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• Iveki yoku-1: Dibana nabafazi
• Iveki yesi-2: Eyona nto ikhohlakeleyo endakha ndayenza
• Iveki yesi-3: Kwaye ngoku siyadanisa
• Iveki # 4: UkuSebenza noMfazi wam
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Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, ndaqala ukusebenza ekhaya. Kuyamangalisa: Akukho kuhamba! Akukho ofisi! Akukho bhulukhwe! Kodwa emva koko umqolo wam waqalisa ukuba buhlungu, yaye andizange ndiqonde ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni. Ngaba yayizihlalo kwindlu yam? Ikhompyutheni? Ukungabikho kweebhulukhwe? Ke ndibuza umfazi wam, le nto ayimfihlakalo. "Kungenxa yokuba awusahambi naphina," utshilo. Bendiqala ukumatsha imayile ndisiya emsebenzini yonke imihla, kodwa ngoku ndimatsha ndisiya ekhitshini kusasa kwaye ndingashiyi iiyure. Umqolo wam, owawukhe wenyuka umntu oyindoda kodwa onobuqili, uyanyibilika. (Izinto eziNxulumeneyo: Iindlela ezi-5 eziLula zokubetha iintlungu ezingemva.)

“Ndicinga ukuba kufuneka wenze umthambo,” utsho. Kwaye unyanisile. Usebenze ekhaya iminyaka kwaye uya kwiklasi yokomelela kathathu ngeveki. Ndizamile iindawo zokujima ngaphambili, kodwa andinakuze ndibambelele kuzo. Ndifuna into entsha. Ngokunyanisekileyo, kufuneka ndisebenze njengomfazi wam.

Kwaye ke, kangangenyanga, ndenza isigqibo sokuba ndenze loo nto kanye: Veki nganye, ndandisiya kwiklasi entsha yokufaneleka ezaliswe ngabafazi. Ukugcina umqolo wam, ekugqibeleni ndabeka ibhulukhwe. Okanye, ubuncinci, ibhulukhwe emfutshane. Nantsi indlela eyehla ngayo.

Iveki yoku-1: Dibana nabafazi

Njengoko ndisiya e-Pure Barre, iklasi yam yokuqala, ndinexhala: Ngaba ndiza kuba yingxaki? Ndicinga ukuba elinye ibhinqa elihlwempuzekileyo, likhululekile ngokugqibeleleyo linxibe i-spandex phakathi kwabantu ababhinqileyo, abaya kuthi ngoku babe noxinzelelo malunga nendoda engaqhelekanga egudla impundu yayo. Ndisombulule: Ndizozifaka ekoneni ndenze konke okusemandleni am ndingajongi mntu. Anizukundibona, manenekazi. Lapha ulungiselela ukuzilolonga. (Akukho klasi y barre kufutshane? Zama le Khaya lokuSebenza eBarre.)

Emva koko ndiyafika, kwaye umqeqeshi wam, uKate, undibeka kwindawo ye-ballet-front kunye neziko. Ndim kuphela umntu olapha, ewe. Molweni manene.

U-Kate undibalekisela kwimizuzwana engama-30 yokuqhelaniswa, kwaye nantsi into endiyigcinayo: Iklasi iya kujonga amaqela am ahlunu aphuhliswayo, ngoko ke kufuneka ndilindele ukuba umzimba wam ungcangcazele. Kwakhona, "i-tucking" ibaluleke kakhulu. Wenza into esinqeni sakhe kwaye uyichaza kakuhle, ndiqinisekile, kwaye ndizama ukumbonisa ukuba ndiyayiqonda ngokuthambisa umoya kancinci. "Unayo!" uthi.

Iklasi iyaqala, kwaye uyarhwaphiliza imiyalelo yenxalenye ye-10 ngendlela yokuyibeka imizimba yethu ngelixa ndirhabaxa ukuqhubeka. Ngasihlandlo sithile, usilalisile sonke phantsi, kwaye ndibukele abo ndifunda nabo ukuba balandele-kude kufike uKate azokundiguqula ngobunono, kuba ndijongane nendlela engeyiyo. Oko kukuthi, ndijongile wonke umntu, kwaye wonke umntu ujonge mna. Ndiqinisekile ukuba oku akuhoywa. Ubuncinci andinakutyholwa ngokujongela umntu iimpundu.

