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Megan and I went to this other box today for the second day to see what a class is like in addition to the open gym before we plunk down our hard earned money on monthly fees. Yes, it is expensive but worth it if I get what I want.

This group was awesome! Very friendly. When the instructor told me that the warm up was my workout, I laughed. I was soaked with sweat just from the workout.

I can't keep up with everyone and I can't do most of what everyone else is doing but I give it everything I've got. While everyone else was doing knees to elbows hanging from the bar, I got scaled way back to rounds of 7 burpees and 7 situps. The situps were easy - I could have done a million of them, but burpees??? OMG! I couldn't even do the first seven, let alone a series of situps and burpees. At one point I was totally tapped out and couldn't even lift myself off the floor. The next thing I know I feel someone next to me who is saying "You are doing great. You CAN do this." I dig down deep and lift myself, looking into the face of this tall muscled guy. He smiled and gave me a high five. Just that alone was worth it!

Afterward I told Carlos, the instructor, that I was ready to do what it takes to do a muscle up within a year. He told me it wouldn't take that long and that we would arrange goals at 30, 60 and 90 days.

I come home soaked in sweat, eyes burning from the sweat having dripped into them, totally exhausted. I fell asleep in front of the T.V. at 8:30! But it's an exhaustion born of a job well done and knowing that I can push past my limits.

I am so psyched!