Werking up an appetite

As we enter the third week in November, hit the six weeks until Christmas mark, and start slipping and sliding on the pavement as we walk along (we'll that might be just me but you know) we can justifiably claim that it is most definitely winter. That might mean a multitude of different things, but one thing it traditionally encompasses is Sunday Roast - yummy! These are best when you can really indulge in the stodge in a guilt-free manner - one way of doing this is to get yourself in class for the Sunday Marathon. 

Starting with Jazz at 12.30 we go conditioning crazy, especially as we engage in a fight to the finish in the weekly 'Plank' competition (read that correctly please @trixiecantswim) - trust me those Olympians of the summer ain't got nothing on us - we're aiming for 3 months by Christmas so we can feel momentary goddess before the festive food feast begins. If this doesn't kill us we work on technique and then throw ourselves into a routine.

 For the last couple of weeks we've been expunging all the weekly stresses by whiling out to Emeli Sande's 'Read All About It.' It's a perfect routine for self-expression, and also for making seemingly simple moves look completely ridiculous - seriously sometimes I don't know how @Kleiobows doesn't just lose faith completely! One move which basically consists of lifting your heels off the ground was especially guilty of this by somehow instead of looking effortless and relaxed looking more like whack-a-mole!!! Never mind by the end of class we'd managed something reasonable aesthetically pleasing (see video below), only to have all the gentleness reversed by segueing into hip hop. 

Here we got angry (or at least pretended - turns out Richmond peeps are not that aggressive - who knew!!) embodying Busta Rhymes and heading out to (metaphorically) break the necks of all who had annoyed us during the week. Although the floor section may have left my legs looking like they belonged to a 9-year-old boy it was totally worth it, as the routine was looking pretty hype by the end of class. As we normally do more groove-based routines, it was good to be challenged to pick up more intricate choreography and pull it off (to a certain degree at least). 

All of this is rounded off by a nice bit of calorie burning zumba action where we shake, shimmy and time warp (yes really) into LBD shape. 

If you're not convinced yet, I'm pretty certain that our stamina is so good after all this working out that if the end of the world really does come on the 21st of Dec we could outrun it. 

p.s. none of us are falling out of some of the turns in this jazz routine, not one bit ;)