Ndifundiswe njani ukuba nguBurlesque Fitness

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Ndibambeke entweni. Khange ndifune ukuyivuma, kum okanye komnye umntu, kodwa emva kweenyanga zokukhanyela, ndiye ndaqonda ukuba ndibethile kuloo mathafa oyikekayo ahlasela ii-dieters ezininzi ngaxa lithile kuhambo lwabo lokunciphisa umzimba. (Zama enye ye-Plateau-Busting Strategies ukuqalisa ukubona iziphumo kwindawo yoMzimba.)

Kum, olo hambo lwaqala ngoMatshi 2014. Ndiqhutywa kakhulu luhambo oluzayo oluya eLas Vegas, apho ndandisazi ukuba ndiza kube ndingqongwe ngamabhinqa amahle namadoda abonisa ngokungenazintloni imizimba yawo egqibeleleyo, ndajoyina i-Weight Watchers. (Uvalo malunga nokuqalisa? Fumanisa ukuba yintoni na onokuyilindela kwiNtlanganiso yakho yaBokuqala yabaLindi.) Ngenene ndilahlekelwe ngama-30 eeponti-kwaye ndijonge ngasemva kwimifanekiso yohambo, ndiyayithanda indlela endikhangeleka ngayo. Okanye, khangelaed, Ndiyaqikelela.

Ukusukela ngoko, isikali asikatyhileki-okanye ubuncinci asikhange sibhekise kwicala endifuna ukuba siye ngalo. Ngapha koko, ndibuyise malunga nesiqingatha sobunzima endaphulukana nabo ekuqaleni-i-16.4 yeepawundi ukuba zichaneke. I-Yikes, ela nani alonwabisi kuchwetheza.

Elona candelo libi: Ndiyasazi isizathu sokuba ndiwele enqwelweni. Ndiyekile ukulandela ukutya kwam, okuphawuleka kwimpumelelo kulo naliphi na ilungu labaLindi. Into endingenakuyifumana kukuba kutheni ndingabuyeli kumkhondo. Ndiyazi ukuba yintoni esebenzayo; Ndizibonele ngokwam impumelelo. Kodwa ndiphulukene nenkuthazo.

Ndifundile kwiintlanganiso zam, endisaya kuzo rhoqo ngeveki, ukuba eyona ndlela yokuwela ithafa kukuxuba izinto. Yitya ukutya okwahlukileyo, buyela kwizinto ezisisiseko, utshintshe indlela yakho yokuzilolonga.

Ke kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndizame iklasi entsha. Ndabhala ibali malunga nokuzonwabisa, ukungahambelani nemibono yepati xa ndiqala ukuthetha nomfazi owaziwa njengo-Ophelia Flame. Ufundisa iiklasi zomdaniso/zokusebenza kwistudiyo eMinneapolis, apho ndihlala khona. Ukuya esiphelweni sencoko yethu malunga nabatshakazi abaza kunxiba ii-boas zeentsiba kunye nokuzenza ngathi bangamantombazana apinki, wakhankanya iklasi yakhe yokomelela komzimba. Ngoko nangoko yavusa umdla wam. Emva koqeqesho kunye nokugqibezela i-10K kunyaka ophelileyo kwaye ndiyayiqonda into yokuba ukubaleka hayi Kum, konke malunga nokufumana iindlela ezintsha zokungena kwiiseshini zokubila. Ndigqibe kwelokuba ndizame.

Ukufika kwistudiyo sakhe ngentsasa ebandayo ngoNovemba, bendisazi ukuba ndiza kufunda kweyona nto ilungileyo. U-Ophelia ngumdlali owaziwayo kwilizwe liphela, ngapha koko. Ngaphandle kokusekwa kwePeacock Showgirl Academy, udlala imibhiyozo eColorado naseToronto, ebizwa njengomnye wabadlali abaphambili abangama-50 emhlabeni Imagazini ye-21 ye-Burlesque Magazine, kwaye ukhethwe njengomdlali ophambili kwiHolo yoDumo yaseLas Vegas izihlandlo ezininzi.

