A Parting Gift from Fitness First Avenue K

The receptionist of Fitness First Avenue K gave me this nice ID keyholder when she noticed that I did not have any.

And she did not mind that I was just a foreigner and a guest and not even a member of that particular club!

Talk about quick customer service.

And she did not charge me anything for it.

Body Jam Launch in Fitness First Avenue K

I guess they have the same launch date as us here. They used to be more than a month ahead. They're just as crazy though with Body Jam here.

If you're complaining about not having enough space in the clubs here, try dancing beside two six footer guys and do the choreo with a lot of turns!

Talk about avoiding flailing arms and flailing legs - these guys give another definition to dance.

Fitness First Avenue K - Nice View to Work Out

It's a pity none of the local Fitness First clubs here have a memorable view.

My favorite club before was HK's Harbour View branch since it had this spectacular view of the Hong Kong island skyline - and if you go there everyday - you just get used to it and pay it no mind.

But it was breathtaking first time I saw it. It was virtually a view to die for!

FF Avenue K also has a nice view, if it could just be viewed vertically.

Body Jam Break at Fitness First Avenue K

Took a break from all my tennis tonight and had a great Body Jam class with my friend!

Lounging around Fitness First Avenue K

Fitness First Avenue K is the third club I've been regularly patronizing every time I'm in KL. Too bad, my first two favorites have all closed down.

My favorite was FF Menara Maxis. I think it was inside the Petronas Towers e. You had to leave an ID in the reception below and then present your ID in the gym upstairs.

Then there was FF Menara mbF, which was very near Shangri-la Hotel. Ayun, I found out now lang na it closed na rin.

I loved that place kasi it was very cozy, andaming cute, and ayun, mabenta ang siomai. It was also the place where the people were the most friendly.

The Avenue K branch is now part of a fully-finished mall. When I went here before, kinoconstruct pa lang sya. Ngayon, gawa na. And the location is perfect for me because it's beside a bookstore!

By the way, it says Level 2 but it's actually in the 4th floor in Pinoy terms. Like in HK or in other places, ang GF for them is not Level 1 or the first floor. So may GF, may Level, Level 2, etc.

What confused me was their first floor seemed like the mezzanine floor? Anyway, basta nasa 4th floor sya, nasa likod, tabi ng Popular Bookstore.

Sometimes, I would wonder how foreigners see Pinoys in the gym. Kasi dito, they don't have the Retro mommies, and the noisy bekis, and the bro-bro Daddies all grouped together.

Like everyone else, I was sitting alone, sipping my tea, while everyone else was on their cellphones. Unlike in the Manila FF gyms, there were no 'cliques'.

I guess that says something about our Filipino ways. The gym is really a social club, as well.

Fantastic Body Jam Class at FF Avenue K in Kuala Lumpur

As usual, first order of the trip is to attend a Body Jam class. Sadly, FF Menara mbF has closed already so sa FF Avenue K na ako makaka-attend everyday.

I really preferred the former one because it was not very crowded. The latter is, OMG, parang palengke, a bekiloo every square millimeter! You wonder who is the queen among all these divas!

Anyway, I attended probably one of the best Body Jam classes ever - the energy of the class was very high and the instructor, Uchop, is one of the best instructors that I've ever attended, very confident, very expressive with his moves and just no holding back with him!

He did mostly old tracks, which was great and I thought I already saw everything in Body Jam but with him, you get to see something new from those vintage tracks I've done a thousand times!

He kinda reminded me of how Jing did those rock tracks last week. I reacted like, "Ooohhh that's how it's done pala, it's more expressive, more in the spirit of the tracks being played." Same with him.

It's fun to see old favorite tracks being danced to in a new light! It's really how the instructor puts his or her own stamp into them that makes them very enjoyable to watch.

He also taught the next class, called Dance Fusion. It's really more like my G-Force classes since the steps were very complicated and there's a step for every count. Feeling mo, back-up dancer ka sa concert ni Madonna!

And I loved it! The class composition was also very interesting! May bata, may matanda, may babae, may lalaki, may Chinese, may Malay, may Indian, may mga puti - it was the most heterogeneous dance class, I've ever attended!

The pressure was like attending a G-Force class. Wag kang tatanga-tanga and you have to have recharged your memory cells! We did four eights and ayun, anlandi ng steps. no holding back talaga!

Incentive na rin na cute yung chinito guy beside me. Mahirap pala sumayaw pag gwapo katabi mo. You have to concentrate more and not keep looking at how he dances!

Finally Did Body Jam 66 and Lovin' It

Ayan, I finally danced to the whole Body Jam 66 release for the first time last night. The instructor was Yen Ling Chong and she said she mentored under Arnold! Imagine that! Small world!! And like most Body Jam instructors, she's so perky and madaldal! Anyway, there's so much facing to the right then facing to the left and turning and jumping in the new release but it's something I'm looking forward to do more times back in Manila! And they're playing Avicii!! Luvitt!! I think we've done Beyonce's Crazy in Love before di ba, and with the new step, you'd really have to channel Beyonce to get the feel for it!