From Gerry: At boot camp today we were paired up for sparring and Tony put Bob and me together. Basically, one person wears pads on their hands and the other, boxing gloves. As I was punching, Bob was encouraging me to hit harder, go faster, breathe, stay standing. He was great. We switch places and it’s Bob’s turn to punch. Oh, goodness! He has a mean right. Of course he does, he’s a right-handed painter who uses that arm for sanding and rolling. In order to encourage him, I started with “hit harder”. And he did. That hurt. So I tried, “faster”. And he did … harder and faster. Then I told him to start working his weak left. That advice was all about me.
It really was fun! But I’m not challenging Bob in the ring anytime soon.
Boxing was great! I never in a million years ever thought I would have boxing gloves on! When I turned 40 – I learned, “Never say Never!” I love hitting and punching – what a stress reliever! Never say never to hitting, punching and kicking !
Hey, we also all did great with our synchronized jumping jacks. Looking forward to Hip-hop next week! John, you should try to join us – we are doing 10 am bootcamp and 11:30 hip hop – let’s bring down the house team-mates! Have a great week! Jayne