Getting Fit and Feeling Fabulous

I loves my Tank

This morning the sun was shining brightly, so I donned my neon headband, jumped on The Tank and headed out to the gym. I went to a combined aerobics and tone class, which is a 45 minute session. I really like the classes that this particular instructor does. Her routines are different in absolutely every single class, and so as a relative beginner at this gym I am usually concentrating so hard on getting the routine that I don’t realise how sweaty I’m getting, or how quickly the time flies! She’s also really positive, giving everyone in the room compliments on how well we’re doing, how great everyone looks and how hard everyone’s working. When it comes to exercise, I definitely thrive the best on positive reinforcement! After 30 minutes of aerobics – building the routine, then going through it a few times and then speeding up, we moved on to toning. This was a combination of different floor exercises this week, to work legs, bums and tums. Sometimes we do some arm work with weights as well, but not this time. She worked us really hard and my calves are aching now, but it was definitely worth it!

I managed to fit in a bit of grocery shopping on the way home and had an extremely pleasant cycle up the hill, along the cycle lane in the sun. After feeling so trapped and down last week because the ice and snow was really debilitating to me, today was a great remedy and lifted my mood immeasurably. I just love the freedom that having the Tank gives me. Walking is fine, and getting the bus can be OK, I suppose, but having a bike really allows you to get out in the fresh air and go where you want, when you want.

I will of course by commuting by bike for my five working days this week, plus I’ll be in on Saturday too, so lots of routine cycling to do. Hubby has also bought something off Ebay that needs collecting from 10 miles away, so that’s a 2 hour round trip for us one evening as well. Plus I am planning aerobics on Tuesday, a swim with my friend on Wednesday, and probably the awesome 90 minute yoga class on Friday afternoon. And I can’t wait! Last November, I would never have believed I would become a ‘gym bunny’, or indeed quit smoking and get fit, but it just goes to show that if you get into the habit of doing a bit of exercise here and a bit there, it soon becomes second nature – in fact I feel lost without it!

This is my post for the Get Fit, Feel Epic competition that I saw on The Black Pearl Blog. This giveaway is sponsored by MoneySupermarket.com, and out of the prizes in particular I am sooooooo keen to win the FitBit – I’d love to be able to track the impact of my gym sessions with more precision and actually monitor the improvement in my fitness. FitBit also links up with MyFitnessPal free app which I already use, so it would be perfect! 

Hope my post has inspired you to get out there and feel epic for yourselves!