I think I am starting to become a fitness nut D:
I used to like to eat a lot (okay, yes I still do) and feel alright if I'm sitting around the whole day. As long as I'm getting things done, I'm good. I guess perhaps that's what school did to me? Or what I become during my school years. But after working out this summer, I feel odd if I don't some kind of workout each day. Well the reason is, for about a month now, I've been doing Krav Maga lessons. Man, they were intense and awesome!
Krav Maga is basically an Isreali style of close combat fighting. It's focused on self-defense and hitting points that hurt your opponent the most. So unless other form of martial arts, it is not as 'arty' but more realistic. It is exactly what I am looking for. And it's wonderful because the Krav lessons I've been to also integrate cardio and endurance in the lesson, so not only am I getting a fantastic workout, I am working on my groin kicks and roundhouse kicks for whichever unfortunate being tries to hurt me. That's right, you better watch out :P
Anyways, the sad thing is that there are not many Krav studios here in Vancouver. And the ones here are superbly expensive. I guess it's not too bad if you get a 12 month membership, but one of the gym's month to month rate is $225. Holy shiat, eh? And it's also super far, so it's cost me a lot of money even if I take the public transit. So I just finished my two week trial and now I have no more Krav left at that gym. My sister and I will be trying out this other Krav place near our home, and we'll see how that goes!
Anyways, after those free lessons, I probably wont be able to do more Krav, but I have a plan. I'd like to say I'm being economical or maybe cheap haha. I'm basically gonna be trying out the 'free lessons and week' that lots of gyms and martial arts facilities offer. There is one here that offers 1 month free! They don't have Krav, but they have kickboxing and that'll still be a good way to work on my punches, jabs and kick while getting a good workout. And when I get back to Loo, I'm planning on going to the Krav lessons there. My summer has been relatively stress-free, but I feel like the stress and pressure from school will be amazingly released when I repeated kick a heavy punch bag :D
I've also been doing so exercises by myself at home. There's this app on my iTouch that basically acts as a 'personal trainer' and gives workouts to do with a variety of exercises (eg lunges, squats, froggy jumps) that are timed. Then you repeat. It's a pretty good app, and the variety of exercises is nice. It's better than running long distances for me :P
One thing though that I should really work on is my DE course. It's my one and only course this summer and I am still slacking :P Vancouver and exercise is distracting me too much. Well better than, Vancouver and TV is distracting me too much, right? :P
I'm exciting to be doing Krav in Loo. I think it'll be a good hobby for me and a good way to exercise, instead of sitting around at home, raging about my many assignments :P
P.S. Watch How I Met Your Mother Season 1, Ep 4 for a little intro to Krav. I laughed quite a bit after watching it, because I now know what Krav is. And while you're watching it, give me 50 squats, 50 push ups, 50 crunches, 2 times ;)
