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Zuu (lander)
Jamie Glassman discovers a new
meaning for the phrase 'jungle gym'
photography by IAKOVOS KALAITZAKIS
Jamie takes a
walk - and a
push up - on
the wild side
VIRGIN AC TIVE GYM
W
hen I first heard of Zuu
- the high-intensity
training based on
animal movements, with exercises
such as 'bear crawls' and 'duck walks'
- I figured the person who came up
with it had to be stoned at the time.
Having just tried my first class,
I know that can't be true, as drugs and
Zuu really don't mix. Same goes for
booze, fags and burgers, actually, as
this was one tough workout.
STYLING: THEODORE ADOLPH-REGISFORD
I NN E R ANI M AL
OK, it was only 20 minutes, but for some
in the animal world that's half a lifetime
and now I know why rhinos have those
fabulous obliques and donkeys have
those to-die-for glutes.
The Tuesday 9am class would happen
on mats in the middle of the busy gym.
It was never going to be rammed,
but I hadn't expected it would be just
me and a beautiful, 25-year-old Polish
teacher, Joanna.
There is a special misery for a
regrettably overweight 45-year-old
having a one-on-one Zuu class with
a young fitness instructor who seems
rather amused that you can't get the
hang of frog jumps and rabbit hops.
She warmed eventually; though not
as quickly as me - I went from zero to
Lunge like a
...leopard?
soaked-in-sweat
in 2.5 minutes. It's
fair to say that Zuu
was designed for
people who want to work their whole
body in a way they might not otherwise.
And I've never needed any persuading
about how much we can learn from the
animal kingdom - I cried at Gorillas In
The Mist. And Babe: Pig In The City.
KEEP IT N AT U RA L
After the class, Joanna asked if I would
use the rest of the gym. Unable to put
into words the fact that my body just
wanted to lie under a tree, I nodded and
headed to a treadmill, where I jogged
until the moment she was out of sight;
only then did I collapse. Like a sloth.
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TIME
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CO R N E R
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more, when you venture out of your comfort zone, you might discover something beautiful; a
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