| The sweat was actually dripping off my nose | | | | |
| and forming a little pool of desperation on | | | | My training parter looked to be a decade |
| the hard, black dojo mat. I could feel my | | | | younger, and in roughly the same horrible |
| lungs burning like a million tiny midgets | | | | physical condition as me. He was holding muay |
| were inside them at a Metallica concert and | | | | thai kickboxing pads around waist high. I |
| waving their lighters at the end of a | | | | feebly kicked the pads 10 times with my right |
| blistering guitar solo. | | | | leg, then switched to 10 with my even more |
| | | | pathetic left leg, then I moaned through 10 |
| I could tell I was pushing my body to its | | | | knucklepush ups, then 10 hill climbers then |
| limit. Anytime I am nearing my aerobic | | | | 10 jumping squats, then 10 burpees...burpees, |
| maximum my perception of the world collapses. | | | | good old burpees. Then I dimly remember |
| Everything becomes two dimensional. My eyes | | | | smiling as I thought I was done...instead of |
| lose the ability to see vivid colors, and my | | | | switching places, the instructor, Kru Evil, |
| ears stop sensing the space around me. All | | | | made me do it again...and again...and again. |
| you can hear is your own labored breathing, | | | | |
| the rhythmic pounding of your own heart and a | | | | Was this kickboxing workout the most |
| screaming innner voice that is crying for you | | | | difficult workout of my life? Not sure...I |
| to stop the insanity and find a donut shop! | | | | can barely remember it. All I know is I felt |
| | | | amazing at the end of class. Exhausted, |
| I was at my third Aerobic Kickboxing Workout | | | | drenched but with a strange feeling of |
| class at my gym. I'm a recovering couch | | | | euphoria. I'll be back in 3 days to do it all |
| potato desperately searching for a chance at | | | | again! |
| redemption, or at least a smaller waistline. | | | | |