Sculpt

I wanted to try something different for my workout yesterday and while I was driving home from work, I remembered that last Wednesday I saw an interesting class going on at my gym. It looked easy enough, so I looked it up and found out that it was called "Sculpt." I was a little nervous to try it because I've never taken a class at my gym before. I've seen them going on, but never had the guts to try something new. But, I worked up the courage and decided to go for it!

So, walking into the class, I immediately activated my standard plan of action when I'm in a place where I don't know anyone and I have no idea what's going on or what I'm supposed to do - pretend that I know what I'm doing by repeating what everyone does just a little bit slower and just a few seconds after everyone else. It works every time. At restaurants, public libraries...anywhere where I'm unfamiliar with my surroundings.

I started with walking in and choosing a mat. Yes, these are where the mats are EVERY time I take this class. Then claiming a spot. This is my usual spot. I'm such a regular that everyone knows not to put their mat here. Then stretching and following the teacher during warm ups. I totally know what I'm doing because I've taken this class a million times.

But here was where I hit a snag. Apparently, everyone knows to bring two sets of weights. One lighter set for the shoulder exercises we started with, and a heavier set for the bicep exercises. Oops. I was stuck with my 5 pound weights which were WAY too heavy for the 100 shoulder presses we did. (By the way that is not an exaggeration. We literally did like 100 shoulder presses...AFTER we did 100 squats.) I do this class so often that I need 5 pound weights. Three pounders would be too light for my strong, totally buffed arms. I ended up doing ok with my weights, but when the teacher said "if this set is too much with weights, feel free to put them down"...I totally took her up on the offer.

Then came the set with the body bar. Or balance bar. I'm not exactly sure what it's called, but everyone knew to bring one to class. The gym supplies them, but they are outside of the classroom and when it was time to use it, I couldn't go outside and get one. That would go against my plan of acting as if I knew what I was doing. So, I just pretended that I CHOSE not to get one and did the exercises with my weights instead. But, about halfway through, I noticed a bar sitting against the wall next to me that no one was using. So I picked it up. Yes, this is the body bar that I brought into the class for myself. I was just choosing not to use it up until this moment. OMG. This was the heaviest thing ever!! The sticker on it said 15 pounds. I looked around the room and couldn't figure out how everyone was doing these exercises so easily with this massive stick. Not after all the exercises we had done up until this point. Turns out...there are different weights for the bar. Obviously, someone had brought this one in and decided it was too heavy and got a different one instead. Smart girl.

All and all, I was able to keep up for the entire hour. For the most part. When it was time for the mat work at the end, I took advantage of the fact that everyone was staring at the ceiling and not me in the mirrors, and took a nap. Well not quite, but I did totally slack off. There was no way I could do 50 bicycles. My entire body was on fire. The teacher was lucky she got push ups out of me.

Needless to say, I am sore. I considered not brushing my teeth last night or this morning because my toothbrush is just way too heavy. And washing my hair was torture. But, the next class is on Sunday at 9am...and I'll be there!