Ndimangalisiwe ukuba, kwiklasi ebizwa ngokuba yi "barre," sichitha ixesha lethu elininzi kude ne-ballet barre. Kodwa ndiyakonwabela ukuhamba-kancinci kweklasi-kubambe indawo kwaye kuhamba kancinci ukubuyela umva. Njengoko kuthenjisiwe, ndiyangcangcazela njengesihlalo esinexabiso eliphantsi. "Tyhala ngokutshisa," uKate unyanzelisa ephindaphinda, ekulula ukutsho xa umlenze wakho ungekho emlilweni. Kodwa ndiyatyhala, ubukhulu becala. Emva koko, elinye ibhinqa landibuza ukuba bendicinga ntoni. "Bendingazi ukuba ndingena entweni," ndiphendule. Ucinga ukuba oku kuyahlekisa. Ndicinga ukuba ndingamkelwa kwakhona.

Iveki yesi-2: Eyona nto ikhohlakeleyo endakha ndayenza

Ngaphambi kokuba ndiye eBrooklyn Bodyburn, ndibukela ividiyo eklasini. Kuyo, imodeli ikhwela kwi "megaformer," i-juiced-up Pilates contraption kunye namaqonga azinzileyo kuzo zombini iziphelo, kunye neqonga elishukumayo phakathi. Wandula ke azilungise eplangeni aze atyibilike emva naphambili. Kubonakala kulula kwaye kumnandi.

Kwaye wayenjalo ulonwabo. Ngokufutshane.

Siqala ngokulula: iplanga, i-lunge, ezinye ii-push-ups. Ndiyaqhubeka nomsebenzi wokufundisa abantu ukusebenza ngaphandle kwam emsebenzini, onelisa kakhulu. Kodwa ke izikhundla ziya zintsokotha-bamba umlenze wam ngale ndlela, ingalo yam apha, ihips zam phambili, amagxa am kwenye indawo. Ndiye ndiqonde ukuba angakanani amandla omzimba wam, kwaye ndivutha ngokukhawuleza kangakanani kuwo. Akukho xesha lokuphumla. Kungekudala, imiyalelo esisiseko ibonakala ngathi ayinakwenzeka. "Beka ingalo yakho apha" kuvakala ngathi "ingalo yomlo webhere." Kwaye ngelixa ndilapho, kuya kufuneka ndikhahlele phantsi ucango lwentsimbi, ngelixa ndinyathela iBuick, kwaye ...

Emva koko kwenzeka. Into endiyaziyo iyeza: ndiphelelwa yirhasi kwaye ndiyadilika. Nje, ukuwa. Umzimba wam, le iyinto engenamsebenzi kunye ne-inert, ivele ihle iye kwi-megaformer ngathi ilungele isilarha. Ndijonge phezulu ixesha: Asikabikho nemizuzu eli-10 singene eklasini.

Mhlawumbi ndifuna amanzi nje, Ndiyacinga. Ngoko ke ndiyaqengqeleka, ndibeke iinyawo zam ezixegayo emhlabeni, ndize ndiginye isiqingatha sebhotile. Pha. Kukngcono Okok. Ndiphefumlela phezulu, kwaye ndibuyele kwi-megaformer. Umhlohli usixelela ukuba sijinga kwaye sibambe imizuzwana elishumi. Ndingena ezibini kwaye ndiwele ngokutsha.

"Ntathu!" uyakhwaza umqeqeshi. "Zine!"

Ndangqengqa kwi megaformer, ndikhefuzela.

"Zihlanu! Zithandathu!"

Ngandlela thile, ndiyakwazi ukutsala umzimba wam ubuyele endaweni.

"Sixhengxe!"

Ndiyawa kwakhona.

"Sibhozo!"

Ngaba abantu basetyhini bazixelela ukuba banokuhlala bengamajoni ngaphakathi-ngaphakathi ngaphakathi kwabo, apho xa bewadinga kakhulu, kukho indawo yokugcina amandla engenamda? Amadoda ayayenza. Ndandisoloko ndisenza. Kwiimuvi, xa umntu ebaleka umntu ombi, aphume umphunga, kwaye elindele nje ikamva labo, ndihlala ndicinga, "Ukuba wam Ubomi buxhomekeke kuyo, ndiza kuqhubeka.

"Thoba!"

Andizange ndasilela ngokupheleleyo kwinto njengoko ndasilela kule klasi.

