peace + love + cupcakes

Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend SELF magazine’s Workout in the Park event. I never thought that I would be so excited to go work out but I ended up having a lot of fun. It was a gorgeous day in San Francisco and the weather was perfect. I ended up going with my mom and her best friend and I think they enjoyed themselves as well. Gilt had an offer so we ended up paying $15 each for admission (normally $20) but even at full price it was worth it. You get admission into the event, a year’s subscription to SELF and booths full of goodies.

I came home with all of these items. If you tried on the a pair of Reebok running shoes & gave your opinion on them, they gave you a pack of 3 pairs of socks. Pretty sweet! I also ended up purchasing the event shirt for $15. The material is amazingly soft.

There were three areas set up - main stage, quiet zone & crossfit zone sponsored by Reebok. After we walked around the different booths, we picked a spot close to the main stage. Each session was 20 minutes long and they kept up moving. I think my favorite session was the Masala Bhangra which is a session described as “blends the high-energy dance moves of bhangra and Bollywood into a fun and heart-pounding workout, Indian-style!” After I came home I found out that the class was led by Sarina Jain who is often called the “Jane Fonda of India.” I enjoyed the session so much that I think I may be buying one of her workout DVDs.

There were a lot of people in attendance and what I liked was that there were women from all sizes and ages. No one cared if you fell behind a step during a session (which I did while pretending to be a Fly Girl) and it was just about getting your sweat on and having fun. We ended up staying there for about 3 hours and then we were starving & exhausted so we left. But I made a point to take a picture with Dolvett. I was lucky to be by a booth where he happened to be walking by and I asked him for a picture. He was SO nice. I told him that I had lost 92 pounds and he congratulated me (his words “Way to go, baby”… swoon) and then he gave me a hug. Double swoon.

During one of the breaks between sessions, he did lead a mini workout which I was able to record.

Overall it was a great event. I do wish that Dolvett had been more on stage but I think he was walking between all three areas so that would make it difficult. I was able to keep up with the different instructions and that made me feel very proud of myself. It means that my hard work is paying off.

This event will also be held in New York (May 12) & Chicago (June 2) so if you are near I definitely recommend that you go.

It didn’t look like I was going to workout today but at 9:45pm I decided to do Day 11 of the Boot Camp Challenge.  Holy crap I am beat!  

Boot Camp:

• 0:27:34 (+286 pts)

Following this program is definitely making a difference.  When I did the fitness assessment 11 days ago, I was only able to do 25 modified pushups in 2 minutes.  During the workout today I was able to do 20 of them in 30 seconds.  Improvement?  I think so.  

Time to take a shower and go to bed as I have to get up early tomorrow to go to the SELF magazine Workout In The Park & stalk see Dolvett perform his hosting duties for the event.