I think I found my sport

[figmo]

It's Aqua-Aerobics!

I tried it Friday, and while I think I ought to keep trying out the "regular" classes, this one hooked me on several levels:

• I'm a natural at this. My fat middle floats, and my stick-arms and stick-legs glide through the water with almost no resistance, making it easy for me to move around.
• When you screw something up, because you're doing 95% of it underwater, nobody can tell!
• I wasn't the fattest or clumsiest person in the class.
• There was a lot more comraderie amongst the people in the class than I've found in floor classes, where nobody talks to each other. In this one we were making each other laugh.
• Because you're in cold water you don't sweat! This means I don't leave class all stinky.
• Whether I put my head under is optional. If I want to go somewhere after class, I make sure my bathing cap is tight for the parts where we float on our backs. If I don't care what I look like, chlorinated water does wonderful things to gold-blonde hair. :-)
• Chlorinated water is also wonderful if you've got oily skin like mine.
• There's a sauna in the same area where you can hang out, dry off, and let your pores open afterwards.

I'm hooked.

Comments

[johno.livejournal.com]

We used to do Aqua-Aerobics. I agree, for exercise, it's lots of fun.

However, the club kept moving the class around and then left it at some rotten time, then canceled it do to "low attendence."

Hello! At 4:30pm, worker bees are still at work and stay-at-home moms have turned into minivan moms.

So we stopped going.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

4:30pm???!? What were they thinking???!?

The evening class at the nearest branch of my club is a skosh early for comfort (5:30pm) if I have to be on site at a job, but the ones at the main Sunnyvale club are at 6:30pm (much more reasonable for a working schedule).

OTOH, it seems a huge chunk of my class is unemployed, and not by choice.

I love that class

[mizcrank.livejournal.com]

I take it at 24 hour fitness when i get a chance. I take public trans from Palo Alto, so i usually have to change at work and rush right in when i get there. I understand why you like that class...for the same reasons i do, so i read.

Re: I love that class

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll run into you there, then! I'm taking it at the 24 Hour Fitness club in Mountain View.

Re: I love that class

[mizcrank.livejournal.com]

So am I.