Latin Rhythm

Today I perfected my John Wayne walk. Sore EVERYWHERE. Ow ow ow ow ow (sit down), ow ow ow ow ow (stand up). Couldn’t face my scheduled resistance workout and 45′ incline intervals. Instead tried out a new dance DVD: Kathy Smith’s Latin Rhythm Workout.

I appear to have been born without the dance gene, and after the fiasco with the hip hop workout DVD I decided to get one fronted by one of the name fitness instructors, who might know something about breaking a move down and cueing, rather than a choreographer-to-the-stars who is no doubt used to more promising starting material than I present. I read the reviews on Amazon, and also on a couple of great websites I found: Video Fitness.com, Exercise Video Reviews, and Collage Video.com. I’ll add these to my links page for future reference.

Anyhow, this Kathy Smith Latin workout got great reviews and I can see why. I just did the 25′ Latin Basics section. There’s another 20′ Latin Sizzle for when you want a longer workout or to hot it up a bit. But just to loosen up my muscles and get me moving, the first part was fine. I did lose the footing a couple of times but quickly caught up. It was easy to follow and FUN FUN FUN, and I’m really glad I did it instead of crawling into bed with a bottle of ibuprofen.

I also crossed off another 101 task today, finally getting my inbox down to under 20 messages. Yay. My 101 bank account is now up to £60 (~$120). Although I’d spend that on a nice meal out (ok, a very nice meal out), I’m really chuffed and proud to see that account growing from my own self-improvement efforts. So cool.

Anyhow, still not doing well on the going to bed by 11.30. It’s around 12.30 now. Talk to you tomorrow. ‘night all. Cha cha cha.