A little
over two years ago my best friend talked me into coming to Crowbar with
her. We made a deal that I’d suffer
through a spin class with her if she’d come to a Barre class with me, and after
that first class I was hooked. Right
after our class in the parking lot my friend told me her husband had gotten a
job in Austin and they were moving, but I’m so thankful she introduced me to
Crowbar before she left!
Over the
years I’ve joined several different gyms, but I never found one that motivated me
the way Crowbar does. Now rather than
forcing myself to go into a huge gym where I’d mindlessly get on an elliptical
for thirty minutes, I actually look forward to going to Crowbar where I know
I’ll be engaged and challenged. The
instructors know you by name, the classes are full of friendly and familiar
faces, and there’s something about the whoosh of the water barrels on the
rowers that’s oddly calming (even when your heart is pounding). I actually hate when things come up now that
keep me from getting to my workout—a feeling that’s new to me when it comes to
exercise. Having done ballet growing up,
Barre was where I started, but after a while I got the courage to start exploring
other classes. Although I was initially
intimidated, they work to suit all different levels and the only real
competition is against yourself—each month I try to shave another couple
seconds off my split time in IndoRow or I’ll see if I can balance a little
longer in Barre than I did the week before.
I remember my legs shaking so hard after just ten minutes of that first
Barre class in January 2013 that I thought they’d give out and everyone would
politely stare at the poor new girl on the floor, but I made it through on my
feet! And now, two years and hundreds of
classes later my legs (and the rest of me) are stronger than they’ve ever been,
and even though my legs still shake after all those pliés, I know they’ll keep
holding me up and that I’ll be back a few days later for more.
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