This country really is one for health and fitness. Everyday whilst we’re out and about there are people jogging along the beachfront, personal training in the park, school kids running along the beach as part of their PE lesson and I’ve even seen a heavily pregnant woman swim lengths in the sea before a yoga session on the sand!! I did think it looked a little odd at first, but then though ‘good for her’. No ones seems to bat an eyelid at any of this, so I thought I’d try to blend in and do the same. Although I really don’t know how much blending in I (or we) actually did!!
First off I downloaded the iphone app ‘Nike Training” (it has rave review so it much be good). Then changed into my gym gear, bundled the kids in the car and told them we were going to do exercises in the park. “Park Park”, they yell, ‘YAY!!” Excellent start!
Picture this: Mummy doing a very serious workout (in the park) with Josh and Hollie copying my every move!! Hollie has got the moves down to a fine art and even gets down on the floor with her legs in the air (she definitely got that from watching Granny’s nightly yoga moves whilst we lived there last month). “YE-HAAA” she shouts while Josh is laughing hysterically (still on the high leg kicks I might add).
God knows what people passing by must have thought: A crazy lady doing a very serious work out class with her only students under the age of 5 – with instructions coming out of a phone??? It must have looked like a scene from You’ve Been Framed. Anyway, I decided that if I was going to tackle the wobble I would just have to throw all inhibitions out the window and finish my class! Which I did! And so did the kids!
Ha ha this is gold, you are very brave to do this – not sure I would. But then again it’s actually a great idea for me as I’m SO bad at classes that doing some in the backyard with the kids could be the perfect solution! Thanks for linking gorgeous xx
OMG the Dynamo?! That sounds kinda scary 🙂 You told this story so well. I can just picture you and the kids. I bet you had quite a few passersby wondering what was going on 🙂
Win-win! You get to work out and the kids have fun! (and release some of their energy!)