New Fitness Trend: POUND

When I saw on Instagram that one of friends was being certified for a new fitness class that uses drum sticks as workout equipment left me intrigued and curious to try this new trend. As I researched about POUND a little bit more, I found out it was created by two women drummers and is a full body exercise that combines cardio, pilates, isometric movements, plyometrics and isometric poses in one class. The class uses specific poses that targets problem areas like butt, outer and inner thighs, and abs. It also interested me because you can use drum sticks to have a workout and have fun.

I took the class at Retro Fitness in Fairfield with Sharon, I've taken classes with Sharon before and I have been dying to try POUND with her because I wanted to see what she would do with those drum sticks. Before the class I didn't know what to expect, but I was disappointed that the class wasn't as challenging as I hoped it would be. During class we were constantly moving whether it was jumping up and down but the majority of the moves were performed in a squat position with some challenging hip raises and ab twists, which killed but other than that I felt I wasn't getting enough for my money. The hour class flew by which was good in one sense but not good enough that I felt like I got my sweat on, so I did a quick kettle bell circuit right after the class. My friend and I sweated more in those 6 minutes than we did in the entire hour class. Even though some people may enjoy POUND and I enjoyed hitting my sticks to the beat it wasn't enough of a challenge for me to continue doing the class.