Sometimes form ISN'T important....

Last night in Zumba, I was having a great time....as usual...but we got to this move that I just did not understand, you had to put your arms up high then bring them to about your shoulders and then up, it was kind of a cross between Egyptian lady and Vogue (Madonna version), while doing this motion (which requires HIGHTENED AWARENESS by the way) you needed to move your feet sort of like the mambo and shake your hips too! Crazy crazy stuff!  Anyway, I couldn't do it, I had the feet, and the hips but the arms could NOT be incorporated! LOL

So, what to do, flail about, wondering if you have any of it under control or resign yourself to the fact that 50% correct is much better than 0%! So, I made up my own little move with my arms, much to the entertainment of those around me, but the leg part, spot on......well, almost spot on! :)

This leads me to wonder, do you find yourself discouraged when you can't do 100%? Do you stop all together or do you go with what you got, do it to your best ability and try to manage the weak spots the best you can?

The primary reason for following the movement precisely is to get the maximum benefit of the activity. Right? So, the motion above should have used many of my body parts and sculpted away to create the chizzled body I needed (LOL!) but not doing any of them correct would have brought me no where. So by quickly deciding that some is better than none, I was able to concentrate on what I could control, not what I couldn't.

Life's like that. We get hit with crazy situations and sometimes they come faster than we can master. You can throw your hands up and say "I just can't do that" or you can face what you can, and not stress over the rest. Sure, some days, you can master it all, others you can't, and that's ok. Every opportunity offers a chance for growth and sometimes admitting that you can't do something is just as much a learning experience as achieving it can be.