My own personnal whine session about my lack of judgement....
I am a yoga instructor. I occasionally teach pilates. I have taken spinning, kickboxing and step classes in my past (before this last pregnancy).
What made me think this qualified me to teach a kickboxing class?
I have a friend, Amy who teaches15 classes a week. Water, kickboxing, step, pilates, spinning....you name it. She could n't find ANYONE to sub her Thursday night class. Since I have the next class (Power yoga), I offered...after all, how hard could it be?
Ahem. VERY hard.
Cardio classes are not for the meek. They are nothing like being in the Army. First off, you need rhythm. I don't have it. Then you need to know what to do for an entire hour. I had a nice long cheat sheet from Amy, but the seat dripping down my eyes made it hard to read. I would tell them, "punch punch" and then I realized the tiny girl in the front row was whispering "say, JAB". Oops. Every time I looked at the clock, I wanted to die. Was it broken? Why wasn't the minute hand moving?
I wanted to die. I am in no shape to TAKE a cardio class, much less try to teach one. Fortunately, I pulled from my memory the boot camp classes I used to teach and used some of that stuff. I could have done more jabs, uppercuts and kicks....but my mind and body were failing me. I couldn't keep it up and call it in time to the music.
It was a wakeup call. I need to stop slacking with my cardio. That's not to say I don't work out. I do and I work hard. But I usually do weights or pilates/yoga. If I am going to get rid of the baby fat....it's time to hit the gym.
This isn't meant to be a total whine session...but maybe a wakeup call for others. Are you sliding through some stuff? A workout, going back to school? Whatever? Remember this experience and realize it could happen to you....so don't get caught like I did with the thought that blind enthusiasm will carry you through.