Sinners in the Gym

I was not surprised to see this notice posted in the men's locker room of a gym in Manila. But I was surprised that it has come to a point that they really needed to remind people to behave! LOL!

"Sexual advances towards any member or staff are strictly prohibited."

Gorgeous

As I swiped my card to enter the gym, there he was.... standing there, smiling at me. He's got the most beautiful eyes and eye brows, the sexiest lips ... He must have one of the most "handsome-st" face in the world. And he looked smart in his collared t-shirt and vest .... his strong arms with a folder in his hand.

I could not get my eyes off him, as he continued to smile at me. I smiled back, feeling a little shy... blushing as I moved a few slow steps forward.... a little lost. I should be rushing as the next class was gonna start soon, but yet, I could not peel myself away from his good looks. He had the Filipino good looks, but I can't be sure.

I wanna go over and hug him and kiss him.... on his cheeks, his lips ... I want to smell him in his manly cologne. I want him to tease me, and to hold me in his strong arms, and sweep me off my feet and take me away to land far far away and make love to me. I want him so badly. I wanna be with him forever and ever.

I knew it was all a little far-fetched. I could never be with him. Hence, I took out my phone and tried to take a picture of him. I had to look around to make sure no one was watching. My hands were trembling. I was feeling flushed all over from the intense infatuation. Damn! Blur! The picture was blurry! Urghs~ This stupid phone!

I moved a little closer to him, but I have to be discreet. People will think I'm crazy, but I just got to do this. He's just too gorgeous to pass this photo opportunity ~

Click!

How Will I Know?

How do you know if someone is flirting with you? How will you know if someone is interested in you? For me, it is difficult to tell la, because people rarely take any notice or interest in me.



Recently, I spotted this hot guy, in the gym who turns out to be SL’s friend. I have fancied this
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Is he just being friendly? Is he flirting with me? How will I know?

How will I know if he's thinking of me
I'm asking you what you know about these things

Seven

No, not talking about the seven deadly sins, but the stepboard arrangements with seven boards for each stepper, all shared!
It's good to be back!

Beautiful Cock

It was a quiet afternoon in the gym. From the corner of my eyes, I instinctively spotted an edible solidly built Chinese guy across the free weights area. He too eyed me as he stretched his taut chest muscles.

Our paths crossed again later at the drinks area, both of us secretly exchanging glances.

Half an hour later, after my workout, I hit the showers and decided to sweat it out a little bit more in the sauna. I pulled the door open, and there he was, that same edible guy … sitting on the bench facing the door … his smooth skin glistened with sweat and flushed from the heat of the sauna … his legs wide apart … no towels … his hung low from his pubes … on display in its full glory…

It was the most beautiful cock I have ever seen for a long time. In spite of its flaccid state, it was rather large, must have been about 6 inches long and 1.5 inches diameter, enhanced by the perfect mushroom head.

Too bad as after I sat down, he shyly covered his meat with his towel. I wasn’t prepared to react in such a situation. I was too dumbfounded to say anything smart, to smile, or to do anything naughty! Tick tock tick tock tick tock … moments passed and he soon stepped out of that suffocating oven. Damn! What a waste of a beautiful cock! It should have been serviced by yours truly right there and then!

Now, what would you have done in that instant if you find yourself in a similar situation?

Geometry in The Gym

Every few days, I get to arrange my stepboards according to what the instructor tells us. I'm always excited to find out what the shape of the board arrangements will be ... how many people are sharing boards with you ... where your starting position is ... which directions you're moving ... how many boards you're actually stepping on ... figuring out the choreography for the opposite direction or mirror image (for example, if you start the first round by stepping on your right foot and spin anticlockwise to the left, the next round will step on your left foot and spin clockwise to the right) ... and, if you're ever gonna bump into your neighbours or step on their shoes!!

I've attended about nine intermediate/advance classes, and at times, it can get very stressful indeed! And you needed to process all these directional and geometrical information at top speed within one lesson! Nevertheless, it can be extremely fun and fulfilling .... IF you get it lah! Here are the board arrangements:

The blue boards represent the the boards that will be stepped on by the person in blue (represented by the dark blue dots). The pink dots are your neighbours/partners. The position of the dots indicate the starting positions.

