The second week with boot camp

Hey it's me and I continue to practice the boot camp this week.

This whole week the teacher is not here so he gave the exercise to some the old students to take care of the class.

Yesterday only Hoa, me, and a friend of Sheldon (the teacher's name), who joined for the second time.

We did the warm up, then sprint 50 rounds, then 20 laps of push up, mountain climb and sit up for 10 times each.

The new guy was tired and moaned throughout the session, he ran for only 5 rounds then lied down on the ground, then did around 3 laps then gave up. Hoa was in charge, so he pushed the new guy continuously.

The new guy told he was going to throw up but he didn't, and I felt a bit pity for him. But I just smiled and stood to breathe and felt good all along, hahaha.

Maybe because there was no teacher so it seemed to be less pressured than usual.

Today Hoa was busy, but some other girls went, and they were all strong.

A girl called Minh led the class, and she made us run for 2 laps, then do 50 push ups, then running 2 laps, then 50 sit ups, then running then 50 squats, then running then walking lunge.

At the first place I thought 50 push ups and sit ups were somehow too much. But I managed to do the whole thing, even though I'm feeling a bit painful now in my muscles.

When I did the running I thought about the workout, I thought if I kept being patient with this then I would be better day by day. Then I thought about when I would become a personal trainer. I thought what I I would expect from my students, I would want them to practice with true grit and tenacity.

Then I thought about my yoga teachers. I had the feeling that they were a bit of disappointed at me as I didn't show up as much as they wanted and didn't commit my full devotion to yoga. They also only wanted me to show my true grit and being persistent with it. Because they hoped I would progress to reach my best.

Then I pondered on other things in life. Almost everything comes the same way, writing, guitar, English, Tarot....The more we practice, the better we get. There is no shortcut. We just need to work on it from day to day, step by step, keeping patience and working through pain and sweat.

After the running, we stretched out before leaving the stadium. This is new to me and I should do it more often. Minh told I was the only one showed up for 2 days continuously, others just disappeared for 1 - 2 weeks after the first class. Another girl told: "Yeah, after my first time here I even couldn't go to stool or pissing normally, so much pain when walking or sitting down/standing up". I could understand the feeling. When I first did my mountain climbing to Ba Den, I stayed in bed for 2 days afterward.

But this is good. No pain no gain it's said. Just need to practice daily, especially through lazy days.

Look at the big picture and work your ass off Rosie.