Just Move Forward

My friend Erica posted on Facebook last night that there would be a new Body Combat class starting in the morning at 5:30 AM – 

I got excited-

Time change makes it easy to get back into the early morning exercise routine

With my hubby out of town a group class would make it fun-

-While she posted ‘Body Combat’ 

I read -‘Body Pump’ 

Body Pump uses weights, and I’ve done it quite a bit – 

I was excited to go

But when I got to class, nobody was setting up – 

There were no benches 

No bars 

Just a bunch of women standing around 

I thought “these poor girls they don’t know what to do”

And I started to grab some weights – 

Erica said “Hey Heather, this is Combat...”

And then it hit me 

COMBAT—

Yeah...

Combat was One of the first classes I took five years ago 

when I decided to take charge of my healt

That really bad class that made me cry

The class that made me say I can’t 

That made me feel like I wasn’t good enough – 

Granted- it wasn’t necessarily the class 

It was the space in my head. 

And when Erica said “this is Combat”

It made all those memories come flooding back

I want to tell you if you are at the beginning

Something as simple as a little class can make you feel like you can’t

I’m here to tell you 

You can

Did I kill it in class today?

Not hardly

But I’m in a better place

I’m not so worried about what others are thinking of me

(First of all they’re not)

I’m not self conscious of the crazy that is me 

Just thankful for the work that my body can do

The class was great

I will be sore

Erica’s approach to the newness of it was brilliant

During a difficult choreography of punching and kicking 

She said “Your body doesn’t sense your confusion, your body only realizes that you’re moving” 

I loved her for saying this

For telling us to just go with it

To just move forward 

Don’t stop because you’re not good at something 

Don’t stop because you think you can’t 

Just move forward 

Wether that be adding on another mile 

Going to that challenging class 

Trying something new 

Being brave by going it alone

Just move move 

Move out of your comfort zone 

Test yourself – 

You’ll be surprised 

There really isn’t anything that you can’t do  

Just try 

Don’t quit 

Keep moving forward