Deciding to transition from being a mundane gym member at a popular fitness centre in Kingston to an Iron Lotus Academy (ILA) Member has been the best fitness and health decision I have ever made in my life.
Consider this: Go and pick up 2x25lbs weight plates and hold it in one hand or measure out 2.5 feet, that’s the amount of weight and all around inches I have lost since joining ILA September 2016. Imagine dropping from a size XXL to a size L, being able to compete in ten 5ks in one year or having the ability to observe overall body muscle definition in a matter of 1 year and 3 months.
My success could not have been possible if it wasn’t for the ingenuity, stringency and all around dedication of Sifu Matthew and Simo Tamara. The fitness kickboxing and weight training classes offered challenges me daily to continuously compete with myself. The classes are nothing short of structured, dynamic fun. It is extremely rare to repeat a circuit within a month.
How cool is to improve your kickboxing technique, consistently challenge your former self, interact with a close knit group of gym buddies/family whilst unknowingly burn calories????? If that’s not the best of more than both worlds, I have no clue what is.