Fitness blog: Entry 6 Cardio kick

When I picked Cardio kick for my next blog I just assumed it would be like all the other classes I have done: fun but not too challenging.

I was wrong!

I decided to drag my mum along to this class with me, again reassuring her that it wouldn't be hard. Ooops.

When we entered the studio people had already started to set up the equipment and it looked very much like a circuit......and circuits usually mean hard work.

The instructor noticed there were a few new people in the class so she told us the warm up was quite hard, but we could take it at our own pace. I just shrugged it off not really expecting it to be hard.

We started with some 'knees up' exercises and my legs felt like they were made of lead straight away - not a good sign. We then started to do a lot of punching and kicking while bouncing around. It was one of the longest and hardest warm ups I have ever done. I wondered if it was every going to end. I stupidly didn't put my hair up as well, so that made it even worse because it was clinging to my face.

My mum didn't seem to be enjoying it much either and I did feel a bit guilty for dragging her along. She's not as fit as she used to be.

We then moved on to the 10 station circuit in groups of three. This was easier than the warm up because even though you had to do two minutes on each station, you could take it at your own pace. It was a mixture of weight lifting, sit ups, step exercises, skipping, lunges, press ups and running.
I tried to push myself as much as I could but I did give up on some stations because my muscles just couldn't take it anymore.

With 15 minutes of the class still left I was a bit nervous about what we would be doing next. We started jumping around and punching again. My calves were killing me and I just couldn't do it. I felt so unfit and most people in the class were older than me!

After a bit of stretching to cool down it was finally the end of the class. It was one of the longest hours of my life. However, it was definitely closer to what I was used to doing in kickboxing classes than the other classes I have done so far.

My mum said she wouldn't go back again but I definitely would. I like a bit of a challenge. My whole body was still aching three days later though.

My next challenge is Aqua fit at Highgrove.