"Don't let the grass grow under your feet"

I took that idiom to heart and, after breaking up with Trainer on Wednesday, I took a 1-hour Tahirobics class this morning.

I know what you’re thinking and, yes, I never heard of Tahirobics either.

When, on Thursday, I walked over to the nutrition center across the street, checked to see if Zumba was still an option, I found the class was now Tahirobics, four days a week with a different teacher than the one that taught Zumba.

Described to me as "aerobics/cardio", I decided to check it out.

Class turned out to be a combination of aerobics, Zumba, Pilates, chair exercises, and man was it difficult.

I used body parts that cross-training/weight training didn’t touch and, during the entire hour, trying to perform movements, I was instructed to "suck in your stomach".

I recognize this sucking in the stomach as the Uddiyana Bandha …… an exercise to strengthen the core muscles because, back in the day, when I was doing Yoga, it was a popular exercise except, we were stationary while doing it, kneeling on the floor.

Can you imagine how difficult it was to Uddiyana Bandha while involved in fast paced exercises, but I did my best and am now walking around trying to remember to get into the practice of sucking in my stomach to correct years of letting it all hang out.

The class was small, which I liked, and it made sense the class was small because of the level of difficulty. It might also be that 9am is not ideal.

Either way, Tahirobics is not for the faint of heart.

The teacher speaks little English, I speak little Spanish but I muddled through by watching what the teacher and others were doing, quickly learned that "arriba" meant up, "abajo" meant down, "al lato" meant to the side, "al otro lado" to the other side, and had no problem modifying some of the movements so as to not hurt myself.

Along with hitting all the body parts that haven't been hit in a while, there is the option of adding arm and ankle weights for strength, but that's not something I can do right now, while sweating, struggling to breath and sucking in my stomach during fast-paced exercises.

Maybe later down the road.

Classes are 9 to 10 am, so I wasn’t thrilled at pushing myself to get up and out that early, but seeing how good for my body the class appears to be (my Fitbit logged in 4,284 steps, which is tantamount to a 5K), I’m going to adjust to seizing my days earlier at 9:00, rather than later at 11:00.

Classes are held Lunes, Martes, Jueves, Viernes which translates to Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and there is no way on God’s green earth that I can repeat what I did this morning 4 times a week.

When the teacher said I could pay by the month or by the class, I didn’t even bother to ask what the monthly rate was. By-the-class is only $10 (she's selling herself short), so that's what I’ll be doing — Tuesday and Friday (a bargain at $20 a week), until I build up, get adjusted to seizing the day at 9 a.m, and can handle 4 days a week.