BOXING!!

[nikitangel]

Mwa-ha-ha-haaa!  Bow before my Boxing Prowess, Mere Mortals!

I just got back from the first of four "Boxing Fundamentals" classes.  There are only six students, and two instructors, which is an awesome ratio.  One of the instructors is a woman with more defined biceps than I've ever seen on a woman in real life and I would like her arms, please

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[carlamlee]

Would you please STOP making me want to move to Madison? I want to go to that gym! I wish we had an actual boxing class around here, and that one even sounds welcoming to women, which is amazing. I am so, so, so jealous. So jealous.

Happy for you, but jealous!

[nikitangel]

Yes! Go with "jealous"! Feeeel the jealous! Waaaaallow in the jealous! Moooove to Madison!

The woman is awesome. She started here in a similar class about 11 years ago, and actually went pro. She was in 10 pro fights, without an injury, before deciding she wanted to back off and raise her family for awhile.

The old guy who was the main teacher never treated us two girls any differently than the guys (which is especially good, considering how his generation was raised). He kept calling me the "young lady", though, which always makes me want to giggle.

[carlamlee]

She started in a class and went pro? I am awed by her. And then ten pro fights without an injury? Amazing.

All in all, completely wonderful, her story and the old guy not treating you any different and oh. Amazing.

It wouldn't be crazy just to move somewhere to take one class, would it?

[nikitangel]

Of COURSE not. The opposite of crazy. Sensible, one might say. Very normal. Four out of five people who are me recommend it.

[jasminehammer]

Everyone wants to move to Madison. Give in to the feeling. Let it wash over you.
Then why did I leave you ask? So I can remember it in nostalgic, sepia tones of beer-gold and badger red. So I can talk about the good old days, when I had a car and public transportation was something you only took when you were stupid-drunk.
Oh man. I would even try boxing. Maybe. Good for you, though! You should reward yourself with something electronic and expensive, or sparkly and cheap.