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

[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.