Lately, I’ve been telling myself that I want to join a gym.  I want to get fit, lose weight, and get toned.  Of course, I just keep telling myself this and don’t do anything about it.  All talk.

But at least I was able to step foot into a local gym with a guest past from one of my friends.  It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the gym seriously.  I remember when I was training for the 5K a few years ago and I tried to go run on the treadmill.  I honestly hate running on the treadmill.  I hate running – just running…period (this is different than running while playing sports).

Now that I think of it, the last time I seriously went to the gym was in Santa Cruz when I red-shirted on the basketball team.  They had these really cool keys that would record all your data.  Everyone had their own workout and for every machine, whether it was for cardio or weights, you could plug the key in and record your reps, weight, distance, etc.  It was pretty cool.  Prior to that, we had 5am weight lifting in high school.  That was a pain.  Well, it was more a pain to wake up so stinking early.  Anyway, I’ve gone off topic, I think.

So I wanted to check out this small local gym because it was small and it was cheaper.  We started out on the elliptical machines for just 20 minutes.  I haven’t done this type of exercise in so long that it was actually difficult!  But hey, watching tv with the subtitles does take your mind off it.  The part I didn’t really like about the gym was the cardio portion.  There are so many machines crammed side-by-side into this little room.  It’s stuffy in there and you don’t really have much personal space.  I think the distance between each machine is maybe only 3 feet.

After cardio, we went to the weights.  I like the weights section better because there was a lot of equipment and a lot more room.  There was even a tiny tiny women’s only section, which is kind of nice I guess.  I still felt kind of intimidated by the people lifting who completely knew what they were doing and were lifting a lot.  I kind of felt like people would be thinking, oh that girl is lifting it wrong or something.  So I was a little self-caushush cautious.

The people there seemed nice and the trainers seemed cool.  It actually seems like a good idea to have a trainer because they just tell you what to do.  It’s so much easier to do stuff and push yourself when someone is telling you what to do.

We did some work on the abs (well I hardly did any), because it turns out I’m super weak in the core.  Gotta get rid of the gut.  But the exercises were good and really hard.

They tried to sales pitch me.  The prices at that gym are actually pretty reasonable compared to the other bigger gyms.  But I really don’t like the cardio room and I’m not sure about the location.  It’s not that far but it feels far with all the traffic and lights.  And I can’t conceive driving over there every day after work.

I want to check out 24 but I’m a little intimated by it too.  I hear Costco has a good deal.  Maybe I should check it out.

Anyway, I’m sore, but not as sore as I expected to be.  I guess I didn’t work out that hard.

It felt good to exercise.

Hmm..what to do next?