Gym thoughts. How riveting for you. Wait, does riveting have two 'T's? Rivetting. Riveting. No.
I finally deleted all of the crap off my mp3 player, I was tired of Will Smith's "Getting Jiggy With It" always popping up on my playlist when I was at the gym. That and "Clampdown" by The Clash... I like both of those songs but despite there being hundreds on my little player, those two seem to pop up in every gym session.
As I said before I took the week off last week from the place so I've prepped my player with fresh tunes, ready to go. I am going to go along and just slog it on the cardio machines for an hour. Can't do complicated things like the weight circuit when I've had a big break, or I get cranky with myself and the people around me. Hehe it's funny that I get cranky when I do weights, but I do. They make me mad and exasperated for some reason. Some kinds of exercises just don't gel with some people. And Fishy don't like the weight training >:( Even though the trainer said I am unusually strong, and I do much higher weights than most people (I'm at a women's gym by the way). This is even more offputting, because even though I know doing weight training gets you to lose weight more efficiently, I still feel bulky and weird compared to some of the very skinny minnies at the gym. I probably should try Pump class, but the Pump class people are hardcore and VERY offputting, what with their little wrist gloves and all. It's some kind of cult that I do NOT want to truck with. I do Step occasionally and I'm meant to do Yoga once a week but Mondays are usually too hardbasket for me.
My favourite, unexpectedly, is Spin. I thought I would hate being in a small room, in close proximity to others, getting yelled at over a mike with shitty music. It's much like a nightclub really, but without the intoxication. And in some ways it is truly horrible. But I think because it somehow resembles a torture chamber, I just get into the 'self-punishing' frame of mind and embrace it. And I love dancing on a dance floor, there is always a part of me that is thinking "why am I in this confined space sweating to bad music with people I don't like but I'm here anyway" in a nightclub- I get that exact same experience in Spin class. Except, it's actually good for me and I'm not drunk.
As I said before I took the week off last week from the place so I've prepped my player with fresh tunes, ready to go. I am going to go along and just slog it on the cardio machines for an hour. Can't do complicated things like the weight circuit when I've had a big break, or I get cranky with myself and the people around me. Hehe it's funny that I get cranky when I do weights, but I do. They make me mad and exasperated for some reason. Some kinds of exercises just don't gel with some people. And Fishy don't like the weight training >:( Even though the trainer said I am unusually strong, and I do much higher weights than most people (I'm at a women's gym by the way). This is even more offputting, because even though I know doing weight training gets you to lose weight more efficiently, I still feel bulky and weird compared to some of the very skinny minnies at the gym. I probably should try Pump class, but the Pump class people are hardcore and VERY offputting, what with their little wrist gloves and all. It's some kind of cult that I do NOT want to truck with. I do Step occasionally and I'm meant to do Yoga once a week but Mondays are usually too hardbasket for me.
My favourite, unexpectedly, is Spin. I thought I would hate being in a small room, in close proximity to others, getting yelled at over a mike with shitty music. It's much like a nightclub really, but without the intoxication. And in some ways it is truly horrible. But I think because it somehow resembles a torture chamber, I just get into the 'self-punishing' frame of mind and embrace it. And I love dancing on a dance floor, there is always a part of me that is thinking "why am I in this confined space sweating to bad music with people I don't like but I'm here anyway" in a nightclub- I get that exact same experience in Spin class. Except, it's actually good for me and I'm not drunk.