pacquiao wannabe

i recently took up boxing. yesterday, to be exact. this is due to the prodding of aj, who had this weird notion that she was fat. so since we're on the same sphere (south of manila), she invited me to go boxing at elorde in southmall. i thought, i'll give it a chance. it's something i haven't done and i guess i can try it once. so off we went yesterday and signed up.

aljo and karla have told me that it was difficult but i guess i had to try it out for myself. edison is my trainer, unfortunately for him. we were asked to run six rounds around a small track and i was out of breath after two rounds. i have no idea how i was able to finish six. sabi pa ni edison, "akala ko, nag-shopping na kayo." that's how long it took me. he then taught me some combos, had some rounds with the speedball (which was so difficult!) and with the punching bag. i was even pathetic doing the jump rope. talk about out of shape! one thing is for sure, i don't have a future being a boxer. i can't believe that they are doing this as a regular training routine. well, this times a hundred, probably. imagine what manny pacquiao has to go through for his fight. ugh!

even though we did some stretching before and after the session, i was still sore all over. my shoulders and arms hurt the most. edison told me that it's expected and i should go back for another session if it hurts. so that's what i did today. i went back, even with sore limbs. i did not do better on the running but i think i did better on the routines and the speedball. or maybe that's just me. my body is still hurting and i'd probably ask myself tomorrow why i followed what my trainer told me. but then, it's good exercise. maybe this will get me into shape. or not. but for now, i'm still enjoying it. let's see in a couple of months if i'll still be singing the same tune.