gym adventures

wait a minute, that title sounded like something off a porn story. but why should i change it right? today, after a 2 day hiatus i went back to lovely Fitness World down the road (5 min walk away). Everybody there greets me and smiles so I always get a good vibe when I'm there.

I did the usual 24 min cardio (rotating between the 8.5 and 10 pace, gym ppl you know what im talking about), and resistance training bit, and decided to try this (old) class, Body Combat.

Body Combat. I was laughing inside for the first 5 mins. I guess I should be thankful of the training I got last year for a few weeks under the tutelage of Jun Delmo, who revamped our mountaineering workouts and gave us some 'kick, punch jab kick' body combat style training. The funny part was seeing ur awkward self in the mirrors but also images of Elmer 'eulogio' complaining and insisting on his lack of coordination. I don't have much gumption yet to shout 'HA' during the workouts though. But it got better as the class went on. Spinning is still more intense.

i'm half-way through Jeffrey Sachs book Ending Poverty. His case studies on Bolivia, Poland, Russia,Africa etc. contain some interesting bits that one use when considering a 'clinical diagnosis' of the state of the Philippine economy.

Gica is getting her hair colored!