I SURVIVED TURBO KICK!
July 4, 2007
I got my gym membership at the very end of May and I think I went 4 times that first month. Doh! Of course one excuse I have is that I did get sick and thought I should take it easy, but excuses, excuses.
One reason why I decided to keep the membership was because they offered Turbo Kick classes. Turbo Kick is the gym version of Turbo Jam. Now, I love Turbo Jam and I’ve been wanting to take a Turbo Kick class for a long time because I heard that those classes are more intense than the videos.
I decided to take the plunge on Monday. I met up with an video fitness friend to exchange some videos before class. We chatted a bit and that calmed my nerves a little, but not a lot. I got a decaf iced coffee before class, but I really wonder if it was decaf or not because my heart rate really started soaring before class. Then again, it could just have been my nerves.
I was supposed to meet another friend to take the class with me, but I don’t know what happened since I didn’t see him. Oh well. I am glad I got there early though because the class was packed! I got a pretty good spot in the corner away from the windows though.
OMG! The class was so much fun! It was almost just like the videos! LOL! The warm up was pretty much the same except for some extra knee strikes. I am pretty proud of myself though since I made it through the whole darn thing! Several people walked out during class, but I did it! Go Me! Of course I modified the hell out of the workout, but I was still sweating like a mofo during the whole thing.
I did wear my heart rate monitor but I forgot to turn it on to record. Doh! I could see my heart rate, but I have no idea how many calories I burned, but I am thinking that it was A LOT! LOL! My heart rate was ridiculously high during most of the workout and I mean ridiculously high – like it might have been something like 80% or higher of my max. But, it’s weird because I mean I knew I was getting a good workout and was pushing myself harder than I do at home, but I didn’t feel like I was working out as hard as my heart rate monitor led me to believe. That’s why I wonder if the coffee I got before hand was actually decaf or not.
The class certainly was more intense than a video but I wonder if it just seemed more intense because there weren’t as many breaks between segments like in the videos.
The instructor was also kind of crazy. There are these things called “Turbos” in every Turbo Jam or Turbo Kick workout. A Turbo is a high intensity drill where you are supposed to bring your heart rate up very high for 90 seconds. The instructor had us do the Turbo 3 times in a row! Ach!
I was pretty sore on Tuesday, but in a good way. I went swimming again Tuesday as I was hoping that the circulation might help with the soreness. Like I mentioned before, I should be going snorkeling on Wednesday and I am going to try to hit another Turbo Kick class on Thursday, if I am up for it! “It’s time to partee!!!”
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