fun class... did the last release (with the exception of "Good Luck"), not the latest one which was being launched today as well @ Pavilion. :) I realised that this is only the 2nd time I've done the Samba De Janeiro track. I really like the song though! Anyway I think I was being too "syiok sendiri" in the class since Sharon had to say "helloooo hellooooo" to me so many times. What did I do wrong? :( :(

Day 239

Weight training day!

-> 20 minutes on cardio wave
-> 3 sets of abductor (30kg, 25kg, 20kg)
-> 3 sets of adductor (30kg, 25kg, 20kg)
-> 3 sets of leg press (50lb, 40lb,30lb)
-> 3 sets of chest press (15kg, 12.5kg, 10kg)
-> 3 sets of seated row (20kg, 15kg, 10kg)
-> 3 sets of triceps extension (15kg, 12.5kg, 10kg)
-> total of 40 sit ups , and 20 oblique curls on each side

((Actually arrived late at the gym, so I thought of doing 15 minutes of cardio wave, but it was toooooo easy. So I increased it back to the usual 20 minutes. :P))

Day 238

My goal (which I proudly wrote about on Facebook...) this month is to work out 25 days out of the 31 days in March. It's now the 16th, and according to my blog, I've gone a total of 12 times. I think that's ... not bad. But that also explains the counterpain, aches in my legs, etc. If there wasn't any nice classes today, I would have skipped the gym and forgot about my 'proud' declaration on Facebook. However, as Mrs C would say... "keep yourself busy!" and I have been keeping myself busy.

Today's class is Body Combat (Terence + Lorraine again)... wah, very syiok class. Lots of old tracks, but Terence was in the mood to say a lot of weird things, which cause me to laugh and laugh and can't even do the movements properly. T___T Haha, which reminds me... one instructor said this during Body Jam and I laughed like mad, totally forgot all the moves (totally kejang and stunned and then ROFL-ing):
(During a shimmy session) "Hey you! How come your one so big but when you shake it doesn't move one? Fake one is it!?" *sendiri ketawa damn long* "Look... even my one can shake!!" *points at his own chest* WTF moment wei! Directed to one aunty behind me, who probably because of her bustiness didn't shimmy shimmy shimmy as much as the rest of us. Sigh... don't la spout out random stuff like this... cannot tahan laughing.

Then there was another instructor who said this before a conditioning track for Combat:
"I got a letter from the gym because one of the members complained that I touched her butt. Ain't no touching of the ladies butts man... I've got my own." HAHAHA WTF. I wonder who wrote the letter... cos I kena before, but I don't think it's like something hamsap la... the instructor was helping me with my triceps push up... you shouldn't lift your butt up too high...

Anyway, Terence was in that kind of "mood" to say random stuff like that. But I can't remember what... something about the armpits of the guy standing behind me and also the way some of the ladies in the class shouted... (trailing off shout... what happens when you are full of gusto and then you realise that you're the only one shouting, so you trailllll off. That happens to me all the time, hahaha). Anyway I laughed all the way. (When not making pained faces because my legs are seriously... patah-ed).

Warm Up track : Shake That -> Bom Bom Suena
1st track : Surrender
2nd track : I Need a Hero
3rd track : Power of Love
4th track : Call Me - (Spagna! Nice! But not my era, hahaha. I'm still young. :P)
5th track : One of the newer MT tracks, but I don't know the name. Popular one la... I quite like it also.
6th track : Black Parade
Conditioning : Not Gonna Get Us
Cool Down : Our Solemn Hour

I might've missed one or two here or there... but you get the general idea... it's all old tracks. Luverly..... thanks!! :D :D :D

Anyway, I had a fun time using Terence as target practice, but sadly for me he says that I didn't hit the target at all. T__ T Cheh!

Can't wait for the release of Body Combat #39! Pauline and I are wondering (calculating.. kakaka) whether we can 'fly' to Pavilion in time... but I don't want to take the risk... besides, I don't want to go and wear my "pasar malam" gym clothes in Pavilion... paiseh! :D

Day 237

Went to Sri Hartamas TF ... for the first time! Well, there are some things I like about the place, and others which ensures that I won't keep going there again and again. Which is fine by me, cos it's not really that convenient. Once in a while is ok though, cos there are some nice eateries in Sri Hartamas that I can try out while I'm there. :P

Went for Body Step (Hazrin's class) and it was really fun. Well, what more can you expect from a Head Instructor's class, ekkeke. We did some fun tracks like Another One Bites The Dust, Cha Cha, I Don't Feel Like Dancing, Do We Rock, the "I'm coming up" song, quite syiok la, haven't done Body Step in a really long while.

After class, bumped into Hazrin at the pantry, and got to dig out lots of info from him regarding the new release. He seems quite sincere (ahahhaha!!) in saying that the new release for Attack & Step are good, so I'm feeling quite positive about the first quarter's launches! Good news also in the form of him saying that the next quarter's release will most likely be in Jaya 33 and Taipan again... yay!! :D

He's also very funny... told me, "You'll love the new release of Attack... a lot of push ups!" T____T And when I complained that I have zero upper body strength, he said that the body will acclimatize itself after a while... hopefully la. In my case it's been years and years and still soft like tofu. T___T

Day 236

Whoa, I was thinking to myself that I should write about Body Combat... whether the new release would be nice or not. But guess what? I already managed to try the new release of BC!!! Hahahhaa!! Same time as those pple at California Fitness? I won't reveal where I did the new release, but suffice to say, I had no idea what was going on. I thought I was doing some tracks that I somehow or other did not manage to do because I was away on work in another country, or some bloody oldddd tracks.