Of course, the more complex the shape is, the more difficult it is. The more boards you have to step on, the more difficult it is. The difficult ones to execute are those with isolated "island" formation (erroneously called mirror image formation), because you will very likely be distracted by your neighbours/partners who will not be facing in the same direction as you are.

Based on the above nine designs, the order of diffculty (in descending order), in my opinion, is as follows:

G > F > D > E > A = B > H > I > C

Backlog Blog

For the first time since I began this blog that I have a backlog of posts. Yes, I haven't updated my blog for almost 3 weeks ... and Fable already marah-marah liao. I've got quite a bit stuff to update, to bitch about, and to share ... but I just haven't got the time! It's so late, that if I post something now, I might even have to label it as "Flashback". Keke! No la...

Well, I was away for 10 days in some god-forsaken place in Indonesia (more about that later!), and when I got back, all I wanted to do was to spend time with my dear sisters, which I did .... for dinner, for lunch, for dinner, for National Day's eve supper, for gym, for lunch, for dinner and supper, and then for dinner again ... omg, and initially I complained I had no plans for the long weekend!



So there goes my weekend, packed, and in the presence of germs carried by sister Sindy. Right after that, a few other sisters got sick, and so did I. Extremely tired, and slept for like 10 hours the past two days. No time or mood to blog. Then last nite, when I was in the mood, the internet connection was so bad, I could hardly load the page! And I was thankful, it's back up alright today.



I feel fat. Even though I'm still underweight the last time I checked. In the past 3 weeks, I've only attended 1 step class, and 1 jam. I'm so step-deprived! Urgh! Nevertheless, I did find the opportunity to go to gym in Jakarta, but I didn't get the chance to attend any classes. Now I have two pages of my gym passport book filled up! Yay! Of course la, must make full use of the membership!

First row: RSC (Makati), RCBC (Makati), RCBC (Makati), Manila

Second row: Q House (Bangkok), Paragon (SG), The Cathay (SG), Senayan City (Jakarta)

Saunas 101

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Deeperanddeeper Went Higher and Higher

Last weekend, I was suckered into doing something I've never done before: rockclimbing! Apparently Graeme is in town with his gf, so it's the recommended thing to do by Jason. It is probably one of the most challenging and dangerous physical activity I have ever done .... in like over 15 years!

I almost wanted to back out but decided I needed the challenge and do something out of the ordinary. So off I went to Camp 5, 1 Utama. Should be tough, cos the only decent climbing I have ever done was to climb onto the back of a hot fuck.

Jason was already there, and so I signed in and paid RM36 for the shoe and harness rental. The shoes were supposed to be worn snug, and oh my, it hurt so much cos I didn't clip my toe nails! Had to take off the shoes every now and then. Argh! They should provide nail clippers at the gym!

Since I was the first to arrive, Jason got me all buckled up and ready to do my first warm-up wall climb with the auto-belay. The wall must be some 20 m high. I was advised to get used to the first few metres. After I got comfortable, I made my way up to the highest point. Surprisingly, it was easier than it looked. A few times I looked down to find a protrusion (whatever you call it) to place my foot, got dizzy and had to quickly close my eyes and look up again. Silly me! When I reached the top, I froze cos I was too scared that I will fall off and the auto-belay will not support me! It took me a while before I have the courage to remove my fingers from the bolt-on climbing holds and onto the rope. So down I came slowly with the help of the pulley system. Yay! Ben, also a first timer, arrived and joined in. I went for another climb on that wall before we proceeded to another wall with Jason as my belayer.

Well, there are many colours for the bolt-on climbing holds, which came in shapes of sea creatures. Jason encouraged me to choose only one colour to ascend, which makes it more challenging. So I decided to choose red. Phuh! It was really tough, but at least this wall is not as high as the first one. Before climbing, the climber must tell the belayer that he's "climbing". When the belayer is ready, he will reply to inform the climber to "climb on". On a few occasions I didn't step on the holds/protrusions, instead I stepped my foot on the wall surface itself (I can't remember the term used). Apparently only experienced climbers do that, or those who are desperately trying to find a foothold. I guess I was desperate in some ways! Jason would yell out "Left foot on the octopus" to guide me. I was like "whatever la". Imagine trying to look for an octopus-shaped protrusion at 15 m in the air!! After resting a while, I climbed a slightly backward reclining wall, which proved to be a bit more difficult because of the slight overhanging.

