When I wandered round the park the other day I walked along for a short while with someone I call a ‘nodding acquantance’. Sometimes when we see each other we just nod and  keep on walking others we exchange a few words.  Don’t think we’ve ever introduced ourselves to each other, maybe we’ll get round to it this summer 😊
Anyway further on a bit there was a group of women gathered together listening intently to a very fit looking young woman girl child!  Exercise mats at the ready!
Oh thats where they are , said my nodding acquantance. Â She then went on to tell me about her friend who’d raved about the boot camp she joined where they did really simple exercises. Â So…as you do….we stood and had a stickybeak at what they did.
Gosh, she said, that just looks like old fashioned physical jerks – what’s the betting it gets more advanced as the weeks go by.
Watching the group I kept thinking there was something familiar about the routine then later that afternoon I had a rummage around in one of our bookshelves and found my old old copy of –Â this!
Yes XBX – the female companion to the Royal Canadian Air Force’s 5BX (five basic exercises) plan for their servicemen.
Ten exercises designed to work every part of the body – a set number of repeats to be done in a certain time. Â Gradually becoming more difficult.
What was funny was, as we turned away to walk in different directions, we looked at each other, laughed and spontaneously started to sing – ‘ Bend and Stretch, Reach for the Stars’ lol
Ready Mr Music please 😊😊
By the way this is an old 1980s recording of the Australian version of Romper Room.
Still Waters 