*Clubbercise is not suitable for those with photosensitive epilepsy *
When I was a kid I used to love dancing, around the house, in the garden, in the playground, anywhere really.
I took classes in Disco, Tap, Ballet and Modern, I have a few certificates under my bed from my dance exams and even have a few medals, although I pretty sure they were for participating!
When biology took over my body in my early teens I sort of gave up dancing, with the exception of the occasional shimmy at a friend's birthday, a night out or a wedding....or in my car.
It's probably been about 14 years since I've been anywhere near a dance class, so naturally when my sister in law suggested I join her at clubbercise I was a little reluctant but after she'd been and told me how fun it was I decided to give it a go.
If you've never been to or heard of clubbercise it's easy to follow dance moves to 90s club classics with glow sticks and disco lights!
At first I felt really out of place, like a giraffe in a boardroom meeting out of place, but I quickly realised that loads of other people probably felt the same way. Once the lights went out and the music got going, I forgot all about how out of place I felt and just got into the spirit of the class.
What I really enjoyed about it was that it really suits everyone, you could be brilliant or you could be completely lacking in rhythm and it doesn't matter in the slightest, you can still take part and enjoy it.
Everyone cheers each other on and there is lots of 'Here we clubbing go'
You can take it at your own pace, grab your water when you need it and get back in the groove when you've got your breath back.
Tonight pushed me out of my comfort zone in a few ways
- My sister in law couldn't make it and I nearly chickened out of going but I knew that I would be mad at myself and there would be a few other people I knew when I got there so I shut out the voice of doubt in my head and went along anyway.
- As I mentioned above, I haven't been near anything resembling a dance class in years and I thought I would really struggle but I actually managed to attempt most of it, dialling down the effort a little when I was feeling a struggle coming on.
As someone who really doesn't love exercise, I came away having really enjoyed it and would totally go again.
