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<\/a>\n\nThat hurt. My first encounter with <\/a>\n\nThat hurt. My first encounter with Frosh Fit<\/a> was a painful experience. As I type this, my biceps, thighs, abs, and calves are burning with the red-hot intensity of ten fiery suns. This may sound melodramatic, but I haven\u2019t worked out in\u00a0five years and as stated earlier\u2026ouch!\n\nOur trainer Teiko - the grizzly bear (he condones this enduring moniker) - successfully intimidated my out-of-shape muscles and blas\u00e9 attitude into submission. Although the entire hour is now a blur of burning muscles, sweat stung eyes, and awkward poses, I still feel confident that I can produce an accurate synopsis of the workout.\n\nWe 5 bloggers with Chris our editor in tow, entered the Dance Studio full of confidence in our abilities to tackle an introductory fitness class. We were given a brief description of the workout plan and were then warned that this was not meant to be an easy undertaking. We began our warm-up. Unfortunately by the end of the warm-up, I was already worn-out and my confidence in whether or not I could endure 45 minutes of continued exercise was fading. We were divided into pairs and even as the circuit began, the approaching ab station loomed over me like a cumulo-nimbus cloud, which I knew would soon swirl into a super cell storm of abdominal pain.\n\nThe station in question (#5) was an abdominal exercise called the mountain climber. It went something like this\u2026get into push-up position and then use your legs to pretend you are running up the side of a building or a mountain. It looked well beyond my ability. By sweet serendipity and the urging of a group of lovely seniors who were waiting for the space to clear, we were forced to end the session before we had completed the entire circuit. My partner Cynthia<\/a> and I narrowly avoided the ab station and what I\u2019m almost certain would have resulted in an embarrassing display of physical endurance.\n![\"The](\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2011\/03\/mountain-climber1-288x300.png\")
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