Power Step class at Sats Jakobsberg started ten minutes late again today. This due to the instructor for the class before pulling 15 minutes of overtime. For the third week in a row. Jackass. I was so irritated by it that I had a hard time enjoying the Power Step class that followed. And I ended up in a really bad spot as well, so I hurt my hand on the ventilation-shaft-thingies they have in the ceiling due to this sub-optimal position. Again.

With the resent flood of new members at the gym (fulfilling their new years vows), it is absolutely packed in Body Pump and Spinning class. Incidentally the evening Body Pump classes at Sats Jakobsberg are placed directly after another class which makes it even harder to find a good spot when people rush into the room at the same time to grab the best spots. So I tend to prefer the classes where I can set up my equipment a few minutes before the class starts.

However, despite this annoyance I was able to build up enough focus to increase my weights for the back-track after struggling with the same weights for about a month. I don’t know what they were thinking when they designed the class and decided you should have the same weights on the first three exercises. If I put on enough weights to make the squats challenging I can barely manage the chest press, but the over-head lifts during the back-track are absolutely lethal with those weights. If I would use the same weights for that exercise I would hurt myself. Badly. Especially considering the low ceiling at Sats Jakobsberg. Hopefully the next release will rectify this.

Going down from five to four cardio sessions per week has already had a noticeable effect on my endurance. I feel more fatigued at the end of a Core Pulse session than I used to. Paradoxically the feeling is the same as that of over-training. I suspect it has to do with the fact that lately I have opted to drop Body Pump for an extra Power Step and Core Pulse class, and thus actually increasing the total amount of pure aerobic exercise.