Saturday, February 14, 2009

Zumba?

Have you ever been doing something and wondered if someone was secretly recording this to turn into America's Funniest Home Video's or too slap it all over the internet for everyone to laugh at! I had that feeling this week while attending my first Zumba class. At first I thought I will be okay I had taken dance all of my life. But when the 4'11 75 pound beautiful latina instructor walked in and started moving I had my doubts. As the beat got faster and she started moving MORE of her body parts I was feeling like a spaz. But I kept going with it. One song would stop in the middle and go "Bom, Bom, Bom Bom". She would then have us put our arms up in front of our chest and the best way to describe it is to hump the air. You all know the dance move I am talking about it. This move causes your whole body or least my whole body to jiggle. I kept thinking in the back of my mind is someone behind me with a secret camera recording my fat ass jiggle to blackmail me with it? This had to be a set up! But by the end of the class I decided to just let it go and stop worrying about my jiggling body parts. I was working it (not at all working it like the amazing instructor was) but working what I had. Funny thing was I never ever looked at anyone else in the class to see if they looked like as big as fool as I did. I was too worried about my jiggle and trying not look like a fool. At the end of the class I felt embarased, sweaty, like a spaz, and the fattest most uncordinated person in the world compared to the 75 pound Dancing With The Stars latina instuctor. I will be going back next week! I loved every minute of it!

2 comments:

Morgan said...

Laura... I have felt that same way at Zumba! Do you go to Lady Fitness?? I have a membership there but have not been in forever, and now I have hurt my knee so I won't be going back anytime soon... but Zumba is way fun!

Lindsay Heitz said...

That is too funny! I had that same feeling this week while I was running on the treadmill. A few years ago when I was running a lot I didn't feel the jiggle too much so I never worried about people working out behind me at the gym. However, I've become a lot more jiggly lately and I could feel it while I was running and though to myself, "I cant go back to the gym until I loose this jiggle."

Why are we so insecure? The whole point in being at the gym is to get rid of the jiggle and yet we are embarrassed about it. Good for you for showing up and shakin' what you have.

Hollie posted about Zumba too. I don't think I could ever do it. Remmeber when you tried to teach "Be aggresive, be be aggressive, say B-E A-GG R-E-SS-I-V-E" and it took me about five hours to get it. I'm not skilled in the whole dance area.