My opinions on the latest release? Most of them are not memorable, but there are a few here & there that I would not mind doing for one whole month! YAyyyyy.. that means I'm motivated to do the new release and I won't "menghilangkan diri" from BC for the duration of the new releases.. hahaha.

I like the lower body workout track, So What, Johnny B. Good and the Scoooooooooter song. Hahaha, Scooter songs are the best! :) I think the cool down track is really sweet and has me in a bubbly, upbeat mood. :)

Then I went for Dance Mania (Danny's class)... we did this really cute song. Very cheery and girly... ahahha. I have no idea what the song is called... Danny said it's a Thai song, but all this while when I heard it being used for commercials, I thought it was a Korean song. Sad to say though, there are many times throughout his class where I blanked out what the next move was. Sigh.. no dance mojo today. ...

Until I went for Body Jam (Jeremy's class) back in Taipan! Woooohhh.... I am surprised I managed to remember the chorey for most of the stuff! From
Canned Heat -> Buttons
Hips Don't Lie Latin trackzzz
In The Ayer performance block
Shake It Up / Miracle block

Damn I love alllll the songs today!!! O_O
Don't regret driving back all the way from Jaya 33 back to Taipan. Although I hated driving to Jaya 33 this morning because there was a longgggg jam. Can you imagine, a 15 minute journey turned into a 45 minute one! Grrr!! Hey, you don't know how to drive, then don't drive on a Saturday morning ok!! Totally spoil other people's mood. Sigh...

For the cool down song, we did "Santa Baby", which was my first time doing it. Gosh... such a slutty dance... hahahha.

Day 235

Finally back to Body Jam on Fridays, with Jason. I decided not to take Body Step class for the next two months or so until Anthony is back, haha. Wonder why there's replacements now... and for so long? Anyway, there's really no reason. Just using Anthony's absence as an excuse instead of admitting to my fear of Body Step. It's come to a point where I think Step is much more difficult than Attack. How else to explain why after so many years of Step, I'm still at the lowest board level? :P

Jason's class --- I only remember the "main" blocks. Latin track same as the one that Jeremy did last week. Not a fan, because there's too much turning around. And I can't get used to the contrast between the quick alternations and then the slow mambo. Then again, it's only my second time doing this track. :)

After that was the Chaka Khan block... I quite like it except for the cutesy steps at the beginning which I need some time to get used to. The 3 step-knee thing though... I like it a lot. :D Very cardio track, love it!

Recovery was B-U-D-D-Y. No comments on the song... I like it, but I still prefer Livin' a Lie or Umbrella or Anita (?? is that the name of the song? The one with Prince singing?) .

Final block was something that I've only done before ONCE. Before the track started, Jason asked me if I remember the steps. Definitely NO. I was so blur at first, was wondering what release this was. It was only when he jumped that it hit me that I have done this before once... I remember I quite liked it when it was first released. However, I was standing at the back of the class, so couldn't really enjoy myself. Today, I was in front, so I really felt happy.. can run and jump hahahaha. And it's the block with Toca's Miracle. Yep.. pretty recent release.

I think I like that performance block! The whole dip and then switch routine looks quite stylish, especially with the follow up "sweeping" arm movements. Very cool lah. Want to practice more so that it looks more polished, but starting next week they'll be practicing the new releases for 1 month! Already read from one Jam instructor's blog that the new release is not so nice. Then there was another one who said it was sooooo nice pulak, so I don't really know who to believe. Hahahha. Both instructors I haven't attended their classes religiously before, so I don't really know their "style". However, I saw Sharon & Jason practicing the moves before Attack on Monday and I think the dance for that swing number is pretty cute!

Anyway, just rambling. Talk so much for what, just 1 week more and the truth will be known, lol.

Day 234

Finally, I get to go for Prudent's Body Attack class. It's different from Hazrin's classes for sure... for one thing he nicely allows all of us to do the easier option. Hahahaha! If it's Hazrin he will be pointing out all the people who he deems as "regulars" and say, "HEY! HEY YOU!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! JUMP!!! JUMP!!! " etc etc.

Anyway, I sememangnya didn't do the "easier" option even in Prudent's class. *action* Nyek nyek nyek... although I have to admit that some times the high knees don't look very high. Omg, I just teringat how I kena tembak by Hazrin during a high knee run. He held his palm up to his waist (where his high knees reach), which was like... near my shoulder?? And he expect me to be able to do high knees that way up? When he saw me struggling, he commented, "You're short". T___T

Well, as usual, I'm not very sure of all the songs in Body Attack, so I can't comment on the track listings. Just that I felt like everything I did today was for the first time cos I've never done those chorey before. Oh, and I like the circle / running track for Toca's Miracle. Nice song! Simple chorey! I like running when there's no requirements for it to be high knee / heels to the back / etc. :D

Sigh.. I want to say something extra here, but I think I'll keep it to myself, hahaha.

It was a good class! Can feel the legs aching pleasantly... think I'll get a really good night's sleep tonight. And I still feel energetic enough for Attack on Saturday! :3