After the urging of a friend for a closer place, yesterday I tried a new place. It is closer to work, closer to home, has about the same hours, and offered a special for signing up that day. Although, I did not like the new place as much, I went with them because of the money situation. Both places have a $99 enrollment fee which pretty much pays for your gloves and wraps and then for 12 months it is $59 a month, unlimited classes. With Memphis Fitness Kickboxing, the $99 enrollment fee was waived if you signed up that day so I did. I now have hot pink boxing gloves and purple hand wraps. I went with the pink ones so I would know which ones are mine when I go. The workout out at Memphis Kickboxing was a lot more intense than with Urban Fitness which I truly did not think was at all possible.
I am really enjoying all this new activity in my life. The only exercise that I have truly ever enjoyed was yoga, which can be extremely intense but is nothing like running nor kickboxing. I think the kickboxing is really going to help start shredding the weight and make me stronger. I feel invincible after the classes, every muscle burns and I feel like I am slowly dying during the class but afterwards I can't believe I was able to do everything I just did. I think this will really help with the endurance aspect of running, especially with that 4 miler coming up in just over a month.
Right now my biggest concern is balancing all of this exercise out with my normal life. This morning I hoped to get up about 30 minutes early to get in a run but ended up sleeping 30 extra minutes instead, oops! I guess I will have to work on that! Yesterday, I did a lazy mile before the kickboxing class and don't know if that was a good thing or bad. Poor Shelly told me she hated me at one point during the kickboxing class but I know exactly how she felt!
In running news, I have gotten new shoes which are spectacular and have officially signed up for the Cooper Young 4 miler in September. Yay!
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