5 March - Nike & Fonda

Oops done it again. Signed up for some ridiculously out of my reach course. This time for the Nike dance workouts held by none other than choreographer to the hip hop royalty, Jamie King. Must have thought I was a Sugababe that morning I clicked on the link. Oh, wait, they can’t dance. Ok, someone else then, and in any case 20 years younger than me, maybe he just does Girls Aloud? I’ll have to go to a huge dance studio behind Kings Cross. Am doubtful I’ll be wearing togs that do not consign me to the pre-history of fitness. Though, if I had some leotard circa Jane Fonda it would be great. After all Madonna is wearing some updated pneumatic version of it, but I can’t justify that amount of showing off. I can’t dance basically.
I remember the year I was in LA when the Fonda classes had just taken off with her! And I.. didn’t go…for some reason or other. Regret it now of course. How long before Flashdance was that? I don’t recall wearing legwarmers in the street but surely must have done? Was same year I was pushing my cart around the first organic supermarket I’d ever seen. It was WOW! And WOW! for an hour. I kept picking up items, even plain carrot juice in a bottle was a novelty. Folks, this is before Fresh ‘N’ Wild and Planet Organic took over even dismal neighbourhoods in London like Stoke Newington and 20 years before McDonalds run into their current financial problems as the world wakes up to health concerns (Malcolm Gladwell says Fat will be the new Race in terms of issue).
Anyway, I’m not normally a back of the class sort of person but on this occasion I better hang back. I’ll be lucky to spy anyone my age. Wonder if I’ll finally feel am too old for this? Naaah….