Yesterday I was finally able to finish and submit the 540 specpro digests. yey!!!!

I missed almost a week of going to the gym just to finish all that writing (hand writing!). And for those who know me well...when I don't go to the gym at least once a week I feel terrible. I live for exercise. It gives me this natural high and sense of accomplishment that I don't get from doing school stuff.

Right after coming from Makati I headed to my gym in QC. It felt great doing weight training again. After weight training I just hung around the gym since I had FREE time! Suddenly I noticed a group of people preparing for Muay Thai class. The receptionist in the gym told me that they offered FREE TRIAL. So then off I went to the Red Corner area and participated in the Muay Thai class. IT was FREAKING hard! All that punching and kicking. LOTs of kicking! DUH! A pleasant surprise was that to my right (it was a class of 7) was Ms. Gwen Garci of the Viva Hotbabes. And Boy she was HOTTT. Talk about a nice booty. She's really pretty but I appeciate her more when she doesn't talk. hehe.

I thought it was just like aerobics class where people kicked and punched in the air. I was soooo wrong. The second part were 2 rounds of going into the ring and kicking, punching and elbowing the trainor (well he had these pads). He shouts "kick me! Elbow here!". My legs, elbows and shins were flying all over! My classmates were really strong. You'd hear the "pak!" on the pads when the kick. It was sooo cool. Some of the girls in that class had bruises but were awfully strong. Then the last part was abdominal exercises which was really unlike any other. The trainor even made us do SPLITS! My God he could do splits all right! He's a seagames medalist go figure.

It was a tiring class! Last Feb I tried ultimate frizbee which made my legs hurt like hell (its a non-contact sport). Its the first time i actually tried a contact sport...muay thai is really a contact sport. Its different cuz you have to be awfully alert. When I wasn't alert enough (my fists were up for defense) the trainor would lightly hit my arms. He would say "kick higher, higher!" or "lakasan mo pa!".
I really enjoyed being motivated. Plus, unlike weight lifting which gets quite boring over the course of more than a year...this seems to be really fun.

And so I came home and put ice on my legs to avoid major bruising and pain. This morning when I woke up my whole boy was sore! But there was very few bruising. I guess all that weigh training also deveoped my muscles and made it less prone to bruising. I guess I'm signing up for 4 more sessions. All that kicking and punching really feels natural to me. hehe.

The trainor says its good for self defense cuz it makes your kick a really strong and solid one. Hmmm...I just might crush someone's balls in the future. haha