What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and probably lighter.

Jennika and I have been trying to keep fit in Korea. It isn't always an easy task. After what seems like the longest days of work, we are often left wanting the comforts of a couch, some junk food, and a mindless tv show to decompress before bed. For the past month, we have been going to Hulk's Boxing (I admit sparsely) and Jennika has been organizing pickup ultimate on the weekends.

Hulk Boxing is run by Jennika's friend, Amy, who is a kick-ass boxer from Canada. She has been keeping the ladies of Cheonan fit with her Boxercise class, an aerobics type class based on boxing. Recently, her and her husband opened their own boxing club that offers various workout options, boxercise included. Personally I found boxercise to be fun. It has a good mix of aerobics and martial arts. But, I tend to stick to the crossfit circuits.

My last time at crossfit things went awry. We had just eaten a nice salad for supper and biked to the club. During the first half of the workout I started to sweat profusely. Like gushing out of my pores. I new something was wrong because, to be frank, I never work that hard. I told the trainer I needed to take a break. I sat down with a queazy feeling and then it came to me. My supper wanted to escape and I had no say in the matter. I went and hugged that porcelain princess and tried to replenish my liquids. I haven't been back to the club since. Not sure if I'm scared to go back.

Jackie Spinning Festival

Today Jean-Marc and I tried out something new .. something Christine has been pushing me to try since I arrived in Korea. We went to the Jackie Spinning Festival in Bucheon!

Jackie Spinning is a Korean twist on the traditional spinning class. Rather than just biking to the music, JS combines dance moves and upper body exercises while on the bike, sort of like cycle gymnastics. The experts actually compete in cycle gynmastics competitions and do some crazy moves on a bike. Like this:

And this:

We, of course, did not do anything like that, but rather struggled to keep up with the basic moves of the instructor who was on stage. Korea has some quirky features, and this sport is definitely one of them! You can even see a video of the festival (including cameos of us) HERE.

Great workout for sure!

(All photo credits go to Jackie Spinning)

Stretching before working out

All the bikes were outdoors - and it was a beautiful day!

Looking confused, trying to figure out what the instructor is doing

Getting the hang of things - having fun!

Waygooks!

All the festival participants