Going Strong... Wednesday, November 30

My boxercise classes are still going strong and are gaining more hype as the weeks go by.

My initial beginner's boxercise class have since upgraded to the advance level, meaning that their high intensity part of the class is now done on the heavy bags. And let me tell you, they love working the heavy bags... probably just as much as I love watching them do so. There's a great sense of pride I get, seeing them train hard, work up a sweat, and continually come back to my boxing club for another class. I'm very proud of them.

Today I started thinking about extra things I can do for my boxercise gals and my personal training clients. The other day I cooked them all whole wheat tortillas and today I cooked up another batch. But with Christmas just around the corner I was thinking about what I could do for a little Christmas gift -- a small token to say thank you and Merry Christmas. I don't think I'll give all my clients gifts but I do really want to give a Christmas gift to a select small group of girls that have really helped me with my company, not only with getting it up and running but with their continual support and continual hard training.

I think I've found a great gift for them. It's small, it's handmade and it's handmade out of something very much used and abused but it's somewhat of a traditional thing that both my Canadian boxing coach and my Korean boxing coach have made for me in the past. My boxercise girls may not get the full symbolic meaning behind it but it's something that has great significance to me. Now I'm in the position to be able to do it for someone else and I'm honored to be in such a place.