Our visitor of honour, Graeme and Camelia finally came and so it was their turn to climb. Graeme being Graeme, was impatient with the harness and knots. So funny! He was practically pulling it everywhere! Surprisingly, Camelia climbed up the wall so easily like spiderwoman. Jason explained that girls and children are better (and more skilful) climbers than men. Hmmm... no wonder it wasn't as hard for me as I thought! Keke!

My final climb was on the wall with a 1-foot overhang at the top. So susah when I reached the overhang. Totally no energy liao to be hanging on the overhang and climb over and above it. So what to do, I asked for "rope tight" or whatever you call it. Nigel, who was belaying me on this climb, tightened the rope. So I cheated and rested my weight partially. Hehe! Almost gave up and not wanting to climb around the overhang, but the people below were giving me encouragement for the last 3 metres. Finally, made it, and I insisted photos to be taken. (Unfortunately I haven't got any pics from their cameras yet)

It wasn't easy. Ben and Graeme bled as they scraped against the rough wall. I was proud I came and took the challenge. I think after this outing, I really needed to make the effort to do a lot more variety of activities, rather than just doing the same Jam/Step classes or hanging out in the gym, or staying at home. There's lots to do out there, and I've been missing them cos I was either lazy, or scared, or couldn't be bothered.

This is post #99, btw....

Another Step Up - From One to Five

As I entered the studio, my heart beat so fast and I've got butterflies in my stomach, it felt like I was going to take my final examinations! But no, no exams of any sort. I was just about to try out an intermediate Step class with a bunch of "regulars". *Worry* *Worry*

And yes, we were told to lay out all the stepboards, and each of us will have FIVE stepboards for the routine, to be shared with our neighbours. Yes, it was the most challenging class I've ever attended to date!

The basic ONE board configuration

Now the FIVE-board configuration!!

Nonetheless fulfilling!

Weight Issues: Under Fat

Snapshot of deeperanddeeper's weight.

AT THE START OF GYMMING (April 2005)
BMI: 19.9
Fat % = 21.1% (Target: 10%)
Fat Mass = 12.5 kg
Fat to Lose = 7.3 kg

AFTER 3 YEARS OF GYMMING (May 2008)
BMI = 19.0
Fat % = 16.4% (Target: 20%)
Fat Mass = 9.0 kg
Fat to Gain = 2.5 kg

Hmm... not sure how reliable the machines are, but it appears that for people his age, after 3 years, deeperanddeeper is supposed to be 10% fatter than before. But instead of growing fatter, deeperanddeeper has lost even more fat! Definitely not complaining!!

Hmmm... maybe in his Fridae profile, deeperanddeeper should shamelessly re-categorize himself as "lean fit"? :p

Unnecessary Stress

Sometimes I wonder why I get all stressed out unnecessarily, and for the wrong reasons.

A couple of weeks ago, I almost didn't make it on time for my favourite Step class. Normally, it will only take me less than 10 minutes to get to the gym from my office, but on that day, it took me almost 1 hour due to traffic jam! Haiyu... the gym was just right in front of me, and it took me half and hour to inch my way into the car park from where I was in the photo!!! Stress-nye.... almost thought of just abandoning my car on the road la....

Did I finally make it on time??? Yes.... because the instructor was also caught in the jam! In fact, she's just one car ahead of me. Hahaha....

And sometimes I wonder if I should be very worried if the highlight of my week was actually the Step class!! As if there's nothing else to look forward too.... Seessh!!!

Sauna Etiquette

In Sex and the City Season 3: Attack of the 5' 10" Woman episode, Charlotte gets upset by nudity in the sauna, although everyone else seems happy and normal to display their bodies. Internet resources noted that saunas are meant to allow you to absorb as much heat and to perspire freely, hence, you are advised to go in nude. For hygiene purposes, a towel should be laid across the bench so that your sweat does not drip onto the wooden bench. This is also to prevent bad smell emanating from the wood finishing in the long term. Out of curiosity, I have also asked my girlfriend what actually goes on in the women's changing room and sauna at the gym. Apparently, quite a few ladies would walk around in the nude to the showers, and also nude in the sauna.

