I joined the Gym yesterday

[limey]

I swam a mile today, too
(I bet it took me longer than it took Monster, but I don't care. I did it.)

[Stormieweather]

The thing I've discovered about Zumba is that you get out of it what you put into it. If you make big movements, shake your hips, use your arms a lot, and lift your legs high instead of shuffle around , you get a higher burn rate than someone who just "goes through the minimum motions". As I learn the routine, I get more out of it since I'm not missing half the steps or standing for a few seconds to figure out the move they're doing, I can just do the dance and concentrate on more overall movement.

Our teacher is a tiny little thing that shakes her butt the whole time like she's doing a fast belly dance routine.

[monster]

Originally Posted by limey

I swam a mile today, too
(I bet it took me longer than it took Monster, but I don't care. I did it.)

yay you! you only did your first mile a few weeks ago, didn't you?

[limey]

Originally Posted by limey

I swam a mile today, too
(I bet it took me longer than it took Monster, but I don't care. I did it.)

Originally Posted by monster

yay you! you only did your first mile a few weeks ago, didn't you?

Yes, a couple of months ago I suppose.

Originally Posted by monster

... It took me a little longer than usual -50 minutes instead of 45, and it was half breaststroke, half freestyle ...

It's interesting to see how long it takes you as the only other person I've been measuring myself against is Pool Boy™ who is a 20-something year-old competing open water swimmer who takes six strokes to get from one end of the pool to the other where I take 18 .
It takes me about 1 hour 5 minutes to swim a mile, so I think I can be quite proud of that (being 52 years old, of which I spent 51 years as a couch potato ).