Happy Halloween! I’m going as Kylo Ren for Halloween this year. I think my husband wanted to do a couple of costumes; however, I was set on Kylo. I was browsing through Pinterest and was inspired to put this costume together. Besides dressing up as Kylo, I also dressed up as Darth Vader and went to a Halloween-themed workout class at the gym I go to. As someone who loves both Halloween and exercise, it was a fun thing to do.

When my husband and I bought our house last year, I signed up for a group fitness gym. I have been a member at a lot of different gyms, and this one is unique. It feels like a small community. In bigger commercial gyms, people show up to work out and leave. Instead, I feel like I have gotten to know some of the members who attend the same classes that I do. Attending group fitness classes is something that I look forward to each week. I gravitate towards boxing and cycling if I want to do cardio, or I do a strength class or circuits if I want something that’s weight-lifting-based. I end up doing about four to five classes a week, depending on how sore I am.

My gym puts on events every now and then, including this Halloween-themed class. There were four different cycle classes. Each class was thirty minutes long with different instructors per class. I ended up signing up for all four classes. The time went by fast! I couldn’t believe I cycled for two hours straight. When I got off the bike, my quads were a little wobbly. I ended up winning a prize for being on the bike for the longest in costume.

I don’t write about exercise here, and part of that is intentional. My health and fitness goals are something that I have chosen to keep private. With that being said, I’m so happy that I found this gym.