Humiliating, but for a good cause.

I am not a sexy latina woman. I am also not an undiscovered hip hop sensation. But I think breast cancer sucks.

What does all of that have to do with each other?

I attended ZUMBA-THON at my gym tonight!

Our gym was doing a breast cancer research fund raising event tonight. You could make a donation and participate in either the Zumba-thon or the Spin-a-thon (Robert did that one). So, I took the 7:00 hour event tonight.

If you don't know what Zumba is, it's a latin-inspired cardio/aerobics class, often with some mix of hip hop included. Here's actually a good example of it being taught in a gym, rather than other videos I could post, with a bunch of professional exercises for some sort of instruction video. (Oh -- and if I were in this particular class on the video, I'd be feeling north of average, I think.)

My class was taught by a woman who is insanely skinny and equally energized. She makes it pretty easy to get "into" the class, but my lack of coordination certainly slowed me up a bit. I'm a special brand of horrible at this, and I look as awkward in it as I feel, I am sure. But I can see how doing the class more often with the same instructor, so that you learn her particular choreography, can make it easier, if only because you eventually learn to anticipate what is coming next. This instructor normally teaches Thursday evenings and, though I have plans already this week, I can see trying to work this class into a normal schedule for me as part of my routines.

But no matter how much I do it, or how good I get at learning the moves of the dance, I am still not going to be a sexy latina woman. I will continue to be very awkward looking. I'll get over it. :-)

In the meantime, yay me for working out AND raising money for a good cause!

Thanks for reading!