A Remarkable Thursday Afternoon

 

I've been a member of the YMCA for as long as I've lived here - 14 years. In that time I've attended a lot of fitness classes and while I enjoyed them all I recently stumbled upon my very, very favorite. Body Combat is the most fun I've ever had at the gym. Am I any good at it? Not really; one time I was so enthusiastic about throwing punches into the air I accidentally whacked myself in the chin. Furthermore, when we are doing the various workouts, the image that repeatedly comes into my head are the boxing nun puppet dolls. 

It doesn’t matter; and maybe that is because we meet in the back parking lot of the Y, which gives the impression that we are ready for a rumble, or maybe it is the booming music or how the instructor will throw her fist in the air or how we all let out the occasional enthusiastic roar. All these things give me an elated feeling that I took part in something remarkable on a Thursday afternoon.