We were sent to our Makati main office today  for some work immersion.

I was excited not because of it but because I have the reason to go to Gold’s Gym in Glorietta afterwards.  It’s Friday, it means it’s Yogilates day!

I felt so stretched out.  The routines are not as easy as they look when they are being performed by the instructor.  But it’s all worth it.  This is the class that does not require leg work (yeah, my feet are still swelling) but yet again, it focuses on strengthening your core while releasing your body tensions.

The challenging routines although make your muscle shake really do not cause soreness. You can just feel some muscles have been work out or stretched, so to speak, but it is not painful.

I wish I could do yoga everyday.  It’s really invigorating especially when you have a sauna bath afterwards.

I have decided to head for the gym before reporting for work at 11:00 a.m. My pedal edema is on remission. Maybe because I limited my fluid intake to 500 ml per day and yesterday, I only took in a measly 300 ml.

Gold’s Gym is more accessible from home but what I forgot is that it was rush hour when I went out. Bus rides to the gym were all filled up with passengers and it took me 30 minutes before getting on a bus with still unfilled seats.  It was past 8:00 a.m. already and I arrived at the gym ten minutes before 9:00.

I immediately started on working out  and did my core exercises. I have been skipping the treadmill because it gives me nerve pains and I cannot standing brisk walking for over 5 minutes.  I concluded my workout with my period of serenity – the sauna bath. It really felt refreshing.

Oh, I was only 3 minutes late for work. I punched it at 11:03 a.m.

For a person who seldom perspires, what I experienced last night was a total body workout.

I attended the level 2 Yoga class yesterday at Gold’s Gym Robinsons Galleria Ortigas. I used to attend Yoga Classes at Gold’s in Glorietta but I think those classes were for beginners. Since I was at the gym already yesterday I did not let the opportunity pass. Level 2 won’t hurt, I told myself.

The Yoga instructor was there speaking very softly telling us what to do. Oh, well from the looks of it, the lot are regular attendees as they actually know what to do even before the instructor could finish his sentence. Only a handful was being corrected on their postures and positions, myself included so I find it advantageous.

The positions being “dictated” to be done are the ones that I can see on TV. Standing on one foot, doing the Indian sit, standing on both feet and legs forming a pyramid, lying on our backs. But I am telling you, they are not as easy as they look. Maybe that’s why I sweat so hard.

As I feel my body shakes trying to keep a balance and not to fall on my bum and to “normalize” my breath, my forehead is like an open faucet with my sweat dripping so fast down to the floor.

Unlike the after-Yoga sessions I have had, I do not feel that my core though has been worked out to the fullest. I do not feel sore at all. What did I do or did not do?

If I were to rate the session from 1 to 10, 10 being the highest, I would lift a score card of 6. I’d prefer to attend the Yogilates in Glorietta as you can actually feel that the core is being worked on during and after the session plus the instructor actually does the rituals along with the students.