Took A Body Pump Class, It Whooped My Butt
Last Thursday, I took the first group fitness class of my life with a class called Body Pump (if you’re part of a gym, you probably have something similar to this, probably even with the same name). Body Pump is a high-rep, low-weight weight training class in which you hit every major muscle group over the course of 55 minutes… and it’s set to music.
It kicked my ass.
I didn’t walk into the class thinking it was going to be a cinch, because you can make classes as hard as you want based on effort and weight, but I totally underestimated how it was going to get me the next day.
I don’t know how much the bar weighed (maybe 7 lb.?) but I was doing bench presses of only 15 lb. plus bar, but like fifty million of them, and the next day I could hardly move. My legs, felt like jelly after only a couple of lunges, squats, and other exercises.
But I love it!
I’m going to go again tomorrow (it took me that long to recover, since it was my first time) but eventually I want to get on a regular schedule of Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
(Too bad the music isn’t that great, but I’m too busy getting killed in the back for it to matter too much)
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Mar 26, 2008 - 03:03:08My wife loves this class. I laugh at here, but perhaps I shouldn’t.
Body Pump is great – I go every Saturday morning and it sets me up for the weekend. First time I went I did it with no weights (just the bar) to try out the techniques – was I ever glad I did… I was soooo stiff afterwards! If you only do one weights session a week for toning, this is the way to go. Add one or two aerobic sessions per week for overall fitness and stamina. Try Body Pump for a week or two and I guarantee you’ll be hooked (as long as you don’t overdo it to start with!)
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