I took a bit of a break over Holy Week and Easter. It is a busy time for a Vicar! But now we are out the other side and so I鈥檓 more than ready to get back with it. I鈥檓 looking forward to getting back into the groove, literally of beating those sticks whilst squatting and lunging to some fantastic tracks.
Of course, we are still on Zoom; the gyms may be reopening tomorrow (Monday 12th) but group exercise classes can鈥檛 resume until 17th May at the earliest.
I must admit that I鈥檓 getting itchy feet, and sticks for the day when we can rock out and work out together again. I can鈥檛 wait to get my group back together, to see everybody in the flesh again! I want to hear those sticks beating together, hitting the floor and to see everyone moving as one, moving with me, everyone pushing themselves to complete the track.
I can鈥檛 wait to have the music up loud and the lights down low, flashing and changing with a beat that pulses through your entire body. I can鈥檛 wait to collapse laughing when we all get it wrong together and have to begin again!
We鈥檝e kept on going since our group classes were stopped in November 2020. Since then our dining room has been my studio, with everything continually set up: speaker, laptop, mic, lights, Ripstix, of course. But it isn鈥檛 the same. 聽 Although I know everyone is there, I鈥檓 still Pounding to myself at the end of the day. I only see myself on my laptop – I can鈥檛 watch everyone else because of the time delay. I need to be in time with my own music! 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Pound is similar to everything else we鈥檝e discovered over this extraordinary year: better when it is shared in person. The fact is, we need one another to get the best out of the experience! Zoom has been absolutely amazing and has offered us so many opportunities we wouldn鈥檛 have otherwise had during the Lockdowns, 聽and I will still enjoy each session until we are able to meet up face to face. But that is now what I鈥檓 itching to do, to lead my lovely class in the flesh once again.
Fingers crossed for 17th May 馃挌馃挌馃挌
