A BodyPump Class After Months

It has been months since I went for a Les Mills BodyPump class. The gym opts for the 45-minute class, and it's great for people like me. It's entirely up to you how hard you want to push, but the high reps mean that you can get injured if you aren't careful with form and control. 

Truth be told, I'm terrified of this class. It's crazy. It's both strength and cardio. And I'm usually tired mid-way through. It's not a class I want to do if I didn't have a full-night's sleep. 

I bravely popped into one that day. We could choose our spots. Mine is usually at the side, near the door. It's a psychological thing for me. Hahahaha. My PT coach walked by, stuck his head in and grinned. He pointed at me and told the class instructor, 'Keep an eye on this one!' Whaaaaat. Oeh oehh oehhhh! Tsk!

 I'm lazy, and I find changing weights a hassle. So I prefer to go with 5-kg a side on the 2.7kg bar, and use 2.5-kg as free weights. I can pile on weight if I want to. To my surprise, after not doing a class for months,  this is now a breeze. I don't know if I've grown stronger or my stamina has gotten better from running with the Hyrox-bound friends, but this class is almost no-sweat for me now with these weights.

I realized that for back squats, even at this pace at high reps, the 13-kg-total bar is too light. Oops. LOL. But I wasn't bothered to add on weight. Forget it. I rather squat deeper then, and went all the way down and all the way up. When we had a break before moving on to the front and arms, I added 2.5-kg to push the bar to a total of 18kg. That was a respectable weight for clean-presses and power-presses.

I did entire sets of push-ups and tricep push-ups full. I didn't take the option of going down on my knees. I'm excellent at not using weights if I don't to. No shame. I already threw away the bar for lunges, so I should work a tad harder in other sets. 

A Fun Lunch at Bishan Park!

We usually prefer outdoor tables, and the patio at Grub Pasta Kitchen works so well for us. It's got a good airflow and the sheltered patio is decently comfortable against the mid-day heat. The tables are set far apart enough for us not to feel geli when people cough or talk or sneeze.

There're some overhead fans, but these can be not too useful against the brutal heat. I brought extra fans to place at the table for a bit of extra breeze. Choya was extra stoked to be invited to lunch. She was pleased to have been allocated her favorite table and the spacious corner to chill out at.

There was a good crowd at lunch today. A few floofs too. Choya was not perturbed. All the floofs were happily chilling out at their respective tables. Although the two schnauzers at the other end went bonkers when servers got near. Those floofs couldn't deal with 'invasion' of space. They nip. Although the owners were quite vigilant about holding them back, I was a tad worried that the floofs' teeth would sink into an arm or a calf. That would not be good.

It was such a lovely afternoon. I've missed chatting with D and J in IRL. We do text fairly often, but it's not enough to finish talking about all that we wat to talk about. Heh. The ladies came bearing gifts! I came home with J's gorgeous handmade plate, and D's latest batch of homebaked granola.  

Eggs & Rice Rolls

On some days when I'm up at 6am or so, then I wouldn't mind a bite at 10am when I'm walking Choya. That morning, we had a fun stroll down to Killiney Road, and made a stop at Killiney Kopitiam.

The Smol Girl was super happy sniffing around, and at this hour, it was still cool-ish by our standards. That was a lovely breeze too. How precious. So she didn't mind a water break and to rest her little legs while I had a nibble.

I skipped having a coffee and stuck to a honey-lemon drink. I generally can't do kopi-o nowadays because of how they roast the beans. The sugar, lard or margarine simply kills me. It's impossible for people with IBS to drink this kopi-o and not zoom to the toilet within 20 minutes of the final sip. I can mitigate it with ice, but still. 

I'm not keen to eat a lot at this hour since the stomach isn't awake and I've got a gym class to get to. But I was hungry today, and wouldn't have time for a sit-down lunch. I ordered two eggs and rice rolls (cheong fun). I asked for the rolls to be plain, and drizzled with a bit of sesame oil. I don't like cheong fun with any sort of weird sauce. Light soy sauce would suffice. That would be great. Absolutely satisfying.