Meanwhile in the male sauna, most guys would place their towel on their lap and sit bareback on the hot wooden bench (ouch!), thereby allowing sweat to drip all over. In fact, it is disgusting that certain people wipe off their sweat and sprinkle them over the bench and the hot stone heater. Yuks! No wonder the sauna smells bad!

Sometimes, people would go in wearing undies. Puhlezzz!!! Can you imagine the smell of dirty underwear and sweat in a hot and humid environment?? Occasionally, there are people who went inside the sauna fully clothed .... with socks and shoes even!

And I just don't get it. Guys in general are just so shy to go nude even in places that you're supposed to be nude! Even the girls are more liberal in their locker/changing room.

Loosen up! Let's drop our towels and lay it across the bench where it should be! Be comfortable with ourselves!

p/s Charlotte eventually overcame her fears and shyness.

Step by Step

I was most concerned about how well I would fare in freestyle Step. For one, I was worried that you really needed to be more keras in a step class compared to Jam. After hundreds of hours of shimmie-ing, sashaying, hip rolls, body rolls, chest pumps and all those drama queen poses, my body has become accustomed to being rather lembut. Hands flailing around gracefully into a dramatic pose is definitely not needed in a step class. And spinning on one leg in one count is certainly not expected. In a dance class, you need to feel light and move lightly at most instances to execute the moves (except maybe for hiphop music and a few other exceptions). Instead, in step, you needed to ensure every step is firm so that you are stable on the board and you get a good workout of your thighs, calves and butts. Hand movements are fairly boring, and limited to the ocassional waving motions and light punches into the air to stabilise your whole body.

And I was just so afraid I would just trip and fall off the board (it happened to me once in a BodyStep class - so malu la) as I maneuvre on, over and around it. Again, your legs and feet had better move firmly for balance, so you can't really use your jazzy leg spins and shift your body weight here and there as you like.

The other concern was that I'm so afraid I'll get confused which direction and which leg to move around and over the board. Plus for every routine, you do the mirror image alternately. So imagine switching from member's side to instructor's side everytime you complete a set!!! Even I can't do that in Jam!!!

But after attending only two Basic Step classes, I promoted myself to Intermediate Step class. It appears that I was keras enough to execute the steps.... except for the occasional instances when I felt that perhaps I could incorporate Jam's moves and grace into Step. So, I muka tebal also lah, doing a bit of the lembut and drama dance moves. Quite salah actually.

Then there's HiLo - short for High Impact Low Impact - which I still don't understand what is high and what is low. It's actually something like step, but without the board. You get to move around more and you're not quite confined to the immediate area around the step board. So plenty of grapevines, L-shape moves, and even sashay!! Which is good... you don't have to worry about tripping over the board.

But for me, as an old man with failing memory, remembering the movements proved to be the most difficult. The instructor keeps adding new moves every few minutes!!! It's like "Huh?? Which direction??? Left leg first or right leg first? What do you do after you place your right foot on the front left corner of the board? Spin left and face right or left?"

And just as you get comfortable doing it, you have to switch to do the mirror image!!! So what's left becomes right, and vice versa. And the instructor spends very little time revising this. So it appears that you needed to focus and have complete concentration to get your directions and legwork right as quickly as you can, and remember them by heart. Very stressful indeed for an old man!!!

Someone said don't think too much about which leg and which direction, it comes quite naturally, it seems. Haha! What comes naturally to me is to do a graceful spin followed by a leap with outstretched arms in a dramatic pose! Can?!

Dear BJ

Dear BJ

I have a feeling you knew this time would come. I haven't seen you in two weeks, and I don't think I miss you. You and I have been through hundreds of fulfilling sessions together and our relationship has been pretty good. On top of the very gratifying physical things you offer, I think you’re interesting and entertaining. Up until now. You never demanded exclusivity and I didn't imagine I'd need to go anywhere else for my needs.

I've started to look around and I'm finding that there are many different ways that I can express myself and have fun without the same old songs playing in the background. You keep expecting me to do the same routines every session. I know that sounds unfair, but I have my own limits too. Face it, BJ, you're just not the stunner you used to be.

