Good grief, but 2013 is going like a boeing! I'm finding it hard to deal with all the Easter goodies in the shops when I feel like I'm still trying to catch my breath from all the Christmassy stuff. Talking of catching my breath... last week on Wednesday, I went to my mid-week zumba fix. Shame man, Elroy was not well. He said he had a bit of a cold and his voice was pretty much non-existent. To make matters worse (for the hearing humans that is!) the sound system was giving problems and his microphone was not working. He resorted to hand signals only - something which suits me down the ground being a deaf one! Respect brother! This guy took us through the whole class, sick or not, and ensured we had our fix. As always, it was an awesome, de-stressing class.
Due to time constraints along with a dose of demotivation, I had not made it to gym on Monday evening and so Wednesday was my first workout of the week. Yikes! I would be short for my total calorie burn for the week. Friday afternoon saw me in the gym - on my off afternoon nogal - to make up for Monday. I had a quick, intense workout. I was desperately looking forward to the weekend as I'd planned to go away for Saturday/Sunday with a couple of friends. You know, leave the husband and the sons to fend for themselves for a few hours! I was delighted that we were only leaving late morning as that meant that I could still get my Saturday morning zumba fix. Yeah! I got to the gym and noticed that the queue was not as long as usual for a Saturday morning. Immediately I was concerned as I was not sure what was going on. On my way back from the water fountain where I had filled my water bottle, I saw a friend in line who said that Elroy was off sick. Oh no, I practically felt the blood drain from my face. She noticed my worry and said that there was a replacement instructor - allegedly named Sakkie. Oh dear, my heart sank. What kind of zumba class would Sakkie give and who was he and where did he fall out of? I had no hope. Fortunately, I needed my fix and so stood in line and entered the class along with the other die-hards. Well, in bounded this dude - T-shirt, track pants, tackies, and muscles. Mmmmm, nice to look at.... but would he perform? I almost felt sorry for him as to attempt to fill Elroy's shoes must be an awfully daunting task. I mean Elroy makes us laugh, he makes us feel special, sexy, positive and to top it all he gives us one phenomenal, booty-shaking, calorie burning workout!
Let me say straight off the bat - Sakkie did not disappoint! Sakkie has a very different style to Elroy. Sakkie has a fantastic sense of humour though and he can move that gorgeous body of his - let me assure you! Man, that guy can dance! We even did the zorba!! Of course without the plate breaking and ouzo.
It amazes me, how you have a simple change like a different zumba instructor, and suddenly different muscles come into play. Divine! I could feel it when my friends and I went for a walk on Saturday afternoon. Sakkie, my booty and my thighs just love you man!
I am very motivated for my Monday workout, and naturally, I'm looking forward to my Wednesday/Elroy/Zumba fix - but I have to say - I wouldn't mind crossing zumba paths with Sakkie again sometime!!