"Shumi!"

Yonke iklasi ikrwada. Nangona, ndiyakhumbula ukuba umqeqeshi uhlala esiza kwaye endihambisa ngokwasemzimbeni kuyo nayiphi na indawo ephunyezwa yiklasi yonke. "Sithetha kakhulu ngathi, kodwa ngekhe sitsho ngomnye umntu," usazisa sonke, nangona ndikrokrela ukuba kujoliswe kum. Ndiyayixabisa imvakalelo, kodwa ndifuna ukucaca: Ukuba omnye umntu usilela le klasi kakubi njengoko ndenze, ndinga ngokuqinisekileyo ungathethi ikaka ngabo. Ndingathi, "Heyi, yiza undijoyine apha-ndizolala." Kuba nabani na ozama le klasi ligorha. Ke ngoku, njengoko iphela iklasi kwaye ekugqibeleni ndiphume ndiphume, yile nto ekugqibeleni ndigqiba kuyo: Impumelelo yam yayihlala esakhiweni. Ndaqhubeka ndizama. Ndoyisakele, kodwa ndaqhubeka ndizama.

Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva, iBrooklyn Bodyburn ithumela i-imeyile yam. Umxholo wesifundo: SIYAFUNA UKUBA UBE NGUMFUNDISI WETHU OMTSHA KWI-ROCKSTAR. Ivakala kamnandi! Eklasini yam, sonke siya kuhlala koomatshini bokuthuthumbisa kangangeyure kwaye sitye ipayi. Bhalisa ngoku. Iiklasi ziyathengisa.

Iveki yesi-3: Kwaye ngoku siyadanisa

Andiyithandi i-cardio. Iyadika kwaye iyaphinda-phinda, kwaye imiphunga yam ihlala inzonda ngenxa yoko. Umfazi wam wakhe wathetha nam ukubaleka imayile enye, ndaphantse ndaphelelwa kukugqibela. Kodwa kwimivalo yekaraoke okanye kumgangatho womdaniso womtshato, ndinamandla aqhelekileyo ngokungaqhelekanga. Ingayiyo, Ndiyacinga, Ndifuna nje enye yezi klasi zokuzilolonga. Ndicenga umfazi wam ukuba ajoyine, kwaye uthi ewe. Emva koko, imini yeklasi yam, wahlaselwa ngumkhuhlane kwaye ndihlala ndedwa kwakhona.

Ndifika e-305 Fitness's West Village, Manhattan, studio, kwaye ndinqwenela ukuba neqabane lam lomntu obhinqileyo. (Jonga le 305 Fitness Dance Cardio Workout.) Kukho uphawu oluqaqambileyo lwe-neon olukhwaza AMantombazana, AMantombazana, iiGIRLS, kunye ne-flasingo epinki efestileni. Ndisayinela ukungena, ndikhankanye ngokungacacanga ukuba umfazi wam uzokuzimanya nam kodwa akasenako, kwaye ndibuze ukuba amadoda ahlala kwesi sifundo na. "Owu, ngokuqinisekileyo," watsho umfazi edesikeni. "Kusoloko kukho indoda enye okanye ezimbini kwiklasi nganye. Nangona kunjalo, zihlala zingenabafazi ..."

Ulinda ukubetha.

"Banamadoda."

Kanjalo.

Isitudiyo sinezibuko, imilebe emikhulu epeyintwe eludongeni, kunye ne-DJ ephilayo. Kukho abafazi abangama-30 apha (kwaye, ewe, enye indoda). Umqeqeshi wethu usinika imantra yokuphinda kuthi ngexesha leklasi: "Wayedinga iqhawe, ke waba lilo." Kuyenzeka kum ukuba enye inguqulelo yale nto ivele kuzo zontathu iiklasi endizithathileyo. Banikela ingxelo-womelele kunokuba ucinga-Akukho konke okwahlukileyo kuleyo bendihlala ndizixelela yona xa ndibukele ezo bhanyabhanya. Umahluko kuphela kukuba, abafazi kwezi klasi bahlala bephuma ukuza kuzingqina. Andisoze ndafuna ukuvavanya umda wam.

