My A**, My A** is Grass......And Total Fit is the Lawn Mower!

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Ouch!! That thought ran across my mind the first day of class, that thought and What the hell was I thinking??! and These people are crazy!. But hey, I knew that when I signed up for the class, after all it is my fourth term in total fit and the first term I'll be able to dedicate the entire term to it. Now I'm starting to wonder if my sanity is as unsound as the proverbial these people.

I really began to question my sanity after hill repeaters, fun little 200 yard uphill runs that we do as much as Jenny (our instructor) decides sounds like a nice number. One really ought to think twice before taking a class in which puking is revered and one gets to sign a rugby ball after puking in the class, especially when three rugby balls have been filled with signatures! Do you know how many signatures will fit on a rugby ball? A friggin lot, that's how many!

Despite my moaning and complaining I sincerely enjoy this class and am constantly nagging my friends to take it. Total Fit has an atmosphere unlike any other class and promotes a team spirit among classmates. Total Fit has several principles behind it that account for its success and one motto which is way cool: Total Fit, everything else is just a warm up. The crazy thing is its true, unless you apply Total Fit principles to what your doing.

Thing is, its impossible to go through Total Fit and not finding yourself applying its principles to everything else. I first noticed it last term when I began running freedoms with the aforementioned proverbial these people. Freedoms are Victories run after class and Victories are running up and down the soccer field at a sprint pace (about 220 yards). I have really noticed it as I prepare for the OPAT and just summer in general (gotta get my girlish figure back in shape). I find myself thinking(as I'm about ready towimp out) just two more minute, you can do anything for two minutes. This is the main principle in Total Fit: You can do anything for two minutes (which really means you can do anything as long as you take it two minutes at a time). Through this one principle I have found myself doing things that I never thought I could do.

Next, I find myself pushing harder and harder the closer I get to finnishing something (example, sprinting up my street at the end of my run instead of walking up my street or going slower). This brings up the second principle key to Total Fit, push all the way through (which really means give it 110%).

In Total fit one of the principles is to check your pride at the door. We wind up doing some pretty goofy things like fire hydrants (I don't even think I can explain these) and Jane Fondas, we also do things that we have a good potential for screwing up. If you don't check your pride at the door the class is not going to be much fun and you're going to wind up doing lots of Victories (I'll explain why in the next principle). As a result I've found out its okay to do things that I might screw up as long as I try my hardest while I do them. I even participated in the Dodge or Die tournament (I suck at dodgeball and have a really girly throw) and found something I could do to help my team, hustle for the balls out of bounds.(see my blog on this later).

Lastly, in Total Fit teamwork and a positive attitude is a must. If one complains, grumbles, makes a sour comment or other wise does something of a negative nature, the entire class will wind up doing victories. Ick, and not a good idea to be that person since classmates are likely to be rugby players as well! I am a friendly and positive person anyway, but this class has helped me to view team work in a new way. In total fit the entire class runs until the last person is finished, not because they have to, but because they want to support that person. It is amazing what you can do if you have 15-20 people running beside you and cheering you on!

So I got to thinking, what would happen if I applied these principles to my life? Think what I could accomplish if I took it two minutes at a time, gave it 110%, wasn't afraid to fail and gave and sought support from my friends. Pretty deep for a Stone, eh?