Ndandisoyika kancinci, ukutsho kancinci. Ndandinombono wam malunga nale ndlela yokudanisa-ubukhulu becala ye-Vegas showgirl eyahlukeneyo-kodwa ndandingazi ukuba ndilindele ntoni. Ngaba izambatho ezicokisekileyo kunye neenqanawa zeentsiba ziya kubandakanyeka? Xa ndibuza uOphelia ukuba ndinxibe ntoni, waqhula wathi intambo nencanca zengono ziya kwenza kakuhle. Ndiqinisekile ukuba uyakuva ukuhleka kwam nge-imeyile.

Yayiyiklasi esondeleleneyo yabasetyhini abamalunga ne-10, bonke ababeneemilo ezahlukeneyo kunye nobukhulu, ubudala, kunye namanqanaba amava. Abanye babengabadlali ngokwabo, ngelixa abanye-njengam-babekhangela nje ukuzilolonga okwahlukileyo. Njengoko bafaka eklasini nganye nganye, i-vibe yayinentliziyo elula kunye nentlalontle. Kwakucacile ukuba aba bafazi bonke babehlala bekwiklasi ka-Ophelia njengoko babetshintshana ngamabali okusinda kwangokuhlwa kwaye bebuzana ngobomi babanye. Ndim kuphela u-newbie, kodwa babesamkela ngokupheleleyo, benika iingcebiso kunye neengcebiso.

Njengoko ndenza ngayo nayiphi na iklasi entsha yokomelela komzimba, ndakhangela ukuthintela kwam emnyango ndatsiba kwindlela engaqhelekanga ndingenanto ngaphandle komzamo. Ndaziva ndonwabile ekuqaleni, kodwa kanye xa uBeyonce "Intombazana Ekhohlakeleyo" yaqala ukubetha ngezipikha, ndandimenyezela kwaye ndingcangcazela zezona zilungileyo kubo. Ngapha koko, kwakulula kunokuba ndandilindele ukubamba. (Njengokuba injalo le Yoga-Dibana-Dance Flow Workout ongayenza ekhaya!) Ndaqaphela amasuntswana kunye namaqhekeza esiqhelo ka-Ophelia ukusuka kwezinye iindlela zokuzilolonga, njengeZumba, barre, kunye neyoga. Oku kwakunomphetho we-sexier kuyo. Bendixakiwe. (Ngaba ubusazi ukuba ukudanisa yindlela enye exhaswa yiSayensi yokuNyusa ukuzithemba komzimba wakho?)

Kodwa yintoni eyenze ukuba iklasi "burlesque" ifike ekupheleni kweklasi. Sasiqale ukolula, kwaye ndacinga ukuba iklasi iyakuphela xa u-Ophelia esithi, "Ngoku, le ndawo ubuyilindile." Xa ndijonga egumbini, wonke umntu ebonakala ukuba uyazi ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni ngaphandle kwam. Owu thixo, uza kusenzela ntoni? Ndacinga uvalo.

"Siza kwenza intsebenzo encinci," wancuma. Ngaphandle kwezandla zam ezijulileyo kunye nokuzazi okukhulu, ndalandela njengoko uOphelia ebiza amanyathelo ethu alandelayo: Ngokujongana ngokukhohlakeleyo kwelinye igumbi! Yiya ngakomnye ucotha! Khasa phantsi!

Kwakunzima kancinci, kodwa yayiyeyona nxalenye ibalaseleyo yeklasi. Ukuzijonga esipilini, ndaziva ndonwabile. Ndiye ndaqonda ukuba akuyomfuneko ukuba ndibe ngu-zero ukuze ndonwabele indlela endijongeka ngayo ndijikeleza isinqe sam kwaye ndibetha eyona pin-up yam intle kunye namanye amantombazana eklasini. Kwaye xa ndambonisa umntu endiza kutshata naye oko ndikufundileyo, naye wakuthanda.

Ngokuphathelene nokwehla kobunzima bam, ndisazama ukubuyela kumkhondo kodwa ukuqina komzimba kwandinceda ndakhumbula ukuba umzimba wam mhle nakweyiphi na ubungakanani.

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