Back to Body Pump - Back to body confidence?

As I told you lately Taiji isn't a physical challenge anymore for me at the level I can train it at the moment, though it remains a coordinative one. And also the instructor for Body Balance changed, so I don't like to go there at all anymore. So made up my mind and decided to give Body Bump (also known as Hot Iron), a strength endurance training with barbells and music for training rhythm, another try. I did it in 2003 for a few month and I really liked it. I also thought about going back to train on weights on my own but due to my short time I preferred to go to the Body Pump class. You get an effective and complete body workout there. And I actually train harder in the class because I can only chose the weight to work with but not the number of repetitions, so I keep going till the muscles burn. Dont worry, Nancy, I don't get bulky muscles from that, just a well shaped body .

So I went there yesterday evening and luckily I didn't overestimate myself, I rather could use for some body parts higher weights. I'm in a better shape than I thought I am. Nevertheless I got some sore muscles at the arms, mainly the trizpes, and the upper shoulders but I did not expect anything else  - could have been worse.

Unfortunately it did not give me the release of mental tension I hoped for, but on the other hand, working on weights, gives me some kind of satisfaction. May sound trange for a girl/woman, but I like to rely on my own. I'm not the kind of girl/woman who plays the weak one and ask for help all the time. That's why I really wanna get back the body confidence I had as a young girl! And I think this kind of work out gets me closer to it.