Spinning - aqua style

We have a pool and gym at our condo, and whilst I have used the pool a fair few times (although not as much as I ought to) I have not yet managed to get myself back into quite such a good exercise routine as I was working with back in London. Yes, I’m new to the area and I want to spend some time investigating all the fun things that there are to do, but unless I start doing some exercise soon it’s all going to start going a bit wrong!

            Having spent some time reading recommendations and suggestions in Expat Living, a lifestyle magazine that Nick got me a subscription for at Christmas, I came across something that I thought sounded fun. Or mental – I couldn’t quite work out which. Still, I decided that it was worth giving it a shot and seeing how I got on.

            Aquaspin is exactly what it sounds like – it’s a spinning class (stationary bikes, loud music, shouting instructor) that takes place in a chest deep swimming pool, using the resistance of the water to make it more effective and less jarring on your joints. It sounded weird, so I obviously signed up for a class!

            The session took place in a rooftop, open-air swimming pool handily placed midway between our flat and my office, so it was a quick walk through Fort Canning Park to get there.

            Once I was swimwear ready (or as ready as I would ever be) I spent quite a while adjusting the bike from mini-me size (everyone here is about waist high to me) so that my knees didn’t hit my chin every time, and then I was good to go!

            By half seven the sun is beginning to set in Singapore, so the backdrop to our session was really rather love – the sun was setting over the edge of the pool, and then we completed the cool down portion of the 45 minute session looking up at the stars and enjoying a laser show from a club somewhere off in the distance.

            It was a strange sort of experience. It wasn’t quite as hard as I thought it would be, but when I eventually got home I was awake for about twenty minute while I ate and had a cup of tea and then I passed out and slept solidly for about nine hours straight. I suppose I must have worked harder than I thought, which is handy, because I might have signed up fro the rest of the term!