Remember when gym class was fun? When you were running and jumping and playing with your friends? You were moving your body just for the fun of it in your baggy t-shirts and shorts? Before you got self-conscious and started pleading “cramps” to your male gym teacher any chance you could so that you could sit out?

Well I found that kind of class at the Metro Karate Training Center. It’s an hour long workout class at 10:00 a.m. each Sunday. The time is spent doing drills, nothing longer than a minute so it really flies by. You run and jump and toss medicine balls at your buddy. Leave your $500 technically advanced workout gear at home. This is a barefoot low-tech workout that kicks your *butt*. I’m still sore and it’s Wednesday.

Ron Fagan, proprieter and Sensei, told me that it’s in support of their “stay sober Saturday night” efforts. (My friend Jo Ann who took me said “I didn’t know that! And hey it works! I always go easy on Saturday night because I have class the next a.m.!” That sneaky Sensei ;-) ). You pay 2 bucks and the money goes to charity, they sponsor a family at Christmas. The people are really down to earth and have alot of fun. I didn’t feel self conscious at all. Ron will never hear me plead cramps for that class.