Emva koko umculo womdaniso ukhutshiwe, kwaye siyahamba. Umqeqeshi onke amandla-atsiba, ukubetha umoya, kunye nokubaleka ukuya ecaleni. (Kukwakho nokujikajika kwamanqindi okwexeshana, endikubukele ndizama esipilini kwakanye, kwaye ungaze uphinde uzame kwakhona.) Ndiyamangaliswa yindlela endikunandipha ngayo oku. Yimeko-bume eyakhiwe ngendlela engaqhelekanga-yonke imigibe yeqela lomdaniso, thabatha ipati-kwaye ukonwaba ngakumbi kunokusebenza. Ndiyabhabha kunye negumbi eligcweleyo lokugawula amahashe, ndiziva uBeyoncé emathanjeni am. Ngesinye isikhathi, siyalelwa ukuba sibuyele emntwini osecaleni kwethu, sibanike ezintlanu eziphezulu, kwaye simemeze, "Ewe, nkosikazi!" Ndicinga ukuba umfazi osecaleni kwam uthi kum, kodwa andimva ngenxa yokuhleka kwam.

Iveki # 4: UkuSebenza noMfazi wam

"Ngaba kukho umntu oza kundixelela ukuba ndidlule kwimida yam namhlanje?" Ndibuza umfazi wam, uJen.

Sihamba sisiya kwiklasi yeepilates uthatha kathathu ngeveki kwistudiyo esincinci saseBrooklyn esibizwa ngokuba yiHenry Street Pilates. Ndimxelela ngayo yonke into endiyicengileyo ukuba ndiyenze kulenyanga, nendlela endiziva ndidinwe ngayo. Le yenye ingxaki ngokutyhala: Kusisichasi sokuhamba ngesantya. Ukuba ndenza kakhulu kakhulu kusekutsha, ngoku ndiyoyika, andizukuba nayo yonke into eklasini.

"Hayi, akukho mntu uza kukuxelela ukuba uyityhale namhlanje," utshilo.

Siyafika. Ngokungafaniyo nezinye iiklasi, lo mhlohli, uJan akakho kwimakrofoni. Akukho mculo ungxolayo. Abafundi, ndicinga ukuba, ikakhulu kwi-40 yabo. Akukho mntu ulapha kumsitho wobomi. Balapha nje ngesiqhelo esisempilweni, ke umqolo wabo awunikezeli kubo njengam. Kude kube ngoku, andikaze ndayiqonda indlela ahluke ngayo amava kwezi klasi. Awuthengeli nje isimbo sokuqina; uthenga indlela yokuphila.

Inxalenye yokuqala yeklasi yethu yenzeka kwiphedi edityanisiweyo, apho senza iicrunches kunye nokunye ukusebenza kuka-ab. Emva koko siqhubela phambili kwiyunithi yenqaba-ileli yemithombo kunye nemivalo, ngokungafaniyo ne-megaformer endakha ndafelwa kuyo. Sityhala kwaye sibambe ibha.Kwindlela endiyithandayo, siyangqengqa, sibophele iinyawo zethu kwimixokelelwane ethwele intwasahlobo, emva koko sihambise imilenze yethu kwizangqa ezinkulu ezivulekileyo. Kuziva kulungile-kwaoko kungumceli mngeni owonelisayo, kwaye ukuzolula ngekhe ndikwenze ngenye indlela. Ngasihlandlo sithile, sijikisa imilenze yethu ngasekunene. Umfazi wam, ongasekhohlo kum, wolula aze andibethe ngempazamo. Ndimnika inzwane yakhe encinci, kwaye uyancuma. Emva koko sijikisa imilenze yethu ngasekhohlo, laza eli bhinqa lasekunene langqubeka kum ngengozi. Akukho ukucudiswa kweenzwane kuwe, nkosazana.

Iklasi ihamba ngokukhawuleza. Andizange ndizive ndidiniwe, kodwa ndihlala ndiziva ndisebenza. Akukho mntu ukhefuzayo kunye nejeli-ngathi ekugqibeleni. Akukho mntu utyhalelwa ngaphaya kwemida yakhe. Akukho mntu uxelelwa ukuba le yeyona nxalenye ilungileyo yosuku lwabo. Zonke zivakala zilungile, kuba, kum, zonke zivakala ziyinyani.

Njengoko sipakisha sihamba, abafazi abambalwa bayandincoma ngokumakisha kunye. “Ndingathanda ukucela umyeni wam ukuba eze apha, kodwa andiqondi ukuba angenza njalo,” utsho omnye. Ke, kufuneka...

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