Why just the other day I had a lot of time to spare and wanted to try out a different style, rhythm and coordination. I admit that I have been spending some time with your brother, BS. But it's not what you're thinking.

I knew I should have kept away but once I had the board, I knew I wanted more of it. Unfortunately, soon enough I find that your brother BS equally repetitive and mundane as you are. I realized that I had to move on to other more adventurous, more sizzling freestyle S, but of course starting with the basics first. Once I’ve grown accustomed to the basic freestyle S, we will try out intermediate S routines.

Oh, BJ, why did you let yourself go like this? I know, it shouldn't be all about sizzle. And to be fair, I'm not so sure that S also provides the range of drama that I've been accustomed to with you, BJ. But it sure does push me toward more challenging moves and coordination. You know how visual and sensual we men are.

We need to redefine our relationship. I still love you for your strengths but I need more than this. I have to go elsewhere for those things that you don't do as well.

Don't hold this against me.

Regretfully yours,
deeperanddeeper

PS. See you Tuesday nites if I’m not busy with S.

2007 "deeperanddeeper" Gym Log

This year started off with a bang! It was about the tailend of BodyJam 38 then. Yes, with the gang, all addicted to BodyJam, we were almost in all BodyJam classes at Manulife, except classes during working hours. Being regulars, we soon made friends with other regulars. We travelled "cross- country" to IOI (to lend support to our then favourite instructor) and to LeisureMall (to check out what masculine Jam is all about - orgasmic!).

Then, Sindy upgraded to passport apparently for "convenience and health reasons", but we all knew it was for better opportunities in the pursuit of a mate. We were right. In less than 4 months, he got attached! Since then, he would only attend a Jam class in Manulife at most once a week.

As the year progressed, our favourite instructor began to fall out of favour amongst us. The unnecessary teasing/humiliation in class. And the same few tracks repeatedly (but in retrospect, I don't think the instructor is to be blamed on this one though, apparently, some members prefer to do the same tracks over and over again every class. Phuh!).

As year end approaches, after comtemplating long enough, I upgraded to passport to have a taste of variety of classes and instructors. Cardiodance became an instant favourite, but still have a lot to work on those challenging moves. Our interest in Jam waned quite drastically. 3 - 4 classes a week became only at most 2 classes currently. I intend to reduce it to only once a week next year!

Healthwise, it was a terrible year! I visited the doctor on a monthly basis for all sorts of ailment, but mostly due to fever, cough, sore throat, dizzy spells. I estimated that I was sick for at least 120 days this year! And right now as I am typing this, the recurring blockage of my right ear is irritating me, and i have a terrible painful mouth ulcer that has lasted a week! And of course, with my poor health, my weight training regime suffered. Earlier this year, I have managed to toned up to almost 59 kgs from 55 kgs. Friends were giving good feedback on my improved shape, but that was soon lost due to recurring sickness. I am now back to 55 kgs! Damn!

Looking Forward 2008

But regardless, I am looking forward to the New Year and I wished very hard that there will be fewer impediments to my weight training regime and cardio classes.
My target classes to attend (per week):
- BodyJam: 1
- Basic Step*: 1
- Cardiodance: 1
- Pilates*: 1
* On trial basis for 2 months.

Weight training:
- 3 - 4 times a week
- Up bodyweight from 55 kg to 57 kg (1st quarter)
- Up bodyweight from 57 kg to 58 kg (2nd quarter)
- Up bodyweight to 60 kg (by year end)

My inspiration?

Great size and shape for a bod, isn't it?

BodyStep, BodyJam and CardioDance

After horrifying weeks of doing Canned Heat, Buttons, Boom Boom, Hips Don't Lie and GoodLuck repeatedly, I finally waved them goodbye.... at least for another 3 weeks. Yes, the new release is here!

Today, there was a sneak preview class for BodyStep and BodyJam at Manulife. I just don't know why they have to call it 'sneak preview' instead of a launch. After all, they did the full new releases. Anyways, after more than a week of lack of gym, I headed to the gym just before the BodyStep sneak preview. I rarely go for step classes. Was afraid of the board after I fell once. But Jam will only come on in another hour, so I gatal and decided to join in the step class. It was more interesting than I remembered, perhaps the new release contain quite a number of tunes from the 70s and 80s. It was fun! I have never stayed on in a BodyStep class in its entirety, but today, I was full of energy and stay till the end. I think I'm gonna start picking up on step classes.

