Work it out.

So recently giving myself a long overdue clean bill of health, i decided that the best thing to do was get back on the wagon with working out.  insanely nervous, mind you, but sick of being sick.

there is always the negative rag you hear about hollywood being the city of people trying to constantly get thin.  well fine.  but aside from smoking (wonder woman no no) the silver lining in all this is that there are so many means to get in shape, which is perfect if you're like me and falter at self motivation.  tons of classes, instructors, gyms, the sky's the limit.  

i started with yelp and a phone chat with my mom.  she likes keeping abreast of fitness trends, mostly because she reads the gossip mags.  so whilst talking she mentioned a class she and i took involving some ballet-esque class involving a bar.  i have one of those minds where i fail miserably at multi tasking while i type, so i typed ballet bar class in the search.  found one. 

now the class i took in san diego, imma level with you, wasn't my cup of tea.  it was slow, contorting, and the two extremes of sensation that i would feel throughout the class would alternate between feeling nothing beneficial or painful (my leg bone is popping out of my socket mindset).  so not positive.

The studio that popped up was cardio barre.  looked about the same.  ballet moves involving a bar.  went on the website, read the description, wasn't too impressed.  now with everything in hollywood, if you have celebs that frequent your establishment, it's best to name drop.  i get it. business!  so i click to see what's going on in that section.  lo and behold, who do i see?!

lucy lawless.

granted you may be thinking... "so what?" yes the actor's current "she's in that" is lucretia from spartacus: naked men fighting, but my introduction to the wig toting lady dominus was when she was xena: warrior princess.

  if there was ever anything close to a live action wonder woman series post lynda carter, it would be that.  first off, warrior princess.  done and done.  and she had blue eyes and black hair.  done.  AND amazons were even involved in the series and i think at some point they inducted her or something.  bottom line: wonder woman.

and let's not forget the fact that she actually did voice wonder woman in the Justice League: The New Frontier animated movie where she ran around beheading people.  Morality, what? Warrior win!

Needless to say i took ALL of this as a sign: this would be the class to take.  Firm in my morale, i went to the class this morning... and loved it!  

Where it differs from the aforementioned class is that it's not slow paced at all.  in fact it moves very quickly from one thing to the next. hence the... wait for it... cardio.  i took the beginner and though i made it through it was only because i had a background in dance to begin with (thanks jazz!) so if you're not familiar with ballet terms (first to fifth position, attitudes, etc) then you may want to take the intro.  

overall a serendipitous find!  will keep at it and hopefully this will be the start to fall fabulous Amazon Princess ;)