So Young Now...

A LITTLE BIT OF TOUGH

I belong to the best gym I have ever set foot in, by far. ACAC Fitness and Wellness Centers (http://westchester.acac.com/) has a LOT to offer everyone, babies and kids included! Thursdays for me is boxing day. You go in, wrap your hands with boxing wraps, put your boxing gloves on and get ready for a great workout. I know there are naysayers saying "come on, women in a gym in boxing gloves?" Especially when they see that many women have PINK boxing gloves! But all I have to say is "try it some time!" The instructor frequently says (shouts) "check your suburban housewife at the door!" when class is beginning. Instilled with a little eye-of-the-tiger, we run around in the gym for an hour, sometimes punching air, sometimes the instructor's mitts, sometimes sand bags, sometimes we run crazy sprints across the gym, sometimes we jump rope, boxer-style. And at the end of the hour, I am exhausted and more importantly, empowered.

I have to give a shout out to the instructor of the class. Diane Toomey (http://westchester.acac.com/groupexteam.html) is awesome and motivating and I have never encountered any instructor like her. She has a pack of 25 girls or more, myself included, who follow her around to her different classes every day of the week. She keeps everyone (men and women) coming back for more, day after day and week after week!