After one tiring hour of step, I stayed on for the new BodyJam 43 release. It wasn't as drama as the previous few releases. The first block supposingly had a disco feel and the second was supposed be 'house'. Whatever, but I didn't really think the first block was disco at all. Yes, it had a bit of 70s and 80s tune to it, but definitely not disco. Most of the moves were quite new and somewhat difficult to execute on first try. Tonite, sure suffer one, after back-to-back step and jam classes.

Yesterday, we had a very enjoyable CardioDance session. We paired up boys and girls, and it wasn't until when Jimmy put on the music near the end that I realized that we're gonna do Grease-type of dance! So fun! But we didn't have enough time to familiarize ourselves with the music, so a bit of havoc when we had to dance it out twice as fast as when we practised it. Yes, definitely more Cardiodance classes for me!

Dosa Seorang Diva Yang Terlampau Obsesif

Malam tadi, Diva hampir pengsan di kelas. Diva sebenarnya masih belum pulih sepenuhnya. Diva sudah sakit demam selesema selama 3 hari. Terlantar sahaja di atas katilnya dalam kesunyian. Sudah 3 hari Diva mengeluh kesakitan tanpa diketahui sesiapa. Badannya hampir tidak bermaya, dan tangannya terkulai di pinggir katil. Tetapi, Diva mendapat tahu bahawa kakak tiri telah memainkan lagu dan tarian kegemaran Diva selama dua hari berturut-turut.

Di dalam sanubarinya, Diva tahu bahawa kebarangkalian untuk kakak tiri untuk memainkan tarian kegemaran Diva untuk satu kali lagi memanglah tipis. Walau sebagaimana tipis sekali pun, Diva tetap menaruh segala harapan dan sedia mencuba nasib. Sebab itulah Diva tetap hadir ke kelas. Sebab itulah Diva tetap sabar melakukan tarian-tarian lazim selama setengah jam dalam keadaan lemah dan tidak bertenaga. Akhirnya, kakak tiri tidak lagi memainkan lagu dan tarian kegemaran Diva. Harapan Diva berkecai menjadi debu.

Diva mula terasa pening, dan sukar bernafas. Diva masih tidak cukup sihat untuk melakukan tarian yang begitu mendesak sekali. Dengan lantas, Diva melangkah keluar dari kelas untuk berehat sebentar dan bersedia untuk pulang ke rumah. Nasib baik kakak tiri tidak melakukan tarian kegemaran Diva. Sudah tentu Diva akan terus menari tanpa menyedari kebolehan tubuhnya yang sakit dan lemah itu. Sudah tentu Diva pengsan dengan kaki terkangkang. Cis! Tak boleh! Habis maruah Diva!

Kini, Diva sedar yang Diva telah menjadi terlalu obsesif. Diva sedar sifat obsesif ini adalah satu dosa. Lama-kelamaan, dosa ini akan membawa binasa sahaja. Diva bertekad agar hanya akan menghadiri kelas tarian senaman untuk selebih-lebihnya 3 kali seminggu sahaja.

Ya Allah! Diva telah insaf sekarang. Tolong ampunkanlah dosa Diva ini. Berilah Diva kekuatan untuk mengawal sifat obsesif ini.....

Double Punishment!

OMFG! As if making me sick wasn't enough punishment, God has also ensured that I missed every single opportunity of doing my favourite BodyJam JazzRock block. Given that the JazzRock block was rarely taught by the instructors, I had dearly missed doing it so much. Reportedly, Evil StepSister did the JazzRock block once again today, and I missed it because I was sick! I swear, if I had the energy, if I had known, I would have climbed out of bed, drive all the way to the gym and attend the class.

God has punished me dearly.... Boo Hoo.....

Five

Five days
Five branches
Five BodyJam sessions
Five different instructors
Five new acquaintances

cf.

One day
One branch
Two BodyJam sessions
Two instructors
No new acquaintances