Thursday 3 December 2009

Get Fit!

So I decided to try something to get fit, but what? Not swimming because I dont like getting my face wet, except in the bath or shower but that's different. Not squash or badmington because my eyesight is so rubbish the ball or cock or whatever will hit me in the face before I can see it.
I had the miraculous laser surgery on my eyes so that I could see the time on the clock in the mornings, which I can but unfortunately not much else. Has anybody else had trouble with laser correction or is it just me? I wish I had never listened to all those sports personalities on the advert!
Jogging was out of the question after the bus episode and I did not fancy anything where you have to wear lycra as that would not be a pretty sight!
So I decided on yoga. It sounded nice and gentle but would also do the trick and turn me into a fit, supple goddess.
Dragged the other half with me for moral support armed with an exercise mat and a bottle of water (I saw everybody else with a bottle so thought I had best get one too.) and dressed for the occassion we entered the local sports centre.
The room where it was all to take place was next to the judo room on one side and on the other side it was karate.

We started off with a few warm up exercises and then progressed to some strange shapes, Most of the others there had obviously been before and knew what they were doing, unlike me and the other half who had difficulty balancing bending and focusing?

Was rather embarrasing when we had to lie on our backs and lift our legs up and over our heads to touch the floor because the other half let out an extremely loud fart! which started me giggling but nobody else seemed to think it was funny.

Anyway at the end of the session we had to relax lie on our backs and imagine ourselves on a beach with the sun on our faces, the sound of the water lapping on the sand etc etc. I can't relax at the best of times but when on our beach we could hear the loud shouts and AAAgggghhh's coming from the next rooms where they were busy breaking concrete slabs and stuff, well there was no way i could concentrate. Then to make matters worse the other half had concentrated so hard he had fallen asleep and started snoring, non too quietly, which in turn started me giggling again.
I tried to stop, really I did, but you know what its like when you really can't stop laughing and tears are rolling down your face!?
On our way out the yoga instructor came up to us and said that she really thought yoga was not for us and maybe we would like to join one of the other more energetic keep fit classes.
Can't believe we got kicked out of yoga after just one night!